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shevon:
I think Tinsel is the longest Nigerian TV series. It has been on since 2008 and is still running.

That's not even up to ten years. Village Headmaster was on air from 1968-1984, then from 1985-1991.

Proudlyngwa:
We need to work on a digital format on storing some of these things with view to recreate.
I hope the NTA's of Lagos , Ibadan and Jos still have this works.

9jakohai:
Unfortunately not.

NTA should start a channel....NTA Oldies....where they show old series like that...and put it on DSTV and Startimes bouquets!

Shinor:
If rumours are anything to go by, then the original tapes have been wiped off by NTA Victoria Island by recording other programmes on them.
Just like the African Nations Cup 1980 (hosted in Nigeria) tapes are no longer available at the NTA studios.

persius555:
Seconded. It will remind us of who we were and who we should be. A nice nolstagic sense of belonging. Let's hope someone in NTA is reading this.

seguno2:
An entrepreneur should remaster the series like someone did for Fela's music.
Surely it will bring so much joy to our old, retired folks who will be ready to buy them or be gifted by another person who will buy.

I also heard rumours that all the tapes of the first series were dubbed over. But there are a few videos of the second series (and other NTA shows from the 1980s) on NTA2 Channel 5's YouTube channel.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0A76DB082CA2CB85

Jerace95:
Wow! This is really informative and nostalgic. Almost everyone seems to give all credits to the series and leave none for the original poster. @Naptu2 thank you for this, you're wonderful! By the way are you into research? If not, try that field.

Thanks very much.

Czzy:
I remember a song we use to sing then in Lagos after watching each episode of the Village Headmaster" everywhere I go, Sisi Clara dey follow me". Those days in Lagos, if your television set do not get signals from OGTV; you must have to fortify your antenna with more old fluorescent tubes and flat aluminium plates. Chai!! I love those days. Our country was more peaceful and welcoming then. I do not know where we got it so wrong now.

OGTV. We would turn and turn the antenna, so that we'll get OGTV's signal, but we might end up making LTV or Channel 10 uncLear, while OGTV becomes clear.

So we'll have to go outside again, climb the ladder and turn the antenna until we get a midpoint where all the channels are clear.

yoddy:
Nice one naptu2.

There was a certain councillor bamishe too. Wasn't there?

Yes. I initially planned to write about Councilor Bamishe, Laraba and Doyin, but I've just realised that I forgot to do that.

I can't find any videos of the original series, but this is an audio recording of a 1979 episode of the original series.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT2UVmKxyD4

The New Village Headmaster. Cocoa Yam Leaf Affair (part 4).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpzx1L4s88

The New Village Headmaster. Amebo unwittingly exposes an undercover cop.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xutwP3AK8MY

Characters

1) Kabiyesi, The Oloja of Oja, Oba Adelende the 2nd (played by Dejumo Lewis). Early 1970s-1990. He was the king of the village. I loved the way that he said "Moi People" (my people) and the way he ascended the steps to his throne. He would climb up the steps, reverse back down, climb up again, reverse again and climb up a third time before sitting on the throne. He often settled disputes in his palace and was the main authority figure in the village. He was a very wise King.

2) Headmaster, Mr Gabriel Fagade (played by Ted Mukoro) 1968-1972. He was the first village headmaster.

3) Headmaster, Mr Ife Araba (played by Femi Robinson) 1972-1984. He was the second village headmaster (and my first village headmaster). He often had to clear up the misconceptions of the people, especially about new government policies, technology or new developments in the town. He was always a voice of reason and he was often the one who helped to restore sanity after Amebo's rumours had caused confusion in the village. There were many episodes that ended with the headmaster explaining to the Oloja how the crisis in the village was started and advising him on how such problems could be avoided in future.

Femi Robinson later hosted Shopper's Guide on NTA2 Channel 5 (1984-1987).

