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By Ayo Onikoyi
It was indeed fusion of different generations of
sound, philosophies and rhythms when last
Saturday Glo brought together iconic Juju
musician Commander Ebenezer Obey, in a thrilling concert with M.I Abaga and Yemi Sax at the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, Lagos.

First to mount the stage was the Grand
Commander, Chief Ebenezer Obey. He started the evening with a song that paid tribute to God titled Iba lo ye kase and gave the audience the rare privilege of requesting for any of his favourite songs which
he promptly rendered to their delight.

Without betraying the slightest sign of old age,
Obey took total control of the stage right from the first
string of the guitar cord. Moved by the classic
rendition, significant members of the audience could not
hold the urge to dance.

Dread-locked Yemi Sax, garbed in a white
Kaftan was the next to thrill the audience with his
dexterity on the saxophone.He reeled out tunes of the “old
school” with the backing tracks by the D.J. to the delight of the audience.

MI was at his vintage best that night as he dished
out hits of contemporary flavor. The concert audience, an admixture of different generations, brought together by their love for music, danced and sang along with Mr Incredible who mesmerised all with his stagecraft.

But highpoint of the event was the collaboration by
Chief Obey and the two younger artistes, M.I.
and Yemi Sax whom Obey described as his children.
They performed together to the immense admiration
of the crowd. Obey led the way with two of his
evergreen tracks Ore mi e se pelepele and Olomi
gbo temi with M.I.emblazoning his signature into the
two songs. Yemi Sax ? also jazzed up the tunes with his saxophone. Their performances drew spontaneous burst of applause.

The show was aptly anchored by two foremost,
resourceful comedians, Gbenga Adeyinka and
Okey Bakassi. They laced the show with rib cracking
jokes.

Ebenezer Obey later commended Chairman of
Globacom for conferring the epithet of Great
Commander on him. While fielding questions
from journalists at the event, he described Globacom “as
the greatest supporter of Nigerian entertainment industry. He noted that the Glo Evergreen Series will take African music to the greatest height.”

In the documentary screened at the event, the
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola
commended Chief Fabiyi for his giant strides in
the music industry. He said that he is a big fan of the
juju maestro, and remarked that he uses Obey’s
music and the philosophies espoused in his music to
brush up his proficiency in Yoruba language.

Similarly, the Alake and Paramount Ruler of
Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo went down
memory lane to recount how one of Obey’s songs
brought nostalgic feelings of home to him when
he was on tour of duty in Zaria. The Osile of Oke Ona, Oba Dr Adedapo Tejuosho thanked Chief Obey Fabiyi for popularising Teju Foams in the seventies and described him as a quintessential Cultural ambassador whose prolific repertoire of music has dignified a lot of Nigerians.

“I can’t imagine missing this show. This is one of the best concerts I have attended in ages. Kudos to Glo for bringing such a unique experience to us live,” a member of the audience, Mr Kolawole Adedeji, a Lagos-based public relations consultant commented after the show.

The show was attended by over 100 managing directors including the MDs of First Bank, Guinness, Nigerian Breweries, and Arik.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/obey-m-
yemi-sax-star-glo-evergreen-series-takes/

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I av dem not to blame, since it is d precedent d outgoing body has laid down by ripping off , exploiting, extorting their customers, and d new body will also want to exhibit same atrocity.
I will urge d NERC to regulate and supervise the activities of the prospective private owner against all d aforementioned atrocity and place a price ceiling.
In same manner, I will advise the prospective owners dat they shud, in all their capabilities, to provide a bttr electricity to NIGERIAN and to establish a transformation in d power sector so dat @ least GEJ can be graciously commended dat he did dis

noted!

he shud av used his soothsaying dexterity to predict aw lng ASUU strike will last. Mtcheeeew!!!

Nice one bro, thumb up. It will be kindly appreciated if u can relate some common pertinent questions dat are alwys being asked, as 4 newbies lyk me and some oda guys.

God loves d pious but is d pious pious? - Jay Z

No price specification. Anyway, comin for u

Frankly speaking, u r d architect of ur own problem!

na ji

Vanity upon Vanity!

Waiting impatiently.................

Prof. the Beam, kindly help ur boy o. Derealme@gmail.com. i'm looking forward to seeing ur msg or any oda person can show d gesture in turn to save him d stress. He's really tried. God bless us

get dis straight, people are not sitting down @ home because of d so call Massob n neither do dey command any respect. People certainly sit down @ home because of their dear lyf to avoid d calamity dat might unfold btw d Massob and d soldier,
citing from wat d op said, who go c death n want embrace am.

seedord247: What kind of country is this?

Whats the job of the judge and why would they demolish a supermarket when the suspect is yet to be pronounce guilty.

this is a security measure for God sake, do dey av to wait for anoda grievous attack bf action need to be taken. I dont expect one to slp in his house wen his house is on fire.

