A 44-year-old woman, Zainab Isah, has told a Shari’a Court 1 sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, that she had nowhere to go after her divorce from her husband, Alhaji Abdulhamid.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Zainab told the court that Abdulhamid married her when she was 14 years old.

“I have been married to him for 30 years now and our union is blessed with 10 children,” she stated.

She further said that her husband divorced her on January 1.

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“I am yet to complete my waiting period (Iddah), as required under Islam.

“I lived in peace with my co-wives but I can’t leave my children for them; three of my children are sick,” she said.

Earlier , Abdulrashid Musa, counsel to Abdulhamid, prayed the court to compel Zainab to leave his house since they were no longer married.

He said he had issued two pronouncement of divorce to the defendant.

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The first, he said was pronounced on December 29, 2025, adding that she had finished her Iddah.

He stated that all efforts made by him to ensure she leaves his house, failed.

He alleged that she was causing trouble for his other wives.

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The complainant however, told the court that he was ready to pay for his ex wife’s rent when she gets a new place to live with her children.

The judge, Malam Mu’awiya Shehu said the rights of a woman for shelter, feeding and other provisions by the husband ends when divorce occur adding that only the children have the right to be taken care of .

He adjourned the matter to June 1 for the defendant to find a new place she can relocate to with her children.

A housewife, Jamila Hussaini, has approached an Upper Area Court sitting in Mararaba-Gurku, Nasarawa State, seeking the dissolution of her marriage to her husband, Ahmed Muhammad, over claims of non-consummation of their marriage and trauma.

Jamila, who resides at Masaka, in Karu area of Nasarawa State, filed the petition on April 17, against her husband.

The petitioner told the court that she was married to Ahmed who resides in Abuja, under Islamic Law.

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She averred that since their marriage on December 27, 2025, the respondent had not taken her to his house or even provided her with shelter.

According to the petitioner, she had remained in her parents’ house since the marriage was contracted, adding that it has not been consummated.

The petitioner also claimed that she had been traumatised by the respondent, adding that she had lost all love and affection for him.

She, consequently, sought an order for the dissolution of their union and for any other order the court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of the case.

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The respondent was absent in court, but he sent a divorce letter for the court to proceed and pronounce a single divorce according to Islamic Law.

The presiding judge, Mohammed Yakubu, consequently, granted dissolution of the union, following mutual consent of the parties.

The court, however, ordered that the petitioner should observe a three months waiting period (‘Iddah) according to Islamic law before she contracted another marriage.

A ma of Lusaka is up in arms and demanding a lobola (bride price) refund from the family of a woman he intended to marry but called off the wedding.

But the family of the woman has sworn that they will not pay him back saying lobola (bride price) refund is against ancient Nsenga culture of Eastern Province and that he had sampled the potential bride one too many times.

Jones Mukanzo aged 45, a resident of Thirteen Miles is now hoping the Lusaka Boma Local Court, Zambia, can intervene in the matter and help him get a refund.

Jones told the court that he fell in love with Selina Zulu and decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her upon which he assembled a lobola negotiating committee to meet her people.

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At the meeting two months, Mukanzo was charged K21,000 as bride price out of which he paid K10,000 to set grand wedding rehearsals in motion.

However, as the wedding preparations were in full gear with bridal party members perfecting their wedding dance routines and selecting outfits to wear on the big day, Jones had a change of mind and called off everything.

But when Jones demanded for a refund, Selina’s family refused to pay back.

During the court hearing, Selina’s uncle, Eliud Lungu, aged 51, who received the money on behalf of bride’s father said the family cannot return the dowry because it is not in the Nsenga tradition.

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Eliud, a resident of Garden House explained that Jones had already test-driven Selina and sampled all the goodies he would enjoy if he had married her so there was no need to pay him back his lobola.

And in solidifying the case, Selina’s 69-year old grandmother, Phalesy Banda of Chelstone testified that indeed, her granddaughter went for sleep over at Jones’s residence.

“I lived with my granddaughter at the time they were preparing for the wedding and he sought from me permission for Selina to come to his place where she would stay for three days,” she testified.

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Phalesy said her granddaughter always went to Jones’s place on Fridays, in Thirteen Miles, and would return on Mondays.

But Jones swore that he had never slept with or spent a night with Selina.

After hearing both sides, the Senior Local Court magistrate, Mubukwanu Matakal, adjourned the case to a later date so that Selina, who is a co-defendant in the matter can be present to clarify matters.