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AutoJoshNG:
8. Citroën
Not a very popular brand here in Nigeria.Its named after André-Gustave Citroën. He was born in 1878 and died in 1935.He was a French entrepreneur of Dutch descent. He was the fifth and last child of the Dutch Jewish diamond merchant Levie Citroën and Mazra Kleinmann of Warsaw,Poland.

https://autojosh.com/cars-their-names-meaning-and-nomenclature/

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Ishilove
Marpol
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Obinoscopy

The Citroën DS (shown below) was very popular in Nigeria in the 1970s. The sedan, the coupe and the convertible were very popular. Nigerians were crazy about its hydropneumatic suspension system which enabled you to raise and lower the car. The headlights could also swivel

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/1974_Citroen_D-Special_02.jpg

https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/import/articlesv2/images/_uk/15406/Citroen_DS_Decapotable_driven_01pop.jpg?itok=M7FhkqJX

Ishilove:
What of Volkswagen (pronounced Folksvagin)?

Volks = Folks

Wagen = Wagon

Basically, a car for the folks. Hitler's idea was that the Beetle should be so cheap that peasant folks should be able to afford it.

alexiej:
Nna, please, what is pagolin

DrDope:
Pangolin ko,Pangolo ni
Wch one be pangolin again

Anteater

Chiefwandungu:
Remember it very well! Was sponsored by my Dad's bank (defunct CCB). Those were the glory days of NTA.

Cooperative And Commerce Bank! I think it was later sponsored by Savannah Bank and Cockcrow At Dawn was sponsored by UBA.

AdiscoPele:
@Naptu2, pls do you have any clip on Second Chance?

Pls if you do, pls post it. I really love to see it again.

By the way, you can watch some classic shows like Mirror In The Sun, New Village Headmaster, Cockcrow At Dawn and New Masquerade on NTA2 Channel 5's YouTube channel.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO-I2SZgDG6S6SF6FDZQbwQ

AdiscoPele:
@Naptu2, pls do you have any clip on Second Chance?

Pls if you do, pls post it. I really love to see it again.

I have been looking for a clip of that show for almost ten years. I haven't found one yet, but I'll post it on Nairaland if I find it.

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The theme song.

Eddie Quansa by Peacock's International Guitar Band.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2-QpwZiqR8

Skelewu:


It's actually, Eddie Kwansa bia o bia, Eddie Kwansa bia o bia, Eddie Kwansa bia o bia, izu ka mma na nne ji o, bia o bia.

It's an Igbo language, forgotten the artist's name. I used to sing exactly the way you wrote it here till I grew up and understood.

Good old days!

Peacock's International Guitar Band

And this is a video of The New Masquerade. Akpenor had been replaced by Ramota.



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

joedams:
This just brought back major memories. Where is Zaccheus (Zakewu...in Jegede's voice) and Natti?

The theme song then went like...eli ban San bio bio (3ce), nkun koma no me die, bia oo bio!

Hahahahaha hahaha haha @ the theme song.



Thank you for that. I needed that laughter.

This is a video of the original Masquerade series (before New Masquerade). Here Christy Essien Igbokwe plays the role of Akpenor, Jegede's first wife.

She was replaced in the New Masquerade by Ramota. Christy Essien left the show to focus on her music career.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msr1sqQJHeQ

This tournament was previously known as the Eagle Belt (when it was sponsored by National Oil), right?

This thread examines the relationship between Farrakhan and Abacha (and also the relationship between the West and Africa).

Farrakhan says that Abacha told him that the World Bank and the IMF offered him a lot of money, but he didn't accept and instead he told them that Nigeria has enough oil money to meet its needs. He then alleges that the West killed Abacha because he refused to accept the money.

Many Nairalanders challenged Farrakhan's claims.



https://www.nairaland.com/505912/farrakhan-confirms-wests-involvement-abachas

^^^^^

I've just remembered her name. Carol Moseley Braun.


Here's a 2009 thread about the Farrakhan video.

https://www.nairaland.com/270604/farrakhan-mike-wallace-nigeria

This was during the Abacha era. Minister Farrakhan was close to Abacha and often visited Nigeria at that time, which was why the interviewer asked him about Nigeria.

There was also a US senator or congresswoman that was close to Abacha. She was voted out of office because her opponents alleged that she received bribes from Abacha.

The last time that this happened, people thought that there had been a plane crash (that was the title of a Nairaland thread. A supermod had to modify the title), while some others (including many people on Twitter) thought that the plane had stopped at a petrol station to buy fuel, but they were just scrap planes being towed away from the airport.

https://www.nairaland.com/1323061/scrap-plane-spotted-fuel-station-igando

Palatable residence? Are they going to eat it??

dominique:
Death respects no celebrity status. RIP George Michael



The Stevie Wonder re-make he and Mary j Blige did was my favourite video for a long time, never got tired of watching it.

cybriz82:
dope....dope lyrics...dope video..love dat song.mary j n her dope swag.

It was originally done by Stevie Wonder in 1976 (and I like that version), but I prefer George Michael and Mary J Blige's version.