Marriage

Woman’s religion and marriage choices: The meeting and diverging points

June 20, 2022 Admin III 0

Over the years, natural scientists had insisted that our body is 60% water, and so have social anthropologists been establishing that religion influences 60% of our actions and idiosyncrasies. The same way, social scientists teach that man is homo-politico (political being), anthropologists add that man is also homo-religiosus (he is inborn religionist).Consequently, religious convictions, without appeal to any particular sex, Read More

Domestic violence: When should couples consider divorce?

April 22, 2022 Admin III 0

Cases of domestic violence are recorded on daily basis in Nigeria, with some couples having their days in court and seeking for divorce. The recent death of Gospel Singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, allegedly following complications of domestic violence has thrown up many issues. In this report, PAUL OKAH seeks the opinion of Nigerians on domestic violence. Couples can separate without divorcing Read More

Infidelity: How paternity tests put asunder what God joined together

February 4, 2022 Admin III 0

Infidelity is arguably the major cause of strains in relationships and even divorce, with African society often hiding under the argument that men are polygamous in nature to accommodate ‘cheating.’ However, the upsurge in Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests revealing that women often pass on children not biologically belonging to their husbands have often led to crashed marriages. PAUL OKAH reports. Read More

Tragedy! Bus crushes 8 dead at marriage party

December 18, 2021 Agency Report 0

A bus ran over a marriage party on Friday night in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, leaving eight people dead and nine others injured, local media and police said. The uncontrolled bus crushed a group of people enjoying a marriage party in front of their house on the roadside near the Tahli Adda area of the Mandi Bahauddin district of Punjab, Read More

‘78% northern girls married off before age 18’

November 12, 2021 Ene Oshaba 0

Save the Children International Nigeria has revealed that 78% of girls in the northern region of Nigeria are married off before the age of 18, this is even as the federal government had few years back pegged marriage age to 18 accros the country. In a statement by made available to Journalists in Abuja by it’s media and communications Manager, Read More

I’m not a prostitute, Sadiya Haruna cries out

October 22, 2021 Admin III 0

 Former Kannywood star Sadiya Haruna, who was recently arrested by officials of Kano Hisbah Command for posting a nude video on Youtube, tells ALIYU ASKIRA in this interview that she’s not a woman of easy virtue.   Background When Hadiza Gabon and Auwal Isah West, both of whom popular Kannywood actor and actress, were recently locked in a serious battle of moral Read More

Nigerian girl-child as endangered species

October 22, 2021 Admin III 0

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2021 International Day of the Girl Child recently, there have been calls for stakeholders to remember that all human beings come from that species of human that many backward societies tend to look down on. ELEOJO IDACHABA writes. Recently, October 11 to be precise, Nigeria joined the rest of Read More

Kebbi lawmakers pass law on child rights

October 8, 2021 Kabir Dogon Daji Birnin Kebbi 0

The Kebbi state House of Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to domesticate the Child Rights Act in the state. The Child Rights Act is an international law domesticated by Nigeria in 2003. It protects children against abuse. The passage of the bill in Kebbi state followed that of Katsina in December last year. Both North-west states are affected by child Read More

How my role in Dadi Kowaaffects me – Sister Altine

September 10, 2021 Admin III 0

Mariya Ibrahim is popularly known as Sister Altine in the Dadin Kowa programme that is being aired on Arewa 24 in Kano. She tells ALIYU ASKIRA in this interview that even though the programme has made her a celebrity, she regrets the role she plays in it. Regrets As a result of the role I play in the programme when Read More

How social media fuels divorce

September 10, 2021 Admin III 0

Nowadays, the news of divorce cases is no longer surprising as many people often set countdown clocks with the celebration of every marriage. And the advent of the internet has not in itself helped matters as couples, especially celebrities, often rush to the social media to post marital issues. PAUL OKAH reports. “So, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, Read More

Erotica: The most misunderstood genre

September 1, 2021 Sule Abubakar Mark 0

In our contemporary society, many people have preconceived notions about the art of writing erotica. Erotic literature has become a taboo theme because of its peculiar prurient qualities. It has become an object of scorn, and it’s a scathing attack on entire literature. And the bitter irony is that some supposedly educated people, or better put, some acclaimed literary pundits Read More

Rude boy’s marriage crashes as wife, Anita Okoye, files for divorce

August 20, 2021 Admin III 0

Anita Okoye, wife of popular singer, Paul Okoye, Psquare has petitioned an Abuja court to dissolve their marriage after seven years. This is coming a few days after Rudeboy released his debut album as a solo act, ‘Rudeboy Kill Us.’ In a court document published by Pulseng, Anita requested for dissolution of her marriage to the ‘Reason with me’ singer. Read More

VIDEO: 10 years after, couple discover they are siblings

August 19, 2021 Admin III 0

An unidentified couple in a viral video have said that they discovered they are siblings after 10 years of marriage. The American couple who already have two kids together, also revealed that they’ve been together for 13 years. They however didn’t state in the video how they found out that they are siblings. Watch the video below

Breaking – Fraud allegations against Abba Kyari: IGP breaks silence

July 29, 2021 Chizoba Ogbeche, Abuja 0

The Nigeria Police Force Thursday night acknowledged receipt of allegation and indictment processes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against DCP Abba Kyari, juts as the the Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Baba has ordered an internal review of the allegations. A press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CP Frank Mba, Thursday in Abuja, said: Read More

All you need to know about every BBNaija season 6 Shine Ya Eye housemates

July 26, 2021 Admin III 0

The organizers of the Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality show on Saturday, 24 July 2021, announced the 11 male housemates, with the 11 female housemates  announced on Sunday. Here is a quick look at the Big Brother housemates for 2021. After weeks of speculation, Big Brother finally unveiled this Season’s theme and introduced Africa to the first batch of BBNaija Read More

Polygamy as panacea to infidelity?

July 2, 2021 Admin III 0

Monogamy, which is the state of being married to one person at a time, has been the system of marriage commonly practised by many Christians in Nigeria and other African countries. However, it has continued to be cited as one of the reasons wives and husbands engage in infidelity. PAUL OKAH asks if a return to polygamy can curb the Read More

P/Harcourt prince, Lawrence Chukwu, escapes assassination attempt

July 1, 2021 Paul Okah 0

Son to the late Eze Ekenta Jackson Chukwu of Ogbakiri, River state, Mr. Lawrence Chukwu, has reportedly escaped assassination attempt on his life at Gudu area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A family source, who craved anonymity, told this reporter that the gunmen traced Lawrence Chukwu to his abode in Gudu area of Abuja over the weekend where Read More

Disregard bill seeking to scrap NYSC, youth group tells NASS leadership

May 26, 2021 Admin III 0

Some well-meaning Nigerian youths have urged the National Assembly leadership to ignore the bill seeking to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), describing it as “obnoxious”. The Concerned Nigerian Youth (CNY) said  discontinuing the scheme will jeopardise the chances of a greater and united Nigeria as the opportunities acculturation will be totally lost. The group’s President, Obande Gideon Obande, Read More

NYSC at 48: Giant and commendable feats of an institution

May 24, 2021 Atim Atedze 0

The National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC) has come of age so much so that the institution’s gains cannot be quantified in the country’s socio-economic life. So much has been written and said about the scheme regarding its contribution to the country’s socio-economic development. And this is where it stands in commemoration of the 48th anniversary of the existence of Read More