4) Headmaster, Mr Cosmas Aderibigbe Ali (played by Justus Esiri) 1985-1990. He was the headmaster throughout the second series. I remember the first episode in which he appeared. The storyline was that Mr Ife Araba was transferred to Jebaco and Mr Cosmas Aderibigbe Ali was transferred from Jebaco to Oja. He had a wife (whose screen name I can't remember, but, in real life, she served as a minister in Goodluck Jonathan's administration), a very beautiful daughter called Laraba and a relative called Doyin. One of the first episodes of the second series (New Village Headmaster) revolved around friction between Laraba and Doyin. Laraba also got a lot of romantic proposals from the teachers in Oja, especially teachers Garuba and Oghene, but she wasn't interested in any of them. I think Mr Garuba had an affair with Doyin, but I can't remember for sure.


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Mr Aderibigbe Ali and Chief Eleyinmi.

5) Chief (Nicodemus Ologbenla) Eleyinmi (played by Funsho Adeolu). Early 1970s - 1990. This was one of the most interesting characters on the show. He was the second in command to the Oloja (sort of like a prime minister or vice president of the village). He was also the president of the customary court. He had a lot of bombastic catch phrases like, "with immediate effect and automatic alacrity", "konkobility", "nonsense and ingredients", etc. He also created nicknames for many of the characters in the village (some of which were not very flattering).

He was a force for good and often helped the Oloja to solve the problems of the village.

Funsho Adeolu later became an oba in real life.


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Chief Eleyinmi.


6) Councillor Balogun (played by Wole Amele). Early 1980s-early 1990s. Councillor Balogun was an over-ambitious politician, whose ambition usually led to crisis in the village. He was often at loggerheads with the palace, but often ended up apologising to the Oloja.

He was fond of challenging Chief Eleyinmi's position (because he felt that he was more important than Eleyinmi) and whenever Councillor Balogun was pleading with the Oloja for mercy, Eleyinmi would advocate that Councillor Balogun should be punished severely for the problems that he caused in the village.

Councillor Balogun was also probably the richest person in the village.

Wole Amele, who played the role of Councilor Balogun, later became an oba in real life.

7) Amebo (played by Ibidun Alison). She is the village gossip and bar owner. Chief Eleyinmi often called her "Radio Oja". She is usually well intentioned, but she's not well educated and she often stumbles on information that she doesn't quite understand, misinterpretes it and spreads her misinterpreted story all over the village. This often leads to crisis and confusion.

Amebo would often quietly enter the palace while an important discussion is going on and she would sit down unnoticed. Then, after a while, Eleyinmi would notice her and immediately stop speaking. He would call her "Radio Oja" and rain his humorous and indirect insults on her. She would protest to the Oloja, who would stop Eleyinmi from teasing her. Then Eleyinmi would suggest that they continue their discussion later (when Amebo is not around). But it's already too late, Ambo has already heard and misunderstood part of what's being said.


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Amebo's bar.

8 ) Sisi Clara (played by Elsie Olusola). 1968-1988. Clara Fagade was the wife of the first village headmaster, Gabriel Fagade. She was Amebo's friend, but she was much smarter than Amebo (she had native intelligence). She would often rebuke Amebo when she starts gossiping. Sisi Clara was a businesswoman, but I can't quite remember what her business was (I think she was a seamstress).
I was in awe of this woman. She proved that what teachers and parents said was not true. Parents and teachers often tried to stop kids from speaking pidgin English, because they believed that it would impair the child's ability to speak proper English, but Chief (Mrs) Elsie Olusola spoke the sweetest Waffi when she was in character and spoke flawless Queen's English in real life.

9) Gorimapa (played by Albert Olayemi). Gorimapa was the palace servant, messenger and town crier. He was known for his close-shaven head and he often sat at the foot of the throne. Chief Eleyinmi called him, "Gorimapa Adorin Sahara Desert" (while rubbing Gorimapa's shaved head).

