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nairalanda1:
When Gen Z ascends the throne of their forefathers...

He is not the first. I watched one from Alpha. The throne is what is respected but who wears the shoe must behave well...

On this episode the older person, the presenter talks to the child with respect because of the Crown. But if the boy did not conduct himself well, 😶


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JChlixcEPfk

Respect belongs to those who earn it. Conduct yourself like someone who deserves the throne and you won't need to tell them how to address you.

ayoncox:
This information is available online not by me but by someone else;
Even Chief Obafemi Awolowo sought to resolve cattle-related challenges in Nigeria by advocating for a modern, industrial approach to livestock management rather than traditional open grazing, proposing to move cattle via refrigerated rail from the North to the South. As Premier of the Western Region in the 1950s and later as a federal opposition leader, he pushed for the establishment of large-scale, state-owned ranches to improve efficiency, hygiene, and regional economic ties.

Here are the key components of how Awolowo intended to resolve cattle issues:
Establishment of Modern Ranches: Awolowo's government invested in building cattle ranches and farms, such as those in the Western Region, to manage animal husbandry modernly and reduce the need for long-distance, hoof-based transportation.
Refrigerated Rail Transport: To avoid the issues associated with transporting live cattle over long distances, Awolowo proposed using refrigerated trains to transport slaughtered meat (carcasses) from the Northern Region to southern cities like Lagos, Ibadan, and Port Harcourt.
Importation of Better Breeds: He aimed to boost local livestock production by importing specialized breeds, particularly from places like Israel, to improve the quality of meat and dairy in the region.
Regional Economic Integration: His plan was designed to create a symbiotic relationship where the North acted as a supplier of processed meat, benefiting both producers and consumers in the South.
Focus on Agriculture and Infrastructure: Awolowo argued that the government should focus on providing infrastructure, such as proper transportation and agricultural support, to ensure a stable supply of food, including cattle products.
These initiatives were designed to make livestock rearing a profitable, orderly business rather than a source of conflict.

This is my own approach, the breeds we have are not bad as many think, the real issues are management issues, we can't be living in 18 century when we are in 21st.

Cattle Rearing should be institutionalised as business that can be funded, same way it is with pigs, horses among others.
People study about cattle Rearing as undergraduates.

First grazing should be stopped but before then sensitisation should be done, then every tribe in Nigeria should be influenced into cattle Rearing so that it won't be just one tribe taking things into hands, and then graduates should be encouraged to go into cattle rearing.

Whenever close source becomes open source stability comes and prosperity increase.

We must destroy this cattle rearing hegemony that the Fulani has created which is primarily for expansionism.

I am a Yoruba and according to my findings my maternal great grandfather was a cattle rearer among other livestocks.

I have a documentary that shows how this was working under the British towards early 60s after independence. I just wanted to see two sides talk about it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SEWfyHl5w


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjG-HxX6Dw4

P1PrinceKT: please come back and continue your conversation.

Ayoncox: please apologize to him and let the conversation go on like adults. You can disagree with a person's point without attacking the person behind it or throwing shades. You don’t have to make it personal to make your point.

Mature conversations allow room for disagreement without hostility.
Thank you 🍿 I was enjoying your exchange.

DarkkManB:
you are indeed off point. You people defending Wizkid will also be condemning those defending politicians. Are you people not thinking at all?

From what I see, Seun is more upset with Wizkid fans than Wiz himself. He is angry because Wizkid did not call his fans to order and Seun sees those fans as hungry mob who behave like hyenas because they get strength in their pack but cowards as individuals.

Never in the life of the Presidency have we seen so many reversals like this government's uncoordinated job. We thought we had seen it all under Buhari but if you observe, you will know what this means. Who is really in charge and who is taking advantage of the president's absence and not being hands on deck at the villa

Those who know are going to run the Presidency on behalf of the President who has personal issues to attend to. That's why you see the reversals because upon second check, the man in charge asks, who approved this? Did I approve this? This is the result of working with sycophants and yes men, they will drag you down in their own self interests. Just two days ago, the APC chairman said they don't want technocrats in government, they want loyal party men 🤡

I am happy we have voted APC, at least we can see their best is worse than that which they condemned when they didn't have power. What a shame. What a total disgrace APC has been in the Presidency. Total disgrace. From Buhari to Tinubu, they have undressed the veil of the Presidency and its worth.

