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Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by donbenie(m): 4:59pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kobojunkieee:
This suggestion screams all sorts of wickedness to me. The man is dead. If he had had a child, who would have been there to raise the child or make sure the property would have ended up in the child's hands, assuming his family would not have maybe killed the child off to grab the property for themselves? undecided

OP, if you were a child in that situation described, would you have been happy or something? Before you say yes, consider the case of the millions of orphans in Nigeria today who roam the streets every day and night, many of them with living relatives who refuse to take them in. undecided

Not everyone should go around having children because children are not meant to be solutions to problems, not even of the kind you describe. undecided
Your write up screams of hindsight being 20/20..

Going by what you wrote people shouldn't have children,because they might die and leave them orphans.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Skydivine:
Kobojunkie:
1. Having no kids is not a reason to have no Will. A will is needed in the case that the man preferred the property be given to someone else, he felt deserved to eat of his hard work, e.g., orphans in the village, as against the same brother who had failed him in his investments. undecided

2. So, you think OP lied when he declared that the man refused to take his medications and insisted on being taken home instead of a hospital after having a partial stroke? undecided

3. Is it difficult to manage symptoms/cursors to stroke now? WOW!!! You keep coming with 'em, don't you? undecided

4. Um, usually, people are serious, don't write a will on the day of their death. They write one long before that, when they are clear-headed and also able to have the document at least notarized and handled by an executor beforehand. sad

5. Lots of people in the world do exactly that, and it is thanks to their generous donations that many societies are able to keep functioning well, too. 🥱🥱🥱
Where did Op say the man was not taking medication before the stroke incident?

It seems You have figured out everything about life.
1) if you take your medications, it is impossible to have stroke at 56
2) You Would rather give your house away to orphanage than to your brother who was carrying you around when you were sick
3) A house built on ancestral land in the village is better donated to orphanage or “ many societies “ because it is your wish.
4) if you have children and die after 56, your family will chase them away and they will suffer.. Because that is how it is done in Igboland.
It is well!
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Shedrack777: 5:20pm On Sep 03, 2025
DiasGodinHeaven:
Thank you brother.
I reflected over my life when I attended this man's burial.
Do you know that the eldest brothers boy's had their girlfriend's in the rooms when the owner of the house is being buried and they could not come out to assist in bringing the corpse out from the ambulance?
It is our members who assisted the ambulance driver.
Very unfortunate
I'm very sure those his elder brother's boys are not biologically the elder brother's. Let him go for DNA and cry his own also
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Kobojunkie: 5:22pm On Sep 03, 2025
Skydivine:
➜Where did Op say he was not taking medication before the stroke incident?
➜It seems You have figured out everything about life.
1) if you take your medications, it is impossible to have stroke at 56
2) You Would rather give your house away to orphanage than to your brother who was carrying you around when you were sick
3) A house built on ancestral land in the village is better donated to orphanage or “ many societies “ because it is your wish.
4) if you have children and die after 56, your family will chase them away and they will suffer.. Because that is how it is done in Igboland.
It is well!
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DiasGodinHeaven:
Murdered no
Died of ignorance yes. A BP patient who doesn't takes his medication is bound to die untimely.
Like I said, he slumped in owerri immediately after coming down from the bus. When people around revived him, he should have insisted to go to hospital but rather he insisted of going home. You know what ignorance can do.
1. Nonsense retort!🙄🙄

2. Yes, contrary to the details of the actual story, I see you are dead seat on writing your own version. 🙄🙄
DiasGodinHeaven:
Thank you brother. I reflected over my life when I attended this man's burial.
Do you know that the eldest brothers boy's had their girlfriend's in the rooms when the owner of the house is being buried and they could not come out to assist in bringing the corpse out from the ambulance? It is our members who assisted the ambulance driver. Very unfortunate
3. People wey don sell those so-called ancestral lands for personal gains are better how?🙄🙄

