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Group Protests, Wants Anti-grazing Law Enacted In Edo

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4 years ago

September 14, 2021

A pressure group, New Nigerian Initiative(NNI), on Tuesday staged a protest in Benin to demand quick enactment of the anti-grazing law in Edo State as directed by the 17 Southern Governors at the Asaba declaration in May, 2021.

The group therefore called on the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State House of Assembly to quickly enact the law in the state.

Recall that the 17 southern governors had at a meeting in Asaba, Delta State capital, agreed that the 17 southern states should before the 1st of September pass the anti-grazing bill into law to checkmate the menace of killings and kidnappings by Fulani herdsmen.

Speaking at the protest at the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, chairman of the group, Comrade Uwadiae Odigie, said the unspeakable horror being perpetuated by Fulani herdsmen on peaceful and law abiding people of Edo State was no longer acceptable.

He urged the Edo State Governor, the State House of Assembly to promptly pass the bill to ban open grazing in the state.

“This organization, moved by the unspeakable horror being perpetuated on peaceful and law abiding people of Edo State, it is on record that the New Nigerian Initiative initiated a bill on the need to “Ban open grazing in Edo State,” and it has since been sent to the the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and passage.

“After waiting in vain, we made spirited efforts to see the his Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki on the need for intervention, at the end of the day, we were directed to see the PS in the Ministry of Agriculture

“We have been mounting pressure on the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Marcus Onobun, on the urgent need to pass the bill to ban open grazing in Edo State, but all efforts have been abortive.

“Now, it has been transparently and sufficiently established that the Fulani Herdsmen are the ones unleashing terror and fear in Edo State by the horrible and shocking cases of the late Jide Sowore and the recent kidnapping of the elder statesman, Dickson Imasogie and other isolated cases.

“We are worried about the inability of Edo State Government to respond to this most cold blooded and calculated monsters, Fulani Herdsmen, who have turned the state into a sanctuary for barbarism,” he concluded.

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I Provide Four Square Meals A Day For My Wife, Man Tells Court

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December 6, 2025

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A commercial mototrcyclist, Malam Isma’il Abubakar, has told a Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, that he provides ‘four square meals’ for his wife every day.

Isma’il made this known while responding to his wife, Zainab Saleh’s allegations that he does not provide food for her.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she also alleged that her husband does not respect her parents.

She said she was done with their 10-year marriage and wanted divorce.

Isma’il, however, prayed the court to give him time to settle the dispute with his wife.

The judge, Malam Malam Anas Khalifa, asked Zainab to provide witnesses who can testify to her claims.

He ordered the couple to present their parents or guardians in court.

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Court Dissolves Marriage, Orders Man To Pay N30,000 Per Month For Kids’ Food

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December 6, 2025

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An Area Court at Centre-igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the nine-year-old marriage between a woman, Bilikis Abake and her husband, Kehinde Bintin, over claims of domestic violence.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that the respondent, had sent a letter to the court through the bailiff, releasing his wife.

Etsu, consequently, dissolved the marriage between both parties, but ordered the woman to observe three months iddah (waiting) period, before she could remarry again.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court awarded custody of the two children of the marriage, who are eight-year-old and six-year-old, to their mother.

The court ordered the respondent to pay the sum of N30,000, as monthly maintenance fee.

He held that the father should be responsible for his children’s school fees, and should be allowed unrestricted access to his children, except at odd hours.

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‘My Husband Kept Coffin Under Our Bed, Planned To Use Our Child For Ritual’

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December 6, 2025

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In a chilling case that shocked Matero Local Court, Zambia, 36-year-old woman from Chisamba has been granted divorce from her husband, whom she accused of attempting to sacrifice their two children.

Bertha Mumbi told the court that her husband, Abel Ngoma, 46, of Chibombo, allegedly plotted to kill their two daughters—aged 11 years and 7 years as part of ritual instructions he received from a witchdoctor in 2021.

According to Zambia Observer, testifying before the magistrate, Lewis Mumba Bertha said that Abel even made a small coffin in preparation for the supposed death of their firstborn and kept it in their bedroom for four consecutive nights after she refused to participate in the scheme.

“By then, he had already made a small coffin in readiness for the death of my firstborn. He never told me about the coffin he made. We slept for four days with it under our bed,” she said.

Bertha said the plan was brought to light by the witchdoctor’s informant, who approached her to demand compensation for cancelling the agreement, since she had refused to consent to the sacrifice.