SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA QUALIFY FOR NEXT YEAR'S AFCON TOURNAMENT EVEN WITHOUT KICKING A BALL
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for next year’s AFCON in Cameroon after Lesotho and Sierra Leone played goalless draw.
KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED THE USE OF HIJAB IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
Kwara State Government has approved the use of hijab uniforms for Muslim schoolgirls in all public schools. Secretary to the government Mamma Sabah Jibril said Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gave the approval after meetings with leaders of both Muslim and Christian communities with a view to clarifying issues and reaching a consensus. “Consequently, the government hereby acknowledges and approves the right of the Muslim schoolgirl to wear the hijab, and directs the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development to come up with a uniform hijab for all public/ grant-aided schools, which will be the accepted mode of head covering in schools,” Jibril said in a statement. “Also, the government affirms the right of every child in public schools to freedom of worship.” “Any willing schoolgirl with the approved (uniform) hijab shall have the right to wear same in public/grant-aided schools,” Jibril said in a statement. Jibril disclosed that the governor’s approval considered su...
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