becomricha:

That was the song for nigeria at 25 years. My classmate father wrote that song that was use by the nation of nigeria. He was among best 3 music writter ever produced in nigeria and among the best 10 in africa. He sold more 15 million albums in his life time. he was the best english music singer nigeria ever produced. Nobody yet as live up to his ratng sing english music in nigeria.

I meet Bongos Ikwe several times as a young man, when he came to pick up his son in school. His son was in my clas[/b]s. [b]He was my classmate. big head allen. He was a sturborn little boy. he sat behind me. And when you look at it, one generation, of nigerian do not want to quit leadership so that another takes over. It is sad.

Jarus:

3 then

Demoladoc:

if u were not old enof or not yet born at that time then u would have no idea what we are talking about.

Wonderful song. U had no choice but to sing along. It captivates your faculties and mesmerises your your mind.
Simple yet great song. The good old days.
Wonder if ibb keyed into the dreams the song had for nija since he was head of state then.

True, but I can't find the melody anymore; my retrospective memory is not firing up that tune.

sojapikin:

@ Canuck, I am working on something good and u will certainly be the first to get a copy of the audio. A friend said he can get it for me before weekend. Lets see how that turns out.

jamace:

Oh my beautiful song. Bongos is a genius. Look at this and probably ponder on the statements.

Nigeria is 25
The odds we did survive
Arise salute the nation
Come join the celebra[b]tion[/b]
A people united will never fall
The sun will shine and the rain will fall
On our land vast and mi[b]ghty[/b]
Richly blessed by the alm[b]ighty[/b]
Like bees in a hive we work so hard
To make our country grow
But not without the use of the hoe.