10) "Dr" Bassey Okon (played by the great JAB Adu). 1968- c1984. He was the first owner of the village chemist/supermarket. He was a dispenser in Burma during World War 2. He was called "Doctor", even though he wasn't actually a doctor. I loved the way that he exclaimed "Chai! Chai! Chai!"

JAB Adu was one of my favourite actors and it seemed like I had been watching him on TV all my life. I first got to know him from the Village Headmaster and Adio Family in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then he played the lead role in The Turning Wheel on OGTV in the mid1980s. He did a sitcom on a private tv station in the late 1990s (I can't remember the name of the sitcom), then he was on Story, Story - Voices From The Market Place on BBC World Service Radio in the late 1990s and 2000s. He then acted in a few episodes of Tinsel, where he played the part of Fred Ade Williams' doctor and then he acted in Livin' In Lagos (a sitcom) in 2010.

11) Okoro (played by the great Jimmy Johnson). early 1980s- c1988. Jimmy Johnson was the second owner of the chemist/supermarket. He was very fond of his snuff box and people can easily remember the very loud sneezing that accompanied his sessions with his snuff. He also had a short temper.

12) Boniface (played by Asuquo Ukwak). He was the sales boy at the village chemist. Chief Eleyinmi called him, "Boniface, Boni-nose, Boni-mouth". He was unhappy because he felt that he was better educated than his bosses (Bassey Okon and Okoro). An arranged marriage was once organised for him, but he fled when he discovered that his bride to be was a little child.

13) Kokonsari (played by Leke Ajao). He was the village chief priest.

14) Dagbolu (played by Dan Imoudu). I'll use the first episode he appeared in to describe him.

Councillor Balogun was up to his usual mischief and the Oloja and Eleyinmi tried to call him to order, but he brought a powerful socerer called Dagbolu to the palace. A mystic battle ensued between Dagbolu and Kokonsari. Unbelievably, Dagbolu was able to overpower Kokonsari and the Oloja fell ill at the end of the battle.

The Oloja was ill and nobody was allowed to see him. Ambo overhead a conversation about the Oloja's illness, misunderstood it and went to the streets to spread a rumour that the Oloja was dead.

There was confusion in the village. There was a rumour that the Oloja was dead, but palace officials insisted that he wasn't dead, yet nobody could see him. Who would lead the village? Who would provide direction?

Councillor Balogun returned to the palace with Dagbolu , disrespected Eleyinmi and was about to sit on the throne when the Oloja came out of the inner chamber. Dagbolu tried to recite his incantations, but he fainted and then we were reminded that the Oloja was the igbakeji orisa (lieutenant of the gods).

Apologies for any errors. I wrote all of that from memory.

15) Teacher Garuba (played by Joe Layode). He was a pompous, but grumpy teacher, who was unhappy about his position in life (he felt that he deserved better). He often drank away his unhappiness at Amebo's bar.
Teacher Garuba competed with Teacher Oghene for the affections of Laraba and later Doyin.

16) Teacher Oghene (played by Melville Obriango). He was known for his white shirt, tie, shorts and cane. He was a more cheerful teacher than Teacher Garuba and he often got into conflicts with Garuba (who was much older than him). Teacher Garuba was grumpy and did things by the book. He had an exaggerated sense of his own importance. Teacher Oghene was more cheerful and approachable.

17) Policeman (played by Enebeli Elebuwa). I can't remember his actual name in the show (he was always addressed by his title, Inspector). He was the policeman who came down from Jebaco to resolve problems in Oja.

Enebeli Elebuwa was typecast as a policeman in my mind, because he also later played the role of a policeman (Inspector Ben Alamu) in the Turning Wheel.

18) Fathia Okon (played by Roseline Birch). She was "Dr" Bassey Okon's teenage daughter, who helped him in the shop.

19) Lawyer (played by Albert Egbe). I also can't remember his screen name, but I think he handled cases in Eleyinmi's court.

