KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).
Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...
The Mangbetu people live in Central Africa,in northeastern Congo.The Mangbetu people stood out to European explorers because of their elongated heads.When a child is born,the child's head is wrapped tightly with cloth in order to give them this distinctive appearance.The practice of the head elongation is called ''Lipombo'' and the culture started dying out in the 1950s with the arrival of more Europeans and Westernization.Because of this distinctive elongated look,it is easy to recognize Mangbetu figures in African art.By the early 18th century the Mangbetu had consisted of s number of small clans who form southward migrations,had come in contact with a number of northward migrating Bantu speaking tribes among whom they lived interspersed.The head elongation looks was a status symbol among the Mangbetu ruling classes,it denoted majesty,beauty,power and higher intelligence.Deformation usually begin just a month after birth for the next couple of years until the desired shape has been reached or the child rejects it.Around the 1950's the Belgium government outlawed the practice.The deformation usaually didn't affect the brains,as long as intracranial pressure remains the same as with a normal person,the brain should be able to adapt and grow into the new shape of the skull,resulting in no damage beyond cosmetic changes.The name Mangbetu refers only acristocracy,which in the 19th century established a number of powerful kingdoms.More photos below. .jpg)
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