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Court dissolves 10-year old marriage for lack of love
An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, has dissolved a 10-year old marriage between Rukaya Shuaibu and her husband, Shehu Zubair for lack of love. The Judge, Mohammed Wakili dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Shuaibu’s prayer for divorce on the ground that the marriage lacked love. Wakili ordered Shuaibu to observe “Iddah” which is a three-month waiting…
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Court dissolves 16-year-old ”loveless’ marriage
An Area Court in Jos on Friday dissolved a 16-year-old ”loveless” marriage between Hussaina Abdullahi and her husband, Saidu Ali . Delivering judgment, the judge, Lawal Suleiman granted the prayer of Abdullahi for divorce. The judge, gave custody of the children to Abdullahi and ordered Ali to send N 30,000 monthly through the court for the upkeep of the two…
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Entertainment
Singer Kizz Daniel’s marriage facing challenges?
Ace musician Kizz Daniel and his wife MJay Anidugbe are allegedly having challenges in their marriage over infidelity on the side of the artiste. Fans of the sensational singer had recently raised concerns when he removed all footage of his wife from his social media page and his wife’s Instagram account was as well disabled. According to trending social media…
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Ogun Govt. urges youths to seek genetic counseling before marriage
The Ogun State Government has urged the youths to seek genetic counseling before marriage in order to prevent birth of children with sickle cell disorder and other avoidable diseases. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, gave the advice during the foundation laying ceremony of a Sickle Cell Disorder Centre at the State Hospital, Ota on Tuesday, organised by…
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Lawal tasks U.S. Embassy spokesperson, husband on communication, tolerance
Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has admonished the US Embassy spokesperson, Aisha Gambari and her husband, on successful marriage secrets, stressing that communication and tolerance were key. The Governor gave the charge to the newly wedded couple during a reception held to celebrate them after their wedding, in Abuja, on Saturday. Lawal, who was the Chairman of the occasion, said…
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Minister petitions I-G over marriage plans for 100 orphans in Niger
Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and sought for a court injunction to stop Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, Speaker of the Niger state Assembly from marrying off 100 orphaned girls. It will be recalled that the speaker recently announced his plans to marry off the orphaned girls, who lost their parents due to…
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Methodist Church Nigeria cuts ties with British counterpart for validating same-sex marriage
The Methodist Church Nigeria has declared in a statement published on Friday, July 2 that they passed a vote of no confidence on the British Methodist Church, over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. The statement was officially issued by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Oladapo Daramola of the Nigerian variant of the church. According to Daramola, the position…
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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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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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Arts & Culture
Why marriages collapse–Islamic scholar
An Islamic scholar, Ustaz Sa’eed AbdurRauf, has identified lack of the fear of God as foundation in marriage and poor finance as some of the factors responsible for the collapse of marriages in the country. AbdurRauf stated this on Monday in Ibadan at a public lecture organised by Oyo District of The Criterion, an association of Muslim women in business…
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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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”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
Updated with Photos: The other side of Oshiomhole’s marriage *Fire outbreak, pickpockets, traffic congestion *Buhari reprimands aide for pushing crowd
But for the timely intervention of security, tragedy would have happened at Iyamoh, country home of Governor Adams Oshiomhole when a generating set caught fire. The incident, which happened while guests partied in the governor’s compound during his marriage ceremony, was quickly put out. Quick News Africa gathered that the outbreak happened when some fuel was added to its…
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Gowon, IBB, Abdusalam, Buhari Storm Edo as Oshiomhole Remarries
At least four former Heads of State will be among the top dignitaries who will make appearance in Edo State tommorrow as Governor Adams Oshiomhole remarries. General Yakubu Gowon, Ex-President Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalam Abubakar and President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari are faces likely to be at the marriage ceremony where Edo governor hook up his new bride, Miss Lara Forte. The…
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