In the former SGF's words, who is the Presidency

You are the one who does not know what friendship is. What has he done to earn your trust?
So why are you disappointed

You are even comparing this one that has nothing to do with your life with your late father. How dare you? How can you give him this importance in your life more than your father who cared for you until he died? Stop that thing

Let me tell you something, no one cares about you like you care about yourself so why are you disappointed about the picture? A man is worth his hardwork and you should be proud of what you do. If I were you, I will claim the picture and tell everyone to come and wash their cars and use it to make money. First car wash is 20% off or something like that.

You are not proud of your work? Ah, you fall my hand. Before you let them mock you, take ownership of the story. Be proud of your work, if you did that, the person wey wan shame you na him go shame first.

Let me tell you something you need to know. There are no permanent friends and enemies. The person was your course mate no mean say na your friend. That is the mistake you made. Life is all about seasons, enjoy your time now and be happy with your life. Don't ever make the mistake that you are not doing well because you are not doing office job. You will find out in time that all of us just want to eat. And the other people here are right, maybe life is also trying to teach you a lesson that everything is turn by turn, so anyone that thinks someone will not do well in life will be humbled one day.

Dtruthspeaker:
Marriage is an achievement. It is proof that a person has overcome the foolishness of childhood and youthfulness.

Responsibility, accountability, fidelity, control are not words associated with children or youths. And that is what makes marriage an achievement and the married, respectable

I used that title to respond to the OP. That's why it's in bold.

So Fayose has become our blogger or gist lover. Please let's discuss serious issues affecting national health instead of these politicians giving us gist all the time. They don't bother to discuss what affect our lives, they only discuss what affects them. Very selfish set of people. Please ignore them, their drama is not worth our screen time.

Putindbutt:
See these wailers, dem no dey tire. Why is your US working with muslim-muslim?.. Did Trump and Maduro work together like this one?. May God dash you sense. Your Gbajue will never be President.

Don't worry. Keep playing politics with every thing. Country first above any other thing but I'm sorry you don't carry enough bandwidth to understand this idea.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRtkjIGZ4UQ

Marriage Is Not an Achievement But Responsibility Is
Many young people now reject marriage as a measure of success, and they are not wrong. Marriage by itself is not an achievement but it is a social structure. Now let me educate them a bit, what deserves closer attention is not your rejection of the idea of marriage, but the growing discomfort with responsibility that often accompanies it.

In African philosophy, a human being is measured largely by character. Achievement lies in the ability to act with restraint, care, and accountability. Marriage without these qualities is empty and freedom without them is destructive.

Sex has never been treated as morally neutral in any serious society. This is not because desire is evil and we are not biological people but because sex carries consequences. It creates emotional bonds, social expectations, and the possibility of children. A culture that treats sex as casual while demanding stable outcomes is not enlightened. It is inconsistent with social order and you can see the results today. One guy is always writing on his posts here on NL that the only advice he has for men is to conduct DNA.

For women, sexual fidelity was historically preserved to protect clear lines of responsibility but the ones who think they have opened eyes said it was for control. In a world without DNA testing, fidelity ensured that motherhood, paternity, and inheritance were socially legible. It allowed men to be held accountable and children to know where they belonged. Sexual norms were less about purity and more about responsibility. This did not mean women alone bore moral burden. Female sexual discipline made sense only in societies that demanded male duty in return. When restraint was expected of women but responsibility was optional for men, the moral logic broke.

Motherhood, like fatherhood, is more than biology. To bring life into the world is to accept obligation. The woman who nurtures, guides, and forms character performs one of the most demanding social roles that exists. A society that dismisses this labor while celebrating autonomy misunderstands freedom.
The family unit matters not just because it is traditional, but because it works. It is the foundation to society. It is the first place where limits are learned, where care becomes habitual, and where responsibility becomes personal. When family structures weaken, the cost of this weakness does not go away as people think it will fizzle out. It reappears in institutions asked to do what homes once did. There was a reason we said a community raises a child and why our proverbs talk about family and lineage. For so many years, the West tried to break our hegemony, they wanted us to leave our values and ethics and be like them while secretly admiring our foundation and structure. Thank God many people have japa now, they can now see the difference between oyinbo life and our society where each child is everyone's child but unfortunately when they go back home, alas even the people back home want to be like the oyinbo man without knowing it's a sad life disconnected from our roots as a people.