Albert Egbe later acted in Jagua Nana's Daughter and was the first Basi in Basi And Company.

20) Lawyer Iyanda (played by Sam Agbebi). He appeared many years after the first lawyer. The Oloja and Chief Eleyinmi often called him "Baby Lawyer".

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Lawyer Iyanda arguing his case in Chief Eleyinmi's court.

21) Chief Afilaka. I've been trying to remember his screen name, but I couldn't until someone reminded me a few days ago. That's because I remember him by the name that Eleyinmi often called him, "Chief Tain Tain".

Chief Afilaka was never seen without a toothpick in his mouth and Eleyinmi labelled him Chief Tain Tain, mimicking the sound that he makes when he is picking his teeth. Eleyinmi didn't like Chief Afilaka because he was richer than him.

22) The Prince (1989-1990). In order to compete with the very popular soap operas like Ripples, Supple Blues and Behind The Clouds that debuted in the late 1980s, producers of Village Headmaster introduced the character of the Prince. He was the Oloja's son who had been in the US for a very long time and suddenly returned to Oja.

23) Mrs Ali (played by Patricia Akwashiki). She was Cosmas Aderibigbe Ali's wife.
Patricia Akwashiki was the last minister of information in the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

24) Lakunle Ojo (played by Layi Ashadele).

There are other people whose names I remember, but I don't remember the roles they played.

25) Iluyomade. There was a character called Iluyomade. I'm certain of it. I remember the Oloja saying the name Iluyomade, but I don't remember what his role was.

26) Chief Aribabu. I also remember that there was someone called Aribabu and that he was always in conflict with Councillor Balogun, but I don't remember anything else about him.

The Village Headmaster

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The Village Headmaster was the longest running series on Nigerian television. The original series (The Village Headmaster) ran from 1968 - 1984. The second series (The New Village Headmaster) ran from 1985 - 1991. There has been talk of doing a third series since c2001, but it has not been done.


The Village Headmaster introduced a lot of words and phrases into Nigerian English and some of these words are even used by people that were born after the series ended. A gossip is known as Amebo, a bald headed or close-shaven person is known as Gorimapa, an Igbo shop owner is known as Okoro and people still use Chief Eleyinmi's catch phrases like, "immediate effect and automatic alacrity", "nonsense and ingredients", etc.


The show was so popular that it was talked about by presidents, coup plotters and newspaper columnists. The Village Headmaster was General Gowon's favourite show and it was rumoured that the NBC often showed repeats when he was out of the country, so that he wouldn't miss new episodes of the show. Major Adewale Ademoyega (one of the January 1966 coup plotters) referred to the show in his book "Why We Struck" and President Olusegun Obasanjo requested for copies of the show when he visited the NTA to commission some facilities (c2001). Obasanjo's request led to comments by some NTA officials and former members of the cast and crew of the show that a third series would be made.

The Village Headmaster was first produced as a radio play for the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation WNBC, Ibadan, in 1958. Most of the people that produced the radio play eventually worked for the Nigerian Television Service (NTS) in Lagos and they decided to turn the radio play into a tv drama series. It debuted on tv in 1968. The original tv series ran from1968 - 1984. I had an uncle and an aunt who worked on the original series (I didn't even know my aunt's real name until I became an adult. Everybody called her by her screen name).

The theme music was composed by Kehinde Okusanya and it was one of my favourites. It was done with a gong and several talking drums. Incidental music with a similar melody was later done with a saxophone.

The show was stopped in1984 and was off the air for almost a year. Then it was revived in1985 as The New Village Headmaster (the NTA had a habit of reviving old series and attaching the word "new" to their titles, eg New Masquerade). Some of the old characters were removed (Ife Araba, Bassey Okon, Fathia Okon, etc) and some new characters were introduced (Cosmas Aderibigbe Ali, Dagbolu, Okoro, etc). The second series ran from 1985-1991. It was originally a one hour show, but its time slot was reduced to 30 minutes and the programme was moved from Monday to Tuesday c1989. The NTA stopped showing new episodes in 1990 and the programme was taken off air completely in 1991.

