Fragments
Friday Column by Safiya I. Dantiye
Children’s Day and the fate of the physically challenged
As Nigeria celebrated Children’s Day yesterday as it does on May 27 of every year my heart goes to the...
International Day of Families
The United Nations passed a resolution in 1993 to observe International Day of Families on May 15 every year to...
Electricity and the collapse of National Grid
The perennial problem of electricity in Nigeria is one that from all indications defies solution. People's hope have been raised...
Domestic violence against men
Domestic violence against men is abnormal, it is a topic that you do not hear being discussed among family, friends...
Insecurity: How did we come to this spot?
Any time you feel that you have seen the worse, more still come. However these few days it is as...
Harsh punishment on children
Parents and guardians alike mete out punishment on children in order to correct them and stop them from further transgression....
Ramadan and eating habits
With every year's commencement of Muslims fasting period of the month of Ramadan there is the usual hike of prices...
Kidnapping: To pay ransom or not?
One of the dilemmas of government in tackling the menace of kidnapping by bandits is paying ransom as often demanded...
‘Age is just a number’
The headline of this article is a phrase people use from time to time, particularly when a younger man wants...
Nigeria is great because it is Nigeria
The recent clamour to break away from Nigeria and form a Yoruba Nation by the self- acclaimed liberator of Yoruba...