@Princemoye1 sir, officers from Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Abuja robbed a man & his brother in Lagos. They took $5000 + N1.3million. The victim is claiming the Lagos police do not want to give him back his money. I trust @BenHundeyin to do the needful jor.
There are no words that can properly describe how much I love this song. It's actually a Nigerian Army song, but this record was released by the Nigerian Police Band sometime around 1959/1960 to mark Nigeria's independence.
Check out the insults that are directed at their superiors.
naptu2: I assume that everybody knows what Alagbon is, but I think I need to explain in case I'm wrong.
Alagbon Close is the name of a street that is just off Ikoyi Road. It is not far from Ijeh Barracks, Radio Nigeria, State House and the Federal Secretariat.
There is a notorious police station that is on that close and that's what most people are referring to when they say "Alagbon".
That station has been the home of many important units, most notably the Federal Criminal and Investigation Bureau (the famous CID).
A lot of famous people have been detained there and in fact, that's where coupists were actually meant to be detained (before Obasanjo's decree). A lot of coupists have been detained there.
Orlando Owoh was detained there and that's why he sang that song.
naptu2: I was going to post this in the morning when I thought I was free.
This man is one of three people that I thought were perennially appearing in court. I couldn't even remember what he was charged with when I wanted to post this in the morning, but I remember that he would appear on the NTA News almost once a week because they were reporting about his appearance in court.
If I remember correctly, his legal problems started around 1986 and lasted till around 1988. He was charged with being in possession of hard drugs, but many people believed that he was actually arrested because of his song about Dele Giwa.
The other two people that often appeared in court were Fred Ajidua (c1992 till the Goodluck Jonathan Administration) and the man that I had a strange encounter with. That man's legal problems began in 1993 or '94 and lasted till sometime when the Olusegun Obasanjo Administration was in office.
This song is about his Prison Experience and although I know the real name of the song, I call it "Alagbon" (the chorus went,
"I remember officer at Alagbon I remember suspect at Alagbon I remember sections at Alagbon" ).
(I wish I could find his X-rated attack on President Ibrahim Babangida, but I can't remember the name of the song).
naptu2: That Kangaroo song always makes me laugh, right from the first time that I heard it.
The first reason for my laughter is Orlando Owoh's Pidgin English. I don't know why, but it sounds funny to me.
The second reason is that the subject of the song is a Kangaroo.
The third reason is the story in the song. A lot of rich people approached Kangaroo because they wanted to marry her, but she refused to marry them and instead insisted that she would marry a poor man. She married the poor man and became a problem for him because she wanted a lot of luxuries.
This is one of the most famous highlife songs from Ghana and nobody knows who originally sang it. Almost everybody that played highlife music in Ghana has a version of the song.
naptu2: Spoken word to music. From the '69 Los Angeles Sessions
Fela Ransome-Kuti And Nigeria 70 - Viva Nigeria.
This is brother Fela Ransome-Kuti.
This is one time that I will like to say a few things. Men are born, kings are made, treaties are signed, wars are fought. Every country has its own problems, So has Nigeria, So has Africa.
Let us bind our wounds And live together in peace. Nigeria, one nation indivisible. Long live Nigeria, viva Africa.
The history of mankind is full of obvious turning points and significant events. Though tongue and tribe may differ, We are all Nigerians, We are all Africans.
War is not the answer. It has never been the answer, And it will never be the answer, Fighting amongst each other. Let's live together in peace. Nigeria, one nation indivisible, Long live Nigeria, viva Africa.
Let's eat together like we used to eat, Let's plan together like we used to plan, Sing together like we used to sing, Dance together like we used to dance. United we stand, divided we fall. You know what I mean.
Let us bind our wounds and live together in peace. Ling live Nigeria, viva Africa.
Brothers and sisters in Africa. Never should we learn to wage war against each other. Let Nigeria be a lesson to all. We have more to learn towards building than destroying. Our people can't afford anymore suffering. Let's join hands Africa. We have nothing to lose, but a lot to gain.
War is not the answer, War has never been the answer, And it will never be the answer, Fighting amongst each other. One nation indivisible, Long live Nigeria, Viva Africa!
2023: Labour Party Unveils 1,234-Member Campaign Council
By Baba Martins Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:17:03 GMT
The opposition Labour Party (LP) has unveiled a 1,234-member campaign council ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
A former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ex-aide to Olusegun Obasanjo Doyin Okupe, is the Director General of the campaign.
