naptu2: I was very ill sometime between 1982 and 1984 and the radio was beside my bed. They kept playing this song over and over and it brought me back to life. Listening to this song in that place between sleep and wake is simply magical (or maybe it was the drugs, who knows? )
There's a particular song by Ebenezer Obey that I've been searching for forever. I didn't know the name of the song and I couldn't find it anywhere.
Then, just a few months ago, it appeared before me. I think it was Ishilove that posted the video.
The thing is, I'm currently searching for the song, but I can't remember the name and I can't find it anywhere. I can't find it on my diary and I can't find it on her diary. This is a song that I finally got just a few months ago!
naptu2: I have found it, thanks to YouTube history search.
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey - Eni Ri Nkan He (1973).
naptu2: Dear diary, do you remember that I told you about 2 mega interviews that Chief MKO Abiola gave in 1989 or 1990? Remember that I said that I wish that I can get the videos of these interviews?
Well, I found one of the videos last year or 2 years ago and posted it on Nairaland. Segun Odegbami interviewed MKO Abiola in 1992 and it was in that interview that he talked about Abiola Babes and so on and so forth. The interview was mainly about sports, but Segun Odegbami also asked him if he would contest the presidency of Nigeria.
Now, I have found a very short video of the second "interview" and it's helped me to remember it better. I believe that it was either Chief Abiola's birthday or he was being given an award and this was in 1989 or 1990. It was at that occasion that Chief Abiola saw a friend of his in the audience and then told us a story about what happened between him and his friend when they were in secondary school
Chief Abiola said that he could not afford to get the school text books, so he usually borrowed his friend's textbooks for the weekend. He said he would read the textbooks all weekend and he would end up having higher marks than his friend.
One of the things that I remember about that occasion was that Chief Abiola performed with Sir Shina Peters. I seem to remember that he played the saxophone. (Remember that Chief Abiola started a band when he was still a secondary school student and he used the proceeds from his shows to partly fund his education).
Well, Sir Shina Peters included a small clip of that occasion in his 1990 hit album Shinamania. However, in this clip Sir Shina Peters is the one playing the saxophone. Watch from the 28:57 minute mark.
I'm sure that everybody remembers Ace, everybody remembers Shinamania, everybody remembers Seven Seven and quite a lot of people remember Omo Mbo, but I'm not referring to any of those songs.
Do you remember Sir Shina Peters' rap song? Yes, I wrote rap song. SSP had a funny little rap song on the Shinamania album. It lasted a little over 2 minutes and it's called Omoge Loke Loke. I've been searching for that song since forever and now I've found it.
This is the entire album. The funny little rap song is at the 30 minute mark.
naptu2: But I still can't find Ebenezer Obey's album. I don't even know its name. I can actually remember the video, but I don't know the name of the album. That album was released c1987, but I can't remember its name.
I have been searching for this album forever, but I didn't know its name. The terrible thing is that I keep forgetting more of the lyrics with every year that passes by, but the good thing is that King Sunny Ade's Let Them Say always reminds me of the album. And now I've found it!
Classic FM led the way by playing Let Them Say and now I've found it. It's the B side of Immortality (the A side was about Chief Obafemi Awolowo who died that year).
I have been specifically searching for the part from the 14:36 minute till the end.
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey - Immortality (side B) (1987).
I'm sure that everybody remembers Ace, everybody remembers Shinamania, everybody remembers Seven Seven and quite a lot of people remember Omo Mbo, but I'm not referring to any of those songs.
Do you remember Sir Shina Peters' rap song? Yes, I wrote rap song. SSP had a funny little rap song on the Shinamania album. It lasted a little over 2 minutes and it's called Omoge Loke Loke. I've been searching for that song since forever and now I've found it.
This is the entire album. The funny little rap song is at the 30 minute mark.
Sir Shina Peters - Shinamania (1990). (Side A).
Sir Shina Peters - Omo Mbo (1990). (Side B)
Sir Shina Peters - Omoge Loke Loke (Side B).
naptu2: Unfortunately the YouTube account that posted the full album has been terminated. This is side A from Shina Peters Vevo account. It is the original video.
"I will open my mouth, I will sing, I will lift God high".
(Well, at least that's the translation).
"Holy angel tells me (Holy angel tells me hello) Holy Michael (Holy Michael tells me hello) Holy Uriel (Holy Uriel tells me hello)
As you can tell, I also had this cassette. This is where Bibire Kose Fowora came from.
Side 1
00.01 Ma Ko̩rin Ma Fi GB'Oluwa Ga 02.51 Ma Ṣọpẹ 08.41 Holy Angel Tells Me Hello 10.12 Ẹnikan Ko Le Mọjọ So Lokun 14.15 Orisun Iye
Side 2
18.09 Chief (Mrs) Abiọla Elegbede-Fernandez 28.12 Aṣa O Le Pa Kuru Wọle Gbẹyẹle 28.52 Oba Oyebade Lipẹde (Alake of Ẹgbaland) 30.12 Ọba Adeyinka Oyekan (Ọba of Lagos) 33.50 Ma Pa Iya Mi Lẹkun
King Sunny Ade - The Good Shepherd (1988). (This is the entire album).