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The Oloja (on the throne), Gorimapa (at the foot of the throne) and Chief Eleyinmi.

MISSOPTIMIST:
Thank you so much for this.. quite educating. I didn't know the " Who is the common man" part because I wasn't born then.. infact, I have never heard of it. But I usually watched newsline with my parents in the 1990s as a child. I also remember Yinka Craig, Abike Dabiri, Patrick Oke... and there was Ruth Benemesah Opia... there was also Sola or Sele Eradiri or so.. (maybe this is a more recent presenter..not too sure cos I no longer watch NTA... I will have to start watching newsline at least)

Sele Eradiri was the NTA's Port-Harcourt correspondent and she contributed a lot of stories to Newsline. She was to the NTA in the 1990s, what Frank Olize was in the 1980s. She had a way of finding weird, frightening and hilarious stories.

MISSOPTIMIST:
Really? Forgive me Jare.. the names just plenty..Thanks. But how about that Frank Oliseh (a name of that sort) that was a newscaster then.. I think he featured mostly in NTA newslin.

Frank Olize was an NTA News correspondent. He became very famous in 1983 when he went out on the streets to ask people, "Who is the common man?" (Nigeria had an economic crisis which started in 1982 and people were always referring to "the common man", "Can the common man afford this?", etc, so he went on the streets to ask people, who is this common man that everybody is talking about ).

He also did similar hilarious interviews on the streets and he became known for that.

In the early 1990s, he took over as host of Newsline. Newsline had started c1988 with Yinka Craig and Patrick Oke as hosts.

He left Newsline in the late 1990s or early 2000s and started Tuesday Night Live (Abike Dabiri took over as host of Newsline) and that was the last show that he presented on the NTA.

Ishilove:
Behind the clouds was a series, not a movie

Sultty:
but I do remember that movie it's just that I can't peg a name to it. We used to watch it on nta lagos 5 on Sunday evening and then I was freaked out

Sultty's response makes me even more convinced that it was a Telemovie.

Telemovie, just like Behind The Clouds, was produced in Jos and many of the people who later acted in Behind The Clouds also acted in the Telemovies.

The Telemovies were shown on either Saturday or Sunday night, while Behind The Clouds was shown on Sunday night.

princeonx:
So what is it doing in the Aso Rock news? Abi another Aso Rock dey Calabar?

Only the Daily Trust people know why they added the picture. It looks like they just Googled "state house" and included whatever picture they found.

princeonx:
Da.mnn!! No be who I want make e hit e hit!! That means there's hope shaa!

And BTW, don't tell me that ugly house with dirty/old roof is also inside same premises with Aso Rock.

That's the old colonial state house in Calabar.

laudate:
Bros, I bow for you!! I dey hail, sir!! More respect!! May you live long! Something tells me that you are either a TV/Film producer, or a journalist. Which one?

May Yinka Craig's soul rest in perfect peace. May light perpetual shine on him...

Waheed Olagunju later went on to work for Bank of Industry (BOI) and became their Acting MD, I believe.

Was Taiwo Obileye not also one of the newscasters? Or was he an actor? Can't remember now...

Yes, I think he was one of the newscasters, but he was better known as a commentator on state events like independence day, remembrance day, etc. He was a master of that kind of commentary.

He would tell you the name of the parade commander's horse, the number of times it had been used for similar ceremonies (this is important so that it is not frightened by the sound of the artillery guns and air force jets) and just about everything about the event.

He was also an actor and he played many roles on For Better, For Worse.

laudate:
Bros, I don't believe you!! You can't be 35. You are definitely over 40!! Even me wey be say na my bed dey beside the TV for our house dat time, I cannot remember most of these shows and lyrics you have reeled out here!!

