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  • Ojude-Oba: Globacom promotes cultural values

    Telecommunication giant, Globacom on Monday called on Nigerians to entrench unity by embracing their cultural heritage and values which had become synonymous with their African identity.

    Globacom Marketing and Communications Head Lagos/Ogun Mr Afolabi Otufowora, made the call at a briefing to announce the company’s sponsorship plans for the 2018 edition of the Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode.

    He said it was imperative to discourage the wave of modernisation aimed at eroding the age-old cultural activities which many young people tag as primitive.

    Otufowora said Nigerians, especially the youths, needed to strive to deepen the unity of the country by showing interest in cultural history with a view to gaining a greater understanding of traditional values.

    The 2018 Ojude Oba Festival has as theme: ‘Ojude Oba: Celebration of Rich Cultural Heritage.’

    “Historically, the annual Ojude Oba Festival is a rallying point for all Ijebus to pay homage to the Awujale and unanimously push Ijebuland to the next level of social, psychological and infrastructural development.

    “We commend our highly revered paramount ruler, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for the numerous giant strides recorded since he ascended the throne. It is noteworthy that the monarch has been using the festival to address issues relevant to the development of Ijebuland, in particular, and Ogun State, in general.

    “We are happy that prominent personalities from all over the country usually grace the festival on the invitation of the monarch as special guests.

    “This is a testimony to the fact that the Ojude Oba festival is also a plank for building and sustaining the unity of the country,” he said.

    According to him, the company’s resolve to scale up preparations for the 2018 edition includes staging a promo specifically for the festival with a star prize of a new car.

    He said participants are expected to visit Globacom’s designated ‘Glo World’ shops for more details on how to participate in the promo.

    Chairman, Ojude Oba Planning Committee, Chief Wahab Osinusi, said the organisers of the festival were working with the Ogun State government to fully maximise its potentials for tourism.

    Osinusi, the Otunba Fidipote of Ijebuland, said the tourism sector was an untapped gold mine which had the potential to alleviate poverty, create employment and generate revenue for development.

    He described the festival as a cultural heritage that transcended religious divides and was promoting peace while aiding the socio-economic development of the community.

    “The festival is not only about the equestrian display, parade of culture and tradition, merry-making and funfair.

    “It also boosts commerce and trade in its entirety as commercial and trading activities are at their peak before, during and after the festival.

    “All the facilities; hotels, restaurants, artisans, craftsmen, transporters, professionals, market men and women, among others, are fully engaged with several multiplier corporate effects,” Osinusi said.

  • Ojude-Oba: Globacom promotes cultural values

    Telecommunication giant Globacom yesterday urged Nigerians to entrench unity by embracing their cultural heritage and values synonymous with their African identity.

    Globacom Marketing and Communications Head, Lagos/Ogun, Afolabi Otufowora stated this at a news conference to announce the company’s sponsorship plans for the 2018 edition of the Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode.

    He said it was imperative to discourage the wave of modernisation aimed at eroding the age-old cultural activities which many young people tag as primitive.

    Otufowora said Nigerians, especially the youths, needed to strive to deepen the unity of the country by showing interest in cultural history with a view to gaining a greater understanding of traditional values.

    The 2018 Ojude Oba Festival has as  theme: ‘Ojude Oba: Celebration of Rich Cultural Heritage.’

    “Historically, the annual Ojude Oba Festival is a rallying point for all Ijebus to pay homage to the Awujale and unanimously push Ijebuland to the next level of social, psychological and infrastructural development.

    “We commend our highly revered paramount ruler, Oba Sikiru Adetona,  for the numerous giant strides recorded since he ascended the throne.

    “It is noteworthy that the monarch has been using the festival to address issues relevant to the development of Ijebuland, in particular, and Ogun State, in general.

    “We are happy that prominent personalities from all over the country usually grace the festival on the invitation of the monarch as special guests.

    “This is a testimony to the fact that the Ojude Oba festival is also a plank for building and sustaining the unity of the country,” he said.

    According to him, the company’s resolve to scale up preparations for the 2018 edition includes staging a promo specifically for the festival with a star prize of a new car.

    He said participants will visit Globacom’s designated ‘Glo World’ shops for more details on how to participate in the promo.