Young people are not wrong to question marriage. They are right to question hollow traditions. What must be reconsidered is not marriage as a trophy, but responsibility as a value.


Sexual freedom without accountability is not progress. Fidelity without mutual obligation is not justice.

I am happy this generation is sleeping anyhow and anywhere with anyone they like. When the chicken comes home to roost, you will then appreciate the wisdom of your forefathers and mothers in preserving the institution called marriage and why society needs order, accountability and responsibility. It is what we call you go see for yourself. When you are young you question many things but with age you start to understand many things too. Your parents got married because it was a sign of responsibility. Some people asked why the opinion of a married person was more important than that of an unmarried person. Those who maintained this tradition knew that it takes a special person to live with another wo/man as husband/wife and still be normal. That's why in the past, for politicians, they used to yab themselves if anyone of them had family issues that "you that cannot take care of your home wants to take care of our country".



Marriage is a school.
Freedom is a mirage.
Marriage is not an achievement.
Becoming a responsible adult is.

magoo10:
When we told them this Mu-Mu type of government will not work they did not agree.

Na Tinubu I pity pass. They don't seem to see what happened in Venuezela. There was no way Maduro could be captured that way without insider involvement and knowledge.

This woman needs to be rearrested, that's what will help us reduce the nuisance value. She craves attention and if you feed her, she will dance azonto.

It's sad that this is what she does when you know who her father was and what he stood for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCIPbf1c5h4

A so-called investigative journalist does not know that an under 13 should not have an Instagram account 🤡

faceland:
I’m Nigerian, and I honestly can’t explain how much I dislike Lagos. Life there is not natural for humans. Everything is stressful, rushed, and chaotic, yet many people are proud of it. They will soon waylay iShowSpeed and brag about it.

Please let them send that boy back to the USA. I don’t want a situation tomorrow where they say Trump is demanding the release of a kidnapped citizen.

I understand your first few sentences and I am on the same page with you. I think people who were born and bred in Lagos think that is life until they travel out and see that what they call life is not normal. The outskirts still have some normalcy of life eg Badagry, Epe, Ikorodu and so on but Lagos like any commercial city in the world is full of chaos. New York is like that too. It's all hustle and business so I understand that is how most big cities are. Most people want the money and that's why these cities attract attention and motion.

I don't watch that streamer but I've seen a couple of his videos. I didn't even know he was 21, that's good on him because he has acted mature in some places I didn't expect. He has a lot of energy so Lagos and Port Harcourt go fit him craze It's not easy finding action film in real life so if they waylay him, it adds to his content. I wish him safety and good luck in his exploration of Africa. I hope he learns something about mama Africa while traveling.

SpencerForbes:
He was just trying to catch the Lagos vibe, even jumping in a danfo for the experience—too bad the "senior citizens" wouldn't let him be😂😂😂. On another note, I really feel like we shouldn't limit visitors to just Lagos. Nigeria has a lot of hidden gems that are just as amazing.

It's only logical you start from Lagos because it's the commercial capital of the country and has the major international airport. By default, people come into the country through Lagos or sometimes Abuja.

SisterAnn:
I beg to disagree Op, having multiple children with multiple women outside wedlock is a culturally accepted norn in Yorubaland.
Nobody in osun state can use that to bring Davido down because every household in SW have it's own fair share of b@stardz.
Once a man is well to do, there's a line up of women willing to birth a child for him outside wedlock.

When MKO Abiola was alive, any woman that claims MKO is responsible for her pregnancy, MKO will tell you to put to bed first, and if the baby has long ears and long mouth, you should bring his child to him.

When he kpaied and kola took over as family head, he made sure to conduct DNA test on the children born out of wedlock to his father. He made some shocking discoveries in the process.

I know many of them women who have four to five kids, all from different men.
Even the poor men amongst them are not spared their fair share of children outside wedlock.

Most of our friends here from that side are products of these unconsummated liasons.

So it's no big deal over there and nobody can use that to bring David down.
I guess his wife Chioma already knows this.

Let me hAIp you here:
In traditional Yoruba moral thought, polygamy is accepted, but sexual irresponsibility is not.
These are two very different things, and they are often confused in modern conversations.


