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Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Coach of the year (men).

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Coach of the year (women).

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Fans of the season.

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Young player of the year (women).


⚫ Rashidat Ajibade

⚫ Chiamaka Nnadozie

⚫ Anam Imo

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Young player of the year (men).

⚫ Samuel Chukwueze

⚫ Henry Onyekuru

⚫ Victor Osimhen

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Nominees for player of the year (women).

⚫ Onome Ebi

⚫ Asisat Oshoala

⚫ Francisca Ordega

Sports › Re: NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
Nominees for player of the year (men).

⚫ Alex Iwobi

⚫ Ahmed Musa

⚫ Odion Ighalo

Sports › NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards Holds Today At 7:30pm by naptu2(op):
The second edition of the NFF-Aiteo Nigerian Football Awards holds today at the Eko Hotel, Lagos from 7:30pm.


The special guest of honour will be FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura and the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Nations Cup and qualified the country for its first World Cup will receive a special "legends award".

The ceremony will be shown live on Supersport.

Here are the winners of last year's awards https://www.nairaland.com/4357999/pictures-nff-awards-held-yesterday#65217870


And here are the nominees for this year's awards.
https://mobile.twitter.com/aiteonffawards/with_replies

TV/Movies › Re: Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There? by naptu2(op):
TV/Movies › Re: Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There? by naptu2(op): 12:10pm On Mar 31, 2019
TV/Movies › Re: Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There? by naptu2(op): 12:08pm On Mar 31, 2019
Iroyin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLwQ9H6sLBU


Interview with Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye on NTA Ikanni Oodua

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV43VA9jMCY
TV/Movies › Re: Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There? by naptu2(op): 12:08pm On Mar 31, 2019
TV/Movies › Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There? by naptu2(op):
Nigerians Complain That There Are No NTA Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba, But Are There?


1) The BBC and Nigerian languages

The BBC World Service Radio started broadcasting in Hausa in March 1957. The fact that the Hausa Service was the only Nigerian language service that the BBC had confused a lot of Nigerians and they asked why there were no BBC Igbo or BBC Yoruba services. For example, see the thread below:

Why Don't We Have BBC Igbo Or Yoruba Service
https://www.nairaland.com/1254057/why-dont-bbc-igbo-yoruba


I tried to explain to them (on that thread) that Hausa was probably the most widely spoken language in West Africa (it is spoken in Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, etc.) and that this was the primary reason that there was a Hausa Service.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/hausa.png[/img]

I also explained that the BBC had experienced massive budget cuts since 1995 (I was a short wave/BBC addict from 1989 till 2010) and that it was quite expensive to set up a short wave radio network.

The complaints increased when the BBC launched a Hausa Service TV channel.

BBC Launches Hausa TV News Programme 
https://www.nairaland.com/1895021/bbc-launches-hausa-tv-news#26155333


2) BBC Igbo, BBC Pidgin and BBC Yoruba.

Eventually, technnolgy evolved and this made it easy for the BBC to launch Igbo, Pidgin English and Yoruba services. These services are mainly propagated via social media (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). The services were launched in 2018.

BBC World Service To Start Broadcasting In Igbo And Yoruba
https://www.nairaland.com/3467428/bbc-world-service-start-broadcasting#51069866

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/igbo.png[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/bbc.png[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/yoruba.png[/img]


3) And now the criticism has shifted to the NTA.

Many Nigerians complain that the BBC "came to Nigeria in 2018 and started broadcasting in Nigerian languages, meanwhile the NTA has not been able to broadcast in Nigerian languages". Is this true?

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.27.28.png[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.28.05.png[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.28.29.png[/img]



4) The NTA and Nigerian languages

The truth is that the NTA has been broadcasting in Nigerian languages for more than 40 years.

The NTA had 3 TV stations in Lagos in the 1980s and '90s: NTA2 Channel 5, NTA Channel 10 and NTA Channel 7. Channel 5 was the youth oriented/entertainment station, Channel 10 was the adult oriented/talk station and Channel 7 was the community station.