    Chairman of Ojude Oba Planning Committee, Chief Wahab Osinusi,  said the organisers of the festival were working with the Ogun government to fully maximise its potentials for tourism.

    Osinusi, the Otunba Fidipote of Ijebuland, said the tourism sector was an untapped gold mine which had the potential to alleviate poverty, create employment and generate revenue for development.

    The 2018 Ojude Oba Festival is slated for two days after the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

     

  • Honour for Glo at ATCON book presentation

    Telecoms giant, Globacom, on Wednesday received recognition from industry players in acknowledgement of its innovations that have contributed to the growth and development of the sector.

    Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) celebrated the company and other key agents of the revolution that altered the face of the industry in 15 years.

    Billionaire, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. and the telcom giant, Globacom were recognised for their commitment and rare dedication to the growth of the industry into a world-class business concern which also generates employment for millions of Africans in Nigeria and other parts of the continent where it operates.

    Former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, chaired the occasion of the public presentation of the publication at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, while the Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu, was a Special Guest of Honour.

    The book reminisced on the fact that Globacom crashed the cost of GSM SIM and tariff from N20, 000 and N50 per minute respectively to as low as N200 and 5 kobo per second.

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    Globacom also got credit for introducing per second billing at inception. “That feat, consequently, made it much easier for Nigerians to get value for money by paying only for the exact time spent on calls… thus helping to aggressively boost telephone penetration in the country”, the book recalled.

    The book mentioned other early revolutionary products pioneered by Globacom in Nigeria which included Blackberry, vehicle tracking, mobile internet, mobile banking, multimedia messaging service (MMS), in-flight roaming services, voice SMS, Magic Plus and Text2email, among others. The publication also documented Globacom as the first and the only operator so far with a wholly-owned submarine cable, Glo-1, linking Europe and America to West Africa to ensure the availability of bandwidth to enterprise customers in West Africa.

    “Globacom was the first to launch 4G-LTE network in 33 cities in Nigeria in 2016. Recently, the company scored another first by introducing the novel concept of creating a dedicated path in its 4G LTE network for enterprise customers,” the book added.

    In its bid to boost access to bandwidth in areas outside Lagos, especially the oil platforms and under-served communities in the southern parts of Nigeria, the telecommunications service provider   recently flagged off the laying of Glo 2, the first submarine cable in Nigeria to terminate outside Lagos.

  • KSA serenades stakeholders in Lagos, Abuja

    King Sunny Ade serenades stakeholders of the network provider Globacom in Lagos and Abuja Sheraton Hotels.

    Dealers and Enterprise customers in the South West were the first to taste the goodies of the Globacom appreciation party at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja.

    On hand to welcome the guests were two iconic comedians, the Bishop of Osusu Ministry, Gordons (Godwin Komone) and Seyi Law (Lawrence Oluwaseyitan Aletile) supported by a one-man band, Aka Melody, who put guests in a relaxed mood for the event.

    Globacom’s Chief Retail Officer, Mr. David Maji welcomed them to the event on behalf of Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., Chairman of Globacom. Unlike some events where musical guests are revealed ahead of the show, the audience was taken by surprise to see the juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade (KSA) making a cameo appearance at the event.  KSA who looked resplendent in his all-white attire quickly mounted the band stand and sang “Call me…0805 is my number dial” as an appetizing performance to the stakeholders who pulled out their phones to record the rare entertainment gift Glo offered them; an exclusive KSA performance just for them!  It was all good food, choice wine and drinks and “ariya unlimited” which sent the guests to the dance floor. As an appreciative token, each guest got a surprise gift of plasma television set, while the evening of fun was rounded off with a raffle draw where some of the stakeholders went home with millions of naira.

    Similarly, King Sunny Ade was at the prestigious Abuja Sheraton Hotel, the venue of the appreciative party for Glo stakeholders in the North. He danced, wriggled and sang to serenade attendees who had a wow time, to say the least. Glo Sales Chief, Mr. David Maji welcomed guests. MC Tagwaye alias “Mr. President”, Gordons and Acapella supplied rib cracking jokes and wisecracks to wash down the sumptuous meal and choice drinks. All the guests were presented with one plasma television set each while lucky dealers who participated in the raffle draw won one million naira, five hundred thousand naira and two hundred and fifty thousand naira cash prizes at the event.“This is another way of saying thank you to our partners who have been giving tremendous support to our business,” Mr. Maji said.

