 Today, on the breakfast, no fewer than 109 persons burned to death after fire got in an illegal oil refinery site that Abacheke will fire in Iwema community or Haji Iwema local government area or Vimo state. What's the way forward for illegal banquering in Nigeria? Also, on the breakfast from a presidential aide, Renau Markery reveals why the People's Democratic Party might lose its chance of regaining power in the 2023 general elections. How dare we go out of this? And we will review the biggest stories making headlines across national dailies. Good morning to you. Many thanks for joining us. You're watching the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. I am Justin Akadone. I am Messebo for a beautiful morning to you. It's good to have you join us. Yes, it is indeed a pleasure as we slide on straight to top trending. What's making the headlines? What made the headlines over the weekend? And what Nigerians and of course, in Nigerian, of course, I was in Nigeria, you know, talking about the alafi over your past away over the weekend. And he was the king for about 31 years. He got Nigerian stock. Let me just give you a beat of some things that most people don't know about the alafi over your. The alafi over your orbala midi at the end of the third. During his ancestors on Friday night, bringing an end to his 52 year illustrious reign on the throne. Each day, the trio bar at the end, me who died at the Afebaba Lola University teaching hospital. He was the longest serving alafi over your. Okay, he was born in 1988, October 15th to be precise, into the Alawu Lodun Royal House and was a member of the House of Oromeo. Iquba Baiyeye, whose mother Ibiron Ked died when he was young, was the son of late Raji Adeniron Adenmi who became a lafi in 1945. He actually became the king at the age of 31 and he has joined his assessors. So first, when that story actually broke, there was a lot of back and forth whether or not the alafi over your joined his ancestors. But we need to understand that the alafi over your, it's a very powerful title in the Yoruba kingdom. It's very, very powerful. If you look at the 17th and the 18th century, you'll also find that prior to this time, there was a lot of political dominance. And so moving away from that, the alafi over your, if you want to look at that particular title, seen as a political head of the empire, he was chosen by your Yomisi, who is supposed to nominate the alafi over your. And it was claimed that he could only appear three times in public. So I really don't know how many times the former alafi actually appeared. However, but that was actually in the pre-colonial time. So because you have the fact that the, or your empire existed at the time, you know, pre-colonial era, the colonial era, and the medieval, you want to say medieval era or the present day, however you want to put it. But it's very, very powerful. It's a very prominent title at the time. They were very involved in protecting the traditional Yoruba cost. You know, culture and protecting it, however. And at that time also, you know, a lot of commercial activities was going on as the forest was also in Ling, you had all of that. He also served as the judicial head at the time. So if you look at government now, you know, he served as a judicial head. He also appointed a lot of peasants. You could all remember the Bashu, if I'm not mistaken, if that's been called. I mean, if you look at all of the aforementioned, yes, the Bashu and all the titles, he was responsible for appointing this or that person. So it just brings us back to the fact that we as Africans, we have, you know, our cultural priorities at this time, right? We had a way of governance. We had a way where we govern our first, before we had the intrusion, if you want to say, of the British in the system. But very interesting, a lot of things about him was the fact that he's very schooled, very, very schooled. He was also involved in books, and if you also remember his story. And the fact that the father was very, very deliberate in ensuring that he understands the culture, including religion as well, because at a time where he was supposed to live with the father in Lagos, the father made sure that he had to go back and learn, you know, the traditions of the culture. Of course, we're prowing him, you know, for the future. Yes, he was actually a very long-standing ruler. He wrote for about 51 or 52 years. He was just about 31 when he became, you know, the Alafion of Oyo. And he was the prominent chairman of the council, you know, of all bars and chiefs in Oyo State until May the 3rd, 2011, when former governor Adebari Alawakala announced that the state government had passed the law that introduced rotation of the office of the chairman between the Alafi and two other kings in the state. That's the Lubadon of Ibadon, the son of Obomoshom. Adeyemi had 11 wives, the senior among them being Ayaba Bibat, Adeyemi and them. Usually attended most events with her or with one of the 12 junior wives. Something about his wives and how they were really very popular on social media. Well, it's really interesting. I mean, you don't want to even begin to understand and try to look at what would actually happen to this wives now that he's no longer there. It's quite interesting, you know. Yeah, he had 11 wives, well that's... And about, I think he has like 20, 20 children or thereabouts and so... I think he had more since he had like 11 wives. Well, that's cool, Shah, but it