child marriage

Julie Coker: Ex-beauty queen who escaped child marriage at 14 to become broadcasting legend

Some call her the ‘Queen of the Tube’, others call her the television goddess. To…

55-year-old retired police officer forcefully takes 14-year-old as “wife” in Benue

A retired police officer Oliver Ugbaga is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Benue.

The strange story of Alhaji Chanji: The septuagenarian with insatiable thirst for new young wives

Alhaji Yakubu Jikan Daudu is very well known for his penchant to divorce his wives after child birth.

PHOTOS: APC lawmaker comes under fire for endorsing “child marriage” in Niger

Aliyu Umar has been heavy criticised for partaking in a marital union involving an elderly man and a very young girl.

Girl, 16, sentenced to death for stabbing husband who raped her

Noura Hussein had been forced into a marriage against her wish in Sudan.

Tanzania: Shock as government moves to appeal ban on child marriage

The relief which followed the landmark law that raised marriage age to 18 as turned into shock.

60-year-old cleric arrested for marrying 6-year-old girl

He claimed her parents gave him the girl as a “religious offering”.

Tanzania, Gambia leave Nigeria behind with landmark bans on child marriage

43% of Nigerian girls are married off before their 18th birthday.