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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 7:56am On May 02, 2016

ajepako:
That sitcom is Basi and company written by late KEN SARO WIWA

Other sitcoms on NTA then were:

NEW MASQUERADE

NEW SAMANJA

SECOND CHANCE

SURA THE TAILOR

MY BELLE...MY HEAD BY JAGUA

KOKO CLOSE

Good ol days...

Very good, but Koko Close (Oluwalanbe Lodge) was on OGTV.

TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 7:36am On May 02, 2016

JoeBlocks:
I remember these programs very well. But I don't remember it was part of NiFeTeP.

I still remember the programs like yesterday. Amiwu in The Of Life, and Abiku,

I wonder what happened to the little girl in Abiku, the girl who played the lead character, the one possessed, she was a cute lil thing, was even crushing on her back then...

The answer to your question is on this thread (I hope the pictures are still visible, if not I'll have to update them).
https://www.nairaland.com/2788507/nigerian-child-stars-what-look

Politics › Re: Peter Nwaoboshi Buries His Father In Delta (pics) by naptu2: 7:29am On May 02, 2016

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 7:05am On May 02, 2016

JoeBlocks:
Not really. Kindly remind me what its about, may be I'll remember. When I was younger, I didn't pay attention to the title of things, just the content.

But I still remember Televest '86 like yesterday, cos I hated it with passion those days.

NiFeTeP = Nigerian Festival of Television Programmes.

It was basically a yearly competition between NTA stations. Each station submitted entries in various categories (drama, documentary, etc) and the entries were shown over a two or three week period, then there was an award ceremony at the end.

Some of the most famous NiFeTeP programmes include The Reign Of Abiku (NTA Channel 10) and The Pot Of Life (NTA Benin).

It was held from c1985-1989.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 6:50am On May 02, 2016

JoeBlocks:
Ya! Good to know my memory still serves me right, even though I was just a kid when I watched it. LOL.

But bro, you don old oh. LOL.

Do you remember NiFeTeP?

TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 6:30am On May 02, 2016

JoeBlocks:
I see. Was it the series Matt Dadzie killed Gladys for money ritual?, that he went to a native doctor, who summoned her in a reflection of water, and gave him (Matt) he knife which he used to stab her, via the water in the bowl thus killing her?

I remember vividly that Matt Dadzie's name was Dauda and Gladys' name was Hauwa or something like that if my memory serves me right.

Yes, I think that's Lynx. It was the most popular of the telemovies and it was shown many times (even after the main series had ended). It was one of the few times that Mat and Gladys Dadzie acted as a couple on screen.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 5:33am On May 02, 2016

JoeBlocks:
Hmm. Nice. Never knew all these, but I'm well aware of the programs.

CockCrow At Dawn starred Sadiq Daba and co...

Behind The Cloud starred Matt Dazie and Zack Amata and co..

I can't remember Telemovie, remind me a bit will you...

Telemovie was a series of television movies from Jos. Most of the movies were stand alone movies, but a few of them were in two or three parts. The most famous telemovie was Lynx. I can still remember a bit of the plot of Lynx, so I'll tell you about it.

Mat and Gladys Dadzie were married (I can't remember their screen names, but I remember that this was one of the few times that they acted as a married couple on screen). Mat had Gladys killed (I can't remember why). Gladys' ghost appeared to their little children. They were the only people who could see her in human form. She sometimes appeared to other people as a lynx cat. She eventually wreaked vengeance on Mat for killing her.

That's all I can remember. Telemovie was shown on the network service at 8 o'clock c1987-1988.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 5:21am On May 02, 2016

Ishilove:
Remind me again, what killed Nosa? I vaguely recall he was killed off in the series

JoeBlocks:
H died in real life, that's why he didn't feature in the series anymore, it was rumored that he was having an affair with a co star in the series in real life.