Channel 7 had news in Yoruba (Irohin) and Egun (Linlin) and they competed with Lagos Television (LTV) for Yoruba shows like Tan'mo, Fadeyi Oloro and F'eyi K'ogbon.

Similarly, NTA stations across the country also showed the news and other programmes in the Nigerian language that was dominant in their locality.


5) NTA Hausa, NTA Igbo and NTA Yoruba

Right, so the NTA has been showing Nigerian language programmes for decades, but does it have dedicated Nigerian language channels? Is there an NTA Hausa, an NTA Igbo or an NTA Yoruba? Of course there are.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.29.03.png[/img]

The NTA partnered with a Chinese satellite TV provider called StarTimes. They created a joint venture company called NTA-StarTimes. The NTA has 30% shares in the company, while StarTimes has 70% shares. The purpose of the company is to provide digital pay TV services to Nigerians.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/ntastar.jpg[/img]

NTA-StarTimes is the platform that hosts the NTA Multi-Channel service. The channels on the NTA Multi-Channel service are:

-- NTA News 24 Channel 101
– NTA Entertainment Channel 105
– NTA Knowledge Channel 525
– NTA Sports 24 Channel 628
– NTA Parliament Channel 325
– NTA Hausa Channel 106
– NTA Igbo Channel 108
– NTA Yoruba Channel 107


Therefore, there is an NTA Hausa (Nagari Nakowa), NTA Igbo Ezu and NTA Ikanni Oodua.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/22792485_670160600038359_242764082405856955_o.jpg?w=1024[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/22688451_382709182159331_4350601794742516927_n.jpg[/img]

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/img_20190330_054217.jpg[/img]


NTA language channels advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3pz7zI7vhg



https://m.facebook.com/ntayoruba/

https://mobile.twitter.com/NTA_Yoruba

https://m.facebook.com/NTAHausaL/

https://mobile.twitter.com/NTALHausa/with_replies

https://mobile.twitter.com/NtaIgbo

Some Nigerians are still confused, as can be seen from the conversation below.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.52.20.png[/img]

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[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.53.32.png[/img]

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However, I blame the NTA. The NTA has a lot of features that many Nigerians are not aware of and this is because they are not social media savy.

For example, Mrs Aisha Buhari visited the United States in 2016, but many people claimed that she was not really in the United States. She had an interview with the VOA in Washington, but these people claimed that it was fake and that the NTA would have shown her in the US if she was really there.

Meanwhile, the NTA had a reporte in Mrs Buhari's delegation and he provided regulate reports about Mrs Buhari's activities in the US and these reports were shown on the 9 o'clock news.

The problem was that there were no videos of these reports online. The NTA buried them in 45 minutes long YouTube videos called "Network News". Nobody has the data to watch a 45 minutes long news video.

The NTA has a lot of new programmes, reports and features but they are not on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Nairaland and YouTube) and nowadays, you don't exist if you are not aggressively pushing your services on social media.

[img]http://naijachronicles.files./2019/03/2019-03-31-11.55.07.png[/img]


(Meanwhile, Radio Nigeria has been broadcasting in Nigerian languages since 1950 and has had a community radio station, called RN 3 or Bond FM, since 1989 and it broadcasts in Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba).
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 6:42am On Mar 30, 2019
Zombicmodz:
If you remember Brazilian soccer then u should remember FANTASTICO..
naptu2:
The NTA showed "Brazilian Football" at 10pm in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was produced by O'Rede Globo and that's when I first followed Brazilian teams like Flamengo, Vasco Da Gama and Sao Paolo. (The NTA also showed a Brazilian variety show called "Fantastico", which was also produced by O'Globo). They stopped showing Brazilian Football around 1984.

Brazilian Football was so popular that it reflected in the names of Nigerian football clubs. Nitel's football club was called Nitel Vasco and Stationery Stores' nickname was "Flaming Flamingo".


