Nigerian state holds mass weddings for 1,800 couples

Textile trader Yusuf Abdullahi admitted he could not afford to marry despite being 30 years old until Nigeria‘s northern Kano state financed and staged mass weddings for 1,800 couples. Customary gifts for newlyweds were also provided by the state as part of efforts to enable the poorest to get married. Abdullahi was one of the […]

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