I had a picture of Nosa that I used to explain to people who didn't watch the series why so many young girls crushed on him, but I can't find it anymore sad

Anyway, Mac Arthur Fom died of cerebro-spinal meningitis. I was wondering what the producers of the show would do. The producers worked it into the show two weeks after his death. They first did a tribute to him a week after his death, then the character Nosa was also killed in the show two weeks later.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 8:43pm On May 01, 2016

deekseen:
Lol at rooster. I didn't see much of it though, too small to remember much. Though I recall Sadiq Daba and the theme song by Bongos Ikwe.

That was the first of the Jos school of programmes that I ever watched (it was started in 1980). In the 1980s we had the Lagos programmes, the Kaduna programmes, the Enugu programmes, etc, but the Jos school of programmes was the best. They gave us great shows like:

CockCrow At Dawn
Telemovie
Behind The Clouds
Etc

And produced fantastic actors like Sadiq Daba, Mat and Gladys Dadzie (I was the saddest person in the world when they divorced), George Mentie, Ene Oloja, Mac-Arthur Fom (Nosa in Behind The Clouds. The whole of Nigeria was mourned when died), etc.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 8:36pm On May 01, 2016

kuuljay:
bros I didn't even noticed,why d fuk did they change the name of rooster,are we in nursery school

I've been a victim of that thing so many times. I'll type Cock and the word censor will change it to rooster, so I learnt to type both words together CockCrow. It also gives me problems when I want to type DickTiger. Dick Tiger.

TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 8:31pm On May 01, 2016

2sexycom:
madam kofo

Redman44:
Madam Kofo was 'Madam De Madam' in Basi and Company, shey?

I hope I am right. Madam Kofo was also in 'Second Chance' which was a Sitcom about Adult Education. 'Second Chance' was also Popular in the Mid to Late 80's on NTA Network. I have attached the picture of Madam Kofo here. Cheers.

Ishilove:
It's a matter of cash! I remember those skyscraper geles

Madam The Madam in Basi And Company is different from Madam Kofo in Second Chance (NTA c1984-1989). Second Chance was the nigerian version of Mind Your Language.

Madam The Madam (in Basi And Company) was a member of the American Doller Club and was Basi's landlady. Her catch phrase (when people hailed her with the words Madam The Madam) was "It's a matter of cash". The role was played by Aso Douglas.

Madam Kofo (in Second Chance) was a wealthy clothes trader. She was noted for her extravagant gele. The role was played by Abiola Atanda who actually took up the job of tying gele professionally in the late 1990s and was a Glo ambassador in the mid to late 2000s.

Second chance had actors like:

Funso Alabi as Teacher Gyang

The great Tony St Iyke as Okonkwo (he also did a lot of adverts, including that famous UBA advert). Okonkwo was an igbo businessman

Isaac Ijoma as Anuka the igbo mechanic and spare parts trader. Ijoma Isaac was also the president of the association of voice over actors of Nigeria. He did most of the pidgin English adverts on radio.

Rolly the waffi girl (she was kind of like Danielle in Mind Your Language. Everybody was attracted to her).

Mallam Bello the butcher.

James Johnson Fyne Face (the comical character that was attracted to Rolly)

Etc.

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/308273_10150359425752790_4978580_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=8a1cf13d9350400c08b9909035af4ea5&oe=57B098B2

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 8:03pm On May 01, 2016

kuuljay:
guy you don chop plenty christmas am sure you know about cock crow at dawn too

Ishilove check this out. Nairaland word censor strikes again! CockCrow At Dawn = Cock Crow At Dawn.

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TV/Movies › Re: Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 3:46pm On May 01, 2016

1) Basi

2) Zulu Adigwe (I didn't quite get used to him. I always preferred the person that acted that role before him. He didn't quite get the Mr B walk).

3) Albert Egbe (I first saw him in Jagua Nana's daughter in 1987. He acted alongside Richard Mofe-Damijo and Chinua Achebe's daughter. That was also the first time that I saw Richard Mofe Damijo [he was credited as Evans Mofe Damijo).

4) Basi And Company (8pm on NTA Network from c1988-1990).