The NTA also showed "Football Made in Germany" in the late 1970s and early '80s. It was produced by Transtel Cologne and the commentator was usually Toby Charles. They stopped showing it around 1984/85 and started showing it again around 1990 when Germany won Italia '90. You could watch Akpoborire, Okocha and Yeboah on the NTA in the mid 1990s.

Segun Odegbami started his Serie A show on NTA2 Channel 5 in 1989 and you could watch the 3 Dutchmen at AC Milan, the 3 Germans at Inter Milan and the Ma-Gi-Ca combination at Napoli on Sunday mornings.

The NTA also often showed the English FA Cup final live in the 1980s, but they were not consistent.

The NTA started showing European Champions League matches in 1993. This was courtesy of Canal France International (CFI). I will never forget watching Barcelona (Romario and Stoichkov) destroy Manchester United 4-0.

Of course the NTA also showed Bournvita Match Of The Day (Nigerian League) in the 1980s.

There were quite a few Nigerians that supported English teams in the 1970s and '80s. I had an uncle that supported Sheffield Wednesday and another uncle that supported Liverpool (he played for Nigeria in the 1960s).

My uncle that supported Liverpool went to watch the 1986 FA Cup final and he told me what happened at the British High Commission when he went to get his visa. He wore his Liverpool scarf and luckily for him, the person that interviewed him was also a Liverpool fan, so they spent the time talking about the club and he got his visa.

By the way, Multichoice came to Nigeria c1993 when they bought over ABG's operations in Lagos, but they were not the first satellite TV or pay TV operation in Nigeria. Ultima and other companies were already selling satellite dishes since 1985, while ABG became very popular in 1990.
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 6:40am On Mar 30, 2019
Zombicmodz:
If you remember Brazilian soccer then u should remember FANTASTICO..
naptu2:
Boy, do I have a treat for you!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round as I present to you. . .

FANTASTICO!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGW1c6DS22Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0AcnNKCmWk
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 8:39pm On Mar 29, 2019
adelee777:
Who remembers a British comedy show that has big nosed cartoons and instrumentals as its opening theme? Those cartoons looked like the types in old Readers Digest. It usually aired on NTA 10 Lagos and NTA 2 Channel 5.
O God! Now I know what you are referring to!

Big nosed ✅

Comedy ✅

Instrumentals✅

Foreign✅

Late 1970s and early '80s✅


Banana Split


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMl6HnhFFIA
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 7:51pm On Mar 29, 2019
adelee777:
They were like human caricatures. Used to watch it from early 80s to mid 80s.My dad loved it. I hated it (apart from the opening theme) cos it aired just before Brazilian Soccer (which used to start by 10pm Sunday nights on NTA 10. Hated any program that preceded Brazilian Soccer, Big League Soccer and Soccer in Germany, as those programs seemed to stretch the time I had to wait before watching my football.
grin You just listed two of my favourite programmes back to back. Sunday night Brazilian Soccer and Football Made In Germany (with Tobi Charles as commentator).

Ok, based on the year that those shows were shown, I think you are talking about Secret Service.

Late 1970s and early 1980s on the NTA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFd6RH5jms


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fri0tewp7PI
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 7:18pm On Mar 29, 2019
adelee777:
Who remembers a British comedy show that has big nosed cartoons and instrumentals as its opening theme? Those cartoons looked like the types in old Readers Digest. It usually aired on NTA 10 Lagos and NTA 2 Channel 5.
Were they dogs?

What year was it shown?
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 7:04pm On Mar 29, 2019
ivandragon:
Also Dr. Who (not the present trash showing for the last 20 odd years)...

