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RUGA Palaver - Need for Pragmatic Steps to Address Insecurity in Nigeria

Nations that wants to develop keep looking for ways to improve on old practices, find ways to sustainably produce things they need, in Nigeria, because we have a president that is not so educated and enlightened, we want to continue the practices of ancient time and then use that avenue to annex land across the nation for the president's tribal kins. President Buhari wants to destroy Nigeria by his actions and inactions on a very sensitive issue that he has refused to be objective about. We learned way back in secondary school that nomadic cattle rearing is the most unproductive way to rear cattle for milk or meat - the animal burns as much energy as they consume while walking tens of thousands of kilometer. This old practice by Fulani has caused chaos in the past that has now escalated into a national crisis. Fulani herdsmen drive their cows across the length and breadth of the nation, and many times had encroached on planted farmlands, destroying properties in the

Nigeria's #metoo movement MUST start in the house of God

The attitude of my folks in the Church in Nigeria often baffles me. They are scared to speak about the so called "men of God" - who told you the rest of us are not men and women of God too? SOME of these so called "men of God" have abused, robbed, enslaved, dominate, intimidate and manipulate many churchgoers to a point they are afraid to speak when they are a victim. We are committing IDOLATRY, replacing mere mortal with God and we are so afraid to speak against their atrocities like Apostle Paul rebuked Peter when he would not eat or interact with so-called gentiles (Galatians 2:11–13). Some people who are castigating Dakolo are victims of abuse themselves, and out of share ignorance and fear, many keep this a secret and it is eating them up on the inside. On the case of COZA's pastor, Fatoyinbo, someone wrote a comment to me on a post a friend made and said: "be careful". I do not know what to be careful about. I always like to hear bo