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  • Free Wi-Fi excites college students

    Students of the Federal College of Education (Technical) in Akoka, Lagos, have praised the management of SWIFT Networks Limited for extending its Red Cheetah free Wi-Fi service to the campus. The service went live at the institution last week Tuesday.

    SWIFT Networks Limited’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr  Charles Anudu said the service, supported by leading global brands, was conceived to make fast and free broadband service available to Nigerians, thereby helping to deepen broadband penetration in support of the National Broadband Plan of the Federal Government.

    He said: “Our free service aims to connect Nigerians to the global digital society through access to a  fast, free and secure broadband service that consequently creates measurable value for the excellent brands that make the service possible. We believe that access to information, especially in an academic environment, remains a key driver for academic excellence and innovation.”

    Speaking with CAMPUSLIFE, a 100-Level student of Primary Education, Esther Kolawole, said the free Wi-Fi  provided students the support to make their academic and social experience remarkable.

    She said: “Access to good libraries is a major problem in Nigeria and not many students have enough money to buy data to source for information they need to research their term papers and maintain their digital lifestyle. Red Cheetah has been a breath of fresh air to my life and those of my friends. We are simply excited. Thanks to SWIFT Networks for this innovative service.”

    Grace Olaleye, a 300-Level Integrated Science student, urged those living on the campus to take advantage of the free Wi-Fi service to explore opportunities and expand their knowledge base. “Knowledge, we are told, is power and information is the building block knowledge. This is the value the Red Cheetah Wi-Fi brings to the table and I want every student to maximise this opportunity,” she said.

    Red Cheetah service is available in hotspots all over the campus and locations around Lagos. The service, which was formally launched in March this year, is available at over 400 locations already, including Hard Rock Café, Spurs, Barcelos, Tastee Fried Chicken, Bukkahut restaurants, major lounges, schools, merchant locations, and over 200 BRT buses in Lagos. Users are required to download the Red Cheetah app from the Google Play Store and go through a simple, one-time registration process.

  • Yuan sale by CBN excites traders

    The Central Bank of Nigeria sold yuan at a range of N49-51 at its first auction of the Chinese currency last week, traders said yesterday.

    The auction, which is part of an attempt to encourage the use of an alternative trading currency, particularly given the high level of imports from China, sold the yuan for immediate value and for 15-day settlement, traders said.

    Some lenders got as much as 60 per cent of the volume they applied for, while one bank got just five per cent. They said the volume sold was based on the price quoted for the yuan at the auction.

    China is Nigeria’s biggest trading partner after the U.S., with trade volumes between the two totaling $9.2 billion in 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Nigeria runs a deficit, importing $7.6 billion of goods including textiles and machinery from China and exporting just $1.6 billion, mainly oil and gas.

  • Basketball: Celta’s play-off qualification excites Ogoke-Ejiogu

    Celta Vigo’s Sarah Ogoke-Ejiogu has expressed joy over her team’s qualification for the play-off in the second division of the Spanish Women Basketball League.

    The D’Tigress point and shooting guard told NationSport that her team achieved the feat with four games to play in the regular season. “I am really excited about the qualification. I hope we can go on to qualify for the first division and play against top teams.”

    She said her team has an 18-4 record after defeating Barcelona (82-42) at the weekend. She stated that they are hoping to continue in that stride as they also hope to emerge champions of the regular season. “Playing against Barcelona is always an exciting experience. They are a big team with great structure so beating them twice in a season shows that we have what it takes to gain promotion.

    “The team plays as a unit and it has helped us greatly. Hopefully, we can stay focused and achieve our aim of playing in the elite division. We are in the championship mentality and I must say that I want the whole cow,” Ogoke-Ejiogu added.

     

  • Eagles’ players’ form excites Ighalo

    Eagles’ players’ form excites Ighalo

    Super Eagles striker, Odion Jude Ighalo has disclosed that he is pleased with the present form of his team mates in the national team and that if he is picked for the AFCON 2017 qualifier against Egypt next month he would also contribute his quota to the fall of the Pharaohs.

    He said hearing positive reports about Nigeria’s players abroad always gives him the assurance that the Egyptians won’t leave Nigeria without suffering a defeat in the March 23 tie billed for Kaduna.

    Ighalo told SportingLife: “I am thrilled to hear positive news about Nigerians abroad. They are doing well for their respective clubs and I am certain that same will be translated to the national team when it is time to play against the Egyptians next month.

    The former Granada of Spain forward further told SportingLife that even though the transfer window has been shut he was never bothered with the transfer speculation linking him to different clubs since the owner of the club had told him emphatically that he was not for sale.

    On their EPL today’s foes, Crystal Palace, Ighalo told SportingLife: “We are not bothered about their form. We will concentrate solely on our own game while hoping that we will do just enough to earn a decent result against them.”

