Many leave in a makeshift fairy tale life that has added to the outbreak and high rate of divorce in Nigeria; a society that has put a label on divorce and a failed marriage. In a labelling country as Nigeria, how is this alarming rate of divorce seen as weighed to the traditional orientation of a woman being seen and not heard? So now we have single mothers and fathers who are leaving their lives with pride and understanding that life indeed happens. The idea of a divorce is not one thing that a sumptuous cake is made for. The man, on the other hand, is granted a dozen excuses to his inadequacies, forgetting that divorce is not gender-specific.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2019 09:00 UTC