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DANGOTEONE: RIP.

*Call for compensations for the family of those medical personnel who died in active service at First Consultants
Hospital should be directed at the management of First Consultants
Hospital and NOT THE GOVERNMENT;
*To be continued.

So because they were working for a private hospital, they stopped being Nigerian citizens?

Does the government not have a responsibility to take care of its citizens (whether alive or dead), irrespective of where they are located?

Isn't that why developed countries that value the life of their citizens, would evacuate them from any foreign country whenever a crisis erupts?

Do their government officials stop to ask them what they are doing in such crisis-torn countries before packing them into a plane and flying them to safety? Can't the same principle apply in this case?

The fact that Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh was able to physically restrain Sawyer from bolting under her watch, which prevented him from escaping and going around to infect a greater number of citizens, deserves commendation. That singular act of courage, led to her being infected. This infection, in turn, led to her death.

So why shouldn't government compensation apply here??

Strange colour...

babyosisi: So You are still alive

Haba ! Of course I'm alive .... thanks be to the Almighty God for keeping me safe & in good health ...all in one piece! Can I get an Hallelujah from somebody..?

The made-in-Nigeria version is cheaper....

Can this car fly for =N=700k? Pls confirm.

babyosisi: Laudate

Yep... that's my name! How have you been?

esere826: Great News

Tis is the kind of investment we actually need for the Nigerian economy....not SHOPRITE
WHY?

-Bloomberg will make revenue from Adverts by big companies with African interests (when last did u see a shell advert?) this hopefully pulls foreign exchange into Nigeria (that is if they dont get customers to pay electronically into accounts in other countries)

-Shoprite on the other hand, imports goods from abroad to sell to the Nigerian public at a cheaper price. This is great for individual shoppers, but disastrous for our economy in the medium to long term

Bros, don't hold your breath! Bloomberg will ship any advert revenue it makes from Nigeria, straight to its corporate bank accounts abroad, after deducting salaries of its' Nigerian staff from the total sum.

Why should they keep their money in Nigeria? Their owners are not philanthropists, but hard core businessmen.

Do they look like Father Christmas or GEJ's kinsmen in Otuoke?

Hehe...hahaha!

Eko o ni baje! Hope the owners of Lagos have seen this??

Abeg, help me ask them. Should the newly revived railway train locomotives not be better than their predecessors?

Please see the debate here: https://www.nairaland.com/1581242/lagos-kano-train-43-hours/4

Lagos to Kano took almost 43 hours!! Na wetin??

Do we value time, comfort and good performance in this country?

Why can't we take a leaf from the Japanese principle known as "Kaizen," which means continuous improvement?

mikolo80: You cannot possibly be celebrating 1 train per week

Abeg, help me tell them. Should the newly revived railway train locomotives not be better than their predecessors?

Please see the debate here: https://www.nairaland.com/1581242/lagos-kano-train-43-hours/4

Lagos to Kano took almost 43 hours!! Na wetin??

Do we value time, comfort and performance in this country?

The Japanese have a principle known as "Kaizen," which means continuous improvement. Why can't we take a leaf from them?

Lordlexyy: The biggest threat to our collective unity remains the igbos and the hausa muslims. While the hausas use religion to kill, the igbos create disaffection among us. No one is afraid of disintegration but excavating past stories around the civil war to insensitively create disharmony among Nigerians is unacceptable. Unfortunately, only few chest beaters come online to make unguided utterance against our togetherness. If a referendum is help today, is obvious that many easterners would declined the proposed biafra. I'm more concerned about one strong, indivisible Nigeria that will some day emerge as an economic house to be reckoned with. But some paid goons, lacking in critical thinking would found occation in this trying period to draw us back. The civil war ought to have been a lesson not to start what you can't finish, but no, these unreasonable people will still go around biting drum of war. You don't heap your misfortune on someone for steering the bee nest. The Yorubas are not cowards, their resilience shows people who have forsight on our greatness. Is a fact that Seccession would not stop the igbos from being pests to other regions.

Hmmnn ...... where is my groundnut and popcorn? I need to get a corner seat before the ethnic baiters start throwing their usual punches.

The ethnic trouble makers come from all tribes, not just the two that you mentioned up there.

Someone is going to reply you very soon, in a post that is short on facts but heavily filled with petty insults, weird rhetoric and hate.