is something about the Yoruba people and next in line of who is going to be Alafi is the next conversation on most people's lives, especially those from that particular area because who is going to succeed him is the next conversation. So for me, what's a concern is that before this time, the pattern and the culture used to be that the eldest son, even if he was, I mean the eldest son would never succeed the Alafi because the Yoruba people would have to choose who becomes, you know... The next in line. The next, yes, in line. And that was how it was done. So it was not that monarchy kind of, you know, governance, it wasn't transferred like Hadiditri because your father was a king, he has to... So I just think that a lot has actually changed if you look at the pre-colonial era. A lot of change now. You know the present day, the medieval era, if you like to put. But, you know, let's see how things pan out. And one of the incidents, there was a certain incident that happened where all the kings were actually summoned sometime at the AFCT and he constantly stood out. He spoke, he was very vocal about certain things and he made his present known. A lot of people said that he was very, very humble. There was never a time that you could find him very angry. And so there was a time where you had a gathering of kings, you know, so you have the oba's, you have the Sultan of Sokoto. And he was reported that, you know, for... The second rule was made available for the oba's. So he felt like they relegated the culture of the Yoruba and he stood out, you know, he stood up. So when he got to the point where he was asking for his sit and it was being told to sit behind, what he did was he took the tag beside the Sokoto, you know, the Sultan of Sokoto and just sat beside him feeling that, I mean, why should I be relegated to the back? He was such a very prominent king, if you like to say. He was. And his voice was heard in different parts. So our hearts that easily go out to, you know, members of his family and of course all the people of Yoruba and who has just lost, or have just lost, you know, the king who has been on the throne for 52 years. Well, let's move on right now to some other trending matters. Kimya Deityba is in the news over the weekend. She tied the knot. You remember King of Boys? Yes, Kimya Deityba was the director of King of Boys. And she just tied the knot with Habu, who is Ganea. It was a very colorful one and it was graced by, you know, a lot of nollywood, you know, stars there. It was very, very interesting. Nigerian filmmaker, music video director, movie director, television director, she has a whole lot going for her. And producer, whose works have been aired on MTV, base BET, Channel O, Sound City, and Netflix. No other than Kimya Deityba tied the knot with her Ganean lover, who is a music executive, Oscar Hemman Aka. Recall that Deityba had shared beautiful moments from her surprise marriage proposal, which occurred in Ghana on the 28th of January this year. Now the King of Boys I filmmaker revealed that her lover, Oscar Aka, popped up the question and she wholeheartedly said, yes, well the entire netizens, while they just concluded colorful traditional marriage ceremony of actress Rita Dominic and her husband, and next we have this particular one, Kimya Deityba and Ganea and Boo. We wish both of them the newly wed, all the best of a marital bliss. So the question would be why is Kimya Deityba on the trend and why is the conversation, first of all, great, fantastic directing of that movie, King of Boys. For a lot of people that would be, what would have brought her to lamb light. And that's on the other side because I'm sure that as much as you say she's very popular and she's very relevant. A lot of people might not really resonate up until you have this particular one so it's like an inclusive. But top of the chart is the fact that if you look at the age, I mean Rita Dominic over the weekend, right, was it over the weekend? No, Tuesday last week. Okay, so just like yesterday, I'm trying to say 46 years old, 46 years old and you also have Kimya Deityba who's 42. So a little bit of some similarity. Basically that's what people are talking about. So the conversation has been what's the age bracket? Who puts the age limits? An expectation. That's a good thing. I'm sure that's why a lot of Nigerians and a lot of people could say, hey, you see you had working women very dedicated and committed. Not to say that they're absolutely perfect. There's two, you do have your flaws, but you just ask yourself why a lot of people just endeared to celebrate these people because you have a lot of weddings happen every day. I mean, people get married. So what's really special? Yeah, like you said, the age thingy, not sounds good to say message Johnson. Rita Dominic in 46. Are you going to call me message Johnson? I don't know. I was going to call you message Johnson, but you are light-skinned. Anyway, Rita Dominic got married on Tuesday and like three, four days later, it is Kimya Deityba. It just goes with the narrative that the lay is not actually denied. Most people would just, well, there's one that's messy. This is a thing for us here, Nigerians. When you're over 30, 35, they're like, she never married or what's going on? No, no, she reached 40. She was three, three born. All those talk, people would actually go on about women. I don't know why they do that, but the fact is that whenever you decide, even if you decide to marry, it