Divorce

  • Featured

    My wife is very filthy, I am fed up, man tells court

    A divorce-seeking man, Folorunso Adeleye on Wednesday prayed a Grade A Customary Court in Mapo in Ibadan to grant him a divorce from his wife of five years, Shukurat on grounds that she was filthy and ill mannered. Adeleye, a mechanical engineer, said that he had endured his wife for too long. ”Her mouth is full of insults. My lord,…

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  • Featured

    Court grants man divorce plea on grounds of wife’s saucy behaviour

    An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, on Friday granted a man, AbdulRasheed Yusuf,  his prayer for divorce over his wife, Shakirat’s saucy attitude. The presiding Judge, Ahmed AbdulKadir,  dissolved the 19-year-old union, after the two parties agreed that they were no more interested in the marriage. ”The parties are expected to live in peace and not in pieces,” the judge…

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    Court grants man Divorce whose wife eloped

    An Area Court in Jos on Wednesday granted Luka Istifanus his divorce prayer on the grounds that his wife Grace eloped. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, gave custody of the children to the Istafanus. Earlier, before the divorce was granted, the petitioner told the court that they got married in 2006. The father of four said his wife eloped from home.…

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  • News

    Drama in court as housewife makes U-turn on divorce

    Abuja, Jan.17, 2024 (NAN)There was a mild drama on Wednesday in a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja when a housewife, Sa’adatu Ayuba, prayed the court to disregard her earlier plea for divorce. The petitioner, who sought divorce on grounds of impotence, said she married her husband Jalija 27 years ago. ”My Lord, though my husband refused to follow…

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  • News

    Gbagbo files for divorce, to end 30-year marriage

    Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo has filed for divorce on Monday from his wife of three decades, days after his highly anticipated return to the country. Gbagbo’s lawyer Claude Mentenon said in a statement that after years of “rejected requests for Simone Ehivet to consent to an amicable separation”, the ex-president had asked an Abidjan court for a divorce.…

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  • Features

    Marriage: An endangered 21st Century Culture

    Marriages kissing the dust left, right, centre. Should you be worried about the institution’s increasing fragile state? Jubal Kanayo asks. On 14th April, the internet was abuzz as Ghanaian couple, Nana Sekyere and Evelyne Korateng, sent out invites to “friends and family” to join them as they “divorce in peace”. Simply put, they were inviting all who could to their “divorce party”.…

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  • Arts & Culture

    I abandoned my wife because she starves me of sex, man tells court

    A sparepart dealer, Abdulahi Abdulsalam, on Thursday told a Customary Court sitting in Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage to estranged wife, Aminat on grounds that she was wicked and starves him of sex. Abdulsalam in his testimony after Aminat accused him of neglecting her and their two children, said she was a thug. “I abandoned the house…

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  • Law

    Teacher accuses wife of spitting in his food, seeks divorce

    A school teacher, Mr Yemi Ogayemi, on Tuesday accused his wife Funmi, before a Customary court in Jikwoyi, Abuja for spitting in his food. The petitioner, who resides in Jikwoyi, made the allegation in a divorce petition before the court. “I can’t continue to live with this woman. She wants to kill me. ”She has been exhibiting vile behaviours. Like…

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  • Law

    Court dissolves 5-year-old marriage over battery, adulterous attitude

    A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, dissolved a five-year-old marriage between one Bukola Agunbiade and her estranged husband, Taiwo, over alleged battery and adulterous lifestyle. Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, said that he dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace and tranquillity. Odunade, however, granted custody of the only child produced by the union,…

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  • Arts & Culture

    Housewife seeks divorce over husband’s failure to pay rent

    A housewife, Sakina Lawal on Wednesday prayed a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna to dissolve the three-year marriage to husband, Abubakar Abdullahi over his inability to pay for rent. ”My husband has abandoned me. He does not care about me. He has also denied me of sex. “I can no longer stay in a loveless marriage, he should divorce…

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  • NEWS

    Doctor drags ex-wife to court over alleged misappropriation

    A medical doctor, Lawson Apkulonu  on Wednesday dragged his ex-wife, Angel Chetachi, before a  Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged misappropriation of funds from his privately owned school. Chetachi, who resides in Kuruduma II village, Asokoro,  Abuja, is charged with five counts of  criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation, criminal misappropriation and cheating. The Prosecution counsel,…

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  • Arts & Culture

    Surveyor seeks divorce over wife’s alleged romance with policeman

    A 44-year-old land Surveyor, Mr Sheriff Ahmed, on Monday urged an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to nullify his seven-year marriage, over wife’s alleged romance with a policeman. The petitioner alleged that his wife, Rashidat, with whom he had two children was promiscuous, adding that she was dating a police officer. “I checked her phone, and I saw her love chats…

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  • Arts & Culture

    My husband is serial liar, woman tells court

    A mother of two, Alimot Idris, on Tuesday, prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her eight-year-old marriage to her husband, Idris, whom she described as a liar. Alimot, a trader, told the court that her husband was not straightforward in his dealings with her. “When I had my second pregnancy, his family came to my house one…

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  • Arts & CultureA 39-year-old artisan, Soliu Oladejo, was on Tuesday accused in an Oyo State Family Court sitting in Iyaganku of stealing a two-year-old named baby

    ”I made a terrible mistake marrying my husband” – Woman tells court.

    A mother of two,  Ariyike Adeyemi, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that she made a terrible mistake marrying her  husband, Adekunle. In her petition, Ariyike said:”Adekunle beats me. I made a terrible mistake by marrying him 12 years ago. ”I have tolerated him and done my duties to make him happy. I have stopped living with him because…

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    Court dissolves 4-month-old marriage over lack of love

    A Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, on Thursday dissolved a four-month-old marriage between one Rashidat Maliki and Idris Bello on the grounds of incompatibility and lack of love. Maliki, who resides in Kubwa, Abuja, had sought dissolution of  her marriage to Bello for lack of love in the union. According to her, the troubled marriage was contracted in October, 2019,…

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  • News

    Why My Wife Divorced Me – Oyakhilome Finally Speaks On Divorce Drama

    Founder of Believers Love World Ministry aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has finally spoken on the divorce suit filed against him by his wife after days of silence on the issue.According to the Daily Post, Oyakhilome described the allegations levelled against him as “crazy” and “stupid” and urged his church members to pray for his estranged wife while speaking…

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  • Arts & Culture

    Beyonce and Jay Z: Couple Want to ‘Split Without Divorcing’

    Beyonce and Jay Z, who are currently on their joint On The Run world tour, are reportedly separating once the ‘royal spectacle’ wraps up in Paris this December. According to reports, both of them have already removed their wedding rings. A source told The New York Post’s Page Six: “There are no rings, if you haven’t noticed. They are trying to figure out a…

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