Born in 1942, named Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi

He began his professional career in the 50's after tutelage under "Fatai Rolling Dollar" another popular lagos musician.

He formed the band "International Brothers" in 1964 which later evolved into "Inter-reformers" in the 70s

Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits and talking drums. Obey's musical strengths lie in weaving intricate Yoruba axioms into dance floor compositions. As is characteristic of Nigerian Yoruba social circle music, the Inter-Reformers band excel in praise singing for rich Nigerian socialites and business tycoons. Obey, however, is also renowned for christian spiritual themes in his music and has since the early 1990s retired into Nigerian gospel music ministry.

On this track he says " Aiye wa atooro" meaning "our lives shall experience progressive success; as confession after offering prayers to the God of heaven. One thing you would enjoy from such music asides the lyrics (if you understand them) is the harmonization of the strings and the drums. Some of his titles are even popular sang in churches today

Chief commander Ebenezer Obey......we celebrate you!!!!

Obey is currently planning a short tour in America starting with a performance at The Atrium in Atlanta, Georgia on the 16th of this month and also the 18th of Newark in New Jersey

Listen and Enjoy..........



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4rTDpDvHgE#at=768

http://www.infonubia.com/2013/08/throwback-thursday-ebenezer-obey-aiye.html

oche_ejemb: This article is in very poor taste. Very poor, one would expect better from Sahara but well, they are Sahara.

This is a promo video, and advert for Lagos. All the places shown are in Lagos not London or New York or your village. Lagos is progressing, 50+ years of infrastructure decay on the one hand, and organic population growth on the other hand cannot be overcome in one day or even a few years, but Lagos is trying to overcome this, meething these challenges head on.

Lagos is a city that one-tenth of Nigeria's population calls home, it is indeed one of the safest places in the country (as unsafe as it may be), and it is a place that with the right amount of funds anybody would love love love to call home.

Yes, Lagos has slums, traffic and a shît load of other problems, Fashola and Tinubu did not cause these problems, Fashola is actively trying to fix them the way no other governor before him has. It would be stupid, in trying to increase revenue by wooing tourists and investors, to show them the slums of Lagos. Are they being invited to experience the slums or the splendour of Lagos?

correct pesin

if dem no do, people go complain....if dem do...people go complain

what exactly do nigerians want set

the problems in Lagos are not peculiar to lagos alone; all the security, bad roads, traffic exist here in the US.......u need to see the slums of brooklyn new york

they even have beggars dat compete with the alumanjiris in lagos

like fashola said....dr is no finish line, its a continuous effort to make the state a better place

exxell:
Voila.... The Dumbest Comment On Nairaland For The Month Of June!

no mind am; very dumb comment

what is more important dan tackling societal issues from the root......

dey av made a good choice if they stick to it, but if u can not keep ur pants on...dnt speak low of those dat can abeg

moving on!

emmysenior:

HYPOCRITE

u dey mind dem

i neva kiss before come be headline

the guy dat made best student in ma set (public university) na jugunu!!! chuk anything in skirt ........

and pastors sef dey make 3rd class,

moral of the story; read ya book, no b kiss go determine ur grade

mu2sa2: Absolutely. There's even ethnic twist to the travail of al-mustapha. Anyone who's been following his case will know that there is no way he could have got justice in a Lagos state court because his trial is heavily politicized with added dose of bigoted Yoruba bias. This sham trial and show of shame has been on now for nearly 15 years. The higher courts should right the wrong that has been done to this gentleman who's been punished for the perceived wrongs of Abacha.

i really dnt understand u ......

it would be very myopic of u to consider dis a tribal issue; the man killed someone.......defence said, he is only a tool in the hands of abacha; prosecution said he has a mind of his own...the case drags on and on for 15 years simply because no judge get mind to pass a judgement dat we all know is right...
where is the trace of bigoted yoruba bias in dat....bdw cos the court is in lagos does not mean the judge is yoruba oooo

people like u are so myopic dat it hurts; one thing happen....u don dey talk tribe....

Royal Roy:


STOP CALLING HIM A NIGERIAN PLEASE...........WTF

please tell dat dude
The guy is not Nigerian......whc kain wahala b dis!

Built2last: i've kept asking myself what did Al-mustapha do that is worse than the looting and embezzlement going on in present day governance. they should decide on his case or let this young guy be for heaven's sake. Harry Marshal was assasinated, Bola Ige was assasinated and many others. where are their killers? The whole thing appears to be more political than justice.

whether political or justice; the fact is dat the guy killed or conspired to kill....he has bin caught and should pay the price
For Gods sake, for once; Nigeria should do whats right
since we dnt know the killers of harry marshal and co yet, the ones we know lets make dem pay

interesting

Nairaland is obviously going over boarders here

"always post in proper english; use of correct spelling and grammer is compulsory"

Did u add to my school fees? abi did i come and beg money from you seun

i can type whatever way i want as long as am able to communicate with people,

dont take acceptance of your forum, as a means to disrespect people abeg (ask Hi5, where are they today)

telling how to spell and how to type

infact am offended, go ahead ban me.........mschewwwww

as if na secondary school we dey.....

dat number 7 is so true

clapping when the plane lands .......

cnt just understand....

wiz prince

aiye ma baje ni oooo

infact ara ma san pa e ni

u are one of the useless people dat wnt allow dis country settle....

double mouthed son of a monkey like u

come up here and compare clinton and jonathan,

u shld read what the international community thinks of our fight against corruption......rubbish!!!

