THE REIGN OF ABIKU. FARIDA SANUSI-ALABRABA.
Everybody preferred NTA 2 Channel 5 to NTA Channel 10 in the 1980s, but Channel 10 had a knack for producing phenomenal entries for the Nigerian Festival of Television Programmes (NIFETEP). This was one of the best entries ever (it was Channel 10's entry in the 1985 or 1986 edition).
Abiku Abiku, Ogbanje Ogbanje!! This words sent chills down many children's spines. This chant confronted us each time the programme was about to be aired.
Omotara was a sweet little girl during the day, but she had some really scary friends that visited her every night. Farida Sanusi's acting was superb, especially during the deliverance session. I'm sure you can remember her growling.
I think The Reign of Abiku and The Pot Of Life (NTA Benin/1987) are the best Nifetep entries ever.
That was 30 years ago. This is what she looks like now (she is now an accountant and fitness instructor).
THE THIRD EYE. YOMI ADEYEMI-WILSON.
This was one of the best detective series on the NTA. Olu Jacobs was a police detective who had a very special little helper that assisted him in unravelling the most difficult cases. His very intelligent little daughter (Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson) would always provide a different perspective that would assist him in catching criminals (she often did this unknowingly).
The only flaw in this show was that the NTA continued to portray Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson as a Home Science pupil even when she had moved on to QC (this was in the last 2 or 3 years of the show). You could tell that she was past primary school age.
Her father is Engineer Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson who was the spokesman for Mobil Nigeria, first CEO of FEPA and former President of AFN.
Third Eye was originally aired between c1989-c1994 and this is how Yomi Awosope (nee Adeyemi-Wilson) looks like now (if I remember correctly, she attended Home Science, Queens College and Unilag (law).
Everybody preferred NTA 2 Channel 5 to NTA Channel 10 in the 1980s, but Channel 10 had a knack for producing phenomenal entries for the Nigerian Festival of Television Programmes (NIFETEP). This was one of the best entries ever (it was Channel 10's entry in the 1985 or 1986 edition).
Abiku Abiku, Ogbanje Ogbanje!! This words sent chills down many children's spines. This chant confronted us each time the programme was about to be aired.
Omotara was a sweet little girl during the day, but she had some really scary friends that visited her every night. Farida Sanusi's acting was superb, especially during the deliverance session. I'm sure you can remember her growling.
I think The Reign of Abiku and The Pot Of Life (NTA Benin/1987) are the best Nifetep entries ever.
That was 30 years ago. This is what she looks like now (she is now an accountant and fitness instructor).
THE THIRD EYE. YOMI ADEYEMI-WILSON.
This was one of the best detective series on the NTA. Olu Jacobs was a police detective who had a very special little helper that assisted him in unravelling the most difficult cases. His very intelligent little daughter (Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson) would always provide a different perspective that would assist him in catching criminals (she often did this unknowingly).
The only flaw in this show was that the NTA continued to portray Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson as a Home Science pupil even when she had moved on to QC (this was in the last 2 or 3 years of the show). You could tell that she was past primary school age.
Her father is Engineer Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson who was the spokesman for Mobil Nigeria, first CEO of FEPA and former President of AFN.
Third Eye was originally aired between c1989-c1994 and this is how Yomi Awosope (nee Adeyemi-Wilson) looks like now (if I remember correctly, she attended Home Science, Queens College and Unilag (law).
| Yomi and Niyi Awosope |
RIPPLES. GENEVIEVE NNAJI.
Ripples (c1988-c1994) was the hottest soap on Nigerian tv in 1988, but it was soon overshadowed by Behind The Clouds (1989) and Checkmate (1991). I didn't watch many episodes of Ripples beyond 1988 (after that I only watched it when everybody else was talking about something that happened on the show), so I'm struggling to remember the storyline, but I'll give it my best shot.
The lead actor (in the beginning) was Sola Fosudo. He was a rich playboy who always had problems with his wife (I think Yetunde Idowu acted as his wife) who was a lawyer. They had a daughter and I think he also had a girlfriend. Anyway, he died in a car crash and the show then focused on the problems that his wife encountered after his death (especially from the evil Talab Abass [played by Alex Usifo Omiagbo). That little daughter was Genevieve Nnaji and here's how she looks like now.
Music.
Tosin Jegede produced a string of hits in the mid-1980s (c1984-c1987). This is what she looked like then.
And this is what she looks like now.
Chichi of Africa burst on the scene around 1988 to give Tosin Jegede a run for her money. She later served as personal assistant to Dele Momodu. This is what she looks like now
Benita Okojie had a string of hits in the mid and late 1990s starting with the breakout hit 'Osamudiame".
Benita Okojie had a string of hits in the mid and late 1990s starting with the breakout hit 'Osamudiame".
and this is what she looks like now. I can barely recognise her
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