Oju ni alakan fin shori...

i pray we port frm dis insurgency and restlessness in dis country to peace of mind n tranquillity.

edoyad: This man should grow some spine for heaven's sake. Do they even need his permission to tear down the building? Why don't they just go ahead in the interest of National security

this is an issue dat is concerned with the national security and due process has to b followed which heavily and necessarily include d approval of the president.
Morealso, dis is not an issue among the citizens of the country, it involves anoda country. Any decision dat has to b made must be critically and meticulously scrutinised and consider d relationship dat exist btw NIGERIA and the country in question.

However, I can only blame Gej for his slow style of governance and administration.

george.ehis:
Pls giv mi ur numba let's talk beta. @derealme or anybody dat has printed

07069596909

dabiko: Tnx i just printed d two now.Success to all.

you r welcome, wat tym do u av urs. Can I av ur number

george.ehis:
Pls oo. Hw do I get d id and password username etc. Am jus confused

check d msg sent to ur box

george.ehis:
Jus recievd a mail askin me to mak 2 print out. Bt frm d link dat was givin how am I to get my Id and password?

check d msg sent to ur box

kkstency: i got the same mail too. no password given. and also my initial mail said 12pm and now this mail from dragnet says 10am. pls anyone with a similar issue?

about 5 consecutive mails would av bin sent to ur box, one of d mails should contain ur Id n Password

george.ehis:
Hw are we to print it naaaaaaa

go to a cyber cafe

lurlar: I just got my password. Yeah same here. Initial msg was 10am, now it's been changed to 4pm. I guess one doesn't need to go wiv original certificates as stated in the initial mail considering no bags are allowed. Just d print out, valid id...basically ignoring d 1st mail nd heeding to this.

dont ignore any msg, u nvr can tell! It will cost you Notin to take them along, dey may probably ask

Toble: Hello nairalanders, I jst got a mail frm KPMG for a written test 2mao.. Did anyone receive samething?

yes

dabiko: Pls guys how many printout do we nid?

you are to print 2 printout. One from ur mail and other from http://candidate.fot.com.ng/

george.ehis:
Jus recievd a mail askin me to mak 2 print out. Bt frm d link dat was givin how am I to get my Id and password?

ur Id and Password is in one of mail dey sent to you by FOT Administrator. Lets meet there tomorrow. Best of luck

tunlex01: Got d same message too

Av dey sent u d login and Password details. Are u doing ur test in Ikeja GRA

yellowpawpaw: Hmnnnnn....touching.
Poster above,some r just so bad. I've heard of one or two gals that normally beat their mum.
When I lost mine,I felt I didn't do enof.maybe she would hv lived a little bit longer,but d nurse that attended to her last came to c me and reassure me that she said I shouldn't feel bad at all,and repeated her wonderful prayer for me b4 she gave up.I still miss her.
Mothers r rear gem.some will never understand.

Yoruba say is their witty proverbs:
Isowo alomi ni agbalaa, won mo iyi ongbe; Isowo oni Mama, won mo iyi ebi.
Meaning: those dat av river at their backyard can't know the agony of thirst; those that av mothers cant know the agony/importance of hunger.

My mom only had one eye. I hated her, she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market.She collected little weeds and such to sell, anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.There was this one day during elementary school. I remember that it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school…”Your mom only has one eye?!” and they taunted me. I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to my mom, “Mom, why don’t you have the other eye?! You’re only going to make me a laughingstock. Why don’t you just die?” My mom did not respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that I had said what I’d wanted to say all this time. Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly. That night…I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned away. Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart. Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful, because I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty. Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I’m living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it’s a place that doesn’t remind me of my mom. This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when someone unexpected came to see me “What?! Who’s this?!”… It was my mother…Still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl ran away, scared of my mom’s eye. And I asked her, “Who are you? I don’t know you!!!” as if I tried to make that real. I screamed at her “How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter! Get out here now!” And to this, my mother quietly answered, “oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,” and she disappeared. Thank good ness… she doesn’t recognize me. I was quite relieved. I told myself that I wasn’t going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life. Then a wave of relief came upon me… one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. I lied to my wife saying that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house…just out of curiosity there, I found my mother fallen on the cold ground. But I did not shed a single tear. She had a piece of paper in her hand…. it was a letter to me. My Son, I think my life has been long enough now. And… I won’t visit Seoul anymore… but would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come visit me once in a while? I miss you so much. And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school…. For you… I’m sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you. You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye… so I gave you mine… I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did. The couple times that you were angry with me. I thought to myself, ‘it’s because he loves me.’ I miss the times when you were still young around me. I miss you so much. I love you. You mean the world to me. My world shattered! Then I cried for the person who lived for me. My Mother.

Do you really LOVE your MOTHER?

Have you got anytin li dis

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