    Watford are 10th on the log with 33 points from 25 matches.

  • Glo Laffta Fest excites Awka fans

    Glo Laffta Fest excites Awka fans

    A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly , Timothy Ifedioranma, and the third runner-up in the Miss Anambra 2015 pageant, Amaka Amamchukwu have showered encomiums on the organisers of pan-Nigeria comedy show, Glo Laffta Fest, for considering their domain as part of the Nigerian cities for the entertainment show.

    Ifedioranma and Amamchukwu were among the numerous Glo subscribers at the Marble Arch Hotel and Events Centre, Awka, venue of the show, last Friday. They described the show as a new dimension in the comedy genre.

    “This is the second entertainment show by Globacom in Awka within four weeks. It’s very commendable that Globacom is promoting entertainment in Nigeria, touring the whole country with two premium shows,” said Amamchukwu.

    According to Ifedioranma, “Coming to watch these great comedians perform relaxes the nerves.”

    The event, which was organised exclusively for Glo subscribers who received  invitation to the event via SMS, landed in Awka from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,  began at 4 p.m. and  featured top-rated comedians and artistes, including show host Basketmouth, Okey Bakassi, Gandoki, I Go Dye, Acapella, Funny Bone, Mayor, Omawumi and. Glo Ambassador and Wizkid who interacted with the audience extensively in an evening of unlimited fun.

    Another commentator, Mr. Chudi Okoye, an auto engineer, said he felt privileged to have been invited to the show. “I am so proud to be a Glo subscriber. This is one of the best shows I have ever attended. I and my family had great entertainment,” he declared.

    The Awka edition was followed by another outing in Owerri, Imo State, on Sunday, November 29. Organisers say subscribers who wish to attend the show in Nsukka, Aba and Makurdi can still do so by using up to N3,000 before the show and sending ‘LOL’ and preferred location of the show to “33001”.

  • AFCON debut excites Pillars keeper

    AFCON debut excites Pillars keeper

    Nigerian-born Benin Republic international goalkeeper Emmanuel Fabiyi has told AfricanFootball.com he is looking forward to feature in his first-ever AFCON in 2017 as the qualifiers get underway.

    The Kano Pillars goalkeeper said he will put in his best to see that his team will not miss the next edition of the AFCON.

    “My target is to help Benin Republic qualify for AFCON 2017, that will be my first time ever in the competition and I am seriously aiming for it to happen,” he said.

    “I will do my best for the team and pray God see us through.

    “Our first game in the qualifiers is on June 13 away to Equatorial Guinea, I am looking forward to a good start there. My dream is to be at the tournament and make our fans happy.”

    Two other players plying their trade in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Isaac Loute (Kano Pillars) and Bayelsa United captain Salomon Junior, have been invited for the AFCON 2017 qualifier by Benin Republic.

  • Konga excites customers with ‘Found on Konga’ campaign

    TO satisfy customers as well as ease their online shopping experience, Konga, Nigeria’s largest online mall, has launched a new campaign called #FoundOnKonga to flaunt the over 150,000 products in its stock and demonstrate its claim of having the largest pool of products in the online mall segment in Nigeria.

    The campaign enriches the lifestyle of shoppers and makes their dreams of finding any item they need on the site come through, irrespective of the uncommonness of the item.

    Gabriel Gab-Umoden, Konga’s Vice-President, Marketing, informed that the campaign is to show young aspirational Nigerians that everything they need to live their dream lifestyle could be ‘Found on Konga’, no matter how uncommon the item is.

    According to him: “The objective of the campaign is to get the fans of Konga and the general public to embrace the ease that comes with shopping on a platform that gives them access to everything they need to achieve their dreams and live their dream lifestyle.”

    Gab-Umoden informed that a lot of Konga’s customers are already identifying with the campaign as Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage, two of Nigeria’s biggest artistes recently signed by Konga as ambassadors for the online mall, are at the forefront of the campaign and will appear in all the ‘Found on Konga’ communication materials scheduled to be launched soon.

    As part of the campaign, the celebrity ambassadors, Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage have started generating some social media buzz, with tweets and posts about the interesting and amazing things they have ‘Found on Konga’, and recruiting their fans into the fun movement. Just a few days into the campaign, #FoundonKonga has been a number one twitter trend in Nigeria.

    Head PR and Brand Management for Konga, Olatomiwa Akande, said: “The campaign is designed to create a community of shoppers who would prefer a one-stop online mall for everything they need to going the extra mile in sourcing the various items they need from multiple online sites.  It goes to exemplify to our customers that with Konga, you can find just any item you desire.”

  • Dangote Cement’s 5,000 job prospect excites Senegal

    Dangote Cement’s 5,000 job prospect excites Senegal

    Leading cement manufacturer,  Dangote Cement Plc has rolled out products from its $300million cement plant in Senegal amid excitement by the country’s government on the prospect of direct employment of about 5,000 of the locals by the company.

