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  • Glo hails Dream Team’s qualification

    Glo hails Dream Team’s qualification

    National teams’ sponsor, Globacom has commended the Dream Team VI for recording an all-important semi-final victory against host Senegal in the on-going 2015 U-23 African Cup of Nations match played in Dakar.

    In a press statement released in Lagos immediately after the match on Wednesday, Globacom commended  the Dream Team VI for winning the match and qualifying for the football event of 2016 Olympics in, Rio, Brazil.

    The hard-fighting Senegalese team had put up a strong resistance in the first forty five minutes which ended goalless.

    However, the ‘Dream team’, with pep talk from the Samson Siasia led coaching crew, went into the second half with strong determination which resulted in a goal through a well taken penalty by Oghenekaro Etebo in the 78th minute.

    With this victory, the Golden Eaglets became the first team in Africa to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, while South Africa will lock horns with Algeria for the second ticket. The winner of the third place match will pick the third and the last ticket.

    “We Congratulate the Golden Eaglets for qualifying for the Olympics and urge them to remain focused on the task ahead. We believe that victory is achievable in Rio and we stand by you as ever, believing fervently that you will do Nigeria proud at the Olympics,” the statement concluded.

    Globacom is the major partner of the Nigeria Football Federation and official sponsor of the Nigerian national teams.

  • Glo ‘Laffta Fest’ lights up Yenagoa

    THE popular Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State came alive again, last Sunday, as pan Nigerian comedy show, Glo Laffta Fest added to the choice of nightlife of the town.

    The lineup of comedian was quite impressive, especially with some of the sons-of-the-soil talents re-united with home-based fans through thrilling performances.

    Among the Yenagoa-born comedians who performed at the show are Weleke Akpors Stanley, aka ‘SimCard’, Iniedogi Pekene, popularly called ‘Barrack Pikin’, and Gift Loveday, otherwise known as Aproko.

    All three comedians who currently reside outside the State said it feels good to be back home.

    “I feel good coming to my primal base, Yenagoa, to perform. It has been a while. Shows of this magnitude rarely happen here. It’s very commendable for Globacom to remember my people,” said Simcard, a Law graduate of Niger-Delta University.

    For Barrack Pikin, “Touring the whole country to make people happy through jokes and inviting comedians who have roots in the locations to perform is a fantastic idea.” He said the Yenagoa edition of Glo Laffta Fest would forever remain indelible in the minds of the people, adding that when he was informed that he would be performing in Yenagoa, he developed jokes that would resonate and remind the people of his days in the oil-rich city.

    Globacom’s National Sales Coordinator, South-South, Augustine Mamuro, who gave an opening remark said, “Globacom is a business enterprise which believes strongly in empowering, rewarding and entertaining its subscribers. He said comedy shows and musical concerts are some of the ways Globacom rewards its subscribers”.

    Mr. Mamuro who announced that train would move to Awka, Anambra State, on Friday, November 27,said subscribers who wish to attend the show in Awka, Nsukka, Owerri, Aba and Makurdi could do so by using up to N3,000 before the show and sending ‘LOL’ and preferred location of the show to “33001”.

    Other comedians who performed at the show include Bovi, anchor of the event, Okey Bakassi, Gandoki, Gordons, Arinze Baba, Odogwu and Selebo. Also, Glo ambassadors, Sammie Okposo and M.I thrilled the audience with their hit tracks while DJ Neptune manned the ‘wheels of steel’.

  • Number portability infractions: Glo, MTN, Etisalat under enforcement action

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said MTN, Glo and Etisalat are under “enforcement action” over their failure to adhere to Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Business Rules.

    NCC said to address the increasing cases of port request rejections, it resolved to monitor and sanction violations regarding MNP process time obligations. “Consequent upon the  above,  series of compliance checks were carried out regarding timer violations by donor  operators with respect to ‘validation and deactivation responses’ which have timelines of  two hours and one hour respectively.

