When a woman seeks to divorce her husband or a man divorces his wife under Igbo custom, the woman has to go through certain rituals called Izuchi’ahia Nwanyi. Nigeria operates what is known as a ...

•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 ...

Notable Nigerian lawyer Stan Alieke has asserted that paternity in Igbo land is not determined by DNA. He revealed this in a post on his Instagram story on Monday. Stan explained that in Igbo land, a ...

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.

Igbo brides are said to be the most ‘expensive’ when it comes to carrying out the traditional marriage rites The Igbo tribe in Nigeria pride themselves as a people whose cultural standards are very ...

An Akure Magistrate Court has declared as barbaric, evil and ungodly a part of Igbo custom which denied a father access to his children over non-payment of bride price to the wife’s family. It said: ...