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anibi9674:
eiye vs who ?

The name of the other group has been censored on nairaland. It won't appear even if you type it. Click on the link and read the story on Naij in order to see the name of the other group.

Knight Rider opening theme (1982).

Two different acts did cover versions of this song in 1998. Busta Rhymes' version was called "Fire It Up" and Timbaland & Magoo's version was called "Clock Strikes".



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

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Knight Rider (2008) opening theme. It's not the same song, but they sampled heavily from the 1982 song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5hjouuTBI

This is where I first saw the "Hoff"

Knight Rider (1982-1986). Shown on NTA2 Channel 5 in the early to mid 1980s. Shown on LTV throughout the 1980s.

David Hasselhoff is Michael Knight.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Knightlogo.png

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Knight Rider (2008 series).

Justin Bruening is Michael Knight's son.

https://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/26/25849/Knight_Rider.jpg

Jammers.

tee10:
Sheer excess luxury

I don't think the Queen of England has long fleet of luxury cars in her various palaces

Certainly the U.S president does not enjoy such luxury

We should be more. Prudent

Thanks 4 d insght...I presume u very close to d action in d presidency

The UK equivalent of CVU is probably the Royal Mews. That's where the Queen's horses and carriages are kept. Her official cars are also kept there and they include the two Bentley State Limousines that were given to her on her golden jubilee in 2002, the Rolls Royce Phantom VI that was given to her on her silver jubilee in 1977, another Phantom VI, a very rare Phantom IV (she used to have two, but she gave one to Prince Charles), two stretch Jaguars and several Daimlers. She also has a specially made Range Rover and a Land Rover review vehicle that she uses at parades. The Royal Mews also has mini buses for her staff.

Note that the Queen also has her own personal vehicles that are not kept in the Royal Mews.

The Bentley State Limousines and the silver jubilee Rolls Royce are used by heads of state on state visit to the UK.


One of two Bentley State Limousines.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/2002_Bentley_State_Limousine.jpg

1977 Rolls Royce Phantom VI in front and 1986 Phatom VI behind.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Royal_cars.JPG

The UK Government also has its Government Car and Despatch Agency, which provides Jaguar Sentinel cars for the use of the Prime Minister, former prime ministers and senior ministers and also for visiting heads of state and government.


The US Secret Service maintains many armoured cadillac stretch limousines for the use of visiting heads of state and government and senior US government officials. I heard a news report earlier this year that the Secret Service has reduced the number of limousines it has in order to reduce cost, but I don't remember the exact number of limos it has.

President Obasanjo was driven in a Secret Service Cadillac limousine when he visited the US, while President Buhari was driven in a Secret Service Chevrolet Suburban.

The US president has two specially made Cadillac limousines and two specially made Chevrolet Suburbans that he uses. The cars are flown to wherever in the world that the president is travelling to. There are also several vehicles in the motorcade that always follow the president, no matter where he is going to. These include several heavily armoured Chevrolet Suburbans, an electronic counter measures vehicle (to jam radio frequencies and for communication) and an ambulance.

tee10:
@ Naptu2 great insights!

However is this long fleet of cars not a waste, shouldn't we at least reduce the number

People have been asking that question for as long as I can remember.

President Shagari bought a heck of a lot of black W126 S Class Benz for CVU in the early 1980s (they replaced the green W116 that were used by the military). He also bought a stretch W123 for the ground fleet. The W126 was nicknamed "Shagari Benz" by nigerians. People severely criticised Shagari because of the number of luxury cars in the CVU fleet. It was one of the reasons why he was hated by many nigerians.

Buhari and Babangida cut back on such luxuries when they came to power, but Babangida soon started spending like crazy. Nigeria hosted the OAU summit in 1991 and Babangida bought several (some say 25, some say 50) stretch W124 Mercedes Benz limousines to convey the heads of state that attended the summit. Some of the limousines were kept at the CVU depots in Lagos, Enugu and Kaduna after the summit. Babangida was also severely criticised for buying those cars.

Obasanjo felt that CVU was an unnecessary waste of resources, so he decided to sell the depots in Enugu and Kaduna and all the cars in Lagos, Enugu and Kaduna, but Yar'Adua reversed Obasanjo's directives.

President Jonathan planned to buy new Mercedes Benz S600 Maybach (W222) for the ground fleet (in Abuja) and BMW cars for CVU, but President Buhari reversed the plan. He said that there was no need to buy any new cars.

Keneking:
I get your point. The armed forces flag is useless at the point it is mounted on the official car of a civilian President because the agency which it evokes, is that of dictatorship not democracy.

My submission is that a party's flag (whether APC or PDP or HOPE or whatever) attached to an official car of the President is a marker of the place of democratic leadership in the country. Seeing it stand side-side the national flag would no doubt inspire more confidence in the democratic practise of the country.

How many heads of state have you seen flying their party's flag on their official (government owned) vehicle? They usually fly the national flag and the flag that's attached to their individual position (presidential flag, commander in chief's flag, etc).

Below is the US presidential limousine. You can see the presidential flag on the left of the car and the national flag on the right. Note that there is no Democratic Party flag on the car.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/GPA02-09_US_SecretService_press_release_2009_Limousine_Page_3_Image.jpg

Keneking:
You can not do away with the platform that brought you to power or leadership position.

You have the coat of arm mounted on the plate no board, the right hand of the front bonnet - Nigeria flag and the left hand side of the front bonnet should be the party's flag.

What does the armed forces flag represent? Who the flag EPP sef? Afterall, there is a backup of the forces in the convoy with various insignias.

Once the President is elected, he becomes the president of all nigerians, not just the president of a political party. The vehicles are bought with taxpayer's funds, not private or political party fund. Therefore, the political party's flag should not be flown on them.

