--- title: Two Nigerian Brides Left Own Weddings to Take Final Exam description: Two Nigerian brides stopped to take their final year exam in between tying the knot and heading to their wedding receptions. canonical: https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-10T18:40:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:00.310Z og:title: These Two Nigerian Brides Left Their Own Wedding Receptions to Take Their Final Exam og:description: From the church to the classroom og:url: https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Two Nigerian Brides Left Their Own Wedding Receptions to Take Their Final Exam twitter:description: From the church to the classroom twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Two Nigerian Brides Left Their Own Wedding Receptions to Take Their Final Exam > Sponsored content. 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According to [_CNN_](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/09/africa/nigerian-women-married-final-year-exams/utm%5Fsource=fbCNNi&utm%5Fcampaign=africa&utm%5Fmedium=social), both women attempted to ask for a date adjustment but to no avail. “I went to the exam officer, she said I should choose between the two: the exam or the wedding,” Atoh said. > [](https://twitter.com/KrystalNews3LV/status/983753632913883136) On the [day of their weddings](http://time.com/5227837/flying-wedding-veils-china/), Atoh and Atsea headed to the church to tie the knot, then hightailed it to the university, wedding gowns and all, to take their final year exam at noon. Following completing their test, the brides and scholars attended their respective wedding receptions. Many took to Twitter to cheer the women on for their commitment to education despite obstacles. > [](https://twitter.com/alpha%5Forikaeze1/status/983671387926786048) > [](https://twitter.com/Gertrudeakhi/status/982611152705347584) > [](https://twitter.com/amaka%5Fihegazie/status/982628274533617664) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/"},"headline":"These Two Nigerian Brides Left Their Own Wedding Receptions to Take Their Final Exam","datePublished":"2018-04-10T18:40:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:00.310Z","description":"From the church to the classroom","url":"https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5235072/nigerian-brides-take-final-exams-in-wedding-dresses/","name":"These Two Nigerian Brides Left Their Own Wedding Receptions to Take Their Final Exam"}}]}] ```