BREAKING: Chartered Flight Of Naira Marley Approved For High Court Judge
By Femi Osinusi On Jun 15, 2020
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, said that the chartered flight which conveyed musician, Naira Marley from Lagos to Abuja, was actually approved for a Lagos high court judge, Justice Adefowope Okojie.
The minister, who stated this during the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, said the aviation authorities approved the flight on June 14 having considered the judge to be on essential duties.
According to him, he was then surprised that the flight which was to take off on June 14 and convey the judge took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, for the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, on July 13 at 6.00 p.m.
According to him, “we wrote a letter approving the chartered flight for Justice Adefowope Okojie and we approved the flight for June 14. We were therefore surprised that the flight took off on June 13 and also surprised at the passengers.”
The minister said as of now, investigation is ongoing to know the pilot of the plane and those aviation officials who were around when the flight took off in Lagos and landed in Abuja.
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 31:40 minute mark.
naptu2: Whoever wrote the title of that wonderful album on the album sleeve translated it wrongly.
Ketekete = Donkey. Eshin = Horse.
Therefore, the title should have been
The Donkey, The Man And The Son.
Ebenezer Obey sang about ketekete, not eshin.
This would bring it in line with the title of the story from Aesop's Fables.
naptu2: "Go with your bicycle, we're not playing with you anymore"
"If he goes to a party and they ask him what he wants and he says he wants coca-cola, they'll say that he doesn't know how to enjoy himself, jedi jedi will kill him"
"If he is the chief of enjoyment, he drinks champagne, schnapps, Harp beer, Tusk beer, Guinness lager, they'll give him a name, someone that uses all his money to drink alcohol"
naptu2: I've always wanted to translate and transcribe all the stories from that song into this diary, but I've never had the time. Maybe I can do it tonight.
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 innapropriately. The lady smacked his hand (did she slap him?) 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.
sassysure: Hi Yoruba guys here, I have a friend from Trinidad and Tobago who showed me their cultural dance troupes in one competition in Trinidad and Tobago and I discovered that they use some part of yoruba( I noticed some other Nigerian language and Ghana too) while singing and dancing. I promised to show her correct Yoruba song with Yoruba dance styles but I don't actually know any except that song that sings something like" I have seen the future..."
Pls, who can get that song's name for me and the artist. Also some other authentic Yoruba song. Me, I dey promote our culture and heritage seriously Naptu2 come and help somebody here o make I no fall hand.
naptu2: My God! I have found the actual video from 32 years ago!
I was searching for an audio clip that is as clear as the copy that I have and I stumbled on the actual video.
There was a hip hop dance step called the "Cabbage Patch" that was very popular in 1987/1988, but he introduced his own version of the cabbage patch and that's why the video mainly shows people dancing. (Look at the dancer at the 10:28 minute mark).
He spent the first 2:40 minutes of the video showing the Juju people that he is also a master with the instruments (remember that he had a rivalry with certain juju legends whose names I won't mention).
He went through all the elements of Nigerian music in this track. He started out with the instruments, then switched to typical fuji music, then he switched to hip hop, then to message music and finally to praise singing.
This was the national anthem of 1988. To give you an idea of what I mean I'll post some comments from the YouTube video.
Dahiru A maidace
This is d song I nearly memorised at d 80s as a hausa kids, even though I don't know what d singer is saying. In fact I love Barr. So much may his soul rest in peace, this song motivate me to learn Yoruba, at present I intends to marry a Yoruba.
Daud Salman
Waoooo, it is now İ understand most of English part of it. Those days we just dey follow am no understanding. Rest on Alhaji Agba.
Yinka Omolaja
It was a very big hit in the music industry then. I could remember that in virtually all functions then, that Song was played regardless of the class of the gathering. Like someone said, it pushed Juju and other forms of music aside until Shina Peter Landed ACE. Fuji Garbage: An album of all time.
But honestly, you'll totally love this song if you understand music. Listen to the way the bassline and chords change everytime he changes the theme of the song, then think about the fact that he has bassline and chords while only using percussion instruments.
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Fuji Garbage Series 2 (1988)
sassysure: Hi Yoruba guys here, I have a friend from Trinidad and Tobago who showed me their cultural dance troupes in one competition in Trinidad and Tobago and I discovered that they use some part of yoruba( I noticed some other Nigerian language and Ghana too) while singing and dancing. I promised to show her correct Yoruba song with Yoruba dance styles but I don't actually know any except that song that sings something like" I have seen the future..."
Pls, who can get that song's name for me and the artist. Also some other authentic Yoruba song. Me, I dey promote our culture and heritage seriously Naptu2 come and help somebody here o make I no fall hand.
Photo from AMT FCT ministerial Task Force chairman, Ikharo Atta sealing off Jabi Lake Mall premises,after the presiding Judge declared the Jabi Lake Mall be sealed off for 2 weeks.
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