igbsam: And you call that ridiculous ? My friend got married to an owerri girl last year. He paid a bride price of N2.5million, after which, he bought the wedding materials for all the relatives, from the mother, to the father down to the uncles and aunties, the sisters and cousins including nephews. He was also give 2 family members to train in school and business. After 8months of the wedding.....the bride's father demanded for a car and the father specifically asked for a 2005 c-class Mercedes Benz Car which he borrow money to buy for him. The mother asked for some money to fill her shop with stocks which my friend is still finding it difficult to give her. Isn't this ridiculous ?

Such type is called suicide marriage.

bishop4life:
pls no1 is complainin,nd mind u i didnt go further to say thier ugly side because i went striaght to answa a question witout bein sentimental.wonda y u guyz lik takin tinz personal,instead of askin 4 my reasons.grow up...most enugu gals are mbgeke,pls is u are not comfotable wit dat go nd hug transformer QED

I hope you speak better than you write. Okonkwo

Lilimax:
Pure lie. Anambra's bride price is not expensive. Get your facts right.
It is the Imo people that theirs is on the high side I think?

why do u guys always mention imo? Not all parts, my village collects #25...get ur facts clearly.

The bride prize paid in Esan land is not determine by educational qualifications or beauty of the girl but by established tradition of marriage comes through genuine love.

bakynes:

Exactly my ex girlfriend is Igbo from Imo state she told me bride price in her place depends on her level of education(Bachelors,Masters,P.HD) and if she is the first daughter so imagine u want to marry an imo girl that is d first daughter and a P.HD holder then one have to be prepared wit 7-5million.

If u want to marry from that side just pay the bride price after the girls secondary school and send her to a public university yourself. I think that should be economical

Oh my God! Am i mad! Who is she

Itulah: The most shock and annoying bride price is that of Imo State, which a friend went and they ask him to pay #5million and he was begging them with 2million

Wise quote,council of elders has spoken

tolex34:
If u want to marry from that side just pay the bride price after the girls secondary school and send her to a public university yourself. I think that should be economical

igbsam: And you call that ridiculous ? My friend got married to an owerri girl last year. He paid a bride price of N2.5million, after which, he bought the wedding materials for all the relatives, from the mother, to the father down to the uncles and aunties, the sisters and cousins including nephews. He was also give 2 family members to train in school and business. After 8months of the wedding.....the bride's father demanded for a car and the father specifically asked for a 2005 c-class Mercedes Benz Car which he borrow money to buy for him. The mother asked for some money to fill her shop with stocks which my friend is still finding it difficult to give her. Isn't this ridiculous ?

onye ashi.

As we use usd dollars in zim, bride price or lobola can range from three thousand to fifteen thousand us dollars or more. They also want at least six cows plus a suit..shoes..overcoat for dad and a constume..shoes..a hat and blanket for mom. Most people will pay cash but some take years to pay

Empress2013: Well, am a yoruba gurl form Oyo state. I will be getting married soon. The bride price my Dad demanded is 500 Naira, which will eventually be returned in the presence of evrybody during engagement, cos he is not selling his daughter.

. OYO?oh pls thank you am not interested!!

Someone on Nairaland claimed that he was asked to pay #5million as bride price.

Janiobi: Come Anambra cime marry naa, U go over pay like CAPITAL LETTER MAD MAN. That place naa business zone.
No money
No marry

I don't think Ʊ know anything abt anambra. If Ʊ have said Imo, Ʊ would have been correct. Anambra bride price is not much

CFCfan: Someone on Nairaland claimed that he was asked to pay #5million as bride price.

e taya me o broda...d gal dy cough money?

Okija juju: I paid 1000 naira.. More like her father just took 1000 naira note out of the stack of money I presented.

I wasnt asked for much with the list. Every other thing I spent was of my own volition.

PLEASE, WHAT COMMUNITY IS THAT?!!!

Hmmm!upon female whe supply die everywhere?Where is d Almighty LAW OF DEMEND & SUPPLY

And my current gurlfrnd is from mbaise, thanks 4 all d info, i dnt intend to spend anytn more than a 100k 4 a bride price, d wedding has to b elaborate nw, I kuku stubborn o...

Yomii: The most ridiculous bride prize i have ever had in my life was #2 That was when my friends elder sister got married to an Igbo Man. Now that my brother want to marry an igbo lady, they told him to bring #500,000

N500,000 for what? Will Her sisters come along too?

CFCfan: Someone on Nairaland claimed that he was asked to pay #5million as bride price.

Indirect way of telling him he is ugly as 4k!