I'm going to narrate what I remember about the video and translate what the talking drummer was saying.
Bear in mind that the video was released 30 years ago. This is the only part of the video that I remember.
It was a party scene and Sunny Ade and his Golden Mercury were on the bandstand. Much of what they were singing about was playing out on the dance floor in front of them.
An old man was dancing with a young lady. Then the old man touched the young lady inappropriately. The lady smacked his hand (did she slap him? or push him away? ) and walked away.
The talking drummer saw what happened and played that line. The old man pretended that he didn't hear the talking drummer and that he was not the one being referred to. Then one of the backup singers said, "They didn't hear you. Say it again". So the talking drummer played it again and this time Sunny and members of the band sang along.
"Ma f'owo kan be yen, ijo ni o ba mi jo o, daddy!"
Translated - "Don't touch me there, we're just dancing, daddy!"
(The word "daddy" doesn't mean that he is her father. It's a way of referring to an old man).
The old man was stunned and Sunny and his singers continued to mock him ( "C-caution" ) until he left the dance floor in shame.
Then someone else on the dance floor was trying to do a complicated dance step, but he ended up suffering from waist pain.
The talking drummer saw that and played the second line.
"Sunny Ade ma pa mi o, Owo Robb ti won, Maa kan mi ni badi, Ki'n to dele."
Translated - "Sunny Ade don't kill me o! The cost of Robb is too much. Don't break my waist, Before I get home."
Robb is an ointment that's used to treat body pain.
You can hear these two famous phrases from the 10th to the 14th minute mark in the first video below.
Unfortunately I can't find the original video, but you can hear the audio in the two videos below.
The other thing that made me love this album when it was released was the guitar line at the beginning and end of the album. I loved to play it on the keyboard and guitar. You can hear it very clearly in the second video below.
These are some of the biggest juju songs of the 1970s, '80s and 1990s. You can add more songs to the list.
First we begin with a reading from the book of Wisdom.
naptu2: There's no wisdom that you can have, there's no good behaviour that you can exhibit and there's no knowledge that you can have that will enable you to please the entire world.
naptu2: I have accepted that I'm not going to have the time to translate all the stories. I'll only translate a few or just post the song without any lyrics. It's the only thing that's delaying me from creating the thread. I want to move on to Friday's thread.
I am listening to the song right now. I am at the part of the story where he sings:
If the man goes to a party and they ask him what he wants to drink and he says Coca-cola, they will say that he doesn't know how to enjoy life and jedi jedi will kill him.
If he is an enjoyment master that drinks champagne, schnapps, Heineken, etc. they will give him a nickname, "The man who wastes his money on drinks".
If he is an "agba man" that loves women, they will nickname him the man who does not know more than women. He uses all his money to sin".
And if he is a man that doesn't like to womanise and always sits by himself, they will call him a bookworm who just sits and mopes.
naptu2: The miller, his son and the donkey is a widely dispersed fable, number 721 in the Perry Index. Though it may have ancient analogues, the earliest extant version is in the work of the 13th century Arab writer Ibn Said. There are many eastern versions of the tale and in Europe it was included in a number of Medieval collections. Since then it has been frequently included in collections of Aesop's fables as well as the influential Fables of Jean de la Fontaine.
The presidential candidate of Young Progressive Party, Kingsley Moghalu and his running mate, Uma Getso, appeared on “The Candidates” on January 9th. Here are videos of that episode.
“The Candidates” : Kingsley Moghalu and Uma Getso (short clip)
The presidential candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, appeared on "The Candidates" on January 16th. Here is a video of that episode.
"The Candidates" : Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo (full programme).
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore and his running mate, Dr Rabiu Rufai appeared on "The Candidates" on January 23rd and here is a video of that episode.
naptu2: From memory (this list is not exhaustive. These are the ones that I can remember right now).
Max Bankole-Jarret, Josephine Hazley (Lady Hazley of Freetown), Veronique Edwards, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton (everywhere and speaking every language known to man), Elizabeth Ohene, Bola Olufunwa (Bola Mosuro), Robin "The Terror" White, Hilton Fyle, Chris Bickerton, Kwabena Mensah, Uduak Amimo, Bilkisu Labaran, Kadaria Ahmed, Shola Odunfa (in Lagos), Lansana Fofana (in Bo), Ben Dotse Malor, Joseph Warungu, Martin Davies, Jenny Horrocks, Janet Anderson, Hillary Anderson, Eniwoke Ebagere, Tomi Oladipo, Francis Ngwa Niba, Mark Gleeson, Paul Bakibinga, Dayo Akwasi Sarpong, Tony Ando-Corsa, Funmi Olowofoyeku (in Abidjan), George Ola Davies (in Paris), Komla Dumor, Martin Plaut, Umaru Fofana (He was tortured by the rebels). Victor Sylva (He had to scale a fence to escape from the rebels), Neil Curry, Nkem Ifejika, Mohammed Ali.
