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  • Husband refuses to take back bride price from wife after divorce

    Husband refuses to take back bride price from wife after divorce

    A man, Yahaya Saleh, on Friday refused to collect the bride price he earlier paid for his wife as ordered by a Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja.

    The court on Friday dissolved the marriage between Saleh and his wife, Rabi, and ordered the wife to return the bride price.

    However, Saleh who lives in Jedo Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, told the court that he would not collect back the bride price because he had children with his estranged wife.

    He said that the marriage was consummated under Islamic Law and was blessed with two children, the first being four years old and the second, two years old.

    Delivering judgment earlier, the judge, Saleh Ramat, had dissolved the marriage on the grounds of Saleh’s lack of care for Rabi, adding that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.

    Rabbi had in her petition, filed before the court, alleged that her husband had not been taking care of her and their two children throughout their 6-year old marriage.

    “My husband does not care about our health. Whenever the children or me are sick, he doen’t show care.

    “I have been the one feeding the family, caring for their health and all other needs.

    “I want the court to dissolve the marriage. I have no love for my husband again,” she had told the court.

  • Davido pays Chioma’s bride price, update status on Wikipedia account

    Davido pays Chioma’s bride price, update status on Wikipedia account

    Nigerian artiste, and  Afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has updated his marital status on Wikipedia account.

    Recall that Davido reportedly finalized his traditional marriage rites to Chioma  at Ezeala Odu, Imo State, on Thursday, 5th of January.

    It’s now official that the  singer’s Wikipedia page now reflects his new marital status and his wife’s name.

    It was earlier reported in November last year that the singer secretly got married to Chioma a month after the death of their only son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.

    According to the report, the traditional wedding, which was done in her father’s house, had few family friends in attendance with no cameras allowed. And because of the tragedy surrounding their marriage last year, Davido could not perform his Umunna rites. As such, according to the Igbo culture, he and Chioma weren’t fully married.

    Recall that Davido had, last year before the tragic incident, vowed to marry Chioma in 2023, but after their son’s death, the singer speedily wedded her.

    According to a previous post from the singer, the wedding is expected to take place in 2023.

  • Disrespecting wife over bride price is shallow mindset-Don Jazzy

    Disrespecting wife over bride price is shallow mindset-Don Jazzy

    Renowned music producer and showbiz mogul, Don Jazzy, has condemned the way some men treat their wife because of the bride price they paid to secure her hand in marriage.

    The outspoken entertainer noted that , disrespecting one’s wife because of the bride price paid is a shallow mindset.

    Don Jazzy however did not specify whether the disrespect from such men is as a result of the amount demanded from them before they got married to their wife.

    The music producer tweeted, “So apparently some of the men that disrespect and treat their wives like sh*t do so becos they paid some useless bride price. Kai, how do we educate the multitude with this shallow mindset?”

    A Twitter user, @iam_jaycheqs, whose profile says “women are not properties,” shared her opinion, saying “the bride price tradition needs to go.” According to her, “It holds no water in this modern time and age.”

    She added, “What is the purpose? And why won’t a man feel like he owns a person after paying for her?”

    She got a response from @oncle_thereal who said, “Like Don said, people need to be educated. Culture should not be lost or sacrificed on the altar of modernization. The culture of paying bride price in itself isn’t wrong or bad. It’s the individual mindset that makes things seem wrong. Hence, educating people better.”

    @ItzMimiLSD added that the men Don Jazzy spoke of want their wife to reverence them because of the bride price they paid.

    She said, “This set of men actually didn’t grow with love, they have some stupid ego in them, they feel the woman owes them the whole world just bcuz they paid some silly bride price. This is usually common among men who are still struggling to fit into the ‘middle family’.”

    She added, “And then they spend lots of money during the marriage rites so they just keep reminding the woman of how much they paid as bride price and the huge amount of money they spent traditionally to the direct family of the bride. They feel the woman should worship them.”

  • My dad demanded impossible bride price from Ojukwu- Bianca

    My dad demanded impossible bride price from Ojukwu- Bianca

    Ex- beauty queen, Bianca Ojukwu has revealed how her late father required an “impossible bride price” from Odumegwu Ojukwu, her late husband who was the president of the defunct Biafran state.

    The diplomat recently took to her social media page to mark the 20th year since after she was married to the late Igbo leader.

    In a Facebook post, she noted that her father had asked Ojukwu to pay 100 pre-independence copper coins, an old currency, that made the former Biafran president to dispatch men across the country to hunt for them before their eventual marriage in 2001.

    “What a day it was, and full of drama! The bride price was a daunting factor. My father, Chief CC Onoh gave his daughter’s suitor, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu a seemingly impossible task in this respect,” she wrote.

    “He demanded a bride price of 100 pre-independence copper coins (those old coins with a hole in the middle) and where could anyone readily find these extremely rare coins, and in such quantity in 2001?

    “And so people were dispatched to various parts of the country in search of the old coins. It cost so much more to source the coins than they were actually worth. Years later, when I asked my father what informed his request.”

    Bianca added that her dad revealed years later that he made the unusual request to teach Ojukwu to value women.

    “He laughed and told me, ‘I had to make it difficult for him. If it were purely a matter of paying money, being a man of great means, he would have been prepared to pay any amount, no matter how huge, as bride price,” she added.

    “That would have been easy. But in the course of your marriage, anytime he makes you upset and you threaten to head back home to us, he will remember the difficulty in procuring your bride price!’ Vintage Aninefungwu!

