Woman makes u-turn on divorce, now begs court, husband for mercy

A mild drama happened on Tuesday at a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, when a housewife and mother of two, Beauty Odinye, prayed the court to disregard her earlier plea for divorce. She also asked the court to ignore her testimony in which she alleged that her husband, Nathaniel, was impotent. Beauty had earlier in […]

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19 suspects charged to court over General Alkali’s murder

19 suspected persons to be in connection with the death of General Idris Alkali have been arraigned before a High Court in Jos on Monday. They were all arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The two counts charge was read out to the 19 accused persons, who all pleaded […]

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My husband sleeps with me once in 4 months -Woman told court

An Upper Area Court sitting in the Mararaba area of Nasarawa state, is set to dissolve the marriage of a couple after a wife sought for divorce over sex denial. A housewife, Sa’adatu Musa, on Monday, begged a Mararaba Upper Area Court, in Nasarawa, to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Dembe for allegedly denying […]

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South African court legalises cannabis’ private use

South African Constitutional Court has legalised the private use of marijuana also known as cannabis or weeds. The ruling came, Tuesday, after a provincial high court in 2017 found out that the use of cannabis in private space should be allowed. The court said laws against it were inconsistent with the country’s constitution. “It will […]

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Egypt court sentences 75 Muslim Brotherhood members to death

An Egyptian court, Saturday issued death sentences for 75 people, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and jailed more than 600 others over a 2013 sit-in which ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces. The sentencing concluded the mass trial of over 700 people accused of offences including murder and inciting violence […]

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Dino Melaye fails again to appear in Kogi court for trial

For the second time, the Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye, did not appear in court on Wednesday to answer the charges bordering on gunrunning levied against him and two others. However, the two suspects charged alongside Mr. Melaye — Kabir Seidu, aka Osama; and Nuhu Salihu aka Smally — were in […]

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