A woman has prayed the court to dissolve the union with her husband on the grounds of irresponsibility on the husband's part as well as lack of romance.A middle-aged woman, Latifat Adeleke, has asked a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage with Adetola Adeleke, overalleged sexual starvation according to P.M news.Latifat, a trader and mother of two, on Wednesday asked the court to end the nine-year-old marriage after declaring that she was "totally fed up."In her petition to the court, Latifat alleged that Adeleke, a spare parts dealer, aside from neglecting his traditional responsibilities of catering for her and the two children, had no time for her."Adeleke has over three to four years now, failed in his responsibilities as a husband towards me and as a father to his two children."The worst of all, my Lord, is that he has kept away from having sexual intercourse with me which greatly saddens my heart."We no longer stay together and the bond of love between us has disappeared," Latifat declared.Adeleke, who denied all the allegations levelled against him by his wife, however told the court that he was happy to part ways with Latifat. He alleged that his wife was adulterous, extravagant and a party enthusiast."My lord, this year alone, Latifat has dubiously obtained close to N300, 000 from me in the name of celebrating birthday for our children."I once caught her red-handed with her lover onour matrimonial bed."When I asked her if what she did was right or not, there was no remorse, even when it actually happened on our matrimonial home," he said."She has been involved in all manners of atrocities; this is why I called it all off with her."Please, my Lord, I don't want her to take custody of the eight and six year-old children, because she doesn't stay around; Latifat keeps going to parties," Adeleke told the court.After listening to both parties, the President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, adjourned the matter till Jan. 27, 2016 and directed both parties to produce evidence to support their claims.
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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