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Soaring living costs have many Nigerian couples rethinking the lavish wedding tradition

NPR | By Jewel Bright
Published September 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM EDT

Nigeria's lavish wedding tradition is colliding with a cost-of-living crisis, forcing young couples to rethink how they say "I do."

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