I think the news caster that used to read the news with John Momoh was called Funmi Odubekun. Another one was Sola Adelehin who later became his wife. Siene All-Well Brown was also among them, as well as Tokunbo Ajayi.

The reason I remember their names, was because these women were fashion icons in those days. Any outfit they wore on screen was bound to be copied the following week by the fashionistas of Lagos. My older aunties loved their outfits, and would always do a rough sketch of their clothes, for their tailors to cut and sew. We were too young to understand it all then, but I remember that my job was to find paper & pencil for my aunty to use in drawing these outfits, whenever these newscasters appeared on air. That my aunty, she broke all my 2B pencils in those days....

Funmi Odubekun, Joan O'Dwyer, Waheed Olagunju, Ronke Ayuba, John Momoh, Patrick Oke, Elizabeth Nze, Hauwa Baba-Ahmed, Ruth Benamesia, Sienne Allwel-Brown

And later, Donald Ovberedjo, Tokunboh Ajayi and Cyril Stober.

I remember when Cyril Stober was dating Efunsheke Merriman-Johnson of NTA2 Channel 5. Yinka Craig and Patrick Oke introduced him as "Cyril 'Your Reach Out' Stober".

I remember when Sienne Allwell-Brown got married. They introduced her as, "Sienne Allwell-Wed".

Tokziby:
Village headmaster had kabiyesi, Gorimapa, Eleyimi (Later became a monach real life), Dagbolu, Balogun, Headmaster(Justus Esiri, (Dr. SID(mo hit) dad), and host of others.

The theme song of jagua -
Wazobia Wazobia (2x),
from cairo to Ame,
Thank God of Africa for Joining africa together and so so so.....

Tell me Where dem born u Nigeria
i say tell me where dem born u nigeria
Because of austerity u want to run away, replied: Oh no
Because of austerity u want to check, Oh no
I go do my best papa
i go try my best mama
for my papa land
lai lai i no go run away, lai lai i no go check out Nigeria is my one

Ha October 1st 1960 when Nigeria get independent some shouting haleluya Some shout Allahu Akbar
Alhaji Tafawa balewa was the prime minister and so on...

Nobody remember to add, Second Chance by late Funsho Alabi, with madam kofo and others
we had tales by moonlight 6.30pm sundays
8 pm on sundays were for Behind the cloud, with Efe, Nosa, Funmi, also Justus esiri once u see that Venus gold advert u know its the end
NTA was also airing their youruba series of Arelu, yanponyanri, Abija, koto orun, etc
NTA 5 had a rebranding in 89-90 and had contracts with contek movies to air action movies in the night
Before NET got burnt LTV was the best channel as it had best programs and by the weekend they transform to LWT (Lagos weekend telivision) from 8am to 2am with movies at eleven o clock. After their disaster they has a contract with clapper board studio to show movies as well iun the afternoon with all this yeye flying chinese people. Mind u i'm just above 35 but i own the first seat infront of the TV from 4pm with those rainbow screen and the boring 1hr Sesame street opening till 9.00 when this news woman(name forgotten) and John Momoh start their yeye NTA news and ruth Benamesia Opiah was still junior together with cyril stober. i can go on and on...lol it was a memory to treasure

It wasn't because NET got burnt that LTV stopped LWT transmission.

NET got burnt in 1983 (I was actually on Broad Street on that day). LWT ran from c1981-1985 when the LWT studios got burnt.

Ishilove:
Do you have a Youtube link?

No. I've been searching for videos of Telemovies since forever, but I haven't found any.

Ishilove:
Behind the clouds was a series, not a movie

I have faint memories of what you are talking about. I think it was one of those telemovies from Jos. They were usually shown at ten pm on Saturdays.

The only telemovie that I remember very well was Lynx, but I also remember bits and pieces of the others and I think this was one of them.

ivandragon:
zero import duty on Cement?

did I just see/read zero import duty on CEMENT in that list?

cement that as at 2014, we were approaching self sufficiency on.

then they ban 'bagged cement'?

where are those nitwits that were praising the ban on some essential pharmaceutical products?

can they please come & clear up this contradiction of their twisted logic?

or is it going to be the usual "four legs good, two legs bad... four legs good, two legs better" chant?

