Tag: child bride
Dismiss murder charge against child bride killer – Lawyer
A defence lawyer on Monday called for the dismissal of murder charges against a 14-year-old girl accused of killing her…
Murder case opens against Kano child-bride
Nigerian prosecutors opened their case on Wednesday against a 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband, with testimony from…
Deep division in Nigeria after teenager murders husband
Many see Wasila Tasi’u as a victim: a 14-year old girl from a poor, strictly Muslim family in northern Nigeria,…
‘Why I Killed My Husband, 3 Others With Rat Poison’
A child bride in Kano State, northwest Nigeria, has told the police why she killed her husband and three of…