A businesswoman, Adenike Lawal on Wednesday sought from a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan the dissolution of her one-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Muslim, on grounds that he is a drunk and a wife beater. Lawal, who resides in Okota area of Lagos State added...
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A herbalist, Kasali Yinusa has pleaded with a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his nine year-old union to his estranged wife, Abosede on the grounds that her adulterous lifestyle was having negative effects on their daughter. Yunusa, accused Abosede of being short tempered, fighting...
A motorcyclist, Sola Asiobe, on Wednesday told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan that his wife, Opeyemi was an unrepentant adulterer, asking the court to separate them. Asiobe gave the consent on Wednesday during his counter argument against his wife’s accusation of lack of care and...
A civil servant, Jamilu Zuntu, on Thursday demanded the sum of N7 million from his wife, Hadiza Aliyu, to grant her divorce request. Hadiza is seeking a dissolution of the three-year-old marriage at a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna. He told the court that he had spent...
A businesswoman Mrs Nancy Ngi on Monday told a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja that her husband, Ozor was violent and he hits her with a hammer. The petitioner made the allegation in a divorce petition she filed against her estrange husband before the court. “My husband is...
A businessman, Nasiru Yunusa told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Aisha Hamisu a divorce if she pays him N1 million. Yunusa and Hamisu, got married according to Islamic law sometime in 2021 and is blessed with a 13-month-old daughter. Earlier, Hamisu...
“My wife bullies and blackmails me,’’ a divorce-seeking man, Mr Kazeem Yekini told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday. He pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage between him and his estranged wife, Opeyemi, saying the marriage had ruined his life. He said...
Tunji – T.J for short- had always seen a bright future for himself in Nigeria. Not even SAPA could make him JAPA. He knew where he wanted to go and had a map even Google would be proud of, of how he’d get to his destination. So,...
A businessman, Mr Lawal Huwai, has asked a Customary Court in jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage with Promise, on grounds that the union was built on deception and falsehood. Testifying before the court on Friday, Huwai said:”I discovered four days after our marriage that our marriage was...
Mr Raphael Chima, a businessman, on Tuesday dragged his wife, Joy, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi because she frequently beats him. He made the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against her before the court. “My wife physically abuses and harasses me. She slaps me at the slightest...
An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday granted Adekiyesi Mark and Goodness divorce on grounds of constant fighting. The judge, Malam Shawomi Bokkos , granted the prayer of Mark for divorce. The judge however gave custody of the children to Goodness and gave Mark visitation rights. He also told...
Self-styled relationship coach Blessing Okoro, aka Blessing CEO, said that side chicks were essential to the stability of many marriages. The controversial relationship counsellor stated this in an interview that went viral on Friday. According to her, if no side chicks were frolicking with married men when their wives...
An Ekiti State Customary Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, has declared as illegal a 22-year-old marriage because payment of dowry was not involved in the union. The supposed marriage is between one Joshua Ajagunigbala and Rita Ajagunigbala. While declaring judgment in the matter between the divorce-seeking lovers, the President...
A business man, Awaisu Jibril, on Wednesday appeared at a Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, for allegedly marrying five wives, contrary to Islamic teaching. The prosecutor, Insp. Sambo Maigari, had told the court that one Musa Abdullahi , a community leader, had reported the matter to the Rigasa...
A man, Mr Sunday Enejo, begged a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja not to grant his wife divorce until she swears before “Aniku”(a holistic deity) that she was not having an extramarital affairs. Businesswoman, Rose, in her divorce petition alleged that Enejo beats her. But Enejo said:”I will not grant my wife...
An estranged husband, Ismail Adegoke, on Wednesday told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan, that he abandoned his matrimonial home because of his wife’s inclination for charms.” In his testimony, Adegoke told the court that though his cohabitation with his wife, Tawa, had produced two...
A trader, Sarata Olagunju, on Thursday told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her husband, Adewale, said the union was being controlled by demonic spirits. In her counter argument against her husband, Oagunju said:”he told me that there were demonic...
Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charley Boy, says his union with his wife, Lady Diana, has often times been faced with turbulence just like any other marriage. The renowned singer/songwriter, who took to his Instagram page in a video clip, said that sometimes they want to give...
Wife of actor Yul Edochie, May, has insisted that she can’t be cajoled into accepting polygamy, which she says goes against her beliefs, faith, and values. May’s reiteration of rejecting polygamy is a direct reply to the public apology her husband recently tendered to her over his decision to...