Donjazet2:
Why did mukina2 stop engaging in conversations? She used to be a fervent contributor on this board, why did she decide to go into incognito mode?

Mukina2 where are thou?

Amoto94:

What the man meant to say was that those who attacked others are political rascals he didn't word it well it was a slip not that he wanted to insult. Please calm down

OasisX:




.... honestly I have seen it for long, just don't wanna bring it here.

Eazzii:
Putin moves some nukes to Belarus.
What's good for ogbono is good for uganda.

hismajestii:
Speedy Darlington has low key turned to one of the top comedians in the country. His profile has been steadily rising.

hismajestii:
Speedy Darlington has low key turned to one of the top comedians in the country. His profile has been steadily rising.

Melvyn11:

Iraq and North Korea have shown the world that if you want sovereign protection you must have nukes and ability to launch them. If you dont have nukes, you can become Ukraine, Iraq, syria, etc.....Either you have nukes or risk getting invaded. If Ukraine had nukes Russia wouldn't have done all these nonsense. Putin needs to stop making empty and dry threats.

Melvyn11:

Iraq and North Korea have shown the world that if you want sovereign protection you must have nukes and ability to launch them. If you dont have nukes, you can become Ukraine, Iraq, syria, etc.....Either you have nukes or risk getting invaded. If Ukraine had nukes Russia wouldn't have done all these nonsense. Putin needs to stop making empty and dry threats.

Melvyn11:

You find him funny?

hismajestii:
Speedy Darlington has low key turned to one of the top comedians in the country. His profile has been steadily rising.

A001:
Data/Information Encryption - A cue from Ìlu Gángan (Yoruba Talking Drum)

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorised parties can access it. Without encryption, online banking, online shopping, secure communication on the Internet etc would be impossible.

The mathematics behind even the simplest encryption algorithm is mind boggling!
But guess what? Before Cipher, telegraph and Morse code came into being the Yoruba ancestors were already transmitting encrypted messages for millennia!

The Gángan (talking drum) is well known in Yorubaland. These days most people only think of it as a mere percussion - musical instrument but beside its entertainment function, it is one of the most potent cryptographic devices ever invented in Yorubaland. It is capable of transmitting encrypted messages or ciphers over a considerable distance!

In 1943, Irma Wassall, the poet opined -
“Across the Dark Continent sound the never-silent drums: the base of all music, the focus of every dance; the talking drums, the wireless of the unmapped jungle”.

The following examples are adapted from the book - "The Information" by James Gleick

To send the encrypted message:
“Padà wá s’ilè” (“Come back home”), you would use Gangan to compose something similar to the following acoustic rhythm:

“Jẹ̀ ki ẹsẹ̀ rẹ padà gẹ́gẹ́ bi wọ́n ti lọ,
Mo ni ko jẹ ki ẹsẹ̀ rẹ padà gẹ̀gẹ̀ bi wọ́n ti lọ,
A ni o pa ẹsẹ̀ rẹ papọ̀ ni abúlé wa.”

i.e
“Make your feet come back the way they went,
make your legs come back the way they went,
plant your feet and your legs below, in the village which belongs to us.”

To say Òkú (corpse), you would compose the following:
“Nkan ti o fi ẹ̀hìn re lélẹ̀ l’ori ilẹ̀”

i.e
“That which lies on its back on clods of earth.”

To say “Má bèrù” (don’t be afraid) you would beat the drum to say:

“À ní o mu ọkàn rẹ jade lati ẹnu rẹ, mo ni ọkàn rẹ láti ẹnu rẹ, ki o si muu padà lati ibẹ̀”

i.e
“Bring your heart back down out of your mouth, your heart out of your mouth, get it back down from there”

No exposition of this nature is complete without supporting it with at least one Ifa verse. In Edi-Ogunda, the drum is personified as an obedient and a favourite of the Alaafin.