In the UK, the Labour Party had to hire an armoured Daimler for Tony Blair, so that he would not campaign in the government owned Jaguar.

In the US, Al Gore got into trouble because he used a White House phone to make a campaign call.

In Nigeria, President Obasanjo pledged that he would not attend to political party issues during office hours.

There is a difference between the political party and the government. That's why it's not acceptable to use government funds for political party campaigns. It should also be illegal to use government property for political campaigns, eg flying party flags on government property.

The president is the Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces of the. Federal Republic Of Nigeria and he should therefore fly the Commander In Chief's flag.

Keneking:
I refer to response 3. Where is APC flag?

Does it imply that the party's symbol is no where the seat of power?

I think it's actually quite wrong to fly a party flag on a government vehicle or building that's paid for with tax payer's money. Those tax payers support various political parties (some don't even support any political party). Some governors do it, but I think it's wrong.

It should be the national flag and the state flag on a governor's car and the national flag and the armed forces flag on the president's car.

The Chief of Air Staff recently visited Bauchi for an event. See how his official car and his outrider's motorcycles were transported to Bauchi and back to Abuja in a C130. The president's vehicles are sometimes transported in the same way.

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One of the car ports at CVU's depot in Ikoyi in 1974. You can see the many identical cars here. In the 1980s this exact same car port was filled with W126 S Class Mercedes Benz. In 1991, some of the 6 door Mercedes Benz W124 cars that President Babangida bought were parked here. When Babangida came to Lagos in 1992, one of the limousines was taken from the depot to Murtala Muhammad Airport for his use. Another identical limo took him from Aso Rock to the airport in Abuja.


There are similar depots in Kaduna and Enugu with identical Mercedes Benz cars.


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arterxerxes:
I have been wondering and I need clarification.
The car I observed President Buhari used in Daura is a similar Car used in Abuja after he got back from Daura. The question now is:
Is it the same Car? Did the driver get to Abuja before Buhari left with His private Jet? Or were they different Cars?

If they are different cars, who owned they one in Daura?

If they are the same car, then how comes it got to Abuja and waiting before the President Entered it?

This is the one he used when he got back from Abuja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinanzFQj4M

This is the one he used in Daura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36WtS0n-6TM

The Price of this Car is $190,275


And What does that Red, White and Black flag signifies?

Please no insults, I just need clarification

I'm going to answer your question in three parts.

1) Conference Visitors Unit (CVU) and the Presidential Ground Fleet.

The CVU is the government agency that provides logistics for national and international conferences and events like AU and Ecowas summits that are hosted by Nigeria. It was set up in the early 1960s. It has a large fleet of executive cars and it has depots in Lagos, Kaduna, Enugu, etc, in addition to its headquarters in Abuja. President Obasanjo once planned to sell off the depots and cars, but this wasn't done.

The car you saw in Katsina might be from the CVU depot in Kaduna.

2) C130:

Sometimes the president's vehicles are flown in Air Force C130 cargo planes, so it might be the exact same car that took him to the airport in Abuja that he would ride in when he gets to Katsina.

3) The second flag is the Armed Forces flag. It is the flag of the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

Brace yourself for a classic.

Spiderman (1967-1970 cartoon). This was shown on LTV8 throughout the 1980s. It is an iconic cartoon with an iconic song (the song was covered by Timbaland, Magoo and Missy in 1998 and has featured in many Spiderman movies).

I had the video game of this version (on Atari 2600) back in the early 1980s.

Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can.
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves, just like flies.
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.

Is he strong?
Listen bud,
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing, from a thread?
Take a look, overhead.
Hey, there,
There goes the Spiderman.

In the chill of night,
At the scene of a crime,
Like a streak of light,
He arrives just in time.

Spiderman, Spiderman.
Friendly neighborhood Spiderman.
Wealth and fame,
He's ignored.
Action is, his reward.

To him, life is a great big bang up.
Whenever there's a hang up,
You'll find the Spider man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43sHQ9BKxg

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Spiderman And His Amazing Friends (1981-1983). Silverbird had the rights to this cartoon in Nigeria and they showed in on NTA2 Channel 5 (1990s), Cadbury's Breakfast Television (produced for Cadbury by Silverbird in the 1990s and 2000s) and STV (2000s).

Spiderman gained new friends (Iceman and Firestar) in this cartoon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgN0g4vqYMg

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Spiderman (1994 cartoon). This was shown on STV in the 2000s.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnEtDERtH2M

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Bonus.

Timbaland, Magoo and Missy - Here We Come (1998).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoL8uGVBtU

[size=14pt]S.W.A.T.[/size]
Special Weapons And Tactics.

Police, fire, ambulance. Back then we had an action packed police show (S.W.A.T), an action packed fire fighting series (Fire House) and a medical drama (General Hospital).

S.W.A.T. (1975-1976). Shown on NTA2 Channel 5 in the early '80s. Shown on LTV 8 throughout the '80s.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/01/68/3e/01683e2fd9979b311e5040d7a024c33b.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/SWAT_Logo.jpg

That famous piece of music. S.W.A.T. intro.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o0U_0WBSPU

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S.W.A.T. (2003 movie). Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and L.L. Cool J.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/S_w_a_t_ver6.jpg

Ishilove:
Oga naptu, sorry o but how old are you? You seem so aged

"Ehen", so you mean that we are aged?

This story was on the front page in February. https://www.nairaland.com/2927086/trailer-veers-off-bridge-lagos

[quote author=Ishilove post=47110470][/quote]You missed this version

THING RING, DO YOUR THING!

Benjy is the Thing. (Fred And Barney Meet The Thing. NTA2 Channel 5. 1980s)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Fred_and_Barney_Meet_the_Thing.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4GqlinBGQE

Charlie's Angels.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVtVru9KXao