Zero import duty on machinery and equipment used in making cement.

And this guy, who was one of the biggest critics of APC on Twitter, is now an APC member because Ifeanyi Ubah has defected.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RadicalYouthMan

MISSOPTIMIST:
Jagua my belle oh, my head oh.. Kaza dey garri.. After the Kaza episode I started looking forward to eating soaked garri with chicken.. Jagua also had a funny way of eating rice with bare hands.. his popular phrase was "Shege jagua"

This brings back lots of memories.. I was very small then.. can't remember the storyline but I remember the feeling.. coupled with those of Wili Wili (this made me get scared of darkness and shadows) tales by moonlight, mirror in the sun, village headmaster (giringory, ovuloria, clarus, jegede and zebrudaya).. good old days.. I am all grown up now.

Timotee:
I think you mixed up 2 popular sitcoms. Chief Zebrudaya, Ovularia, and Chief Jegede Shokoya are from the sitcom "New masquerade" while "Gringory" and Clarus are from the "New village headmaster.

You also made the same mistake that she made. All the people she mentioned, including Gringory and Clarus, are actually from the New Masquerade.

jantavanta:
I doubt if anybody has uploaded it. It will be in NTA archives in U-matic format.

Who remembers another comedian Aluwe?

Ojo Ladipo Theatre /Awada Kerikeri.

Ishilove:
Do you remember the show about the fmily who travelled to their village but their vehicle. Broke down on the way and at the end witches feasted on them?

Was it part of a series or a movie?

Richy4:
Thanks for that..I remembered my mum used to shout that I should stop talking and keep quiet each time they were showing that programme those days....I just wanted to know what captivated them those days cause I don't understand...

I watched it about 30 years ago, so I can't remember the whole story line, but I remember that it was a fantastic adventure movie. The effects were ground breaking (for NTA of that time). In fact, I think it was one of the two best NIFETEP entries ever (the other being The Reign Of Abiku). But it was very long. I remember that, the first time I watched it, I slept and woke up and slept and woke up and they were still showing it.

Here is a 15 minutes clip of the Pot Of Life.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkiXiks1GE

Richy4:
I remembered one Drama those days called the pot of Life...I think it was NTA Benin that usually show that...I know my mum due watch it but I do not even know what it was all about those days cause I was small...I have tried searching for it on You-tube...but got no luck....

The Pot Of Life was NTA Benin's award winning entry to the Nigerian Festival of Television Programmes (NIFETEP) in 1985, '86 or '87. It was originally one very long movie, but, after the competition, some stations broke it up into many parts and so it became a series

Ishilove:
Jagua

Jagua

Afolabi Afolayan

'My belle o, my head o!" (x3)

Grace

I can't remember

Sad way he died. He given an injection for thyphoid at an hospital in Orile, and that was the end of this man. I think that was in year 2000, if my memory serves me right.

Grace's real name was Elyzar Afolayan (they were married both on and off screen).

Jagua and Grace.

1) Do you know the screen name of this situation comedy?

2) Do you know the screen name of the person in the picture?

3) Do you know the real name of the person in the picture?

4) Do you remember the theme song of this sitcom ( )

5) Do you know the on screen name of this person's wife?

6) Do you know the real name of this person's wife?

avicky:
Happy new year, new month, new week, new day to you all. Happy new 2017 Seun.

I want to say a big shoutout to the following monikers In no particular order : emperorbukky, deeptesting, ishilove, mazi omenuko, my sister evathyst, efemenaxy, Upload111, idrock, goldendr, afam4ever, omawunmie85, jerrychanana, profgday, kebisrael, Emperor650, Larrysun, Naptu2
You guys rock.

Happy new year