  • No registered member of ALTON was sanctioned by NCC – Chairman

    No registered member of ALTON was sanctioned by NCC – Chairman

    Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman, Association of Telecommunications of Nigeria ( ALTON ) says no current registered member of the  association is sanctioned by Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC ) implicated in call masking.

    NCC on Tuesday imposed a range of sanctions on licenses of operators implicated in call masking.

    Masked calling is a technique used in e-commerce to protect and cover buyers’ and sellers’ personal phone numbers as private.

    Adebayo told our reporter on Wednesday in Abuja that his members were responsible corporate citizens who operate according to the laws.

    “We are delighted that in the report issued by NCC, there is no current registered member of our association that was involved.

    “And what it also goes to show is that our members are responsible corporate people who operate according to the laws.

    “They work according to the terms of their licenses, so the assurance we will continue to give is that as responsible association we will continue to comply with the rules of operations,’’ he said.

    Adebayo said ALTON as a responsible corporate organisation and with the  amount of investment by its members in the country suggested they had to take rules and regulations guiding their operations seriously.

    The ALTON Chairman also assured subscribers that operators would continue to provide best services.

    “As an industry that provides infrastructure for many other sub sector of the economy, we will continue to do our best to contribute to national economic  development

    “I am delighted about the report by the Bureau of Statistics on the new Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) that the number of sectors playing critical roles in the  development of the economy were supported by the telecom sector,’’ Adebayo said.

    The big players in the telecom sector such as MTN, Airtel, Globacom, Nine Mobile, are registered members of  ALTON.

    NCC barred over 750,000 numbers assigned to several Private Network Links (PNL) and Local Exchange Operator (LEO) licensees, which number ranges were found to have been utilised for the practice of call masking.

    It listed the licensees whose numbers have been barred to include Vezeti Communications Services Ltd., Voix Networks Ltd.,  Mobitel Ltd., Peace Global Satellite Communications Ltd.

    Others are ABG Communications Ltd.  Vodacom Business Africa (Nigeria) Ltd.,  Swift Telephone Networks Ltd. QVODA Telecoms Ltd., Wireless Telecoms Ltd. Emcatel Networks Ltd.

    NAN

  • Globacom wins brand of the year 

    Globacom wins brand of the year 

    Telecom giant Globacom has been adjudged as the Nigerian Brand of the Year at the Nigerian Television Authority – Integrity and Service Programme (NTA-ISP) Award.

    In the citation on Globacom, which was presented through a multi-media relay, NTA described Globacom as the “African Brand with Global Aspirations.”

    The organisers also cited Globacom as the largest data network and the first to roll out an undersea cable singlehandedly and  a 4 GLTE network in 33 locations across the country, lapping up millions of subscribers for its data services.

    Globacom said resilience and commitment to vision backed by enormous and consistent innovation were responsible for its successes.

    The award which was received o behalf of Globacom by Mr. Mansur Opakunle, a senior officer in the Public Sector Department.

    Other senior  Globacom  officials at the event included Mrs. Justina Abdulateef of Public Sector and Mr. Sola Mogaji of the Marketing Communications Department.

  • Internet users hit 93m in September – NCC

    Internet users hit 93m in September – NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC ) announced on Tuesday that subscribers browsing the internet through its network increased to 93 million in September from 92.1 million the previous month.

    The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its monthly internet subscribers’ data on its website.

    The commission said the data showed a marginal increase of 815,764 subscribers during the period.

    It said that the data reflected internet users on both the Global System for Mobile ( GSM ) communications and the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks.

    The regulator said that 92.97 million out of the 93 million internet users in September were on GSM network while 30,309 users were on the CDMA network.

    The data showed that MTN had 32.5 million subscribers, browsing its network in the month under review as against 32.1 million in August, indicating an increase of 359,409 internet subscribers.

    According to NCC, Globacom has 26.942 million customers, surfing its network in September, revealing a decrease of 12,405 users from the 26.955 million that surfed the network in August.