Don't say I didn't warn you....

ofenmanucom: Do U really blame the eternal slaves? They can only do their master's bidding. It behoves on us to help liberate them as our Southern brothers. The Biafran Liberation Forces tried their best but failed... Our generation will not fail(God willing)

Who are the "eternal slaves" that you are referring to? And what liberation are you talking about?

UyiIredia: ...... The trains GEJ bought are okay. I for one won't mind if he buys no trains at all but spend money on technical educationq to train the blacksmiths, auto-technicians and engineers who design and build trains. Much better IMO.

Haba! So you believe the 1970 locomotives with its noisy, hot, congested smelly coaches that take 2 days to transport people from Lagos to Kano which is a distance of less that 800 km, when other comparable trains in other parts of the world cover the same distance in less than 30 hours, are what Nigerians truly deserve? Ah, omo, you don fall my hand oh!

Even if electric trains are not feasible for now, why not buy locomotives that can move at a faster speed than these 1970 tokunbo types that are currently plying our rail tracks?

It doesn't make much economic or commercial sense, for a working professional to spend 2 days travelling from Lagos to Kano or to spend 3-4 hours on a trip from Lagos to Ibadan by rail.

12inches1: You are also very daft (since you first introduced that insultive word on this thread) to be comfortable with a chu chu train. Dont our leaders ride in london underground. What we need in Nigeria is sustainable PT and not all these chu chu trains of the 18th Century. How many people will willingly enter chu chu trains? Perhaps you need to study why the BRT system was a success initially before LASG lost control. I can remember the first time I entered a BRT. The weather was very hot and the driver put on the AC. If you see the level of smiles on the faces of all the passengers that day. Even the passengers and the Ticketmaster that were quarelling suddenly stopped. Everybody was all smiles. Dont Nigerians deserve some level of comfort too? Yet our governors and ministers ride in 225million naira bullet proof vehicles. After over 5years, I still sometimes think that by chance one day I will enter another BRT bus with AC (unfortunatley not). I guess first impression lasts long. No way in heaven I'm entering a chu chu train.

I beg, God will bless you twenty times on Sunday for advocating improved standards that will boost the comfort level of ordinary Nigerians.

The same type of locomotive trains that were in use during my late grandfather's days in 1938, is the same type of locomotive that our Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) went to buy abroad, and brought to Nigeria to declare as new trains.

And somebody is saying that they did well. Honestly, NRC is the most clueless parastatal in Nigeria. No one can contest this title with them.

(1) No large electronic visual display screens in their terminals, where you can see the timing for the proposed arrival and departure times of incoming trains!

(2) No loudspeakers announcing the arrival and departure of trains.

(3) Zero information that can be used to plan your trip.

(4) Uncomfortable, congested, hot poorly ventilated coaches whose interiors pose a health hazard.

(5 Discourteous staff that have not been trained to put the customer first.

(6) No help line, help desk or dedicated customer care phone number on which you can get info. about train schedules. You need to be physically present at the terminus before you can verify if a train is available or not... proper waste of time.

97) The Diesel Mass transit executive coaches from Lagos to Otta only run 2ce a day, despite the high fare of =N=1,500 for a return ticket, or =N=750 naira per leg.(i.e. 7.30am in the morning and 5.30pm at night). I mean like .... seriously? How are they ever going to recoup their money spent on those executive coaches??!

The list of their incompetent antics is long, but let me stop here because i don't want to spoil my mood....

wasak: I was unfortunate to travel by rail from Friday to Sunday (today ). it's the worst experience any Nigerian can pray for. The coaches were already full by the time we arrived at abeokuta... unfortunately tickets were sold @ Ilorin osun oyo minna in fact every terminal.... passengers had to squeeze themselves through the window to enter the train. the lucky ones were those who either boarded from Lagos or those who managed to stay atop the train or in the toilet....
myself had to lap a grown up girl Which has led to a serious problem in my relationship....

Hehehe... Bros, accept my condolences on your failed relationship. For your information, as at today the 7th of August 2014, the Lagos to Abeokuta train has stopped running for over 3 months. No one knows why.

You are complaining about the crowd in the train. What about the noise?? The filth The smells (oh, sorry) the stink?

Only God knows how many people have been infected with contagious diseases while boarding the trains, or riding in its' congested coaches.

thelastPope: Even you? Haba, you dey fall hand with dis kind ignorant post, walahi!

