It depends on families and how they want to give out their daughter in marriage. There’s no general price for bride price in Igbo land. Each family is guided by their village beliefs and culture. There are villages where you are taxed enormously before you take your bride home and …

In Nigeria, like most African tribes, marriage is more than just the union of two individuals, it is the union of families and their ancestors. This is why you are likely to find similarities in the marriage customs of many tribes. The Yoruba For the Yorubas, the union of man …

Esther Nwankwo is a Super Lioness who defied the odds and became the best graduating student of her department after struggling to achieve a university education. She said her father could not send her to the university due to financial constraints. Esther said she was skeptical about her future but …

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka offers programmes leading to the award of Postgraduate Diplomas, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in various Faculties and in the areas specified under each Department/Institute/Centre for the incoming 2020/2021 session. Applications are hereby invited from qualified candidates for admission into UNN Postgraduate Programmes. Latest Updates: UNN …

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, the President Buhari-led federal government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), announced that mobile phone subscribers who are yet to link their phone numbers or SIMS to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) would have their lines blocked. In a press statement signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who is the …

Chairman of the University of Calabar branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Tony Eyang, on Friday said the Federal Government is not serious about its negotiation with the union. Eyang, who spoke against the backdrop of the recent deadlock with the government, said a simple way to show …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in collaboration with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and its co-venture partners is currently offering a scholarship opportunity to Individuals who are seeking to study for a degree program in Nigeria. The programme aims to promote academic excellence and improve the …

Sexual openness.  Note that I don’t say sexual desire, because women’s desire can sharply nosedive within a long term monogamous relationship.  Desire also waxes and wanes over time and throughout different life stages (for instance, women’s sex drive when nursing is particularly low).  A higher level of hormonally-fueled honeymoon stage sexual desire …

The onetime “Neverland” ranch of the late pop star Michael Jackson is returning to the market for $31 million, a dramatic discount from its original asking price of $100 million in 2015. It is the latest development in the yearslong effort to sell the property. In 2017, after nearly two …

As the coronavirus pandemic forced many to work from home, criminals seem to have adapted to the new situation and are also increasingly working remotely and causing an upward trend in cyber crime, according to Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment, IOCTA, for 2020. Ransomware is one of the most terrifying …