A Central Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama 1, Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, dissolved the eight-year marriage between one Samira Makama and her husband, Muhammed Musa, over his inability to cater for his family.
A panel of judges made up of…
A Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, on Wednesday, dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Maxwell Chuka and his wife, Christy on grounds of childlessness.
Delivering a ruling, judge, Labaran Gusau, dissolved the marriage on the grounds that the parties have lost interest in…
A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Monday, ordered a housewife, Maryam Dahiru to return N100,000 dowry and the suitcases of clothes she received from her ex-husband Salihu Yakubu.
Delivering a ruling, the judge, Malam Rilwanu Kyaudai, confirmed the divorce between the…
A businesswoman, Rashida Yusuf, on Friday begged an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her marriage to husband for not ready to father a child.
Rashida said that she married her husband, Mohammed Lawal, under Islamic Law and Customs in…
A woman, Ola Ibrahim, has dragged her husband, Lukman Ibrahim, before Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State accusing him of neglecting and duping her.
Ola stated that Ibrahim shattered her dream of becoming a mother.
According to her, she did her best…
One of the wives of Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Oyetunji, the Ataoja of Osogbo land, Olori Kafayat Adedoyin Oyetunji, has been dragged before an Osun State Customary Court sitting at Erin-Osun for allegedly switching the surname of a child she had for her…
A 20-year-old housewife, Lamratu Nasiru, has been remanded in the Katsina Custodial Centre over the death of her stepdaughter at Unguwar Shalele village, Katsina State.
Lamratu and the victim’s mother, Zabbau, were married to one Mallam Nasiru of Unguwar Shalele village, in the…
A 47-year-old man, Lucky James, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrate L.A. Owolabi of the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogbà, Lagos State, on charges of defrauding his wife, Mrs Tega James.
Lucky and Tega had been married for a while, though the union had…
A Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, on Friday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage between Blossom Ameh and her husband, Simon, over childlessness.
The judge, Doocivir Yawe, dissolved the marriage on the grounds that parties have lost interest in the union.
Doocivir said, “It is on…
An Ogun State Customary Court sitting Ake, Abeokuta, has dissolved the 13-year-old marriage between one Ibrahim Idris and his wife, Shakirat.
The marriage was dissolved over an alleged threat to life.
The husband, a resident of Adigbe, Abeokuta, had approached the court, alleging that…
