₦airaland Forum

BlueRayDick:
Electric spark can lead to serious fire if u store fuel anywhere within ur premises.

Yes, that's another factor to consider.

Itsrm:
That one no be problem na. If fuel no dey for gen, everybody go rest. As long as we can charge phone with power banks and laptops

It's o for people working from home and taking online courses at home

BlueRayDick:
I don't think there is anything like storing fuel safely; na when yawa never gas person dey think say he store fuel safely.

Nothing to worry about if you no dey smoke or no dey move with smokers and drug users and if your house is large

May them plan this subsidy removal thing well sha make e no go lead to riots and war

Itsrm:
I get now. Movement will be restricted if there's riot reducing the need for fuel

The measure is for domestic use at home

Theflint1:
I'm targeting 250-300 litres, I work from home, so whatever I'm storing would be primarily to fuel gen when devices are down and at night. One of my neighbours said he's going to store 1000 litres, have another that always stores fuel throughout the year, scarcity or not, and he has at least 15 jerrycans. Store according to how you use....

Are you sure that's not our JerryCan uncle here

Itsrm:
How much fuel can you realistically store? My vehicle has a tank capacity of 75 litres, madams vehicle 65 litres. I use mine in a week, hers lasts for 2-3 weeks.

At best, even if I manage to store 140 litres of fuel, it will finish in two weeks.

Perhaps there's something you're seeing that I'm not seeing. Show us the way

That's just a temporary measure when everywhere go red with protests and riots here and there till things calm down and go back to normal.

monerozi5590:
You have a point since that's what he said but he can still change his mind oh.

If he or Buhari tries to remove the fuel subsidy in the next couple of months, Nigeria go boil. There will be chaos and anarchy because many Nigerians are angry and just recovering from the menaces of cash shortages and fuel hikes.

The wiser decision is to delay the removal till later in the year and use the coming months to prepare palliatives measures to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal on Nigerians.

Segedinho:
Removal of subsidy join d problem d average Nigerian dey face for d country go belike giving excuse to d already angry masses to explode

Subsidy on fuel will still be removed sooner or later. The humongous funds spent on subsidizing fuel aren't sustainable in the long run.

However, I suggest the government delays the subsidy removal until later in the year and use the next few months to prepare palliatives for the masses.

monerozi5590:
Tinubu might reverse the decision on June 1. Let's wait and see what the incoming government will do regarding that.

No put your mind for that. BAT don talk say he go remove subsidy and no amount of protests will stop him

Theflint1:
I didn't know how much I loved cheap fuel until the fuel scarcity of a couple months back...na to go buy jerrycans stock pile some litres ahead of then.

I dey consider this. Maybe next month, I go buy at least N8k-15k fuel for domestic use and keep it till things calm down

To my fellow Yorubas in the house: a ku ipalemo subsideen o. Naija no go kill us

AbdulMagaji:
When Jonathan removed this subsidy years ago and fuel was N140, all the nigerian GOs + politicians entered the street in the name of protest.

But I wonder how Nigerians are now enjoying fuel even at N200 today

Hypocrisy is the name
Politics is the game

Fuel subsidy is expected to be removed next month or in May before President Buhari leaves office on May 29, 2023. Stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas sector have asked Nigerians to prepare to buy petrol at a rate of N750/Litre when the subsidy is removed.

How are you preparing for life after fuel subsidy removal?

Fuel subsidy is expected to be removed next month or in May before President Buhari leaves office on May 29, 2023.

Stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas sector have asked Nigerians to prepare to buy petrol at a rate of N750/Litre when the subsidy is removed.

How are you preparing for life after fuel subsidy removal?

GrammarNazi1:
While I understand everything written here, I do not understand the bolded as the bolded does not indicate the exact distance.

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.

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

Binned. You can start crying in mentions today as you did yesterday. When I'm less busy, I'll bin them all.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
How? The bible already gave us a definition. What else are you looking for?

Jokers. They assert an entity exists with so-and-so features that qualify him to be called God, yet he's still asking you to present your own idea of God when you're not the one making the claim.

Lols, all these ridiculous posts on Nairaland sha

The person making the claim is the one to back it with proofs. But it appears things work in reverse among these clowns on Nairaland.

I no get your time.

https://fb.watch/jvaBbjrbaD/

That video gives a good explanation of the concept of ancestors in Yoruba.

As a Yoruba, your ancestors are Olohun, Orunmila, Obatala, Eshu, Ifa, Ogun, Oya, Sango, Osun, and the likes, not the deities and prophets of Christianity and Islam who are ancestors of Europeans and Arabs respectively.

If you like keep condemning your ancestors as demons, your descendants will do worse to you when you're gone. No be curse.

Use the whole day to gather all the discussions I've had with people on Nairaland and paste them here.

You'd see how my tone in the engagements with intelligent people are different from those I had with dull people like you.

Donjazet2:
So how come you've barely had any with any single person here?? Do you really believe everyone here is intellectually inferior to you?
Surely you can't classify all these folks and myself as intellectually inferior to you, surely not, right?

Ask Google. You'd need more than noises like this to propagate your silly ideas. Try harder.

