FAMILY LAW, MARRIAGE & DIVORCE

A businessman, Lawal Huwai, has asked a Customary Court in jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve his marriage on grounds that the union was built on deception and falsehood. Huwai told  the court yesterday that: “I discovered four days after our marriage that our marriage…

A middle-aged man identified as Theophilus Ayodeji Obayan, has dragged his estranged wife before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court sitting in Oke-Eda Akure, Ondo State, for changing their children’s surname to that of her new lover. Obayan approached the court on Thursday, August…

Wife of Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, May, has filed for divorce and has also requested the sum of ₦100 million as damages from Judy Austin for having an affair with her husband. Despite portraying themselves as husband and wife on social media, Yul…

A man in Katsina State has reportedly divorced his 14-year-old housewife for allowing a male medical practitioner to attend to her while giving birth to his baby. The Executive Director, Nana Women and Girls Initiative, Dr Fatima Adamu, disclosed on Thursday. According to the…

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue. The complainant told the court that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded with the court to dissolve their marriage, saying that…

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.…

The presiding Judge of a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, Dada Oluwaseyi, on Friday admonished one Mrs Murikat Nura to be submissive to her husband. The Judge gave the advice when the case was mentioned in court. The husband, Mr Matthew Nura, took…

A divorce-seeking woman, Taibat Abubakar, has told a magistrates’ court sitting in Ipata, Ilọrin, Kwara State, that she can’t explain how she got pregnant without having sexual intercourse with her husband, Mr Abubakar Salihu. She said, “He said I should marry him but…

Asiya Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the daughter of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has filed a fresh case against her ex-husband, Inuwa Bala, before a Kano magistrates’ court. Bala was arraigned before the presiding magistrate of Court 69, Ishaq Abdu Aboki, sitting at…

A 44- year-old woman, Oluwatoyin Falade, on Wednesday, prayed to an Orile Agege Customary Court to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage on grounds of infidelity on the part of her husband, Segun. The petitioner, who lives at 23, Tunde Davids Close, Agege, Lagos has…