My husband’s mistress is a widow but let me backtrack. I met my husband in church. One of those fellowships they invite you to because they think you are desperate to have a man by all means. I was desperate,…
I left my husband to save my sons, was I right or wrong?
My name is Ayisatu Olondo. I come from Abeokuta, in Ogun state. I’m 37 years old and I have four children. The oldest is 15, the rest are 13 and nine while my baby is just four years old. They…
Singer who raised thousands for NHS during lockdown killed in pub attack
A singer who raised thousands for the NHS during the Covid pandemic has been killed during an attack in a pub over the Bank Holiday weekend. ‘Local hero’ Robert Hiscoe, 37, was rushed to hospital after being seriously assaulted at…
Bus driver who killed 2 women after accelerating instead of braking spared jail
A double-decker driver who killed two women when he ploughed into a bus stop after hitting the accelerator instead of the brakes has been spared jail. Baruania Baros, 35, was trying to manoeuvre his vehicle to deploy a ramp to…
‘My mother-in-law ordered my husband to throw me out, got him another wife’
A woman of Ndola, Zambia, has narrated in court how her mother-in-law scolds her whenever she has an argument with her husband. In this case, Juliet Mwembe sued Bonnie Kabaila, a resident of Twapia Township, for divorce. Juliet told the…
Widowhood is a not a crime
There’s this stigma when it comes to widowhood. It’s sticks like gum to most women who find themselves with that label and because it is a label, it becomes an identity many struggle with. The struggle comes with pain, stigma,…
My wife has abandoned her duties, gets too involved in church activities, man tells court
A man, Aku Bakari, has dragged his wife, Mary, before a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for allegedly getting too involved in church activities. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the petitioner, who resides…
Man stabs his 109 year old wife over refusal of conjugal right
Ugandan police are currently holding a 110-year-old man, Dominic Babiiha, who is accused of stabbing his 109-year-old wife, Costansio Bakasisa, to death. The alleged motive behind the tragic act was the wife’s refusal to grant him conjugal rights. The incident…
Why my husband became skit maker – Mercy Aigbe
Well-known Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has revealed that her husband turned into a skit maker in order to promote her film. In a widely shared video, Mercy Aigbe broke down in tears at the premiere of her most recent film,…
Come o, what do you know about your neighbour?
The day Eleanor’s husband, Obatunde, moved out of their matrimonial home, virtually everyone in our estate knew and for almost one year after, Eleanor did not breathe a word about it, she kept mum, carried on as if all was…