Yoruba society historically allowed a man to marry multiple wives, but marriage was the moral and social framework that made children legitimate. The key issue was never the number of women involved; it was responsibility, acknowledgment, and structure.

What Yoruba culture does not accept is:
1. Fathering children without publicly claiming them
2. Leaving children to be raised without a present father
3. Refusing to marry or properly support the mother of one’s child
4. Creating ambiguity around a child’s lineage and identity

A child must know who his father is, where he belongs, and which house claims him. That clarity is central to Yoruba ideas of personhood and social order. So while a man could have multiple wives, each child was:
1. Legitimated through marriage
2. Socially anchored to a household
3. Publicly acknowledged by the father
4. Integrated into lineage and inheritance structures

This is why the concept of ọmọ àlé is not primarily about sexual morality but about social irresponsibility. A man who produces children without providing structure, protection, and recognition is seen as failing in his duty, regardless of wealth or status.

Using figures like Davido or Wizkid as references makes sense only at this level: not as a comparison between them, but as examples of how modern celebrity culture normalises behaviour that traditional Yoruba ethics would criticise. Having multiple baby mamas without marriage would not be defended by Yoruba tradition simply because polygamy exists. Polygamy comes with obligations; baby-mama culture avoids them.

In Yoruba moral reasoning, the problem is not desire. The problem is abdication of responsibility. Wealth does not replace presence, and fame does not replace fatherhood. A man’s honour is measured by how well he orders the lives that come from him.

I can say that where Davido, Wizkid and their types have missed it is taking the baby mama culture as theirs when they had a Yoruba culture to lean on. This is where their elders can talk to them because after some years, they will start to see the effects of their actions.

My comments are consistent on similar topics

SixSeven:
The bad rap single women have on this forum is for me a disgrace to men because that baby mama and baby daddy nonsense is a sign of failed family upbringing. While people can lose their loved ones or divorce due to irreconcilable differences, men who leave their wives or did not consult the elders before marrying into a family are a big disgrace to men. Give me a man that has 3 wives above useless sissies who are comfortable with their women mothering their kids alone abandoned.

SixSeven:
You people copied the thing the government used against the Blacks in US and left your culture. Now you are telling us about single moms 🤡 Nonsense

In some cultures, the brother married off his late bro's wife because women were never treated like Street Vendors and abandoned. I blame women too because western influence has deceived them with one yeye independence and fake patriarchy that we are having more kids without dads because of some strong head women.

Where is the honor our women once had?

Who are the men getting them pregnant and leaving them?

Who are the families allowing their daughters wore about?

You can't just blame the women. Men are the biggest culprits because let's assume women are moomoo as many of you claim, who are the moomoo men planting their seeds in her 🤡 Weak men. Clowns.

Lamasta:
The only thing about this saga is how Davido's father came out with evidence to address the allegation at some point I was like why would his dad be the one to doing this but when he was dishing out evidence upon evidence I came to conclusion that it was worth it.....

The father was taking ownership of the issue. In the past, David had issued responses but people will still decide to speculate because they don't trust him but the head of the family this time says he knows his grand children Some people know what they are planning in their wills and estates so they know why they recorded it...FOR THE RECORDS.

I disagree with SisterAnn e who said it's normal. It is not. What is normal is polygamy but having bastards around is not normal.

Gotocourt:
About 120 children came forward to say they were MKO’s children but only 54 of them passed the DNA test at the end of the day (meaning 66 failed).

Local man is fedup
https://www.nairaland.com/8462604/66-abiolas-children-failed-dna

I read your comment, saw your link, then read your username. You can't make this up

PlasmaTV:
This is savage but very true.

It's only logical you start from Lagos because it's the commercial capital of the country and has the major international airport. By default, people come into the country through Lagos or sometimes Abuja.

It's called football age. How old is your president again

Unfortunately these things catch up with them over time but I have to laugh at the man's jokes:

insisting that age is just a number and claiming he was unaware that he was already 51 years old This response further deepened her pain and confusion.

presiade:
It's called Alárinà (an investigator or a mediator), and not Aláríyànjiyàn (an argumentator).