Inik: Fani kayode is a careless talker, you have no right to insult someone just because you disagree with his views

so u agree with his views.......

ABATi deserves every curse he can get from Nigerians, a double mouthed son of the devil like dat

he shld not forget that dat position he holds is not forever ooo; he wld soon join d masses

hian!!

shymexx: Plausible...

There's no way he would have paid her that amount, yet Kim K had only $20,000 in her account when it was hacked last week...

lmaooooooo

nairaland will not kill me........the money fit dey fixed deposit na

oohooohohohoh

i laffed my brains off at ur decking at the carnal

broa am rly sorry buh u told d story so well i could not but laff

and u wr right wen u said everybody has dia own problem, u will be surprised at the number of pple wif mental illness in Nigeria

may God help us......

i thot dotun denied dey were dating

me i dnt understand how secrecy helps dis relationships dat dey all want to be deceivin demselvs

same for aunty tiwa too.....hian!

anyways congrats

Gabriel_sylar: Warrabout indian bsc?

lmfaooooo am rolling on the floor wif lafta

u sick bro!!!

romanlaw: GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE MAN IS YORUBA MAN! WITH ALL THEIR NOISE MAKING ON NAIRALAND. DAME GEJ IS EVEN BETTER THAN THIS ONE. IF THEY SACK HIM NOW AND REPLACE HIM WITH SOME ONE FROM ANOTHER TRIBE YORUBAS WILL START CRYING.

U see dat u are a very useless person
U av quickly attributed his incompetence to his tribe
U r one of d useless people spoiling dis country
Mschewwww
If we check well now, nairaland and facebook are d only websites u know
Nonsense!!!

I dnt understand what u mean by comfortable in boots in such hot weather
leather boots are for the summer na......, even dose dat work at the red light district....wear it at night when its cold ooo
nigerians wanna copy fashion blindly

huni_naija: A lady wearing knee high boots for naija? There's nothing we wont see for that country sha!

With that type of heat her legs must be smelling like a fish market! Na wa!!

BUAHAAHHAHA....

I AV SEEN IT ALL

make dem free kim abeg

Nigerians av berra things to worry about

like why is jonathan still out president

hian!!!

i got my own VISA to the US without bin asked any serious question at all oo, the interviewer saw a picture of my wife and said she looked beautiful....dats was all

i was just beaming with a wide grin and said thank u

he gave me that white sheet with the collection center address and asked me to pick my passport

i was freaking scared but kept my calm, oluwa was involved!!

sigh

i thot banky was bigger dan dis na

wats wif making u who u are

nonsense!!

all u people sayin " valentine beats me", " you are not interested"....

its because u people are fucking single ...... hw can everybody around u be cuddling up and doin fun thinz togeda and u say u are nt interested

get da Bleep outta here jare .......uselessness of the highest order

they will have a menu now.....just find similarities with what you are used to

take for example - fried rice; u know what fried rice is so if u hear shrimp fried rice and onion sauce; u know it is eatable

but are we saying its only igbos dat rape, i heard of the rape in OAU too, maybe dr wr no video evidences though

my point is we are nigerians, and its sad nigerians wld stoop so slow like dis

our government don fall our hand, and we are also now falling each odas hands

lets speak out against the Act which is a crime and stop addressing tribal issues

God bless Nigeria

slow down people

we should all come together and condemn dis act of wickedness in high places

the even was done on a nigerian by nigerians; not igbo or hausa or yoruba

her face is all over the internet, nigerians are now first of all terrorist and now rapist,

abeg cantell and bootyonme, take a leak

u guys seem to kmow nothing about music oooo
hw cab u put GT and djinee on ur ao called list
Djinee is a super talent , av u heard dat album of his, its loaded
GT is also nt bad, he is just coming up and he had sum cool stuff on his album
lyrically timayas new album is better , really
9ice has sum new singles dat make sum sense, featuring da grin, MI and mode 9
i agree tetuila is finished, also idris , styl=plus only av to change location, dat abuja is nt working for dem
dey shld try sum new producer other dan sunky and mekoyo, try imagining TY-Mix producing for dem

its ok for u to tell him, he actually might nt mind, but luking at marriage , u guyz must be prepared for wat the future holds, if he doesnt mind, wat about his parents, , his friends and family. can he cope wen u start growing wrinkles and he still luking charming cos he is younger,

dnt generalise
its nt an all men thing
9ice was unfaithful, dats basic
dr are sum sane celebs out dia