4. This phenomenon happens to be commonplace all across Nigeria, including in your Iboland. We are talking here of a people whose many cultures and traditions allow them to literally abandon or even disown children for any reason they can come up with. So, I should ask you where you get off insisting that family can't kick children out after the demise of their parents? huh
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Skydivine: 5:31pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kobojunkie:
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1. Nonsense retort!🙄🙄

2. So?🙄🙄

3. People wey don sell those so-called ancestral lands for personal gains are better how?🙄🙄

4. This phenomenon happens to be commonplace all across Nigeria, including in your Iboland. We are talking here of a people whose many cultures and traditions allow them to literally abandon or even disown children for any reason they can come up with. So, I should ask you where you get off insisting that family can't kick children out after the demise of their parents? huh
No, don’t twist it.
We are talking about a common practice in Igboland, where families kick out children when their father dies, to inherent their father’s house.
Here is the problem. The danger of Nollywood movies.
Your conclusion is that the man was better off not having children, for the fact that he is Igbo whose cultural practice is to disinherit orphans.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Kobojunkie: 5:37pm On Sep 03, 2025
Skydivine:
No, don’t twist it. We are talking about a common practice in Igboland, where families kick out children when their father dies, to inherent their father’s house.
➜Here is the problem. The danger of Nollywood movies.
➜ Your conclusion is that the man was better off not having children, for the fact that he is Igbo whose cultural practice is to disinherit orphans.
Yes, even in your precious Iboland, there are at 10s of thousands of orphans roaming the streets, many of them having living relatives who refuse to take them in or care for them. undecided

2. I have never been a fan of Nollywood movies, so don't twist it. undecided

3. My conclusion is instead the man's choice not to have any kids is a very valid one. Kids are not supposed to be retirement plans or placeholders to inherit problems you were not able to finish in your lifetime. Again, don't twist it! undecided
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Skydivine: 5:37pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kobojunkie:
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1. Nonsense retort!🙄🙄

2. Yes, contrary to the details of the actual story, I see you are dead seat on writing your own version. 🙄🙄

? huh
When someone have a sudden stroke at 56, it means they were not taking their their medications?
What an inference!
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Kobojunkie: 5:41pm On Sep 03, 2025
Skydivine:
➜When someone have an sudden stroke at 56, it means they were not taking their their medications? What an inference!
How were you able to determine, without even an autopsy or diagnosis that the man had a sudden stroke? Why do you keep twisting the story yet insisting others are to blame for doing that? Are you OK? undecided

According to OP, the man had a heart condition— high BP— that he was required to take his medication regularly for. Why not go back and read before continuing this twisting dance of yours? huh
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 5:50pm On Sep 03, 2025
LilMissFavvy:
I was thinking you will be talking about how a man of 56yrs lived without having a lawyer or a written "will" at age 56. Even some illiterates do have a written "will". It would have been better he willed his property to the orphanages than leave it for $uch a brother.

Having children is not compulsory, one can "will" his/her property to the poor, orphans, churches, etc.

My brother it would have been better that his children wasted the property if he had children that willing to brother or orphanage homes. In Nigeria majority of orphanage homes are business centers and I have proof.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 5:52pm On Sep 03, 2025
project4OO:
No lesson learned. As a matter of fact, your message should scare more people away from having children than encourage them to do so. Is the man and his brothers not also children to somebody? What if the man has children and they end up killing each other over their father’s uncompleted property?

Shouldn’t you be more concerned about the level of poverty in Nigeria rather than recycling poverty from one generation to another? A man from such a toxic family, where siblings fight and drag over an uncompleted village bungalow, can only breed more of his kind.