Dindinguda Dindinguda
A d’Ifa fun enlọjọ ìlù
Ti wọn n ṣawo lo s’ode Ọ̀yọ́
Dundun nikan lo n bẹ lẹyin to n ṣẹbọ
Dundun wa ni mo yin Dindinguda Dindinguda
Dundun pẹ̀lẹ́ o, Ayọ̀ Oba

Translation….
Dindinguda Dindinguda (the Ifa priest )
Divined for drum ensembles
That were going for performance in Ọ̀yọ́ town
Only Dundun remained behind to make a sacrifice
Dundun said that I praised my Ifa Priest Dindinguda Dindinguda
Dundun well done, the favorite of (Ọ̀yọ́) King.

— Olobe Yoyon via FB

OasisX:


Dem never sworn in Alex Otti, yet he is being cooked as fake Abian. These are people forcing GRV on Lagos o.

https://twitter.com/Gen_Buhar/status/1639938398453477377?t=uSyYZfhX83GqvKM6aY9Wbg&s=19

OasisX:




..... Tinubu that attended CSU is a Female? Lord! What are they feeding these people in their camp?

raumdeuter:


Yet the school when verifying his certificate used HE amd HIM to address this female Tinubu

The pictures in the year book was also female

GrammarNazi1:

While I understand everything written here, I do not understand the bolded as the bolded does not indicate the exact distance.

A001:

The distance the information gets to would depend on how far the sound (waves) generated by the talking drum can travel. That varies from one talking drum to the other.

raumdeuter:


Only certain states deserve meritocracy

OasisX:


When we said they are structureless, they took it as an Insult..... can any God believing Obident explains what really happened?

Andrews Liver Salt?

raumdeuter:


Ortom wey dey shout Obi

See as dem finish am for Benue

https://www.nairaland.com/7628479/apc-wins-majority-seats-benue

OasisX:


Dem never sworn in Alex Otti, yet he is being cooked as fake Abian. These are people forcing GRV on Lagos o.

https://twitter.com/Gen_Buhar/status/1639938398453477377?t=uSyYZfhX83GqvKM6aY9Wbg&s=19

airmark:


Obainojazz will not tag me on this. Hypocrite. 😄

obainojazz:
Abeg Oasix give me more Soludo news to sweet my belle… That’s the only politics I wan see

OasisX:




..... in the next guber Election, Anambrans will masisvely vote him for 2nd term. He is just too good and ready for the job.

OasisX:


Dem never sworn in Alex Otti, yet he is being cooked as fake Abian. These are people forcing GRV on Lagos o.

https://twitter.com/Gen_Buhar/status/1639938398453477377?t=uSyYZfhX83GqvKM6aY9Wbg&s=19

obainojazz:
The guy does what he says…. I heard he’s building good drainages in the roads he’s constructing.

When he develops Anambra… hopefully Airmark will relocate from Canada 😵‍💫

Donjazet2:


Well first of all, the woman on the call wasn't in anyway criticizing otti or saying he's not supposed to be Governor in anyway. She's clarifying why people say otti is not ngwa enough, (not saying, not abia enough). And yes it is bad that this was even an issue, PDP employed the tactics of zonal regionalism in the east this period. Both in abia and Enugu. The only ace they had up their sleeves was to divide people along zonal lines even within the state.

In Enugu they pushed tge narrative that power must leave nsukka and go to nkanu, then did the same in abia. And I personally find that politics of division revolting.


Now that is out of the way, Oasis let me ask you this, let's assume indeed that this woman was indeed trying to paint Alex otti as not abia enough, do you think that is right? Do you think it's a good thing? Do you think her words and motives are justifiable in anyway? Should she be condemned or appraised?

OasisX:




He is laying solid foundations, masterplan for new Anambra State. I pray whoever succeeds doesn’t derail as Ambode did. I also pray APGA remain in power in Anambra. They are doing well for the State to be honest.

OasisX:


... of course its never right. Afterall he is an Igbo, pure Igbo from same State. Whether he is Ngwa enough is bullshit.