One of the recurring questions of early childhood was, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It was usually met with excited, impressive...
When you think of spending the rest of your life with someone, what are the things that are most important to you about that person? I...
The bus slowly idled to a stop as a small traffic built just as we approached the bus stop. Up ahead, vehicles had to make way...
Music has been a highly strategic tool in provoking public discuss on how the female gender has been getting a raw deal. Some say that poverty...
“You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats its child. I don’t mean children. I mean the child of the state.”...
They say blood is thicker than water. First off, I don’t know who they are; and secondly the utterer has never been at a viewing center...
Don’t tell anyone I was adopted, for I am ashamed; of the questions that lurk in men’s heart that will affirm the evil my mother must...
Pardon me as I wax spiritual in this post; but that is how the cookie crumbles today. I remember the first time I heard Garth Brooks‘...
When I began to research this topic, it did not go as smoothly as planned in my head. The consequence of this was that I was...
Do you know how the word “moron” got into the dictionary? It was introduced by the Director of the Training School for Backward and Feeble-Minded Children,...
This past 5th December, we marked the first anniversary of a colleague who passed. She was married, and aged forty-two. I remember her service of songs...
In writing this Series, I will confess that I have encountered more than I bargained for. I have been riled by the comment section, asked questions...
Last week, we listed the steps necessary to adopt a child in Nigeria. {Click here, if you missed it} This week, as promised, we will be...
In the first post, we talked about how we would proceed in this series. By way of introduction, we started with the story of Ikemefuna and...
Under the Nigerian Constitution, adoption and other matters relating to the rights and welfare of the child, are under the legislative competence of each state. As...
Click here to read the first part of this topic. “Adoption… not a fall back plan option or because you can’t have our own. But wholly...
It would surprise most people, the role religion plays in the concept of adoption the world over. Different faiths regard adoption with peculiar views that are...
We would get into legalities later, but we can now acknowledge that people, the world over, have come a long way from a mostly clinical and...
The BellaNaija community is one that thrives on the engagement and insight of its members. Families are represented here, and experiences are shared by people who...
The BellaNaija community is one that thrives on the engagement and insight of its members. Families are represented here, and experiences are shared by people who...
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