Tag: Dowry
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Court dissolves Gov Ganduje’s daughter 16-year marriage
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Thursday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between Asiya Ganduje and Inuwa Uba.
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Ganduje’s daughter to return N50,000 dowry in exchange for divorce
Asiya Ganduje, a daughter to Kano State Governor, on Thursday, before an Upper Shari’a Court insisted on returning the N50,000 dowry paid by her husband, Inuwa Uba, to end their 16-year-old marriage. The plaintiff was in court seeking the dissolution of her marriage through Islamic means (Khul’i) as she claims to be tired and fed…
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Marry her or leave her – Angry mother tells daughter’s boyfriend
Mrs Rayila Lawal on Wednesday dragged one Salisu Salele, the boyfriend of her daughter, Bilikisu Lawal to a Sharia Court judge in Kaduna State for the court to compel him to marry her daughter or leave her alone.
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Court orders woman to breastfeed baby for 20 months to stave off dowry return
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Monday ordered one Bilkisu Abdullahi, a nursing mother, to breastfeed her two-month- old daughter for 20 months in order to stave off the return of dowry she collected from her estranged husband. The Judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta, made the ruling after Bilkisu prayed the court to dissolve…
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Sharia court orders woman to refund N20,000 dowry to husband
A Sharia Court ll at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, has ordered one Maryam Muhammad to refund the N20,000 dowry paid for her by Mansur Yakubu, her husband, as condition for divorce. The complainant, who filed a case against her husband, told the court that she could no longer tolerate her husband and wished to divorce him…
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Man kills father for failing to pay mother’s dowry
A man from Taita Taveta County, Mombasa in Kenya has been arrested after he mercilessly assaulted his 67-year-old father to death for failing to pay his mother’s dowry. According to Wundanyi OCPD, Benjamin Muhia, he told Nairobi News that the deceased, Wilmont Mwawasi, was beaten to death by his son after a short argument over…
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NYSC member divorces husband, refunds N80,000 dowry
A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday dissolved the marriage between 27-year-old Rukayat Ahmed, an NYSC member, and Alkasim Ahmed, following a petition filed by the former. Rukayat, a resident of Jos, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the marriage on the grounds that she was no more in love with Alkasim. The…