Nigeria mass wedding

Widower who lost wife and 6 children in attack remarries in Nigerian mass wedding for 1,500 couples

Each bride was to receive 200,000 naira ($145) as a dowry and to provide startup capital for a small business
Kano, Nigeria’s most populous state and a major center of Islamic culture, has organized mass weddings for years as part of efforts to support widows, divorcees and young women facing economic hardship

By AP · 08 August 2026