    “The following violations were observed during the quarter: Timer Violations by Etisalat:   A timer deactivation violation by Etisalat regarding a corporate port request of over 63 lines belonging to Neoconde Energy  Limited.  The company had initiated a corporate port out request from Etisalat to Airtel on 7th August, 2015 at 9.13am but was partially completed as at 1.52pm on the same day. As a result, these subscribers were unable to receive calls from Etisalat’s network.

    “Timer Violations by MTN:  A timer deactivation violation by MTN regarding a Corporate Port request of over 109 lines belonging to Nigerian Breweries Plc. The company had initiated a corporate port out request from MTN to Glo via lead MSISDN: 07036735494 on 11th August, 2015 at 1.20pm but was partially completed as at 11.22am on 14th August, 2015. As a result, these subscribers were not able to receive calls from MTN subscribers.     In the same vein, a timer validation violations by MTN regarding four  individual  port  requests  from  MSISDNs:  08139382308,  08143810152,  08135485305  and  08162108093. MTN breached the timer of two hours for validation of four port requests from the NPC as stated in the MNP Business Rules.

    “Timer Violations by Globacom:   A timer validation   by Glo  regarding   11 individual  and  one  corporate port requests. Glo had breached the two hours allowable for validation of six port requests from the NPC as stated in the MNP Business Rules.  Glo validated one of these port requests over nine hours after receipt from the MNP administrator.    Glo  also  breached  the  one   allowable  hour  for  the  donor  to  deactivate  147 ported out lines belonging to Reckitt  Limited consistent with provisions of the MNP Business Rules.  All the above timer violations are currently undergoing enforcement actions,” NCC said.

    On improper port-in transaction by Emerging Market Telecommunications Services Limited, NCC’s surveillance and intelligence gathering exercise revealed an improper port in transaction by Etisalat on September, 1st and 3rd this year.

    Etisalat Limited had initiated  the  porting  of  296  lines  belonging  to  Etranzact  on  1st  September,  2015.    However, Etransact International Plc confirmed that it did not authorise the port out of any of its number currently with various other network operators.  Etisalat has been directed to repatriate the lines back to the legitimate operator while the case is currently receiving enforcement attention.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce concert in Kogi

    Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce concert in Kogi

    Thousands of students of Kogi State University, Ayingba, and residents of the surrounding communities, at the weekend, trooped out for the Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce music concert.

    The venue was the popular Habour Bay Hotel in the town.

    The guests expressed appreciation to Globacom for making it possible for them to experience the wave-making concert.

    As is customary with the Slide ‘n’ Bounce concert, Globacom allowed budding talents to showcase their ability at the show.

    Ayingba proved there was a lot of such talents in the community as students of the university, who participated in dancing, singing and Fine Girl, a beauty pageant, performed well.

    Those who performed included MC Water, Carmelo Drago, Gifted Dancers, Raheem Biko, Phat Prince, OC Green, Kezy Swift, Mareez, Sky V, Lethel Teding and Jeezzy.

    The dance competition was won by Sanni Shittu Temitope of the Department of Banking and Finance, while Popoola Segun of History Department and Amuju Marzuqat of Mass Communication Department won the singing and the Fine Girl competitions.

    Afrobeat star and Glo ambassador Burna Boy thrilled the crowd with his energetic dance steps as his baritone voice reverberated throughout the speakers.

    He rendered his hit tracks, such as: O fe se lu and Who no know me.

    Another Glo ambassador and rap artiste, Jude Abaga, popularly called MI (Mr Incredible), brought the show to an end with a superlative display.

  • Glo congratulates Enyimba, commends LMC

    Glo congratulates Enyimba, commends LMC

    Next Generation Network and sponsor of the Glo Premier League, Globacom, has congratulated Enyimba Football Club of Aba for emerging champion of the 2014/2015 Glo Premier League season.

