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I've got a pretty long list i suppose.
Anyone from All Saint's Anglican Pry School yaba 1978 set?
Also hoping to hear from anyone that attended Jibril Martin's memorial grammers school 1983 set.
Looking Folake Abass who was there with me and lived around Ajao estate(Airport) at the time, Would love to hear from any of these guys.
Federal school of arts and science Victoria Island Lagos 1983-85 set


king Yellow Speaking!

Guys i just read an article today 9/7/2006 that the FCT Minister is about to release some funds for an abuja rail system to take off. hmmmmm. They must have read these postings.
Also OBJ has just signed some stuff with some canadians to help sort things out, Thanks for the circle line angle

Hi Clocky, Thanks for making mention of a rail system. I think our leaders are scared of travelling by railway or they own all the trailers on the roads and are scared that a ressurection of our dead rail system will handicap their trailer business.
Forget the 4th lagos Mainland bridge cos it ain't happening. It was an election gimmick for the 2003 elections.
Lets talk about Abuja a city that was "supposedly planned" with the benefit of hindsight. How come there's no railway from Abuja airport to the centre of town? Infact there's no city centre in Abuja so i wonder where the train will terminate.
A beg lef matter. These guys travel all over the world and yet cannot replicate something that has the blue print available.

Ok Carm, Got ya! I haven't heard him before. But i shall be on the look out. I Don't like accidental discharge, a la Nigeria police

GLO, need i say more?

Ah Peeps i beg to differ here. I totally understand the need for one to speak eloquently and with clarity. But if 2 face chooses to speak pidgin english i dont see anything wrong with it. American Rap artistes dont speak proper English yet they get by.
Bob marley and a whole generation of reggae acts from Jamaica have for the last 3 decades or so spoken Jamaican "patois" which the Jamaican form of broken English. They make no apologies about it. Like they say"U either like it or bite it". So if 2 Face wan chat inna pidgin" Mek him Gwaaaannnnnnnnn."
As long as he can communicate with his audience.
Now am not making an excuse for one not polishing one's self but the medium of expression is entirely at the speaker's discretion.

@Carmelily.Thanks hon. I have only heard one collaboration and that was with Beenie man. Good Vybe, nice party atmosphere song. Would sound even better when you've swung a few glasses too many.
Well I have to hit the nail on the head again. If 2face had any serious management, they should have sorrounded him with some pretty good song writers. Go and check all of Michael Jackson's hit songs in the 80's and also check who produced them. Quincy Jones. Making hit songs is a multi-dimensional thing. You can have a great voice but have shyte lyrics. You also need a damn good producer.
The quality of the stuff produced in Nigeria sometimes doesn't come out right. I used to own a reggae sound system and played all over. What i noticed was whenever i switched from playing a foreign tune to a song that was produced in Naija, the sound quality would drop and i would have to quickly reset the eq and ting.
2Face has got looks, Voice etc going. Get him a good song writer. Let him hang around top studios in the states. Tell you what? Just let him go and live with WYCLEF for 12 months. Am serious.

4get me. Thanks for your submission. Totally agree with all you said. Just used "different brands" as in a difference in liturgy, approach etc. As you will find in my last words, absolute faith in God and in the lordship of Jesus is the most essential thing. Thanks once more.

Last Night 05/07/2006 the police in Brighton cancelled reggae artiste BUJU BANTON's concert in the heart of Brighton's gay community following protests from gays and lesbians that BUJU's lyrics encourages homophobia.
In a quick reaction the police in nearby Bournemouth also cancelled BEENIE MAN's forthcoming concert earlier slated for July 29.
The Gay and Lesbian Community are particularly vexed at BUJU's earlier big Hit BOOM BYE BYE which includes the lines,

"Is like boom bye bye inna batty bwoy* head (batty boy- lovers of rear entry)
Rude no promote no batty man dem a fe dead"

I have heard the Banton say those songs were composed in his earlier days of ignorance(not that he now supports homosexuality, JAH FORBID) but he knows better than flashing such controversial lyrics in the public domain.
Infact BUJU doesn't sing BOOM BYE BYE in any of his concerts again.
For the last or so 15 months, the gay community made it hard for reggae artistes to play outside Jamaica.
They forced Shaba to make a televised apology to the gay movement in New York.

