Tag: MARRIAGE

Couple breaks world record, marries at 102, 100

Aminu Imam
Couple breaks world record

A centenarian couple, Bernie Littman, 100, and Marjorie Fiterman, 102, are living proof that love knows no age limits, as the couple officially became the world’s oldest newlyweds with a combined age of 202 years, Guinness World Records (GWR) revealed on Tuesday. Both Marjorie and Bernie, who found love in a senior living facility, were said to have lived over 60 years of marriage to their respective first spouses, but when their spouses passed away and they moved into the same floor of a seniors’ living facility in Philadelphia, USA,…

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Policewoman begs court her marriage to fellow Policeman over domestic violence

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Policewoman Angela Adams on Tuesday begged a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, FCT, to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Titus, over alleged domestic violence. She said this in a divorce petition filed against her husband in court. “My husband always beats me whenever we have a little misunderstanding. He beats me like a child. “He always targets my eyes. The last time he beat me, he threw a punch on my face, luckily for me, I was able to block it with my hand and the blow…

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Teenage girl drags father to court over refusal to give marriage consent

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A teenager, Halima Yunusa, on Monday dragged her father before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for allegedly refusing to get her married to her lover, Bashir Yusuf. Yunusa, who lives in Kasuwan Magani, Chikun Local Government Area of the State, told the Court that she was in love with Yusuf but that her parents were not letting them get married. The teenager’s father, Ibrahim, a businessman, however, in his defence, told the Court that he was aware of the “extreme love” between his daughter and Yusuf,…

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Zulum raises alarm on ISWAP freely organizing weddings in Borno, asks Army not to relent

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Adamu Aliyu Ngulde, Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has raised an alarm over Fighters of the Islamic States of West African Province organizing a wedding ceremony around Mandira Girau, Biu Local Government, where their members in motorcycles attend. The hint by the Governor gave credence to a rumour already out in the public. The governor gave the hint on Wednesday when he hosted members of Senate Committee on the Nigerian Army, led by Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume at the Council Chamber of the State Government House…

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