& Fawlty Towers... the Madonna with the big B**bies
"The Madonna with the big boobies" = Allo Allo


Fawlty Towers and Allo Allo were shown in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The 3 sitcoms that I listed earlier were shown on Nigerian TV in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 6:49pm On Mar 29, 2019
Switruth:
. Damn. Far Pavillions. I can remember it looks like younger sinbad. This guy u too much. Ur brain dey work. grin
The cremation scene always freaked me out. The way she was reciting the incantations even when the fire started burning her and then when she started screaming, I couldn't take it anymore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOw-MlNKPM
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 6:12pm On Mar 29, 2019
This (obviously) was the TV show that made me fall in love with the Testarossa. There was even an episode in which the Testarossa chased a race car.


Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, featuring James Edward Olmos.

Miami Vice.

The introduction of the Testarossa (October 1986).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmFyFqTJprg
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 6:01pm On Mar 29, 2019
Switruth:
Shaft in Africa.
Do you remember the Scarlet Pimpernel (the regular New Year's Eve movie) and The Far Pavilions?
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 5:59pm On Mar 29, 2019
J2381:
I remember like 80 to 90% of them. What a wonderful period those times were. Unfortunately it's not like that these days.

Do you remember Jane Air?
Jane Eyre, yeah, that's where I saw Timothy Dalton for the first time, before he became James Bond.
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 2:14pm On Mar 29, 2019
hahn:
Not on your list

PS I love you
Sledge hammer
Super force
Matlock
Allo allo
Some mothers do have them
Rent a ghost
These ones, apart from Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, were shown in the early 1990s.

Some Mothers Do Have 'Em is on my list.
Politics › Re: Who Remembers This Guy. He Is Now 70. by naptu2: 12:58am On Mar 29, 2019
How many of these do you remember?

naptu2:
This is an incomplete list (I'm tired of typing). I might try and complete it tonight.

But do you remember:

The Professionals (Ci5. Bodi & Doyle)

Starsky And Hutch

Las Vegas (Dan Tana)

Hawai 5-0 (Steve McGarrett)

Monty Nash

Dan August

Randall And Hopkirk

The Avengers (John Steed And Emma Peal)

The New Avengers

The Persuaders

Miami Vice

CHiPS (Punch And Baker)

Van Der Vaulk




The Invisible Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Man From Atlantis

Bionic Woman

Wonder Woman

The Incredible Hulk





Good Times

The Jeffersons

Sanford And Son

Different Strokes





Flying High

The Love Boat




Fire House
SWAT

General Hospital

The A Team





The Rising Damp (Rigsby)

Steptoe And Son

Only When I Laugh

The Many Wives Of Patrick

Father, Dear Father

Doctor In The House

Mixed Blessings

Love Thy Neighbour

A Sharp Intake Of Breath

Keep It In The Family

Mind Your Language

Some Mothers Do Have 'Em




Secret Service

Terra Hawks

Captain Scarlet




Dominic

The Flaxton Boys

Oliver Twist

The Prince And The Pauper

Tom Grattan's War

Folly Foot

Wurzel Gommage




Sura Di Tailor

Jagua

Ojo Ladipo Theatre/Awada Kerikeri/Aluwe

The Masquerade

The New Masquerade

Koko Close

Second Chance

Basi And Company





Winds Against My Soul

Adio Family

Mirror In The Sun

Mind Bending

Ripples

Telemovie

Behind The Clouds

Supple Blues

Checkmate

Fortunes

Mega Fortunes.




Things Fall Apart

Magana Jari Ce

(I can't remember the name of this series, but it was very similar to Magana Jari Ce)


Queen Amina

The Pot Of Life




The Bobby Benson Show

The Bala Milla Show

The Art Alade Show

The Yom Yem Show

Princess Afi Ukwa Show




The Village Headmaster

The New Village Headmaster

For Better, For Worse




(Jimi Odumosu presents) The Cult Of Natas

The Reign Of Abiku

Willy Willy





Sandoka

Robin Of Sherwood

King Arthur

Ivanhoe

Alice In Wonderland




Casper And His Angels

Captain Caveman And The Teen Angels

Scooby Doo

Clue Club

Blue Falcon And Dog Wonder

Jana Of The Jungle
The Little Shmoo

The New Shmoo

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