For the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, the age-old practice of bride price serves as a seal during marriage between two individuals, as it binds the family together. In recent times, several ...

•Paying woman’s bride price qualifies a man to lay claim to a child’s paternity —Imo monarch •Only fulfilment of traditional marriage formalities qualifies a man to claim paternity of a child —Oldest ...

The critical aspect of marital rite is bride price and it is one thing that is widely acceptable to solidify marriage. According to research, bride price varies from tribe to tribe and it depends on ...

An Akure Magistrate Court described Igbo custom as barbaric, evil, and ungodly because it denied a father access to his children over the non-payment of the bride price to the wife’s family.

Every ethnic group in Nigeria has its way of celebrating traditional weddings. It is at the traditional wedding that the families of the bride and groom come together as 'one’, the bride price is paid ...

It was a star-studded celebration of love, as Nollywood Actor Shawn Faqua performed Sharon Maduekwe’s Traditional wedding rites ( Ịgba Nkwụ Nwanyị) in Lagos on Friday. The wedding had a powerful Igbo ...