I'd simply bin your mentions after this. No time for frivolous discussions.

Donjazet2:
Fine, likewise too. Hopefully tomorrow.

The truth is that, I feel like deepdown, you have smart ideas but it seems like you dread your opinion being challenged in any way which is absolutely inimical to learning.

No matter how one's opinion offends you, try and have patience with the person and understand why the person would hold such a view.

Look at dayo for instance, the reason I keep hounding and Hounding him with his past posts which I find In absolutely horrible taste is because he has never for once attempted to rationalise why he spent years saying those diabolical things, which is why I don't let go of those statements. I want to constantly remind him that he can't run away from the evil of his past. He has to make people understand why he chose to tow that path and utter those kind of words.

Please always be ready to be challenged intellectually. It would aid you in learning more.

I want my posts to be challenged so I can get diverse views on things I say and make informed decisions on issues.

However, you're wasting your time if you challenge my posts with foolish remarks.

What I seek here are intellectually stimulating discussions not frivolous ones.

Donjazet2:
A001, please highlight the positive aspects of our African culture. I already know a few but I want to see if you yourself the champion of African culture can highlight it's positive aspects.
Something you think we can export to the world that will make it a better place.

I've highlighted the negative aspects. Evil Diabolical practices. Misogynistic laws, child mutilation and scarification. Now highlight the positive aspects of African culture.

Please no insults, no "I don't have time for low IQ". Don't run! Just answer this one question.

Show us the positive aspects of African culture we should embibe and export.

Not interested in this discussion at this moment. I've typed enough posts on Nairaland for a day.

"Ẹgbẹ́ ATELEWO fún mi ní Àmì Ẹ̀yẹ ni University ti Ibadan.

The first award given to the first man to write science fiction in any indigenous African language.

Thanks to my friend who followed me and supported me all the way: Mr Saheed Oladapo, you are a rare breed. I don't know how to appreciate you enough.

Abéégún du'gbá iyán is hereby saying thank you to the organizers and the sponsors. I will never forget Mr. Oredola. Thank you for the award.

Ojú pọ́n koko má fọ̀ọ́, ọ̀ràn fi ni dùgbẹ̀ dùgbẹ̀, fi ni làkà làkà yun ni nù...

Thanks to ATELEWO Org. for the award."
https://atelewo.org/

— Bode Oje via FB

Bode Oje is such a good sci-fi writer in Yoruba language. I've read some of his works on Facebook and they're quite impressive.

Also, Ẹgbẹ́ ATELEWO is a wonderful forum for Yorubas.

These are great efforts that will help preserve the history and culture of Yoruba, which is one of the most important ethnic groups in Africa.

WhoDeyHause:
I actually enjoy reading your thoughts on African culture and science and I like them for future reading. Please keep it up sir though if you can kindly tone down your harsh words sometimes.

Thank you.

Donjazet2:
Where are your own counter submissions to correct my positions, let me guess; you don't have t.......

If you say your history is useless as an African, I'm not the one to correct how you feel about yourself.

Just know your case is an exception, not the norm.

The clown should have mentioned those monikers and presented your silly ideas to them.

Any right-thinking African will condemn those nonsensical ideas you call submissions. They're some of the most foolish posts I've read on this forum.

When a judge asks you to prove your case in court, it's because the judge already accepts the reality of your case. Lols.

Wetin I no go see for Nairaland. Lols

Segedinho:
Exactly my point.

His love for Africa cultures is spot on but I believe he is going overboard with his take.

I think culture is dynamic and positive when it evolves over time to accommodate civilization.

If it is barbaric to bury a king with some innocent head,such culture or belief should be discarded one time..

..A001 is very knowledgeable and have a strong affirmation with Aftican cultures but his assertion is becoming too extreme.

You can present your own theory about the uselessness of African history and discuss why African cultures should be abolished.

My views are extreme because I said African history and cultures should be preserved and the positive aspects of the cultures should be promoted and embraced while condemning the negative aspects.

All these comical posts on Nairaland. Low quality of engagement.

The only extreme person here is the lunatic that calls the cultures of over 1.4 billion people in a region savage and barbaric, saying their history is useless, and the African cultures should be abolished and replaced with the culture of the colonial masters.

Those are not only extreme but also dangerous ideologies. Only his fellow lunatics don't know this glaring fact.

As stated earlier, it will take more than noises on Nairaland to propagate these moronic ideas.

Even as hard as the powerful European and Arab colonial masters and slave masters tried, they couldn't wipe out African history and kill the African cultures.

That lunatic isn't obviously all right in the head. From one extreme, dangerous ideologies to the other.

The other day, he was calling for the country to burn because his candidate lost an election. Today, it's "African history is useless".

When you call the cultures of over 1.4 billion Africans savage, barbaric, and backward, you're saying all Africans are savage, barbaric and backward.

Only an imbe make foolish statements all about.

You go wail tire. Ekun legbere n sunku

Keep making noises in my mentions. Quote all the users on Nairaland that have regretted engaging me.

When you're done with your noises, I'd still keep posting here as usual. You'd need more than noises on Nairaland to propagate your ideas that African history is useless and African cultures should be abolished.