Aso ebi – “family uniform” – is the Yoruba custom of people dressing alike for social events. The custom is rooted in kinship (ebi), an important aspect of Yoruba social life since precolonial times ...

Owanbe in Nigeria is something that can never be overemphasized. This is because, despite the fact that it is an expensive celebration, it comes with loads of happiness and merriment, this is why some ...

Aso-Ebi is a must-have in every Nigerian wedding, and it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon. Every bride or wedding guest hopes to slay, but the color of the fabric can make or mar that ...

At family functions, there is nothing better than the smell of hot Jollof rice cooked with firewood, the music of King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey playing, and seeing your relatives. Most Yoruba ...

Before now in Nigeria, it was a taboo to just wear a black dress except you were heading for a funeral or lost a dear one. However, now days, black is no longer what it was. Black has replaced many ...

The venue of the Presidential Inauguration ceremony on Monday in Abuja became a ground for the display of colourful “aso-ebi” by friends and relatives of the President and his Vice. The News Agency of ...

"Anyone that did not buy my clothes, I am speaking from a place of anger. If you eat the food, it will choke you. If you don't go out, I'll help you out myself. Don't provoke me." A Nigerian lady, ...

Oludayo Tade does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

There was a time in Nigerian politics when five governors moved with such frightening unity that even PDP elders started behaving themselves. Wike from Rivers, Makinde from Oyo, Ortom from Benue, ...