is your business. The fact is that so long as you get into it and you have found the love of your life and you are happy, your happiness is what counts and not exactly what any other person feels or thinks about them that you are old or you're getting older and yet you've not settled down. Whose business is it? Well, it might just be the business for us because it is part of our culture. I mean, we have extolled this. We have made this a lot. And I just think that it would be okay for us not to pressure people. Just allow them to be. No, not at all. It should be. But we wish them the very best. I mean, everyone is getting married, including Kemi Aditi bar, Rita Dominic and everyone who's got it married. We wish you the very best, blissful one and continue to celebrate. Yes, congratulations to Kemi Aditi bar. And of course, once again, we wish both of you the best. Moving on, I'm still talking about marriage, making marriage or marriage being broken and all of that. Beautiful actress Caroline, though she's not acted in the wild though, Caroline Dandrumma is in the news and this time around she made some statement. She said that popular blogger is responsible for the crash of her marriage. Specifically, she is actually blaming Linda EKG for the crash of her marriage. She said something about Linda posting something about her and that she tried at reaching out to Linda. Linda couldn't be bothered. Let me just see if I could give you a background. Nollywood actress Caroline Dandrumma has revealed reasons for her marriage to the younger brother of Nigeria's former defense minister, General T. Y. Dandrumma did not work. Speaking in the latest episode of Reality Show, Real Housewives of Lagos, Dandrumma said contrary to her, she married her ex-husband for love and not for money, adding that Linda EKG is also responsible for her broken marriage. She said, quote, part of the reasons why my marriage broke was because of Linda EKG. I reached out to her when she wrote some things, but she didn't care. So, popularly known as Caroline Uduakabasiakanim, she got married to Dan Jemaya and a lot actually happened. Well, I think that this conversation is part of, you know, the reality TV show, I mean, the series is going on, that particular series, that's popular. You mentioned it already, the Housewives of Lagos, yes, basically. And so you could see a lot of rage. That also generated, you know, it brought back memories of the times where Linda EKG was on top of the issue of blogging and some people have said that her activities have destroyed a lot of persons. Remember the light, I mean, Caroline Dan Jemaya might also be a victim, but you also have the likes of Whiskey. A lot of persons, though, Lamy Day was also part of, you know, some reports from Linda EKG at a particular time. And some people are saying, oh, let's make an excuse for her, she was very young and experienced and I don't really know, but it's quite sad. I might not quite really agree with how that contributed to destroying her marriage, because I really don't... It depends on what she was watching or what she was posting. So if you say that that contributed, in what sense, one would expect that if you are married, you are married. And so should stories, was it because of the stories that were posted? Because she sounded very pained about the fact that her daughter was going through a lot and then, you know, Linda EKG was putting up some stories that really didn't add or be quite hot as a person. And so these were some of the narrative, I mean, or some of the expressions she put out at the time. But the big question would be, in that real sense, did the blog, I mean, did, how did Linda EKG crash the marriage? Exactly. That's what she should be telling that she should be doing. Because I don't understand how. No, maybe. Let me not assume. I don't know. Let me not do anything. It's okay. It's not assumption. It's not assumption. Well, it's okay to just, you know, look at, you know... Possibilities. Possibilities. What could he be? What is it? Maybe something negative. Something, you know, damning about her. So if somebody writes something negative about your wife, so you take it, who climbed the table? No, sometimes it happens. You know, especially when you are a celebrity, when you're a public figure, and that some several, several, depends on the post that, when it might not just be about the both of you. You know, when you're married to a man in the African or Nigerian set, you're married to the entire family. You know, various, maybe something negative about her. You know, there'll be like a backlash from family members, you know, or like a look at what your wife is doing. Sometimes you might not want to just react, but somehow it might just start sinking in. Somehow, you know, if you allow it to bother you a bit, these things really do happen, you know. Oh well, it's unfortunate what has actually happened has happened, but I'm sure that we get to see a lot actually unreal. I mean, it's a lot to grapple with for us as a country. Some people would say we need to get to a platform where people can watch us as a country, because there's a lot of drama that unfolds every day. But these are our top trending conversations. I mean, things that generated a lot of reactions in different spaces in Nigeria. We definitely return with more interesting top trending conversations. In the meantime, we'll take a break. When we return, we continue the breakfast with the people. Stay with us.