    The Aba Elephants, who drew goalless with Sunshine Stars FC of Akure on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos amassed 70 points from 38 matches to emerge champions. Enyimba, thus took over from Kano Pillars Football Club, which won the title for three consecutive seasons.

    Warri Wolves, Giwa FC of Jos and Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi also emerged second, third and fourth respectively while the quartet of Kwara United, Sharks of Port Harcourt, FC Taraba and Bayelsa United got relegated to the Nigeria National League (NNL).

    Globacom, in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday congratulated the players, coaches and management of Enyinmba FC for their hard work and determination which propelled the team from the middle of the table which it occupied for most part of the first stanza to winning the Glo Premier League title.

    The company admonished the team to make football loving Nigerians happy by going all out to win the next CAF African Champions League again like  they did back to back in 2003 and 2004.

    “We call on the management of Enyimba Football Club to start planning in earnest for the next CAF Champions League in order to perform brilliantly during the continental championship,” Globacom said.

    “We wish to congratulate the LMC for its outstanding organisation of the league. We urge them to keep the flag flying,” the statement added.

    “We also wish to congratulate the players, club officials, match officials and fans for their collective efforts that made the season  witness little or no hitches,” Globacom stated further.

    The company added: “We equally wish to praise the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) for creating the enabling environment that has led to a rise in the standard of our league.

    “This is the time to consolidate on the success achieved in the season and we look forward to stakeholders conducting a postmortem on the just concluded league with a view to working towards sustaining the achievements next season,” Globacom said.

  • Three evicted from Glo Dance with Peter

    Three evicted from Glo Dance with Peter

    Three housemates were, last Saturday, evicted following the outcome of the votes cast by viewers at the reality T.V show, Dance with Peter, sponsored by Glo. While Amazing Amy, Bobby B and Octopus recorded the highest votes from the audience and returned to the academy, SoCrazy Cool, Weezy and MOD recorded the lowest votes and were consequently sent packing from the dance academy. The six dancers had been put up for eviction in last week’s edition of the show.

    The judges, Peter Okoye of PSquare, Dance queen Kaffy, Dance choreographer, Don Flexx, and Omawumi who featured as a guest judge encouraged the evictees to remain focused and consistent in achieving their dream saying that the Dance with Peter show is just a stepping stone for them.

    With the eviction, the academy was left with 15 housemates who were given the task of performing the dance steps of any music legend of their choice. The focus in last week’s edition was “Legendary Throwback.”

    One after the other, the housemates thrilled the audience with scintillating dance steps, trying to out-dance one another to avoid eviction. Messiah performed Boney M’s Daddy Cool, Paullete perfomed Cindy Lauper’s Just wanna have fun, Nekky performed Angelique Kidjo’s Agolo, while G-Xtreme performed Tina Turner’s What’s love got to do?

    At the end of the performance, those put up for eviction are Paulette (519), Nekky (530), Bobby Blankson (510), Teejay (516) and Yemy (525).

    Globacom, in a statement, encouraged viewers to vote for their favorite contestants. “Voters stand a chance of winning fantastic prizes including Iphone 5 handsets, Glo internet wifi and modems as well as Glo recharge cards”.b

  • PROMOTION TO GLO PREMIER LEAGUE: Lumumba Adeh blasts NFF, NNL

    PROMOTION TO GLO PREMIER LEAGUE: Lumumba Adeh blasts NFF, NNL

    Former first vice Chairman of the Nigeria League Management board’s interim committee Honourable Lumumba Adeh has criticised the NFF and NNL for declaring Adamawa United the team to be promoted instead of Plateau United.

    Lumumba, in a communiqué sent to Sportinglife  yesterday, wondered how an away team, in this instance, Plateau United are made liable for shortcomings in a game where the home team is exonerated.

    Lumumba argued further that is was preposterous for the NFF to hinge its judgment on what happened to Adamawa against Taraba United stressing that the two instances are difference since in the case of Plateau, they were the visitors unlike in Adamawa’s, where they were the host team.

