I was having a conversation today with my Layla and at a point she asked "anything for me?" and what came to mind subconsciously, in a snap was: Lágbájá nothing for you.

I paused as I re-examine what I just said, not because my sense of humour was wrong but I wonder how LÁGBÁJÁ crept into the line.
I recall Lágbájá the popular masked musician. Most people don't even know his real name. Google says it is Bisade Ologunde. I believe he was very intentional about his public image and the name he chose - Lágbájá, meaning "Somebody" Lágbájá was a sensational musician back then popular for his satirical songs against the government's oppression.

You see why environment is one of the BIGGEST influence in our lives. We never owned his album nor played it at home but we had an Audio-Cassette seller, more like a Disk Joker who plays all sorts of music like 25metres from our house. From his regular Friday Quranic plays I memorised Surah Yasin and some portion of Kahf.

As James Clear said in his book, Atomic Habits, "Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behaviour."

Now imagine if what I've been listening to was the Qur'an or Hadith.
Please pay attention to what your children consume (subconsciously) in your environment.
Remembering Lágbájá made me realise how some people dislike Islam and anything associated with it.

Lágbájá, a man, covers his face in a way we could like to our own niqab and no one finds anything wrong with that.
Millions listen to his songs without seeing or knowing who is behind the mask, for years, and it's cool. Oh, it's his style.
I heard he's 60+ now. How time flies!

Yet, our little girls can't even wear their hijab in peace. And our ladies options are limited because they don the hijab. They've not even covered their faces. Even if you graduate with a First Class in this country, you'd still be discriminated against by majority of companies because of your hijab. That hijab that didn't stop you from being the best of the best. What a World we live in.

Unlike Lágbájá, Awọn Lágbájá have to tell us how to look and be to satisfy their irritant and malodorous angst. And for this we grovel and hassle just to observe our religious identity in a country whose soil was tilled by our fathers' sweat.

AntiChristian:
Apart from Lagbaja, have you ever heard of any nun/reverend sister being treated the way our Hijab sisters have been treated?
The bigotry is real. And the Yorubas have been lenient for too long. This can never happen in the core north.

Some of them would take Phensic for another person's headache. Someone is donning the Hijab and you are the one complaining.

Bishop Oyedepo said "“It is such a nasty development in Kwara State where Muslims are asking their students in our schools to wear hijab, and the church said 'no'. You know the reason why, we have never showed the world the other side of God. God is not a toy; let us show them the consuming fire part of God. They need to know.

”Leave the schools for the owner, go to your schools. Is there any fight? Stop putting fingers in the eyes of others, the world should be warned against the church. The church is a time bomb.

”When God turns his back on anyone or any system, that system is cursed. My advice is; leave the schools for the owners, find your schools. Men and women can wear hijab there. Stop putting your fingers in the eyes of others when they are not blind.”

If his God get consuming fire, why hasn't Boko Haram, bandits, etc been burnt since? Why did Coronavirus have to enter Nigeria?

Their God is waiting for the Hijab Saga to unleash his consuming fire....

AntiChristian:
Apart from Lagbaja, have you ever heard of any nun/reverend sister being treated the way our Hijab sisters have been treated?
The bigotry is real. And the Yorubas have been lenient for too long. This can never happen in the core north.

Some of them would take Phensic for another person's headache. Someone is donning the Hijab and you are the one complaining.

Bishop Oyedepo said "“It is such a nasty development in Kwara State where Muslims are asking their students in our schools to wear hijab, and the church said 'no'. You know the reason why, we have never showed the world the other side of God. God is not a toy; let us show them the consuming fire part of God. They need to know.

”Leave the schools for the owner, go to your schools. Is there any fight? Stop putting fingers in the eyes of others, the world should be warned against the church. The church is a time bomb.

”When God turns his back on anyone or any system, that system is cursed. My advice is; leave the schools for the owners, find your schools. Men and women can wear hijab there. Stop putting your fingers in the eyes of others when they are not blind.”

If his God get consuming fire, why hasn't Boko Haram, bandits, etc been burnt since? Why did Coronavirus have to enter Nigeria?

Their God is waiting for the Hijab Saga to unleash his consuming fire....

inoki247:
So if dem tell Lagbaja to remove iz mask at the Airport he won't remove it cause say na him symbol...

AntiChristian:
Apart from Lagbaja, have you ever heard of any nun/reverend sister being treated the way our Hijab sisters have been treated?
The bigotry is real. And the Yorubas have been lenient for too long. This can never happen in the core north.

Some of them would take Phensic for another person's headache. Someone is donning the Hijab and you are the one complaining.

Bishop Oyedepo said "“It is such a nasty development in Kwara State where Muslims are asking their students in our schools to wear hijab, and the church said 'no'. You know the reason why, we have never showed the world the other side of God. God is not a toy; let us show them the consuming fire part of God. They need to know.

”Leave the schools for the owner, go to your schools. Is there any fight? Stop putting fingers in the eyes of others, the world should be warned against the church. The church is a time bomb.

”When God turns his back on anyone or any system, that system is cursed. My advice is; leave the schools for the owners, find your schools. Men and women can wear hijab there. Stop putting your fingers in the eyes of others when they are not blind.”

If his God get consuming fire, why hasn't Boko Haram, bandits, etc been burnt since? Why did Coronavirus have to enter Nigeria?

Their God is waiting for the Hijab Saga to unleash his consuming fire....

AntiChristian:
Apart from Lagbaja, have you ever heard of any nun/reverend sister being treated the way our Hijab sisters have been treated?
The bigotry is real. And the Yorubas have been lenient for too long. This can never happen in the core north.

Some of them would take Phensic for another person's headache. Someone is donning the Hijab and you are the one complaining.

Bishop Oyedepo said "“It is such a nasty development in Kwara State where Muslims are asking their students in our schools to wear hijab, and the church said 'no'. You know the reason why, we have never showed the world the other side of God. God is not a toy; let us show them the consuming fire part of God. They need to know.

”Leave the schools for the owner, go to your schools. Is there any fight? Stop putting fingers in the eyes of others, the world should be warned against the church. The church is a time bomb.

”When God turns his back on anyone or any system, that system is cursed. My advice is; leave the schools for the owners, find your schools. Men and women can wear hijab there. Stop putting your fingers in the eyes of others when they are not blind.”

If his God get consuming fire, why hasn't Boko Haram, bandits, etc been burnt since? Why did Coronavirus have to enter Nigeria?

Their God is waiting for the Hijab Saga to unleash his consuming fire....

BoboKush:
All this stories could be avoided..... By muslim simply going to Muslim school.... Kilode gan sef

koladebrainiac:
for me, Wearing of Hijab as a Muslim is a welcome decision, the school is a missionary school meaning Christian school
Its either we comply or withdraw our students from those schools

Muslims should encourage love and peace even to others.

do we even allow them in our Muslim school?
they can't sell liquor in Kano because they have to abide by our rules

Ilorin has been peaceful, don't let religious ego destroy this peace

Heavance:
Firstly, for me, I have no problem with the hijab. But you guys seem to to getting this whole thing twisted.
The controversy comes from where it is worn, a school has a uniform students adhere to. you know the uniform, and you decide to add something to it. If other parents bring in their religious things into the school, what would happen?
There is a uniform, please teach your wards to adhere to the uniform, when they get home, they can put on whatever they want to add. It's that simple.
There is a uniform that should be adhered to, i say again, there is a uniform that should be adhered to, know this and know peace.
Your wards can tie their hair with something else, as i think the hair is the main covering for ladies.
The school is not an Islamic school, and there is a uniform to be adhered to, please adhere to the uniform and change when you get home, simple.