So what de heck dem want again ?
Is like dem want de ghetto youth dem blood.
This is just a ploy to stop our talented youth dem from reach pon top.
Is Jamaican artistes today! Tomorrow they will be stopping P-SQUARE, MARVELLOUS BENJY, SHOWKEY, FACE , and all other talents from showcasing our abilities. Nuff said. Youth and Youth beware.
Nuff respec to the Anglican Community. 4ward ever!

Seun thanks for taking time out to do a little research on the topic. As with most things in life, people will believe what they want to believe, for various reasons. Even in the time of Jesus, there was a school of thought that leaned heavily towards the "hard road"as exemplified by John the Baptist. The bible said he ate locusts and wild honey and only dressed in outfits made of Camel hair. Jesus however was of a "lenient" disposition. But at no time did Jesus say that because John lived a hard life he was more worthy of heaven or that because he Jesus lived a more comfortable lifestyle(when compared to John) that he was not a believer.
Infact both of them testified of one another, Jesus calling John the greatest born of woman. While John said he was unworthy to untie the laces of Jesus' sandals.
My submission is as long as we live, there will be "different brands" so to speak of the gospel but What is the underlying element? JESUS IS LORD.

Am supoposed to be at work but this thread has got me laughing my head off. Brought back memories well over 2 decades ago and i have had to send some postings to frinds of mine who went to FGC's too. Thanks to who ever started this. Nuff laughter!

Carmelily there's another thread where someone insinuated that 2face Idibia stole the lyrics to his hit song "African Queen".(I believe that everyone knows the true story is by now) Well while that is not the purpose of this thread, i just want to agree with some issues you have touched upon here and which i also mentioned in the other thread. 2face lacks quality management and that will seriously affect how far he would go in the music world. Like you rightly noted, there should have been a remake/rework of the "African Queen" video.
The world is now a global village-smaller than my mothers village of ijebu-Owerri. We cannot isolate Naija artistes from the rest of the world so we must start doing things that match up to world standards cos that's the standard by which we will be judged whether we like it or not.
Dare Art Alade's ESCALADE video wasn't bad. Think that would get a good airing anywhere in the world.
2face needs to drop KENNIS if he's to fulfil his potentials cos i must say the geezer's got something going for him,

I will borrow it, that is use it and plan to repay it later,
Must commend your courage. Thanks for giving my generation hope that there are still a few good people out there.

Fellow Gunners
At a time like this, we must remain steadfast and prayerful as our enemies continue to roar like lions seeking whom they may devour.
On this occasion, they have failed. If they try anything else, they will fail. Infact they are failures.They can only fail.
By now you will think spurs would be used to playing second fiddle -just like Atiku. But for where? They still try to engage us the incumbent in mind games.
HOLD IT FOLKS i just contacted my gazing ball AND I SEE SPURS PLAYING IN THE GLOBACOM PREMIER LEAGUE IN THE YEAR 20,
Did i hear an Amen from the faithfull?,



Nothing Else but a GUNNER!

Xkape, Good talk. Always been my view of Nollywood. I currently do no indulge in Nigerian movies because of the low quality (production wise) of most of the movies. But I am happy you said Nollywood is capable of doing better, Anyone remembers NTA drama festival? It was a yearly event where all NTA stations across the country would submit an entry and a winner would emerge. The all round production was fantastic.
Since the 1960's Nigerians have been doing movies that were worthy of international acceptance. I guess we all live in the "anything goes" and "get rich quick" era hence the nonsense we are fed from Nollywood.
Pa Ogunde's films were shown in the London west end. Great stuff can come out of Nollywood am positively sure.