Thank you, it's now updated.

kiddaz:
She's right. He sings nothing like most of those in that genre. O my praises for underground figures for protection and relevance. His audience are in those categories. Either way up or dregs. Mention someone else worthy

From the age where he started singing, that was quite a thing. KSA and Obey have tracks dedicated to people. Check his YouTube page to see his discography. Leave the praises out, that's why he gets regular invites and doesn't really need tours. Despite that, he still plays with a live band and can infuse the songs with the occasion. That's why it's art too, when a musician can invent lyrics aka a Capella.

SisterAnn:
What's keeping Kwam1 relevant if not been APC musician? What's he singing apart from naming and praising all Coco boys in Yorubaland?

I am not his fan but where was APC in 1994

You have to give it to him. I understand someone is writing a book about him. He needs to be studied as well. I dare say he has more live shows to perform than any other artiste and this is me who is not his fan but I look at the work of the artiste.

"To be ignorant of the past is to remain always a child"

DeclanR:
It's really dangerous.

I will ask her to go and parboil it to see for herself

I will ask her to avoid it so she can live to tell her story for another day.

It's not worth it dying over food.

He wants to be unpredictable @Svoboda

Never let them predict your next move.

Unpredictability is power. Power corrupts and you can know when people are drunk with power.

ElSudani:
A lot of words to rationalize tyranny, and you wonder why smaller countries like North Korea are trying to arm themselves with Nuclear weapons.
What Trump is doing is what happens when you are intoxicated with power and you think nothing else matters.

pl
Trump is a classical bully. QED

He likes the attention of showbiz and right now, he is the President so he will raise the power of attention to 1000.

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a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

For the world, the hypocrisy is smelling. They can all wake up now that he threatened Greenland but issue statements when it's Venuezela. Chief among them is Aunty Kemi.

tiswell:
The koko master has never been the same ever since he hurriedly left his master and friend,Don baba J.

As a man,be careful who dey advice you.

Na bad advice and greed finish dbanj

Since marriage and losing his son. I think he admitted in the interview with Seun than marriage reduced some of the things he did. He had to become a 'responsible' man.

Svoboda:
I think it's about time Trump is made to settle into an old people's home. Tho, I'm actually enjoying the growing tension between the EU and Trump, and I pray he invades Greenland and that NATO is eventually dismantled.

He already said at Davos he won't take them by force but can you imagine the EU heaving a sigh of relief and then boom, Trump strikes by force. Like a bully in school does

Trump is living his own reality game show in the oval office.


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a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

In the past, it is the family that will do this work for you but since we wan abandon tradition, na private investigator go chop our money. You married into families, you didn't marry yourselves alone but since you want to FAFO, let me help her here:


Before modern background checks, Nigerian cultures already had systems for finding out who someone really was before marriage. Families did not rely on romance alone. They asked questions, sent people, and consulted trusted sources.

Among the Yoruba, families carried out what is simply called ìwádìí meaning investigation. A trusted person was sent to ask questions about the prospective spouse and their family. This person could be a respected elder, a family friend, or sometimes a babaláwo. The focus was on family history, character, health issues, mental illness, criminal behavior, and general reputation. The person doing this work is often referred to as Alárinà, meaning someone who gathers information by asking around. If the report was bad, the marriage could stop.

The Igbo have a similar process known as ịjụ ase or ịma afa, depending on the community. Families asked elders and neighbors about the background of the other family. They checked lineage, social status, repeated marriage failures, and serious taboos such as osu lineage. Spiritual consultation was also common. Negative findings were taken seriously, even if the couple already liked each other.

Among the Hausa and Fulani, investigations were done through family networks, community leaders, and religious authorities. Reputation mattered greatly. Families relied on long-standing knowledge within the community. Religious character, discipline, and family conduct were important factors. Because communities were close-knit, information was easy to verify.

In Edo culture, marriage involved family-level investigation. Families looked into ancestral history, moral behavior, and spiritual obligations. If a family had unresolved issues or negative patterns, elders advised against the union.

Efik, Ibibio, and Annang communities also used family and community inquiry. Elders spoke with neighbors and relatives to understand the family’s behavior over time. Issues like abuse, instability, or repeated divorce were red flags.

Across Nigerian cultures, the idea was the same. Marriage was not just between two people. It involved families, reputation, and long-term stability. These investigations were practical, not mystical. They were meant to prevent future problems, not to shame anyone.

What we now call background checks already existed. They were done through people, memory, and community accountability.