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A mother of four, Risikat Adegboyega, has lost her 16-year-old marriage as an Igando Customary Court in Lagos granted the request of her husband to dissolve the union because she allegedly demands a bribe before s*x. The court president, Adeniyi Koledoye, held on Thursday that since the petitioner insisted on divorce in spite of interventions, […]

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a father, Phillip Iyiola, 43, who allegedly raped his two daughters. Iyiola has been remanded pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). The police charged Iyiola with rape. Chief Magistrate E.A Idowu, ordred the remand of  Iyiola at Agodi

A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded one Chidi Johnson, 21, for allegedly stealing a fan and plastic chairs at the New Covenant Glory and Fire Ministry Church, Minna. The Magistrate, Mr Nasiru Muazu, ordered that Johnson be kept behind bars, pending the conclusion of the police investigation. ICYMI: Ogun: I beg you in God’s

A 27-year-old man, who believed having children is like ‘kidnapping and slavery’, has concluded plans to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Indian Raphael Samuel believes it is wrong to put an unwilling child through the ‘rigmarole’ of life for the pleasure of its parents. Samuel, who is an anti-natalist, said he has

An Indian lady has accused a Nigerian woman of snatching her husband and marrying him while pretending she was his bank account manager. Andrea Orizu took to Instagram to narrate how the lady, identified as Chinelo Lilian Obiora, pretended to be a family friend but what she was after was her husband, one Frank Orizu.

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Tuesday sentenced one Kamoru Kushimo to 10 years imprisonment for stabbing his friend to death during an argument over who would win the country’s 2015 general election. Kushimo was arraigned on Feb. 10, 2016, by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, charged with manslaughter. The convict pleaded

A Cambodian military officer killed himself after shooting dead his 16-year-old wife with an AK-47 rifle after he allegedly refused her request for a divorce, local media reported on Tuesday. “Second Lt. Vong Tol, 32, shot his wife, Uy Sokhom, in the chest in their home in the northern province of Preah Vihear on Sunday

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved an 18 year-old marriage between one Grace Adekunle and Pastor Adeyemi Adekunle over abandonment, irresponsibility and impregnating church members. Chief Ademola Odunade, President of the court held that the dissolution became necessary because there was no more love between the two. In his judgement, he said

A street beggar, who made up to £100 a day, raped a 57-year-old woman after she stopped to ask if he was okay. James Campbell, 31, admitted raping the woman in a lane in Glasgow at around 6.30pm on August 16 last year.  Campbell, who lived with his mother in Paisley, Renfrewshire, was out begging

This man gives a new meaning to the words “s*x pest’ after he confessed he dated a cockroach called Lisa for a year who he obsessed about having s*x with. Yuma Shinohara, 25, called the bug his “first love” and said though the relationship was platonic he fantasised about bedding her – either with himself