Nigerians have been watching TV since forever. It started with local shows down to the foreign ones, we watched them all.
Before the advent of Zee World and Telemundo, we watched the telenovelas and followed up on the stories.

Telenovelas are different from US-style soap opera in that they rarely continue for more than a year. This makes them shorter than soap opera, but still much longer than serials

It was such an addiction that we even bought books that summarised the episodes for times when we missed the episodes due to NEPA or something. Good old days!

Here are some of the amazing telenovelas that kept us glued to our seats then.

1. Secrets of the Sand
Secrets of the Sand was Brazillian and was originally released in 1993. It told the story of twin sisters, Ruth and Rachel. A rich man falls in love with Ruth who truly loves him too, but he gets involved with Rachel, who’s after his wealth.

2. When You Are Mine
When You Are Mine or Cuando seas mía was a Mexican telenovela that was originally released between 2001 and 2002 but aired in Nigeria between 2005-2006. It featured Silvia Navarro as Teresa Suarez or Paloma and Sergio Basañez as Diego Sanchez-Serrano

3. Passions
Passions is an American soap opera which follows the lives and loves, and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony. The story-lines center on the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families.

4. Catalina and Sebastian
Remember Catalina and Sebastian? Portrayed by the same duo in When You Are Mine? Yeah. Same guys. Sebastian, a rich heir fell in love with Catalina, a simple girl with an opportunist mother and brother.

5. The Gardener’s Daughter
Undoubtedly one of our favorites because we could stare at Carlos Eduardo’s face all day and even more at Louisa Fernanda’s smile.

6. The Second Chance
This one had us waiting for the next episode all the time. Imagine what happens when rich man, Pedro Jose Do Noso comes back as Salvador Cerinza? Just out of this world honestly.

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Lalasticlala

since then,Nigerian girls are like

Passions, lorenzo's wife, sunset beach, esmeralda, all about camila.

fvck it, wrong thread!!!

Now no light for TV....No cartoons again for kids

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wendycindy:
Passions, lorenzo's wife, sunset beach, esmeralda, all about camila.

u go fear fear naw

I enjoyed Passions a lot! Sweet old memories!

This list is not complete. You left out one telenovela my sisters would die for back in the days. Even Mariam my neighbor no dey let person rest back then.

MARIA DE LOS ANGELES... One of the reasons my Saturday is always interesting.

I love passion as well. And also second chance was nice. But it was the last telenovela I saw.

happney65 I'm very sure you didn't watch any of this series back then. You still dey felele dey wear pant about.

Secrets of the sand, miss that one so Much
Passions don't know why it wasn't completed.very interesting soap.

Second chance another great one.

I can never forget Paloma and Diego in When You're Mine, they made love so easy and yet so complicated

The Rich also Cry

nice 1 OP..
I still hav second chance theme music in my phone


second chance is the best

RIP Lorena Rojas

please where can I download passions full series is not aired completely on tv

I watched all of this 3

Second chance
Passion!!
Catalina and Sebastian(whatever the spelling)



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What about............

.............THE RICH ALSO CRY ?

never heard any of this before

Passions was my favorite..

saw everything


NTA, AIT, STV

Secrets of the sand. Kai. I really enjoyed that series. If I could download it again, I would be very glad..

I can never forget passion at all...didn't watch it though Bt I had a classmate then at school who will come to school and narrate the episode she watched overnight...She won't let the class rest with her talk talk

I watched all D soap operas on dat list but today d way i hate telenovelas ehn ....

not that old but watched all sha

Did I hear u say all Nigerians in da 90s Must have watched dis.... Anty lock up oh

Sunnycliff:
I enjoyed Passions a lot! Sweet old memories!

But Ait No complete am naw