Again:

Google is always your friend. It takes 2 days to travel from Los Angeles California to Austin Texas on Amtrak trains. That is 1400km. Locomotive trains are still used all over the world. Some of you just comment ignorantly.

Oga, your comparison is not detailed enough. What do the interior of the Los Angeles California to Austin Texas coaches look like? What comfort level do they provide? Is it comparable to the discomfort encountered in the coaches on the Lagos - Kano route? Please when replying, post the url/link from Google so we can read and verify.

jumobi1: It's not 1400 km. it's 1400 miles which is about 2300km.
It takes between 33-68 hrs depending on what train you catch.
By the way, no one takes the AMTRAK from Cali to Texas because of the economics. The train are also connecting trains where you will have to transfer to another Train line in another State.

30 hours is too much

@jumobi1, thanks a lot for clarifying the issue for us o jare. The link/url would have been helpful, sha. Anyway, thank God for more objective views & matured minds like yours, on this thread.

After wasting 30 solid hours on the rail tracks, what time would you have left for other activities when you arrive at your destination?

In this day & age, when other countries are installing modern gauge tracks and high speed bullet trains to cut down on delay, some folks are celebrating old, refurbished locomotives that are managing to crawl over a distance of 690 km from Lagos to Kano in 30 hours! Not 30 minutes oh!

BoluGabriel: quit it mate, you're pathetic!

Hahahha....!! Why are you being so defensive? Kai..... the guilty are afraid!

Please don't be fooled by the fine pictures of the diesel trains shown on our local TV stations praising GEJ’s transformation agenda for our railway lines, omo, it is a big April fool joke that is trending in August. Before you start celebrating the arrival of the trains, kindly find out how long it takes them to make each successive leg of the trip from one city to the other.

Lack of adequate info is likely to ruin the whole "train" revival.

Let me share my experience:

On Monday the 4th of August 2014, I left Ajah area in Lekki for Iddo terminus on Lagos mainland, hoping to catch one of the executive coaches that are often shown as part of GEJ's transformation agenda which ply the Lagos-Otta-Abeokuta route, as I had an appointment with a client for 3pm.

I had searched on the internet to see if I could get the phone number of the NRC train station or the train schedules, but there was no relevant information on what I wanted. So I got to the Iddo station at 12:30pm.

I was directed to a small cubicle marked “INFORMATION”, where I met a female staff.

Me: Please I need to make a booking for the next train leaving for Lagos-Abeokuta. What time would it depart?

NRC Information Lady: Oh, the train going from Lagos to Abeokuta stopped running a long time agp.

Me: Ok, what about the train from Lagos to Otta? I can take a cab from Otta to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: We do not have any train going from Lagos to Otta.

Me: Are you sure? I heard someone talking about going from Lagos to Otta via Ijoko just as I was coming in. Ijoko is close to Otta.

NRC Information Lady: Oh, we have a train from Lagos to Ijoko, I didn’t know that is what you meant.

Me: But Ijoko is close to Otta, now. What time does it depart? Are there executive coaches available as I want to go by first class coach which I understand, has airconditioning and good seats. I have an appointment in Abeokuta, so if I can get to ijoko Otta by train, I will get a cab from there to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: Well, MMT should leave at 2pm, then there is another one that leaves at 4.15pm. None of them has air-conditioning. The DMT are the only ones that have air-conditioners, good seats without attachment.

Me: What is MMT and DMT? And when do these DMTs leave?

NRC Information Lady: MMT is mass transit trains, while DMT is the Diesel Mass Transit. The DMT are the executive coaches. They leave Iddo for Otta at 7.30am and 5.30pm.

Me: Don’t they run during other hours of the day? Listen, I need to be in Otta to be able to catch a cab to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: Ah, ah, why are you getting worked up? Just follow me to the notice board. See, (reeling out each location like a kindergarten pupil) we do not have trains to Offa, Abeokuta, Ilorin etc… If you can get to EBJ, maybe you can get a 3pm train to where you are going..

Me: (thoroughly exasperated) I am not going to Offa! Who said anything about Offa??! I asked for information about the train schedule to Otta. And why are you talking about Ilorin? And what is EBJ?

NRC Information Lady: (throws her hands in the air) Han..ha! Are we fighting? I thought you said Offa, ok so you actually mean Otta! Ehm, EBJ is Ebute Metta Junction…. If you don’t know something just ask! Oya, go to the next counter and ask for the train fare!