    Airtel had 21.76 million internet users in September, showing an increase of 600,400 customers from the 21.16 million recorded in August.

    The data also showed that 9mobile had 11.71 million customers, who browsed in September, indicating a decrease of 131,640 users from the 11.84 million users in August.

    For CDMA operators, Visafone had 30,305 customers surfing its internet in September while Multi-Links had only four internet users.

    Both operators had a total of 30,309 users in September, the same figure recorded by the two operators in August.

    NAN

  • Mega music tour: Globacom storms Ikorodu with A-list artistes

    Communication giants, Globacom, will storm the bustling city of Ikorodu today with seven of Nigeria’s chart-bursting artistes for another Mega Music Nationwide Tour.

    Mega Music Tour began in April 2017 and has so far touched 26 cities after kicking off in Awka on April 15 and swiftly blazing through Aba, Calabar, Asaba, Benin, Victoria Island, Ajah, Ikeja, Benin, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Ekpoma, Enugu, Kubwa, Abuja, Suleja, Makurdi, Lokoja, Ayingba, twice in Port Harcourt and Ibadan, Akure, Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode. The Ikorodu show is the 5th time the concert is landing in Lagos.

    Announcing details of the Ikorodu edition in Lagos during the week, Globacom said in a press statement that the event would be held at Ikorodu Musical Village by 4.pm and will feature Axterix, Marvin records queen Di’Ja, Kiss Daniel, Flavour, Timaya and Tuface.

    Globacom explained that holding the show again in Ikorodu reveals “the prime place Lagos State occupies in our minds in the scheme of things. As a company, we believe that nothing is too big for us to celebrate and reward our teeming subscribers for their loyalty and faith in the Glo brand”.

    According to the company, the show will have celebrities such as Patience Ozokwor, (Mama G), Kanayo O. Kanayo (KOK) and Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) who will be at the event to interact with guests.

    Globacom called on all who wish to attend the concert to simply recharge their Glo SIM card with a minimum of N2,000 within a month for either voice or data usage and send a text message “MUSIC IKORODU” to a short code 207. The subscriber will then get a message inviting him or her for the show.”

  • Prof. Johnbull to expose child labour dangers

    GLOBACOM, sponsor of the television drama series, Professor Johnbull, has announced that the sitcom will, this week, unravel the dangers in child labour, child trafficking and street hawking by school-age children rampant in the country.

    The latest episode of the satire entitled: “Street School” re-enacts sundry ways through which children, minors and other school-age adolescents are abused with a view to sensitising the public to the plight of the victims.

    “Street School” projects how these minors are lured from their homes, especially in the villages, to the cities with the mouthwatering promise of greener pastures and continuation of their education, only to be turned to house-helps and street hawkers by their masters, who renege on all the promises and subject them to all sorts of inhuman treatment.

    The episode, billed for broadcast on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8.30 p.m. today, equally highlights some of the negative consequences of child labour such as exposing the children to dangers of road accidents, sexual and physical abuse and deprivation, which make the victims to become inferior to their age mates who they see daily go to school while they hawk.

     

  • Between the Awujale and Otunba Mike Adenuga

    Between the Awujale and Otunba Mike Adenuga

    FOR billionaire chairman of Globacom, Otunba Mike Adenuga Jr, the family unit is not just an important institution of life but about the most important. And he sees the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, not just as a monarch but as a father. Little wonder Adenuga and his telecommunication company, Globacom, have become the default backers of any event organised by the respected monarch whether in personal or official capacity.

    So tight is the bond between the Apesin of Ijebuland and the Awujale that they have become each other’s confidants. Adenuga, ranked by Forbes as the second richest man in Nigeria, is connected to the Awujale with more than hailing from the same community. His mother, Oyindamola, hails from the Ijebu royal house, which makes him not just a friend and subject of the Awujale but also a brother.

    Adenuga is never tired of seeking opportunities to demonstrate his love for the Awujale. In terms of financial backing, his companies are always at the forefront of popular Ijebu festivals or events held under the Awujale’s watch. The Ojude Oba Festival, the jewel in the crown of Ijebu cultural showpieces, has been sponsored by Globacom in the past 12 years, and this year’s will not be an exception.