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Land Dispute Tears Communities Apart In Edo

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6 years ago

April 3, 2020

There was protest in Iguomon community, a sub-urban town in Uhumwonde Local Government Area of Edo state over the rightful ownership of a parcel of land along the Benin bye-pass.

The protest was as a result of unresolved lingering crisis between Iguomon and their neighbouring community (Ikhuonbo).

leader of the group from Iguomon community, Comrade Emmanuel Agbogun, expressed dissatisfaction over the continuous disregard for a judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on the 3rd of February, 2006, relating to land and boundary dispute between the two communities.

He said, “Since the judgement, the people of Ikhuonbo has carried out activities that displayed outright disobedience to the Supreme Court judgement.

“A warrant of possession was issued to Iguomon community by the State Ministry of Justice in 2016 and since then, the people of Ikhuonbo have created all forms of resistance to the Iguomon people in possessing their lawful possession.

“We are therefore demanding as follows, that should the government fail to call Ikhuonbo people to order, we shall result to self-help and it may result to native war between the two communities if within fourteen days this issue is not properly address.”

Iguomon people called on the state government to urgently wade in with a view to settling the crisis and ordering Ikhuonbo community to respect the judgement of the Supreme Court concerning the said parcel of lands.

Reacting to the allegation, Mr Peter Ezelekhae denied the allegation.

He said the issue had been settled for long by all concerned authorities including the palace of the revered Oba of Benin kingdom, state house of assembly who said the new bye-pass should be mentioned as boundary between the two communities.

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

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2 hours ago

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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3 hours ago

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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3 hours ago

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.