Akshow: Mine is not really a bride price but it was ridiculous all the same. It was when my friend got married. I dont actually know the bride price my friend paid but after that, the girl's father demanded a hundred crate of beer. It wasn't only ridiculous, it was freakin hilarious and annoying at same time. Another one i experienced was that after all the traditional engagement and bride price, the father of the bride refuse to release his daughter on the wedding day insisting they must pay him additional 100k I'm like Whatdaphuck! Its your daughter's wedding not a wind fall. Come see as the bride mama and sister of the bride de beg this stubborn mule. The man kalla collect the money o.

I will walk away and tell the father to keep the child

Okija juju: I paid 1000 naira.. More like her father just took 1000 naira note out of the stack of money I presented.

I wasnt asked for much with the list. Every other thing I spent was of my own volition.

hmmmmmmmmm Na Messi or C.Ronaldo the lady be as to sign such hilarious contract!!.....ish!

Me i hav a bride price of #2million

tosinjoe: And my current gurlfrnd is from mbaise, thanks 4 all d info, i dnt intend to spend anytn more than a 100k 4 a bride price, d wedding has to b elaborate nw, I kuku stubborn o...

You fit no pay more than N100k for bride price but dem go give u list wey long.You dey hear am now no time for Yoruba Yoruba.

SamConquer: Idoma Girls From Benue Are Among The Best People You Can Get Married To...Bride Price Cheap,Wife Get Sense...That Is You pay Less For More

u re on my point.i m from Benue State married a yoruba woman from Ode-Irele Ondo state.i was only asked to come with some envelops in it i was asked to drop 200 naira in each of envelop.one of d envelops was given back to my wife.i owe my gratitude to my in laws for life

Janiobi: Come Anambra cime marry naa, U go over pay like CAPITAL LETTER MAD MAN. That place naa business zone.
No money
No marry

lIE!ma mumsi na Anambara woman,nd ma dad paid less.na y dem d enjoy good relatnshp 4rm ma dad o!UMULERI!!!

Well, I'm from Njikoka LGA of Anambra State and I'm 100 percent sure we're not expensive. I witnessed my sister's wedding and I know my dad collected only 7k. The list wasn't much too.

Only a greedy family will ask for so much just because you want to marry their daughter while a reasonable family won't suck you dry. Do you know that in Igboland, some families of the bride contribute money for the girls marriage? (Mine is an example). It is simple, if their demand is too high Waka! When nobody comes for their daughter, na dem go call you with beg to come carry their pikin go. (By d way, in the old days was laptop, modem, ipad etc in existence for families to be asking for such?) I wonder if such families do not know that there is life after after marriage. Also, some guys like to show off as if they are wealthy when they are not thereby making the family have a wrong estimation of his wealth. Also, in some families; marriage involves the extended family and for reasons bordering on wickedness or whatever, they tax the suitor so high he is discouraged. Anyways, women are not commodities; they are human beings and their happiness should be paramount in the parent's minds.

mairodi: As we use usd dollars in zim, bride price or lobola can range from three thousand to fifteen thousand us dollars or more. They also want at least six cows plus a suit..shoes..overcoat for dad and a constume..shoes..a hat and blanket for mom. Most people will pay cash but some take years to pay

six cows?? shaking my head!! are they trying to open a butchery shop?

CFCfan: Someone on Nairaland claimed that he was asked to pay #5million as bride price.

indeed hilarious. in the same nigeria that we are?

991:

indeed hilarious. in the same nigeria that we are?

I tell you. #5 million is the equivalent of $31,645!!

CFCfan:

I tell you. #5 million is the equivalent of $31,645!!

my brother, even if you are signing the girl to play for your club as a footballer!

coolchimex: Only a greedy family will ask for so much just because you want to marry their daughter while a reasonable family won't suck you dry. Do you know that in Igboland, some families of the bride contribute money for the girls marriage? (Mine is an example). It is simple, if their demand is too high Waka! When nobody comes for their daughter, na dem go call you with beg to come carry their pikin go. (By d way, in the old days was laptop, modem, ipad etc in existence for families to be asking for such?) I wonder if such families do not know that there is life after after marriage. Also, some guys like to show off as if they are wealthy when they are not thereby making the family have a wrong estimation of his wealth. Also, in some families; marriage involves the extended family and for reasons bordering on wickedness or whatever, they tax the suitor so high he is discouraged. Anyways, women are not commodities; they are human beings and their happiness should be paramount in the parent's minds.

..and those families that bankrupt their inlaws won't even be there when the man and his wife are going through difficulties.