    The establishment of the cement plant by Dangote is said to be the single largest investment in Senegal by an African and the Senegalese government promised to protect the company to achieve its optimal production capacity.

    Both the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, Katyen Jackden and Senegal Director of Mines, Ousmane Cisse commended the doggedness of the Chairman of Dangote Cement in seeing the plant through despite various setbacks.

    Speaking in Dakar, during a ceremony to announce the formal commencement of production at the plant, the Senegalese Director said the government of Republic of Senegal was happy with Dangote as the single largest investor in the country, urging other African entrepreneurs to emulate the business acumen of Dangote.

    The new plant located in Pout district of Senegal, about 75 kilometres East of Dakar, the country’s capital, has a nominal capacity to produce 4000MT per day and 1.2MT per annum. The plant is expected to create more than 5,000 jobs, with a total production capacity of 1.5 million tons annually.

    Nigerian Ambassador explained that Dangote has through his investments in African countries built bridges of friendship across nations, fostering unity and integration among African countries.

    According to her, Dangote Cement has done Nigeria proud with the commencement of production and that she was happy that Dangote Cement has been instantly accepted in the marker because of the high quality grade.

    Dangote Cement, she stressed, needs all encouragement to flourish and that her office would be willing to help in that regard because “Dangote has proven a worthy Nigerian Ambassador in business.”

    Ambassador Jackden used the opportunity to thank the Senegalese government and its people for the support and opportunity given to a foreign investor like Aliko Dangote, stressing that ”Dangote has been able to bring cohesion among African nations with his investments.”

    In his address of welcome, Luk Haelterman, the Country Head of Dangote Cement, said the Dangote Cement offered the best choice for consumers as it is the only 42.5 grade high quality cement available in Senegal market and that the commencement of production will boost the housing sub-sector of the Senegalese building industry.

    ”Senegal with a population of 14 million people is a market with ever growing demand for cement because quite a lot of constructions are going on. There are two existing cement plants before Dangote came on board.

    “But today, Dangote has become the biggest and best because we remain the only company producing the 42.5R, which is better than what we met on ground, which is the 32.5R,” he added.

    Making a presentation on the occasion, the Director of Sales and Marketing, Serigne M. Dieng said that Senegal with 14million people and a growing GDP of +4 percent as of 2013 has cement market of 3MT per annum and consumption rate of 230kg.

  • MINI Cooper excites Golfers

    MINI Cooper excites Golfers

    It was a day of excitement and funfare as Golfers took turns trying to make a hole in the luscious green lawns at the Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate, Lagos on Independence Day.

    The occasion was the second anniversary of the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club and Independence day Tournament in partnership with the MINI brand as a MINI Cooper was presented by Coscharis Motors Limited for the Hole In One prize.

    Guests on arrival were greeted with the seemingly smiling faces of various colours of MINI Cooper brand displayed at strategic locations within the Club to add colour to the event. The Golfers could put in their best to win the red coloured MINI Cooper.

    Speaking at the event on behalf of Coscharis Motors Limited, the General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Services, Coscharis Group, Abiona Babarinde explained the rationale behind the MINI brand’s partnership, saying MINI resonates with the calibre of audience at the Golf event, which invariably allows the brand connection to the right audience.

    The MINI car as the winning prize, Babarinde said, is to provide value added excitement for the fun loving Golfers.

  • Aper Aku stadium’s turf excites Gov Suswam

    Aper Aku stadium’s turf excites Gov Suswam

    Governor Gabriel Suswam said with the upgrading of Aper Aku stadium he would ensure that world class football matches are played in Makurdi, to compensate soccer loving people of Benue state for the long absence of Lobi Stars football club from the state capital.

    Governor Suswam last Monday paid unschedule visit to Aper Aku stadium, where the grassing of the playing pitch and sand is completed, and told SportingLife exclusively that he was satisfied with the quality of the work done so far.

    Governor Suswam urged the contractor to round up work and moved to Akume Tongo stadium in Katsina Ala, the current home of Lobi stars and Oju local government for a similar job.

    The governor further gave the contractor the directive to commence work on the floodlight, score board, tartan tracks, dressing  rooms and toilets which are to undergo complete turn around.

    The governor who was later joined by his deputy, Chief Steven Lawani, who is the chairman of Lobi Stars  football club of Makurdi, and the vice chairman of the club Dominic Iorfa, who just returned from Brazil World Cup, all expressed pleasure at the  new playing pitch which they said would enhance quality of football.

    Iorfa, who was decked in Lobi Stars colour of black and white, said with the stadium, his players will showcase their football talent.

    The contractor handling the project Mr. Ebi Egbe commended the governor and the people of Benue state for the confidence they have in his company and said work would be finally completed on Saturday.