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  • Uzoenyi debuts for Sundowns

    Uzoenyi debuts for Sundowns

    Ejike Uzoenyi has finally made his debut for  South Africa side,Mamelodi Sundowns,as they secured a 2-0 victory over AmaZulu in a Premier Soccer League (PSL) game.

    After a protracted battle to get his work permit, Uzoenyi has now spent four weeks in South Africa training with his new team but failed to make his debut until yesterday.

    The CHAN MVP played the last 15 minutes of the game replacing Surprise Moriri.

    Uzoenyi was expected to debut in the midweek game against Orlando Pirates but Coach Pitso Mosimane opted to leave him out as Sundowns got whipped 3-0.

    The ex-Enugu Rangers ace, left out of coach Stephen Keshi 23 man AFCON 2015 qualifier list, was introduced with Sundowns 2-0 up courtesy of a Cuthbert Malajila brace.

    It’s left to be seen if his 15 minute appearance will force coach Pitso Mosimane to give him his first start in their next league game.

  • Wow! Kids debuts on Next Movie Star

    Wow! Kids debuts on Next Movie Star

    With the introduction of a boot camp for kids, Digital Interactive Media, the organisers of Next Movie Star (NMS) reality show, has, no doubt, opened another vista of opportunity for youths who desire to be future stars.

    Shola Fajobi, honcho of the company and executive producer of the show, said the initiative is part of activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the popular reality television show.

    According to him, “The boot camp attracted kids between the ages of five and 12 from private and public schools across Lagos and Ogun States. But only 50 of the hundreds of kids that applied actually made it into the boot camp.”

    He described the participants as the exceptional ones who showed cutting-edge talents, flair and passion for acting. “Apart from being grouped into classes code-named Joke Silva and Sam Dede, the kids also studied the works of the two iconic actors, while also getting involved in specially-designed activities like talk shows, drama presentations, recreational and concentration games designed to enhance and develop their acting, presentation skills and special talents,” he further said.

    The Nation gathered that the kids were guided through several tasks and tutoring by one of Nollywood’s actresses, Tamara Eteimo of the popular TV sitcom, Mama Bomboy and Zerziyia Wilson, an actress and presenter of Excite On TV.

    At the end of the various exercises, Obasanya Taofeek, Wilson Andem, Vivian Ogah Ikwen and Mitchell Amah won the Best Male and Female Acting Wow! Kids respectively, while kid saxophonists, Divine Dimeji Jojolola and Ayanda Jawarat won the Most Talented Male and Female Wow! Kids.

    Other kids who showed outstanding talents include Tunmise Fesojoye (Best Attentive Wow! Kid), Emmanuel Okorie (Smartest Acting Wow! Kid), Oghene Tejiri (Most Promising Female, Acting Wow! Kid) and Favour Ogbona, Best Presenting Wow! Kid.

    The winners were presented with certificates of participation and awards for their efforts by the winner of the NMS Africa Reloaded 2013, Akinwale Feyisekemi and V-channels presenter, actress and first runner -up of the 2012 edition, Bridget Chigbufue.

    All the exceptionally talented kids discovered at the boot camp, according to the organizers, will be commissioned as contract staff of the company to partake in movie projects specially designed for kiddies’ programmes on Who Will Love my Children, the kiddies’ belt on Variety Channel TV (V-channel) and Oodua TV on Startimes Pan Africa.

  • Enterprise Bank promo debuts

    Enterprise Bank promo debuts

    Enterprise Bank Limited at the weekend launched its ‘Brazil 2014 BetaLife Promo’, which will enable six of its customers win an all-expense-paid trip to Brazil next year. The bank said in a statement that the programme is part of its quest to continually delight its customers.

    It said the promo, which will run from August 2013 to March 2014 provides opportunity for customers of the bank to visit and have a feel of the land of soccer, samba and carnivals.

    Subscribers for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Elite and Individual Accounts of the bank are expected to be winners of the trip to Brazil.

    To qualify for the draw, customers, or prospective customers of the bank are to open either the SME Account with N150, 000; the Elite Account with N75, 000, or Individual Account with N15, 000 and maintain the corresponding amount in the account every month from August, this year till March next year.

    The bank said winners will emerge from these three categories of customers of SME, Elite and Individual accounts. Many participating customers will also win mouth- watering consolation prizes.

    “The launch of the ‘Brazil 2014 BetaLife Promo’ is a further effort by the management of Enterprise Bank to continually seek new ways of delighting the customers and improving the lives of all stakeholders. The draw will hold April 2014,” it said.