    Details of Lumumba’s communiqué: The Case of Desperate Determination of NFF/NNL to Confirm Her Predetermined Candidate for Promotion to the Premier League.

    It is now becoming clear to the innocent minds following the drama at the NFF/NNL with respect to the NNL 2015 Abridged League Division A1- The case of Plateau United and Adamawa United.

    It became suspicious when the O & D committee of the NFF ruled in favour of Adamawa Utd in a protest case between Adamawa and Kogi Utd; a case which the NNL had ruled for the match to be replayed in Lokoja to everyone’s surprise.

    KogiUtd expectedly disagreed and appealed against the decision.

    Traditionally, the appeal was expected to be dealt with before the last round of matches (week 14) outstanding to round up the league in that group but the NNL/NNF surreptitiously ordered the last set of matches to be played against protestations, appeals and advice.

    The Match; Week 14 – Spotlite FC KatsinaVs Plateau Utd FC, Jos @ Katsina Township Stadium

    For the avoidance of doubt, Spotlite FC was the host as home team with Plateau Utd as away (visiting) team.

    As a tradition all matches on the last fixture take place simultaneously and clear directives are given to the match officials viz referees and match commissioner. Therefore, the issue of control of time and timing rest with the officials listed above, the home team and the host FA.

    Usually it is agreed at the rematch the time for arrival of both teams for the match; and it is not stated anywhere that Plateau United FC defaulted by arriving late or refused any instructions from match officials.

    With the result and conclusion of the match not in contention, it is absurd that the away team is made to suffer loss of points in a very controversial ruling with no place in the rule books.

    With Plateau winning away which they never expected because of the desperate standing of Spotlite on the league table (threatened by relegation), the schemers threw caution to the wind and encouraged Spotlite to protest against late start of the match. Even Adamawa Utd also filed a similar protest.

    NOTE

    1. It is to be noted that the O & D committee has some lawyers as members.
    2. Even in the face of all these the appeal of Kogi Utd is pending and uncleared just to see the outcome of their schemes and use it as a joker.

    iii.  The O & D is shamelessly trying to cover up by making reference to a 2010/2011 case between Adamawa Utd and Taraba Utd as precedence. The two cases have no similarity at all. Even for the fact that Adamawa hosted that match in question.

    1. Speculations are rife that the leadership of the NFF wants to use this ‘favour’ to please a top ranking government official from Adamawa state whose name is being dropped all around.

    This arbitrariness must not be allowed to continue in the interest of the development of football in Nigeria especially given the stance of the new government of Buhari against corruption. There is no better example than this as corruption is necessary not limited to financial matters.

     

    CALLS

    1. The NFF to dissolve the O & D committee immediately to save her face
    2. The government to investigate the operations and dealings in the NFF just as in NNPC, NPA, NIMASA and the likes
    3. Plateau United and her owners, the state government of Plateau to resist this wicked and insulting ruling that smack of arrogance of power and abuse of privilege. Forward without delay a petition to both houses of the National Assembly.
    4. The issue of legality of the NFF as an entity within the sovereignty of Nigeria should now be tackled once and for all by establishing an authentic law to guide its operation and avoid the trampling on the rights of individuals and entities.
  • Glo hails Eagles, Eaglets

    Glo hails Eagles, Eaglets

    Next Generation Network, Globacom, has congratulated the Super Eagles Team B for defeating Stallions of Burkina Faso in the first leg of 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) final round qualifier.

    The Eagles, who defeated  the Stallions by two goals to nil in Port Harcourt on Saturday, will  face the  Burkinabes in the return leg in Ouagadougou next Sunday and the aggregate winner will qualify for the CHAN tournament in Rwanda in January next year.

    Globacom also congratulated the Golden Eaglets for defeating USA 2-0 in their Group A opening game at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

    Nigeria went ahead in the 50th minute through Chukwudi Agor while Victor Osimhen increased the tally in the  61st minute.

    The Eaglets top the group after host Chile and Croatia played 1-1 and will face Croatia on Tuesday.

