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by Oge Okonkwo Human rights group, Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has applauded the National Assembly for initiating the anti-gay bill which was recently signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. The CLO describes the law as just and acceptable unlike some human rights groups across the world which are against the anti-gay laws in Nigeria calling it... Read More

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May 21, 2013

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Opinion: The Hijab Law – Robbing citizens of their religious freedom

by Ashraf Usman ….to implement a law making all girls wear the hijab, regardless of faith, as that too is part of the uniform? So the Lagos State Government recently outlawed the use of the Hijab in public schools, saying only the conventional uniform is permitted from here on in. (European beret was given a... Read More

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