Tag: bride price

Azeez June 28, 2017

My bride price was returned for formality – Tonto Dikeh

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has said her family returned bride price to her former in-laws out of formality. The actress had claimed she paid her own bride price when her…

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Ada Igboanugo October 7, 2015

Woman steals baby to deceive lover into marrying her

A desperate young woman identified as Onyebuchi Jennifer was arrested on Tuesday in Anambra state for stealing a baby in Lagos state. The 26-year-old, in a confessional statement, said she…

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February 18, 2014

Opinion: Why the bride price custom in Nigeria should be scrapped

by Egoyibo Okoro In Anambra, Enugu, Imo and Abia states of Nigeria, the cost of marrying a young woman often runs into hundreds of thousands of naira, depending on the…

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August 22, 2013

#DivorceDrama: Court dissolves 19-year-old marriage over non payment of bride price

by Oge Okonkwo The marriage between Olawale Adeniyi and his wife, Mary Adeniyi has been dissolved by an Ikole-Ekiti Customary Court on Thursday, over his inability to pay the bride…

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November 8, 2012

Pastor impregnates wife’s sister, fined $2,500 ‘for the sin’ by her family

by Rachel Ogbu Given Banda gave a little too much and got stripped of his pastoral duties recently after impregnating his wife’s sister. The young pastor from Crusade of God…

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