A Customary court in Ibadan, Oyo State has dissolved the 30-year old marriage of ex-Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde. Onigbinde’s claim: The coach had described his wife as a wasteful spender and an unrepentant troublemaker. He had said: “My lord, with my 79 years of age, I cannot continue to die in the silence of Anne’s... Read More

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June 9, 2016

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‘My wife tears my boxers to rape me’ | Husband tells court

A 44-year-old businesswoman took the ‘sex by right in marriage’ saying a little too literal, and it has cost her – her marriage. Adenike Rodoye’s 20-year-old marriage to her husband Durojaiye, got dissolved by a Customary Court because she forced sex on him. “My wife has turned my boxers to rags as she always tears them... Read More

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June 26, 2015

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These are the 9 members of the just-dissolved NNPC board (PHOTO)

President Buhari has dissolved the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect. The announcement was made in a statement released on Friday, June 26, by the Director Communications, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the HoS, Mr. Danladi Kifasi. The 9 members of... Read More

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September 11, 2014

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“He beats me everyday with belt” || “I have no apology” – 26-year-old woman saved from abusive marriage

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 26-year-old resident of Ilorin, Zainab Usman, has successfully gotten out of a physically-abusive marriage. On Wednesday, 10 September, an Ilorin Area Court in Kwara, dissolved her three-year-old marriage with Lawal Usman, over claims of constant beating. Zainab pleaded with the court to end her marriage to Lawal, saying he was too... Read More

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