    “We are delighted by the weekend of victories. The Super Eagles and Golden Eaglets really made Nigeria proud, “Globacom said in a statement in Lagos on Sunday.

    “We urge the teams not to rest on their oars as they progress in both competitions.”

    “We especially urge the Eagles to re-enact the Port Harcourt victory when they visit Ouagadougou or at least secure a draw in order to seal the CHAN ticket. We also believe that the Eaglets will also consolidate on their win over USA when they face Croatia,” the statement further said.

    Globacom commended the Nigeria Football Federation for motivating both teams to victory while enjoining Nigerians to support them with prayers.

  • Glo takes music concert to Surulere

    Glo takes music concert to Surulere

    BUBBLY suburb situated in the heart of Lagos, Surulere got a kick last Saturday as telecom outfit, Globacom stormed the community with its spectacular concert, Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce.

    The evening kicked off when the show’s host, Okey Bakassi invited both young and adult guests on stage for a singing competition. The subscribers battled among themselves to exhibit their talents.

    At the end of the contest, Kareem Arafat, a student of Oke-Ira Junior Grammar School,  beat Queeyano Onumoh of Ethelbert School, Gbagada to the third place, while Samuel Peter, a resident of Orile who recently completed his senior secondary education, came first ahead of a 300 level student of Political Science at the University of Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Ikenna Odunukwe.

    Next to perform were some budding entertainers including Mddie, Cleo Thelma, Joerel, Jhesulobha Crew, Tripstar and Black Dot, who all entertained the crowd.

    Comedienne, TV host and Glo ambassador, Helen Paul, was also in the house, and she sent the audience reeling with laughter with her jokes. She also answered some personal questions from the cheering audience.

    Sammy Okposo, with his band members dressed in cute uniforms, came next, and he took the audience on a spiritual journey that left many soaked in the moment.

    Other artistes that thrilled the crowd were Di’ja of Mavin Records, her label mate, Korede Bello and alternative soul singer, Bez Idakula

    Glo Ambassador, Funke Akindele and Africa’s leading hip-hop singers, Psquare also partied with Surulere residents.

  • Artistes light up Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce

    Artistes light up Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce

    BUDDING Mavin singer, Korede Bello, and hip-hop music act, Wande Coal, were among the performers at the Ijebu Ode edition of Slide ‘n’ Bounce music concert packaged by telecoms network, Globacom.

    The show, held last Saturday at De Prime Event Centre, Molipa Quarters, saw Wande Coal delighting the crowd with his very popular tracks.

    Another star performer of the day was Burna Boy who held the crowd ransom as he switched effortlessly from Dancehall to Afrobeat, R&B and Hip-hop. He encouraged the fans to come close to the stage to “feast on him”.

    His performance was followed by that of Korede Bello who brought down the roof with the hit song Godwin. He took charge of the stage and dished out songs to which the crowd responded with loud cheers.

    Also on ground to thrill the crowd was another Glo Ambassador, Ego Ogbaro. Her characteristically expressive performance added an emotional touch to the evening.  She thrilled the audience with her hottest songs including Don’t Give Up and Love Me Now.

    A major highlight of the show was the incredible performance by a seven-year old dance prodigy, Tolulope Orimoloye, who impressed the audience with his marvelous dance steps.

    Popular Yoruba actor and Glo brand ambassador, Odunlade Adekola, came on stage to the delight of fans who welcomed him with a loud ovation. The actor lived up to the expectations of the crowd as he cracked hilarious jokes from his acting experiences and different encounters with his fans. He and the Master of Ceremonies, Folajimi Akinsola, popularly known as Jimmy de Hypeman, engaged the crowd through musical interludes between the performances by the star artistes.

    As part of the side attraction at the show, Glo organised dance and singing competitions for up and coming singers and dancers from Ijebu Ode and environs to display their talents.

    The concert was attended by over 2,000 young and old residents of the town.