‘The Candidates’ returns as Kadaria Ahmed hosts top six presidential candidates, their running mates
By Ifeanyi Ibeh 07 November 2022 | 11:15 pm
The Candidates presidential town hall series, an original Daria Media concept, returns with on November 17, 2022 and will be live on NTA, FRCN, Radio Now, DSTV, YouTube, Facebook, and more, as political parties and their respective presidential candidates compete to lead Nigeria’s next administration by winning the 2023 election.
‘The Candidates’, an election special town hall meeting for presidential candidates and their running mates was created by Daria Media towards the 2019 General elections to elevate election conversations to issue based conversations. The town hall meetings provided an opportunity for the candidates to interact directly with the electorates and vice-versa.
The program was a departure from the debate format traditionally associated with the presidential elections, which has proved somewhat controversial in Nigeria and many times, takes place without leading contenders.
The latest instalment of the two-hour live town hall meeting series features the presidential and vice presidential candidates for the six major political parties.
According to a news release shared by Daria Media, the parties were selected using a combination of editorial judgement, aggregated polls by the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, occupation of elective offices and presence across the country.
Kole Shettima, the Africa Director of the MacArthur Foundation says “the foundation is privileged to support an opportunity for Nigerians to interact with the leading Presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections.”
The Candidates’ Presidential town hall will take place as follows:
Prince Adewole Adebayo and running mate, Alh. Yusuf Buhari, of the Social Democratic Party – 17th November, 2022
Mr. Omoyele Stephen Sowore and running mate, Barrister Haruna Garba Magashi, of the African Action Congress Party –18th November, 2022
Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and running mate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party -19th November, 2022
Mr. Peter Obi (CON) and running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, of the Labour Party – 21st November 2022
Alh. Atiku Abubakar and running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of the People’s Democratic Party – 22nd November, 2022
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate, Sen. Shettima Kashim of the All Progressives Congress Party – 23rd November 2022
Each town hall will be moderated by prominent journalist and broadcaster from Nigeria, Kadaria Ahmed. Since the 2011 elections, she has been presiding over town halls and presidential debates.
Obi Asika, Ceo of Cabal Ent, who has created a number of significant live events, festivals, television programmes, reality formats, and has long been at the forefront of media production, is in charge of producing “The Candidates” this year. He would try to impart that quality to The Candidates along with his staff.
“I am hugely excited to be working with Kadaria Ahmed, one of Nigeria’s most distinguished journalists and broadcasters with a long and impressive track record in print, tv and radio,” said Asika. “We hope to deliver a town hall series that will make all Nigerians proud regardless of which candidate they support and we want to enable the best possible platform for all the leading candidates to come and share their best plans for Nigeria with Nigerians.”
The Candidates will be a live broadcast and streaming production that offers a singular forum for direct communication between the presidential and vice presidential candidates of Nigeria’s major political parties and the country’s voters.
In the Candidates Presidential Townhall series, the organisers say they will be delivering six presidential townhalls and seven pundit shows with leading national commentators hosting the conversations before each town hall.
According to the news release, each edition of the series also has six remote locations in Nigerian universities with live interactive audiences in Maiduguri, Enugu, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Abuja who will be part of the live townhall series.
They also said there will be an audience of 100 people for each town hall, including CSOs and the Diplomatic Corps, and that it will be an opportunity for Nigerians to hear directly from the aspirants and to ask them questions on governance and nation building.
‘The Candidates’ has partnered with Zikoko Citizen to distill the conversation for the young, social media engaged audience, and with Africa Fact Check to ensure accuracy and accountability.
‘The Candidates’ will be broadcast across Nigeria on all platforms and will be live on NTA, and over 30 FRCN radio stations, and partner TV stations. It will also be streamed online on YouTube and social media platforms to enable Nigerians in the diaspora to participate.
naptu2: Kadaria Ahmed presented and produced programmes on the African Service of the BBC World Service Radio in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was also an editor at the defunct 234 Next Newspapers.
Ms Ahmed was the moderator of the NN24 presidential debate in 2011. Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC, Nuhu Ribadu of the ACN and Ibrahim Shekarau of the ANPP took part in that debate.
She also hosted The Candidates Town Hall series in 2019 and all the major candidates took part in that programme.
All is set for The Candidates - Daria Media’s presidential townhall series. This year’s edition will feature aspirants from 6 political parties. More details to follow #NgTheCandidates @KadariaAhmed
Music/Radio › Re: Juju Songs Of The 1970s, '80s and 1990s by naptu2(op): 4:38am On Nov 09, 2022*. Modified: 7:31am On Nov 09, 2022