5) It was written by Ken Saro Wiwa. He later published a couple of books that were based on the sitcom (I still have one of them). There were many clues within the sitcom that he was the one that wrote it. The most popular beer at Dandy's bar was called Saros Beer and I think there was an episode that featured a bank called Saros Bank.

Mildred Iweka was (of course) my favourite Segi.

Basi And Company (The Transistor Radio).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc1ujHlA5MY

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Politics › Re: See How SA 2 Kano Governor Disgraced Himself Afta Getting His Appointment Letter by naptu2: 3:34pm On May 01, 2016

blithe2nice:
can u imagine! Na me come even worst pass...Na autocorrect wahala o...maybe that was what actually happened in that dude's case too.

And that's exactly my point.

Politics › Re: See How SA 2 Kano Governor Disgraced Himself Afta Getting His Appointment Letter by naptu2: 3:34pm On May 01, 2016

cleatoris:
Stop blaming this ludicrous show of mediocrity and incompetence on Autocorrect. Appointment is appointment. It is either he knows how to spell it or not.
If you carefully examine the words that he used, you'll find out that he spelled appointment in his Hausa (or fulani) accent.

"A point man" is not even remotely close to the word appointment. This usually happens when you are using an ipad which suggests various options. I blame him for not re-reading what he wrote, but it's obvious that the error was caused by autocorrect.

Politics › Re: See How SA 2 Kano Governor Disgraced Himself Afta Getting His Appointment Letter by naptu2: 3:15pm On May 01, 2016

jonhemma11:
So Gidado Ahmad was excited to get his appointment letter as SA to the Kano State governor on Media. He rushed to Facebook to spread the news but it back fired as he made a spelling error and people have been making fun of him;

Source: http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/05/see-terrible-mistake-gidado-ahmad-sa.html

Autocorrect.

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Politics › Re: See How SA 2 Kano Governor Disgraced Himself Afta Getting His Appointment Letter by naptu2: 3:13pm On May 01, 2016

blithe2nice:
Another dullard sighted ......who knows his father,he most tell me why he didn't use condom.

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TV/Movies › Do You Know This Classic Nigerian Sitcom? by naptu2(op): 1:41pm On Apr 30, 2016

Do you know

1) The screen name of the person in the red tshirt?

2) The real name of the person in the red tshirt?

3) The name of the actor who initially played the role of the person in the red tshirt?

4) The name of the sitcom?

5) The name of the person that wrote this situation comedy? (He was a famous writer and activist).

Clue: You can easily figure out the answer to questions one and four by reading what's written on the tshirt.

[img]http://america.pink/images/5/8/4/5/7/8/en/2-basi-and-company.jpg[/img]

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Politics › Re: Jermaine Jackson Visits Bola Tinubu by naptu2: 1:01pm On Apr 30, 2016

fidtopade:
Can anyone tell us reason for the visit?

He is in Lagos to take part in the Lagos International Jazz Festival. He is also working with PSquare and he plans to build a music academy in Lagos.

Politics › Re: Jermaine Jackson Visits Bola Tinubu by naptu2: 7:04am On Apr 29, 2016

Jermaine Jackson ft Stevie Wonder - Let's Get Serious (And Fall In Love) (1980).

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

Politics › Re: Jermaine Jackson Visits Bola Tinubu by naptu2: 6:59am On Apr 29, 2016*

Jermaine! My third favourite member of the Jackson family.

He is here to collaborate with PSquare. I remember that they showed him their "Personally" video and he liked it. He also did a song with them called "Zombie".

I wonder if he'll have the time to checkout Marlon's museum in Badagry.

This is my favourite Jermaine Jackson song. It was a major talking point in Nigeria back then (c1989) because he had just separated from his wife when he released the song and people kept debating whether the song was about her and whether the song was appropriate.

Don't take it personal,
Take the bitter with the sweet.
Easy come, easy go.

Don't take it personal,
Take the bitter with the sweet.
Some good things come to an end

Jermaine Jackson - Don't Take It Personal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYWMOD5aNs

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