    “20 years ago to this day, and I am simply awed by my father’s wisdom. I am extremely privileged to have lived under the shadow of these two great men, valiant men who rode the thunder and quelled the storm.”

    On November 26, 2011, Ojukwu died in the United Kingdom after a brief illness.

  • My husband needs to pay another bride price – Bimbo Afolayan

    My husband needs to pay another bride price – Bimbo Afolayan

    Beautiful actress, Bimbo Afolayan has averred jokingly that her husband needs to pay another bride price.

     

    The beauty entrepreneur made the statement on Tuesday when she shared a picture of herself on Instagram advertising a skincare product.

     

     

    “My husband needs to pay another bride price,” she gushed over herself, adding that a lot of her customers have been commending her looks .

    TheNewsGuru recalls that Afolayan in an interview stated that motherhood changed her life.

     

     

    “Motherhood has really changed my life because it comes with a lot of responsibilities. As a mother, your life suddenly changes and you have to do all you can to fit into your new role. It has affected my life positively because it’s like another phase of life for me. As a result, I am always careful about my comportment at all times because I do not want to disappoint myself and my daughter. I want to be a good role model to her and I always have that in mind. Motherhood is a lot of work but I get by”.

     

  • My husband paid my bride price in full-Nina

    My husband paid my bride price in full-Nina

    Reality TV star, Nina has stated that her bride price was paid in full by her husband.
    The reality TV star made this known via her Instagram page on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, where she shared a video from her traditional wedding which took place last weekend.
    “I want to thank God Almighty for a successful “Ime ego “ My hubby paid everything in full… You all know how owerri bride price list is ?? it’s huge,” she wrote.

     

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8vYiZhHFoR/

    She went to explain the reason behind the absence of her friends at the wedding, insisting that she had no knowledge that it was going to be a big ceremony.
    “It was initially meant to be just “ime ego “ and very low key but I was wowed by the crowd and started regretting why I didn’t invite any of my friends ??but thank you all for your understanding, “ she added.
    TheNewsGuru recalls that Nina had her traditional wedding over the weekend. However, several gossip blogs reported the inconsistencies at the ceremony. From the absence of her husband to the rumours about her bride price.

  • Court dissolves 19-year marriage, orders wife to refund N20,000 bride price

    A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday, ordered a divorce seeking housewife, Binta Sani, to pay N20,000 to her estranged husband, Adamu Abdullahi, to free herself from their 19-year marriage.

    The Judge, Dahiru Lawal, in his ruling said that since the petitioner requested the divorce, it was mandatory on her to refund the bride price paid on her so as to free herself from the marriage.

    He said that Islam gives the woman the right to seek divorce through Khul’i, which is a form of redemption in which the woman returns the bride price paid on her to the husband to secure the divorce.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Binta had earlier told the court that her husband had been ill-treating her and was not ready to continue staying with him.

    “I can no longer tolerate him; I want to return his dowry back to him because I am fed up and there is no room for reconciliation,’’ she said.

    The respondent, however, told the court that he still loves his wife and pleaded with the court to intervene and save their troubled marriage.

    “We have been married for 19 years, and we have five children, I don’t want to divorce my wife, I paid N 8,000 dowry on my wife,’’ he said.

    The judge after listening to both parties said that the petitioner had the right in Islam to ask for a divorce.

    “In Islam, a woman has the right to seek divorce through Khul’i, when she returns the dowry to her husband.

    “However, the judge also has the right to add to the amount of the dowry to enable the husband re-marry.

    “I, Dahiru Lawal, judge of Sharia Court I of Magajin Gari hereby confirm the separation of the two parties.

    “From now on you are no longer husband and wife and Binta Sani would pay N20,000 to Adamu Abdullahi,’’ he ruled.

    (NAN)

  • Christmas tragedy! 11 women conveying bride die in auto crash

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano state on Sunday confirmed that 11 women died in a ghastly auto crash in Kano metropolis on Saturday night.

    FRSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the incident occurred around 8.30 p.m. at the old tollgate near Sa’adatu Abubakar Rimi College of Education.

    According to him, the women were conveying a bride from Unguwa Uku to Yan’lemu area when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the tollgate.

    He said eight women died on the spot while the remaining three died at the hospital.

    “Eight persons died on the spot because the vehicle after hitting the tollgate it divided into two instantly, Daura said.

    He said three other women and the male driver were still at the hospital receiving medical attention.

    The FRSC spokesman attributed the accident to over spending and urged other motorists to drive with utmost care by obeying all the traffic rules and regulations.

     

    NAN

     

  • Photo: Wife beats husband up over ‘bride price’

    Photo: Wife beats husband up over ‘bride price’

    A 30-year-old man from Uganda almost died after his wife beat him up. The cause of the dispute was that the husband could not pay the ‘bride price’ for his wife which caused the woman to go wild.

    Tuko news gathered that Juma Candia was almost murdered by his wife 34-year-old Beatrice Ajio after the furious woman smashed a load of empty bottles across her husband’s head after which she stabbed him in the hand with a knife

    According to the police report the cause of the argument was that Mr Candia did not pay the ‘bride price’. Candia said:

    “My wife, with whom I have lived for two years, was not happy that I was delaying to pay bride price. But I kept on explaining that I did not have enough money.”

    The neighbor’s thought that Candia was dead after the vicious attack. Police are currently searching for the woman.

    ‘Bride price’ is part of the Lugbara culture in Uganda where the man must pay a price for getting married. “Usually, it is the elders to speak about payment of bride price that is done on mutual consent. This should have been an act done without consent of the elders. If there were misunderstandings, the elders should have been involved,” said one of the suspect’s relatives