“My husband loves his dog more than he loves me,” a divorce-seeking trader, Mrs Rashidat Ogunniyi, claimed before an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday. Forty-year-old Rashidat, who is seeking dissolution of her 12-year-old marriage, told the court that her husband, Kazeem, was only concerned about the welfare of his dog. “Kazeem is an […]
A businesswoman, Iyabo Donald, on Tuesday petitioned a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her six year-old marriage to estranged husband, Richard because he often treated her like a common criminal. In her statement before Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President, Iyabo said she had lived in great fear and panic for the past […]
A Customary Court at Ibadan, Oyo state on Tuesday dissolved the 14-year-old marriage between Dauda Saliman and his wife, Amina, over her alleged attempt to poison her husband. The President of the Court, Ademola Odunade and two other arbitrators; Suleiman Apanpa and Rafiu Raji, held that the union was dissolved in the interest of peace […]
A mother of two, Ariyike Adeyemi, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo state 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. […]
A civil servant, Mr Peter Anthony, on Monday begged a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, not to grant his wife, Ruth’s divorce petition, saying that he still loves her and cannot let her go. The respondent, who resides in Karu, in his defence, told the court that he had nothing to say concerning the allegations […]
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on judges to show more commitment to the administration of justice. Speaking during the swearing-in of judges of the Rivers state High Court and Customary Court of Appeal at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Gov. Wike urged the judges to observe their oath of office as […]
An Iyaganku Customary Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday ordered that two friends, who allegedly kidnapped a 19-year-old woman, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Evbohon Chukwunonso, 30, and Kalu Samuel, 25, both of Apete area , Ibadan, with three counts of conspiracy, attempt to kidnap and indecent assault. […]
Mr. Yinka Alabi, 35, on Friday pleaded with an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, not to dissolve his marriage in spite of his wife admitting to being raped by another man. In his defense to a divorce suit filed by his wife, Funmilola, he told the court that the woman claimed to have been raped […]
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Monday saved a four-year-old marriage between Mrs Musilimotu Olashuyi and her husband, Gbenga, who conspired with a cleric to sleep with her. Musilimotu, had earlier approached the court, seeking to end her marriage, claiming that an Alfa made love to her with her husband’s approval. “Actually, my husband […]
A pastor’s wife, Mrs Uzoamaka Ibeneme, on Friday, lost her 21-year-old marriage, when an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, dissolved the union on grounds of adultery. Mr Akin Akinniyi, the court president, who delivered the judgment, said the petitioner, Pastor Joshua Ibeneme, was adamant in spite of the mediation by the court and family intervention. […]
A 50-year-old mechanic, Gafau Shogaolu, on Friday begged an Iyana-Ipaja Customary Court, to dissolve his 25-year-old marriage to his wife, Maria, for alleged adulterous and fetish lifestyle. Gafau, of No. 13, Sijuade St., Abesan, Ipaja, Lagos, told the court that his wife once left him for another man and came back 15 years after, pleading […]
A 55-year-old fashion designer, Stephen Enebeli, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday that he would die if he gave money to his wife for the upkeep of the family. Enebeli said this when he responded to a divorce petition by his wife, Eunice, alleging lack of care for his children. “I stopped […]
An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan on Tuesday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage between John Bamidele and his wife, Yinka, over her disrespectful manners. Bamidele had sought for the dissolution of the marriage on the ground that Yinka neither respected him nor obeyed his instructions as a husband. In his testimony before the court, […]
The Lagos state government is now set to confer criminal jurisdiction on Customary Courts in the state. This followed the bill titled, “A law to amend the Lagos State Customary Court law, 2011 and for Connected Purposes” which was forwarded to the State House of Assembly by the executive to be passed into law. The […]