Well am celebrating your victory already check dis

Oh yes sister Eve you really are de best
de best inna de east, and de best inna de west
de best inna any musical contest
de Judges agree and dem all confess
No singer like Eve inna de whole world yet
every knee shall bow every tongue confess
De girl so good dats why she full ah progress
An de NAIRALAND MASSIVE dem jus a wish her SUCCESS


OH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Propre you highlighted what would happen in every "normal" situation. It didn't need a damning report to show that banks had no business running ATM machines. Last christmas i was faced with the same problems experienced by some of the contributors on this page the "OUT OF ORDER" ATM's.
This led me to quickly take a short study on how ATM's are managed here in the UK. I realised there were dedicated maintenance companies who either offered 1st Level service or second level service.
Brothers if only our banks will open up and be transparent, the maintenance part of the ATM's will generate new business and income for a new group of entrepreneurs.
I will be in the country (Lagos) from the 3rd of june until the 15th of june 2006. Lets hook up and discuss further

Whey ya seh Jah Shaka!
Nuff respec for dat piece. I dont want to sound critical of my fellow nigerian brothers for whom i have the biggest respec. You have hit the nail on the head, TUFACE should have started exploiting his commercial abilities by now. Fashion line, Tv programme( people say he cant speak english, but i think he has a rapport with the crowd) they can do a TV programme that will be built around him. How about being an ambassador for UNICEF or any other UN body? He has done a chart topping song about African Women so why can't he front an anti female genital mutilation body or set up his own NGO? I have worked in the past with a few Jamaican artistes, Buju Banton own Operation Willy(AIDS AWARENESS NGO), Bob Marley's kids run a massive rasta colour clothes line. They are not better than any of our Nigerian artistes. I recently designed a TV talent show with TUFACE in mind called"Let 2Face Judge" where wannabe contestants come to sing in front of 2Face and he says whether they are good enough or not.
Its all just marketing and this is what brings in the extra cash, endorsements. Do you know that Tiger Woods cannot be seen outside without wearing something that has NIKE on it? That deal is worth US D $20million.
I first got to know about this years ago when i did a bit of work with a group called MUSICAL YOUTH(remember Pass de Doutchie?). They had a deal with Nike too in the early 80's. I got a few NIKE trainers too.
So what we lack in Nigeria is PROPER ARTISTE MANAGEMENT. Going everywhere with an artiste is not artiste management. Organising Concerts is not artiste management(leave that to concert promoters) but unfortunately our friends at KENNIS dont seem to care. Or how do you explain in this day and age the lack of a fully functional website for a company like KENNIS? So if i want to buy CD's of any of their artistes and i dont live in Nigeria where do i go?
If KENNIS lack a website dont expect their artistes to have one. So all those in the house who want to go in to artiste management rise up. Am actually thinking about it though and i will be in lagos from the 3rd of June until the 21st to discuss with some artistes with a view of signing some artsistes.

Let's just say all members of plantashun boyz are very talented in their own individual ways.What we want is to see more Nigerian acts go on to the world stage and get awards that are befitting. Music is a weapon and We can use it to good effect.
When i look at the array of talented people in this country, I FEEL PROUDLY NIGERIAN.

Wal Mart in Nigeria is not so much of a big deal. What i fear is the future of our small retailers- the Iya Onikiri and mallam ciga kiosks. As you are well aware, our economy is still being largely driven by these small contributors. The emergence of the likes of wal Mart/ TESCO(UK) is already affecting the fortunes of the corner shops in the developed world. I wonder what it would do in Nigeria.

We accept that customer service currently available in Nigeria cannot be compared with what is offered abroad. Unfortunately as the world continues to integrate and businesses merge and relocate, Nigeria is becoming a player willingly or not and the big corporations that will be doing business with Nigerians will demand for the same kind of service that is obtainable in the developed world.
Training is key and the sooner Nigerian companies agree that customer service is instrumental to their overall success, the better it will be for their profits.
by the way i ama customer service training cosultant and have been running the "Achieving Excellence in Customer service" course for sometime now all over Europe. So if you know any companies in Nigeria that can do with out business let me know.