Alright o! So I headed for the next counter…and that was when the story changed.

Me: Please how much is the fare to Otta?

Ticketing Officer: There is no train to Otta.

Me: Ok, I hear there is a train going to Ijoko, which is not far from Otta. How much is the fare?

Ticketing Officer: Go and check on that board.

Me: But you are the ticketing officer. You should be able to tell me the fare.

Ticketing Officer: Ok, the next train leaves at 2pm. The fare is 450 naira.

Me: Has it arrived?

Ticketing Officer: Let me check. (He turns to speak to someone behind him) Oh, I learnt it just left.

Me: (aghast) What??!! I have been here at the information desk for over 1 hour. Why wasn’t I told? Don’t you have loudspeakers announcing train arrivals and departures? Isn’t there a screen where departure times and arrivals of approaching trains are clearly listed? Don’t you have a direct line or help line where anyone can phone ahead to get information before arriving at the Iddo station?

Ticketing Officer: Screen? Haba! Telephone line, ke? Where? Here? There is nothing like that! I only have my own GSM. And I bought it with my own money. That is all. Ne-ee-ext passenger!!

To say I was stunned, was an understatement. In the year 2014, NRC is still being run like a yam seller's stall at Ogbete market. I weak o!

Kobojunkie: We are spending Billions of dollars for 1970's legacy machines and people don't understand why in the year 2011, purchasing a machine that covers Lagos to Ibadan in 7 hours is nothing to shout praises for.

I beg help me tell them! Not only that, the trains are so slow that if you make the mistake of going by train, you may miss a vital appointment.

All those praising Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), forgive me if I do not join your thanksgiving. The NRC is one of the most clueless government owned agencies in Nigeria. How can they be celebrating the revival of diesel locomotive trains that spend 22 hours to carry passengers over a distance of 206 kilometres?

Have you been to their terminals lately? Their ticketing officers and information staff need further training to be able to impart useful information to customers and prospective passengers.

There is no information help desk, help line, leaflets or dedicated phone number that you can call to verify the intra-city of inter-state train schedules. Electronic visual display units that show when the next train is approaching, or the time table for departure and arrival do NOT exist.

Take Iddo terminus in Lagos, for example. All you have on display, are some typed sheets on a board showing the respective fares, “departure times” and train locations. If you make the mistake of thinking the information is up-to-date, you are in for a big shock.

As for the fine pictures of the diesel trains that are being shown on our local TV stations praising GEJ’s transformation agenda for our railway lines, omo, it is a big April fool joke that is trending in August.

Let me share my experience:

On Monday the 4th of August 2014, I left Ajah area in Lekki for Iddo terminus on Lagos mainland, oping to catch one of the executive coaches that are often shown as part of GEJ's transformation agenda which ply the Lagos-Otta-Abeokuta route, as I had an appointment with a client for 3pm.

I had searched on the internet to see if I could get the phone number of the NRC train station or the train schedules, but there was no relevant information on what I wanted. So I got to the Iddo station at 12:30pm.

I was directed to a small cubicle marked “INFORMATION”, where I met a female staff.

Me: Please I need to make a booking for the next train leaving for Lagos-Abeokuta. What time would it depart?

NRC Information Lady: Oh, the train going from Lagos – Abeokuta stopped running a long time agp.

Me: Ok, what about the train from Lagos – Otta? I can take a cab from Otta to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: We do not have any train going from Lagos – Otta.

Me: Are you sure? I heard someone talking about going from Lagos – Otta via Ijoko just as I was coming in.

NRC Information Lady: Oh, we have a train from Lagos – Ijoko, I didn’t know that is what you meant.

Me: But Ijoko is close to Otta, now. What time does it depart? Are there executive coaches available as I want to go by first class coach which I understand, has airconditioning and good seats. I have an appointment in Abeokuta, so if I can get to ijoko Otta by train, I will get a cab from there to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: Well, MMT should leave at 2pm, then there is another one that leaves at 4.15pm. None of them has air-conditioning. The DMT are the only ones that have air-conditioners, good seats without attachment.

Me: What is MMT and DMT? And when do these DMTs leave?

NRC Information Lady: MMT is mass transit trains, while DMT is the Diesel Mass Transit. The DMT are the executive coaches. They leave Iddo for Otta at 7.30am and 5.30pm.

Me: Don’t they run during other hours of the day? Listen, I need to be in Otta to be able to catch a cab to Abeokuta.