The man is obviously from a toxic, irresponsible, poor family and his decisions to break free before having offspring his legit and responsible. The man deserves an award wherever he his right now.
Nawao see opinion!!!!!!
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 5:53pm On Sep 03, 2025
NotOfThisWorld:
He survived the partial stroke and died three weeks later, and you mentioned poison. It's possible his relatives who wanted him out saw that as an opportunity to take him out when he went home and utilised it. In any case, an autopsy would determine whether he died due to the cardiovascular event three weeks later, or another cause, which's why it's necessary. Operating based on assumptions that you know the cause of his passing when it hasn't been determined and when the circumstances surrounding it are suspicious, is what's ignorant here. RIP to him.
You are correct but who will do the autopsy?
If his wife were to be alive or if he had, had grown children, they would have suggested autopsy.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 5:57pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kingpele:
The brother is not a stranger ...he is still his blood..however you might not get the full picture....moreover we should pray to have grand children or adult children before we die ,because even if he had a wife and little children, if his brother is truly wicked, he will frustrate his widow till she ran away from the family....but since your friend doesn't have wife and children, u can't really judge the man, dead men doesn't talk....do u think your friend would have given his brother money to roof his house or follow them to a herbalist if he doesn't trust them... do u know whether the part of the reasons he travelled to village was to give his brother more money to complete the plastering,....we should not be quick to judge from outside....what I see here is family that lost their breadwinner and someone they hope will help them establish themselves
Your opinion are good but our displeasure was that they could have decorated the parlour where the man corpse would be brought for few minutes before interment as a mark of respect but they completed other rooms leaving that parlour.
This is not good.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Mistersolar: 5:57pm On Sep 03, 2025
sigh....
MrColdsweat:
Sentence a human to this satanic world, a lifetime of pain and suffering, just to secure your small house.
Great idea.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 5:59pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kobicove:
Dem no dey do autopsy for Nigeria.

Even if there was a need for it in this instance it would not be done because there in no one to push for it because you need to pay for it
Gbam
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:04pm On Sep 03, 2025
Dpharisee:
True, Nwadiala is heavily protected by maternal relatives in Igbo land even more than those born in the family.
That's where children run to seek refuge and get protection when persecuted and when they are grown the maternal relatives will lead him for a fightback in his father's compound
Gbagam
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:09pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kobojunkie:
Tell that to the 10s of thousands of Orphans roaming the streets of also that region every day and night with no maternal relatives to home or care for them. undecided

2. Then. Why are there 10s of thousands of Orphans roaming the streets with many living relatives who refuse to take them in? 🥱🥱
Currently I have a brother from same community who just returned to my village from his maternal home with his sister's. Their parents died when they were tender so their mother's brothers took all of in and train them.
His father's brothers have returned all his father's land to him and he is building his house now in the village. This is common in Igboland. They have told him to marry immediately and he is planning towards that.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:12pm On Sep 03, 2025
Sandralight:
I find it weird you had to specify "female or male" like that's not the only options, anyway my take from all this is the dead don't care, they are gone so people should please take care of their health.
56 is too young to die, many people are so obsessed with money not knowing at the end of the day, it's all vanity and if you don't take care of your health, you won't even enjoy the money you are making.

Having a partial stroke and not going to the hospital, it's well, May God protect us all
Amen
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:13pm On Sep 03, 2025
AK481:
Lies. There will still be that uncle that will fight for the child.. if he is a son , more uncle will rather die to see another person cheat him
Gbam. Infact our Association would not let that happen
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:19pm On Sep 03, 2025
epainos:
Misplaced truth.

The scenario you posted should trigger us to make our health and life assurance system work. If the said man was in a system that works, his life assurance fund would take care of everything. A funeral home would arrange everything.

Instead of using such energy to make the system here works, why would you put such energy into baby manufacturing when the population is already getting too high? The misplaced priorities your fathers and grandfathers made are the same you are making. The same lies they told themselves is the same you are sharing among your generation. It is time to start educating you. Get wisdom.

If the system is fixed, there is no need to make your children investments. You give birth to children because you want to be responsible for them, and not that they should be responsible for you at old age. You are obliged to your children, but good to show appreciation to your parents because there is blessing in it.