Others are Oseluka Obaze, the Deputy Director General and General Manager of the campaign; Alhaji Yusuf Bello Maitama, the Deputy Director General (North), and Denzel Kentebe, the Deputy Director General (South).
Addressing a press conference just before the unveiling, Okupe said there was no doubt that the ascendancy of the Labour Party presidential candidate to a “prime position in the hearts and minds of the Nigerian people, has been fuelled by the patriotic zeal, vibrancy, creativity and shining example, in discipline, character and decency of the Obidient movement.”
He said because of the capacity of Obi the Obi-dient movement has today rapidly evolved into the biggest voluntary political movement in Nigeria history.
Okupe noted that empirical polls, from the hearts and minds of those who are publicly on the opposing side, placed Peter Obi, clearly and far ahead of the pack, as the right man for the transformational leadership Nigeria needs.
He therefore assured Nigerians, that “as we commence the campaign for the 2023 elections, in earnest, our party and our candidates, will remain committed to honest, clean and issue-based engagements, with the Nigerian people, whose mandate we seek, in order to turn around the fortunes of this our great, but badly misgoverned country.”
That picture of Nelly Uchendu in front of a mixer was at the back of the album sleeves. I can't remember what was at the front. Mamausa was the first song on side A and Jesu Chelum was the second song. There was a remix (or another version) of Mamausa on side B.
I had Wakaabout on an audio cassette. I didn't have Love Nwantiti, but it was everywhere.
I can't remember the other songs that were on the album.
naptu2: This is one of those names that's a title of a book (by Cyprian Ekwensi), a song and a tv series. I was shocked when the song was played on Big Brother Nigeria (2006) and the house-mates did not know what the song was. Well, at least they had heard of the tv series (I think it was Ebuka that referred to the tv series).
By the way, the first time I ever saw Richard Mofe-Damijo was on the tv series (Jagua Nana's Daughter, NTA, 1987). He was credited as Evans Mofe-Damijo.
This song reminds me of night parties (unfortunately night parties went extinct in the early '90s because of the economic and security situation in the country at that time). People usually went down low during the drum solo.
I wasn't going to post this song, because he was not a Nigerian, but someone asked for him, so I'll post it.
This tune was adapted to create various Nigerian songs, so you might be familiar with the melody.
naptu2: E.T. Mensah: "All for you, Titi all for you".
Nigerian version: "Ba mi jo, ara e ba mi yo".
naptu2: The king of highlife. The great E.T. Mensah of Ghana.
E.T. Mensah - All For You
naptu2: I would give anything to listen to Benson Idonijie right now. He was an expert on the relationship between Dr Victor Olaiya of Nigeria and E.T. Mensah of Ghana. He knew all about their friendship, the quarrels, who did what first, etc.
naptu2: I know that he is not a Nigerian, but this song was so popular in Nigeria that he might have as well been a Nigerian. I'm still searching for the Yoruba version of this song.
He did a joint album with Dr Victor Olaiya and if I remember correctly, there was some dispute over who wrote what track, but they reconciled before he died.
This is probably the most famous Ghanaian musician ever. He was a super legend.
(Listen to this song, I bet it"ll sound familiar to you. The melody has been adapted for many purposes in Nigeria).
Aha! They have arrived. These are the people that will ask me for songs or artistes that have already been posted on the first page. That means that they did not come here to read or enjoy the thread, they simply came here to complain and they started complaining without even reading the posts.
There used to be a major annual event that attracted a huge number of people from all over Lagos.
Every year, at the end of the event, just after the last speech has ended, a street band will begin to play and this is the song that they always played.
The part that goes, "Omolanke", is not played by the trumpets. No! That part is played by the bass drum. All other instruments fall silent and the bass drum goes, "Dun dun dun dun" and the crowd sing along with it.
The trumpets try to outdo themselves in the other parts of the song, but that part is reserved for the bass drum.
That was how they got the crowd out of the arena. The band kept playing and going out of the arena and the humongous crowd followed them, dancing and singing. Sometimes the musicians would even start playing quietly before the dignitary finishes his speech.
naptu2: My grandmother once walked to this event! My mum was in shock! At her age! But she insisted on walking.
This is obviously not the original 1960s song. He did it again in 2016.
Crime › Policemen Dismissed For Stealing ₦1.3 Million and $5000 From A Man In Lagos by naptu2(op): 10:31am On Oct 13, 2022
