A man, Sani Muhammad Minister, has dragged his in-law, Mansur Sharada, before an Upper Sharia Court at Post Office road, Kano Municipality, over his wife’s failure to return from Saudi Arabia for one year after their marriage. The case is before the court presided over by Judge Garba Hamza Malafa, reports Daily Trust. Counsel to […]
•Knife stained with blood A 28-year-old woman identified as Safiya Tukur has been remanded in custody after allegedly using a sharp object to inflict a deep cut on her husband’s private part during a violent domestic fight in Kpakungu area of Minna in Niger State. The incident occurred about 10 a.m. on October 15, 2026 […]
•Terry Ward A 64-year-old Richmond man is facing serious legal consequences after he reportedly bound his wife to a chair with tape and left her in their basement so he could watch a football game upstairs without interruption. The suspect, identified as Terry Ward, was taken into custody following a late-night domestic disturbance call at [&h...
An Iboko High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has sentenced a 39-year-old man, Chituru Mbam, to six months’ imprisonment without the option of a fine for forcefully evicting his wife, Mbam Ozoemena, from their matrimonial home and subsequently destroying the property. The couple, who married in 2009 and share five childre...
A meat seller has allegedly hacked his 25-year-old wife to death during a domestic dispute in the Dalimore area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. According to reports, the butcher attacked his wife with a machete during a heated argument while efforts were being made to resolve their marital differences. Sources said the couple had [&hell...
•The late couple The two heaps of fresh sand behind the three-bedroom bungalow in Ogooluwa community, Akiode Ibogun, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, are all that remain of a tragedy that has left residents struggling to make sense of what happened. Placed side by side behind the house, the heaps mark the graves […]
Operatives of Kémta Police have arrested a man, Tajudeen Yekini for allegedly killing his wife, Toyin Edunjobi at their residence in Ogungbade Village, near Ayerose, in Obafemi-Owode Local Council of Ogun State. The couple’s son raised that alarm as neighbours reportedly rushed to the apartment and found Edunjobi lying motionless, reports The ...
•Woman set ablaze (for illustration purposes only) The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Jacob Irewa of Oworo Estate, Felele, Lokoja, for allegedly pouring petrol on his wife, Berida Irawo, and setting her on fire following a reported domestic dispute. The incident reportedly happened on Friday afternoon at their residence over...
The Grade A Customary Court, Court 2, has dissolved the marriage between Barakat and her husband, Ige, following a divorce petition filed by the woman over allegations of lack of love and care, physical assault and domestic violence. Barakat, in her petition, alleged that Ige never loved her and was always finding fault with everything [&helli...
•Late David Oyedeji Adediwura A Nigerian man, David Oyedeji Adediwura, has been identified as one of three people who lost their lives in a tragic road crash in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, UK. Adediwura died after a collision involving a silver Vauxhall Astra and a grey BMW 840i on Cory Wright Way at about 9:38 […]