Let's fix the system here so that issues you have painted above will hardly happen.
Your assertions are wrong is not even working 70% in America, Canada or UK. See this mindset is part of the dwindling population of Japan and other developed nations which they are looking for a way out now.
Having kids is necessary, and kids are to look after you when you are old.
Bush families raised their kid's to look after them, the Clinton's, the Bidens, Trumps etc. it is the poor people that bought that fake ideas and is ruining them.
Do you know any rich American in old peoples homes?
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:23pm On Sep 03, 2025
EmperorIsaac:
So the only reason to have a child is for someone to be able to inherit uncompleted building? Kai...Nigeria!
When you have kids, your lineage will continue to exist. It is fools who felt that there is no need. It is same fool who said that there is no God.
In Igboland it is an abomination if a man die without having children to take after them.
Imagine if Israelis never born during their life sojourn, by now there would have been no Israeli blood in the face of the earth
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Pootle: 6:27pm On Sep 03, 2025
some great men did not have children before living this earth, children are gift from God and gift some times to go round
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:29pm On Sep 03, 2025
Kaa4:
That's why it is stupid to build your first house in the village. Build your first house in your town of work. You build your last house in the village, or at the time you are about to retire.

Either way, he is to blame.
Rather it is unwise not to build a house in your village.
No matter the numbers of houses you have in the City, the only one that belongs to you forever is the one in the village.
For this man case, this his house will serve as a reminder to The generations yet unborn that there was a certain man Named Donatus that lived in that village. All his community people will surely tell their children that Donatus build a house and die but his brother claimed it. This is sure
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by Pootle: 6:31pm On Sep 03, 2025
DiasGodinHeaven:
When you have kids, your lineage will continue to exist. It is fools who felt that there is no need. It is same fool who said that there is no God.
In Igboland it is an abomination if a man die without having children to take after them.
Imagine if Israelis never born during their life sojourn, by now there would have been no Israeli blood in the face of the earth
person wey no born na to go hug transformer abi i wonder how some of you reason, some great names on earth never had children as i stated below children are gift from God and some times gift dont go round
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:33pm On Sep 03, 2025
DrAda:
Not enough reason to have kids.
To the wise, having kids is an important priority.
Dangote children are all directors in his company.
This your statements are for the unwise
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:35pm On Sep 03, 2025
IslamVIRGINS:
Me wey never born I no say one day I go born. Na God dey give child
May God favor you with good children. Amen
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:37pm On Sep 03, 2025
koning:
Having children in 2025 is overrated.

Children of nowadays can be totally useless to their parents at old age. Just make sure you have enough money to take care of yourself at old age.

Once I hit between 70 to 75 years, i will sell off all properties in the city. And try to spend most of the cash within 15 to 20 years if still alive.
Depending on the training you gave them.
Have you watched videos of Trump teaching his last son on how to behave?
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by kpankpangolo: 6:37pm On Sep 03, 2025
Rubbish thread bent on spreading ignorance.
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:39pm On Sep 03, 2025
ExudeLoveToAll:
The guy you responded to is the chairman if ignorant people of Nairaland, someone who died if BP complications is who he said he was murdered. The family even tried for him by taking him to places they believed would have helped him even though such places don't result to anything good.
Hahahahaha. Chairman of ignorant people of Nairalandhuh?
Re: Try To At Least Have A Child Whether Male Or Female. Read This Live Experience. by DiasGodinHeaven(op): 6:45pm On Sep 03, 2025
InvertedHammer:
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There is no reason a healthy African adult should not have children. India and China like many other countries copied the Western style and technology but retained their own culture strictly. Nigerians embraced Western culture as perfection and copied the culture (including the most ridiculous that they hate) and abandoned the technology. Technology? Yep! Nigerians are part of the end-users only.

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Gbagam
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