Hon. Kennedy Ibeh, representing Obowo State constituency in Imo State House of Assembly, has sponsored a bill to regulate the cost of customary marriages in Imo State. “Imo women are not getting married due to the high cost of marriage
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Every time you think you’ve heard or seen it all, one more man comes along to completely jerk you back into the reality of what many men consider to be marriage standards in this part of the world. The bar
Vlogger Sassy Funke says no matter how much love you have for him or wanted him to be called your own, there are some things a woman should never do for her man. Women (desperate) have always gone out of
The practice of holding festivities in the house of a bride’s parents during traditional marriages has been banned by the Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) in Benue state. Daily Trust gathers that the practice was banned on the ground that such
An Igbo woman Nkiruka Akpovili, who recently tied the knot with her Isoko husband is really angry about the cost of her traditional wedding as it has drained herself and her husband financially, to the point of leaving her in
When a couple prepares for marriage, the thought of necessary rites which majorly surrounds the bride’s price comes to mind. Over the years different communities in our Nigerian society have maintained their marriage rite traditions. In Nigeria, bride price which
Ondo residents who witnessed the parade of criminals and other notorious armed robbery suspects at the Police command headquarters, in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday, were left in shock when a vegetable seller, identified as Chukuma Okoro confessed why
The royal ruler of Tiv land, Benue state, known as the Tor Tiv, HRM, Prof. James Ayatse has given out his precious daughter’s hand in marriage over the weekend. The wedding ceremony which was a simple event held in the
Following reports that Nigerian actor, Charles Billion is set to welcome second child with his U.S based lover (read here), it has been gathered that his marriage to his estranged wife and actress, Mimi Orjiekwe is over, as her family members
Olori Zaynab Wuraola Obanor is finally free to remarry after her 17-month-old marriage to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi crashed some weeks ago. It was gathered that the customary bride price paid by the Ooni had been fully
When a couple prepares for marriage, the thought of necessary rites which majorly surrounds the bride’s price comes to mind. Over the years different communities in our Nigerian society have maintained their traditions meant for marriage rites. For some reason
My boyfriend is from Warri and I’m from Akwa Ibom. He wanted me to marry him early next year but he said he’s been hearing about the long bride price list in my place. So when my sister recently got married,
Benue State Governor’s wife, Eunice Ortom, has called on Tor Tiv-elect (the paramount ruler of the Tiv people), Professor James Ayatse, to review bride-prices in Tiv land, to enable young men get married at the right time. She made the appeal yesterday,
Former military governor of old Anambra State, Col. Robert Akonobi (rtd), reportedly pleaded with Igbo parents to reduce the bride price of their daughters to make it affordable for young men to marry them. Speaking recently at the industrial city of Nnewi,