NRC Information Lady: Ah, ah, why are you getting worked up? Just follow me to the notice board. See, (reeling out each location like a kindergarten pupil) we do not have trains to Offa, Abeokuta, Ilorin etc… If you can get to EBJ, maybe you can get a 3pm train to where you are going..

Me: (thoroughly exasperated) I am not going to Offa! Who said anything about Offa??! I asked for information about the train schedule to Otta. And why are you talking about Ilorin? And what is EBJ?

NRC Information Lady: (throws her hands in the air) Han..ha! Are we fighting? I thought you said Offa, ok so you actually mean Otta! Ehm, EBJ is Ebute Metta Junction…. If you don’t know something just ask! Oya, go to the next counter and ask for the train fare!

Alright o! So I headed for the next counter…and that was when the story changed.

Me: Please how much is the fare to Otta?

Ticketing Officer: There is no train to Otta.

Me: Ok, I hear there is a train going to Ijoko, which is not far from Otta. How much is the fare?

Ticketing Officer: Go and check on that board.

Me: But you are the ticketing officer. You should be able to tell me the fare.

Ticketing Officer: [/b]Ok, the next train leaves at 2pm. The fare is 450 naira.

[b]Me: Has it arrived?

Ticketing Officer: Let me check. (He turns to speak to someone behind him) Oh, I learnt it just left.

Me: (aghast) What??!! I have been here at the information desk for over 1 hour. Why wasn’t I told? Don’t you have loudspeakers announcing train arrivals and departures? Isn’t there a screen where departure times and arrivals of approaching trains are clearly listed? Don’t you have a direct line or help line where anyone can phone ahead to get information before arriving at the Iddo station?

Ticketing Officer: Screen? Haba! Telephone line, ke? Where? Here? There is nothing like that! I only have my own GSM. And I bought it with my own money. That is all. Ne-ee-ext passenger!!

To say I was stunned, was an understatement. In the year 2014, NRC is still being run like a yam seller's stall at Ogbete market. I weak o!

BoluGabriel: No! You are the attention seeker. Big Head

Oh, I can see you joined Nairaland on the 10th of July (i.e. less than a month ago) for the sole purpose of dishing out insults? Hahaha...!

Something tells me you took on a new user name after you were banned on another thread, and you have still not learnt your lesson.

Oya confess, what was your name in your former life?

egopersonified: So people should stop opening threads to ask questions or post what probably half of nairalanders already know. These are what make nl, so deal with it.

No, people should stop opening threads to post questions, whose answers are already available to them in their respective schools!

If you have a headache, would you post it on Nairaland or go straight to the pharmacy/chemist to get an analgesic (e.g. panadol) for it?

Stop bumping! Reduce the price so it can fly!

citizenisb: The Lagos doctor who treated American Patrick Sawyer (who died from Ebola in late July) has been confirmed as infected by the deadly virus by Nigerian authorities.

This is Nigeria's second confirmed case of Ebola but what is most concerning is the fact that the doctor's infection suggests contagion is less well-contained that authorities have claimed - especially in light of the fact that they did not quarantine Sawyer's fellow passengers.

Nigeria is now the fourth nation to report Ebola cases, as Sierra Leone and Liberia are deploying hundreds of troops under an emergency plan to "contain" the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-04/nigerian-doctor-treating-ebola-casualty-contracts-virus-troops-deployed-liberia

Please, the colleagues and employers of this Nigerian doctor should ship him straight to the US hospital where the newly developed serum (i.e. Zmapp) was administered on the infected American doctor.

From current media reports, it appears to have caused improvements in the American doctor's health. It could also help our nigerian doctor.

Becomrichn: fstranger3 , you are wrong while i was in ilorin , for 3 years ilorin came top in engineering quiz in nigeria. if you have first class or upper from ilorin.  Oil companies are going to pick you first than even first class from any school in nigeria.

Look go there and see the facilities on ground in ilorin. dont stay on the internet.

University of ilorin is the first University in Nigeria to own a radio station.....

First to run a radio station, ke? Haba! Oga, who told you this tales-by-moonlight?

sobsisrael1996: University of Ilorin Ranks 1st in
Nigeria.
Below is the latest edition of
University ranking in Nigeria
and Africa.
1st University of Ilorin, Kwara
State (2oth in Arica)

Oga, comments are free but facts are sacred. Please post your source here.

Bros, is 750k acceptable for this car? Please confirm.

