In the past few weeks, there have been a series of happenings surrounding the hijab controversy in Kwara state. From the war of words to a physical confrontation last week, seeing the incident and its byproducts so far, the assertion of Karl Marx on religion is substantiated. The postulation by Marx that "religion is the opium of the masses" will forever be true, especially in Nigeria. Since I was born, I have witnessed a series of religious escalation and manipulation of religious issues which have caused the social formation called Nigeria...