Why traditional marriage is very important in Igbo land
NNEWI—TRADITIONAL marriage is a popular event in Igbo land. Young ladies and men who are getting married use it to bring their friends and well wishers to their homes, to showcase the families where they are coming from unlike before especially in the early 1980s, when it was not as popular as it is today, because at that time, young ladies would bring their suitors to their parents and kinsmen who drew up a list of things to be done, including the dowry to be paid, other expenses to be incurred as well as going to the church to solemnise the marriage.
Obafemi vows to score in Swaziland
Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi Martins has vowed to score goals for a new Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Standing ovation for Eaglets aboard Emirates
There is indeed truism in the assertion that ‘everyone loves a winner’ as the triumphant Golden Eaglets were treated to a standing ovation aboard Emirates Airlines on their return trip to Nigeria after Chile 2015 conquest.
Stakeholders react ‘unknown’ Dalong’s appointment as sports minister
Nigerian sports officials searched yesterday for the antecedents of newly appointed sports minister, Solomon Dalong in the industry, but the man who will oversee the country’s sports has scanty involvement in the business.
Uguru’ll reposition N-Delta —Senator
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El-Rufai no longer “accidental civil servant” – Tinubu
Former governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has eulogised Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state for what he said were the great things he was doing for Kaduna state, and joked that El Rufai was no longer, “an accidental public servant”
