The Ta’awunu Human Rights Initiative (THURIST) wishes to express her dissatisfaction with respect to an internal memo of the University authority of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) dated September 29, 2023, with which the University Senate purportedly relaxed Read more…
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Senate issued a circular on Friday approving the wearing of the niqab (veil) by female Muslim students who so choose. Meanwhile, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has kicked Read more…
The Federal High Court Abuja had ruled that face veil (Niqob) for Muslim women has no basis to be banned by the University authority of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and that such law is outside the scope Read more…
In the matter of MARIAM ABIOYE AFEEZ vs. FUNAAB & ORS, the Court heard the application together with FUNAAB’s preliminary objection in March 2022. The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Niqab Case began when a student, Mariam Afeez, sued Read more…
