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Sharia court grants divorce to wife over lack of love for husband

Sani Idris Mar 21, 2022 0

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday granted the prayer’s for divorce filed by a housewife, Rakiya Ladan on grounds that she no longer loved her husband, Yahaya Abba. Delivering his ruling, the Judge, Nuhu…

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Cheating: Court issues bench warrant against woman

Aisha Gambo Sep 27, 2021 1

A Shari’a Court in Kaduna on Monday issued a bench warrant authorising the arrest of a woman, Fatima Wagana over failure to appear for trial. The judge, Malam Murtala Nasir, gave the order after the counsel to the defendant, Malam Usman…

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My husband doesn’t last long in bed; he spends only two minutes – Woman tells court

Aisha Gambo Sep 7, 2021 0

A 25-year-old housewife, Lubabatu Ibrahim, on Tuesday, prayed a Sharia court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, to dissolve her union with one Habibu Ibrahim, over his mental health challenge. The complainant, who explained that the union was…

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‘I overheard my wife talking to another man in Kano’ – Husband tells Kaduna Sharia court

Agency Report Aug 2, 2021 0

A housewife, Hadiza Jibril, who accused her husband, Aliyu, of beating her has begged a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State to dissolve her marriage. Jibril, also accused her husband of starving her of food. Aliyu, a…

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Sharia Court Orders 20 Lashes For 7 Vagrants In Kaduna

Sani Idris Jun 29, 2021 0

A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered that seven vagrants be given 20 lashes of cane each with hard labour for pick-pocketing. The police charged Hamza Aliyu, Abba Haruna, Yusuf Hashim, Ismail Adamu, Salisu…

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Woman jailed for burning ex-husband’s new wife’s house

Aisha Gambo Jun 16, 2021 0

A Sharia Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old woman, Zainab Ibrahim to six months imprisonment for burning her former husband’s new wife’s house. The judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta sentenced Ibrahim…

Law

”My Husband Has Abandoned me Sexually”, Divorce-Seeking Wife Tells Court

Aisha Gambo Mar 3, 2021 0

A housewife, Maryam Muhammad, on Wednesday, prayed a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her husband, Abdulhamid Yakubu. The complainant, a resident of Kontagora road in Kaduna…

Law

Kano Shari’a Commission Records 90 Cases In 8 Months

Bosede Olufunmi Sep 10, 2020 0

The Kano State Shari’a Commission, says it has recorded 90 marital, inter-sect and inter-religious cases in the past eight months in the state. SEE ALSO: EFCC Arrest Woman Over N3m Job Scam Alhaji Haru a Muhammad, Director, Public…

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Housewife Drags Husband To Sharia Court, Seeks Divorce

Sani Idris Sep 8, 2020 0

A housewife, Ladidi Abbas, on Tuesday dragged her husband, Shehu Abbas to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, seeking divorce over alleged battery. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 595 New Cases, Total Hits 33,153 Abbas,…

Government

Kano Judiciary Submit Sharia Court Judgment Case Details to Falana

Rabiu Sani Sep 3, 2020 0

Kano State Judiciary says it has submitted certified copies of the Sharia Court judgment to the Human Rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, to enable him to appeal the judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging for…

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Wife Demands Divorce From Husband Over Irreconcilable Differences

Sani Idris Sep 2, 2020 0

A housewife, Ismaha Adam, on Wednesday, dragged her husband, Abdullahi Zakariyya to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking divorce over unsettled differences. Adam who lives in Kaduna, told the court that she would…

Features

Man, 60, to die by stoning for raping girl, 12, in Kano

John Ogunsemore Aug 12, 2020 0

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning after his conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl. Abdu was convicted on a count charge of rape contrary to Section 126 of…

Religion

Kano Sharia Court sentences singer to death for blasphemy

John Ogunsemore Aug 10, 2020 0

An Upper Shariah Court in Kano on Monday sentenced a singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, to death for blasphemy. The court sitting in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area and presided over by Muhammad Aliyu Kani convicted the accused of the…

Government

Covid 19: Shari’a Court Reduces Crowd in Hall

Aisha Gambo Mar 23, 2020 0

A Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Monday reduced the crowd in its court to less than 20 people to avoid close contact in the court. The Judge, Malam Murtala Nasir, ordered the court’s clerk to stay outside the…

Government

Alleged Sexual Abuse: KDSG Prays Court to Grant her Custody of 2 Children

Aisha Gambo Feb 22, 2020 0

The Kaduna State Government on Friday prayed a Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna to grant her custody of two children who were allegedly sexually abused by their biological father. Hafsat Mohammed-Baba, the Commissioner of…

Crime

Woman Drags Businessman to Court for Alleged Sodomy In Kaduna

Aisha Gambo Nov 18, 2019 0

A physically challenged mother, Latifa Umar, on Monday, dragged Rabiu Abdulrazak, a businessman to a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna for allegedly having sex with her eight-year-old son. The complainant, who resides at…

Law

Court orders that Tailor who bit a businessman on his stomach be remanded

Sani Abdulrahman Sep 3, 2019 0

A Sharia Court in Kaduna State, on Tuesday, ordered that a tailor, Abubakar Muhammad-Askira, who allegedly bit a businessman in the stomach, be remanded in police custody. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, adjourned the case until…

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Kaduna man divorces wife twice, tears divorce papers after

Sani Abdulrahman May 21, 2019 0

A retired civil servant, Kabir Matazu, on Tuesday told a Sharia Court II siting in Magajin Gari Kaduna State that he tore the two divorce papers he gave to his estranged wife after the problem between them was settled. Testifying in…

News

Sharia Court sentences 2 women to prison for wearing skimpy dresses in Kaduna

Aisha Gambo Apr 23, 2019 0

A Shari’a Court II, sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Tuesday sentenced 20-year- old Farida Taofiq and Raihana Abbas to two months in prison each for wearing skimpy dressses. Taofiq and Abbas, residents of Argungu road in Kaduna, were…

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Man to get 80 strokes of cane for calling sister-in-law prostitute

Mabel Yakubu Apr 16, 2018 0

A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Monday ordered that one Shuaibu Umar be given 80 strokes of cane for calling his sister-in-law, Suwaiba Abdulkadir, a prostitute. Abdulkadir, who had filled a case of defamation …