Also, where is it located & when can an inspection be arranged? Kindly let me know.

[quote author=www.worldlpgas.com/about-lp-gas/safety/good-safety-practices/lpgas-safety]Inherent Hazards/Potential Risks

The principal potential hazard with LP Gas is fire and explosion. This derives from its inherent quality of high flammability and in extreme cases may combine with another condition, i.e. high pressure, and lead to the BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion) phenomenon.

This is a type of explosion that can occur when a vessel containing a pressurised liquid is ruptured due to high temperature and pressure. Such explosions can be extremely hazardous. There are also hazards incidental to the various modes of transport for distribution and use.

An additional potential hazard may arise at the point of use if ventilation is inadequate, and the products of combustion are not dispersed into the atmosphere. Carbon monoxide may be produced and reach dangerous levels. LP Gas 'sniffing' i.e. the intentional inhalation of LP Gas vapour seeking a narcotic effect, can result in injury or in some cases, death.

The risk associated with such hazards (with the exception of sniffing) can be controlled using available, proven technology, i.e. the safety equipment and procedures normally used by the LP Gas industry.

Liquid LP Gas will cause cold burns if it comes into contact with the skin. Propane, with its low boiling point is more hazardous in this respect than Butane which, in cold conditions, is slower to vaporise and disperse. The eyes and body must be protected when handling all liquefied products.

LP Gas vapour, being heavier than air, may, in the event of a leak, accumulate in confined spaces and low lying areas. The means of ventilation and meteorological conditions will influence the movement and dispersion of the LP Gas vapour. Any uncontrolled release of LP Gas is inherently hazardous.

A liquid LP Gas leak is considered more hazardous in that it will expand to vapour form with volume in excess of 200 times that of the original liquid volume leak. Being heavier than air, vapour will tend to lie, or drift, close to the ground with a risk that it will find a source of ignition while it remains within its flammable limits.

Liquid LP Gas has a high co-efficient of volumetric expansion and therefore cylinders and tanks should never be completely filled. They should be filled with ullage (the unfilled space in a container of liquid) to allow for liquid expansion caused by an increase in temperature. The degree of ullage necessary will depend on the operating conditions, especially the maximum expected operating temperature.

This potential risk is further controlled by a combination of safety devices and procedures and especially by control during product transfer operations. This potential risk explains why cylinders and tanks should only be filled under the supervision of competent persons and why illegal filling is dangerous because of the risk of overfilling. [/quote]You can read the rest of the article here: http://www.worldlpgas.com/about-lp-gas/safety/good-safety-practices/lpgas-safety

tomiobj: A gas cylinder is pressurised. U can put it right next to ur cooker. Grew up with this nd been doin it personally for 14 years. Derez nothing bad. I didn't know that people actually put the cylinder outside. The danger of keeping a gas cylinder near the cooker is the same as storing fuel in a car

Kai! Don't put your gas cylinder right next to your cooker. It is hazardous! It could result in a fire, if the heat from the cooker causes pressure to build up within the cylinder. It is just the mercy of God, that has prevented any accidents in your house!

Stop it o! Ehen ... I don talk my own. Better safe than sorry....

ThiefOfHearts: That is why he never bit a black player

He knows they will break his face. Mad man.

ThiefofHearts!!

You haven't changed.... LWKMD!

polarman: I am really surprised to see this thread. It shows that many people are getting more matured at heart. Highlife music is a real great genre. I have seen many greats but we have forgotten THE GREATS of highlife. Do you remember names like E.C Arinze, Tunde Osofisan (still lives in Festac,if my memories are still sharp), The late Zeal Onya (The trumpeter of great repute), Y.S Akinbo (Fela's Saxophonist of Ojuelegba) - he plays some beautiful highlife, Ambrose Campbell (of the Oh Bladi, Oh Blada song, still alive in USA), E.T Mensah (the King of Ghana Highlife), Bobby Benson (Ikorodu man with a large presence in Fadeyi Area of lagos).

The Pre- and Early Independence years were the Highlife era but the tides have changed to Hip-hop (where everyone hips and hops to music). A horns man so i know why i have spoken about these greats.

Thank you, thank you for recalling these great old men of music. Do you still remember Bobby Benson's song "Taxi Driver?"

Ezemust: i tink its fatai rolling doller

Stop misleading people. It was definitely NOT Fatai Rolling Dollar!