The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Rt. Hon. Hajia Memounatou Ibrahima, has said Ghana’s decision to entrust its vice presidency to a woman has raised the bar for women’s political leadership in West Africa.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.