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  • FirstBank rewards customers

    FirstBank rewards customers

    FirstBank has announced  winner of the grand prize of a completed four-bedroom detached duplex in Lekki, Lagos after the draw of the Big Splash promo which took place yesterday in Port Harcourt was announced.

    Other prizes also won at the draw were three brand new Toyota corolla cars, cash prizes of N50,000, refrigerators and standing cookers.

    Declaring the event open, the Group Head of Retail Banking Southsouth of FirstBank, Mrs. Rosemary Asiegbu, said: “The ’Big Splash savings Promo was designed to reward customers for their patronage and loyalty to the brand over the years. It is also a platform for enhancing savings culture in the nation and encouraging the youths as well as the unbanked to embrace the financial services system.

    “This year’s promo was designed to coincide with the commemoration of our 120 years anniversary of memorable banking services in the country and as such, we have kept our promise to customers by holding the bi-monthly and quarterly draws regularly where we have given out over N35million cash prizes among many other mouth-watering prizes.”

    To ensure transparency during the draws, the selection process was under the supervision of the national lottery regulatory council. The bank also partnered with world class consultants, KPMG to ensure world best practice are aligned with. The draw is fully automated and it randomly selects winners who would take home various prizes. The e-draw is also audited from the back end to ensure that the numbers are not pre-selected.

  • Sterling Bank rewards winners of maths competition with N3.65m

    Sterling Bank rewards winners of maths competition with N3.65m

    The Sterling Bank Mathematics competition came to a climax last weekend with the presentation of various cash awards totaling N3.65 million to the top 51 pupils.

    The keenly contested competition which initially produced ties for the first position, prompting a tie breaker test, saw seven pupils achieving the same score. The competition was sponsored by Sterling Bank Plc in collaboration with Caleb International Schools.

    At the award ceremony, three pupils,  Ogunsanwo Temilade Ayomikun, Ojo Opemiposi Esther and Ebiabkpo Abeokuta, who came first, second and third respectively went home with cash prizes of N500,000, N300,000 and N200,000 respectively. They also got various branded gift items from Sterling Bank Plc.

    Master Udo- Ozoagba Prosper (4th), Aromolaran Toluwase Daniel (5th), Awodola Winnie Eniola (6th)  and Onyejekwe Chima Henry who came seventh went home with the sum of N150,000, N125,000, N100,000 and N75,000 respectively while 44 others got consolation prizes of N50,000 each.

    Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, Sterling Bank’s Executive Director and Chief Finance Officer (CFO), who addressed the pupils and their parents/guardians commended them for putting up what he described as a superlative performance, adding that the keen competition among participants was evidence that all was not lost in the country’s education sector.

    Executive Director, Caleb International Schools, Dolapo Ogunbanwo commended Sterling Bank for the initiative adding that the Bank had demonstrated clearly that it was socially responsible and committed to the growth of education in the country.

    While congratulating the award winners, Ogunbanwo  lauded the parents for investing in the future of their children as manifested in their outstanding performance at the competition.

  • Consolidated Breweries rewards shareholders with N918m dividend

    Shareholders of Consolidated Breweries Plc yesterday at the company’s annual general meeting unanimously approved a gross dividend of N917.7 million as cash payouts for the 2013 business year. The breakdown indicates shareholders will receive a dividend per share of N1.85.

    Shareholders at the meeting also threw their weight behind the ongoing plan to merge the company with the Nigerian Breweries Plc, noting that this would result in a bigger and better company. They however demanded for fair valuation of their shares in the merger process.

    Speaking at the general meeting, chairman, Consolidated Breweries Plc, Prof. Oyin Odutola-Olurin, assured shareholders that the board is committed to protection of shareholders’ interests, assuring that shareholders will receive adequate value in the merger.

    It will be recalled that managements of Consolidated Breweries and Nigerian Breweries had in a statement on Monday announced plan to merge both entities for better performance.

    Odutola-Olurin said the immediate past year was a truly eventful year as the company achieved several milestones in its journey towards greatness.

    According to her, major achievements included the expansion of the company’s production capacity, the successful merger of Benue Breweries Limited and DIL/Maltex (Nigeria) Plc, the introduction of a new system which improved the controls in business, as well as the introduction of a new bottle for “33” and a variant of Malt drink, the Hi-Malt Choco Twist.

    She also hinted of the plan to use gas to power some of the equipment at the Ijebu Ode Brewery, in an effort to drive down costs.

    Managing director, Consolidate Breweries Plc, Mr Boudewijn Haarsma noted that the company has been integrated into Heineken’s long-term sustainability strategy.

    “We aim to create genuine shared value for all our stakeholders as sustainability is part of how we manage our business”, Haarsma said.

  • LCCI rewards First Bank, LAWMA, others for innovations, best practices

    LCCI rewards First Bank, LAWMA, others for innovations, best practices

    THE Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has lived up to the bidding of its core mandate of trade promotion, business and policy advocacy by recognising deserving corporate organisations and public institutions who contributed to the development of commerce and industry in the country, including: Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), First Bank Plc, Mansard Insurance, Seplat Petroleum Development Company and a host of others.

    The event was at the 2014 Commerce & Industry awards held in Lagos, where LCCI president Alhaji Remi Bello said the chamber is committed to the promotion of the core values that would ensure sustainable progress of the nation’s economy.

    According to him, “Value creation is at the heart of wealth creation, the main drivers of the economy amidst multitude of challenges in the investment environment. We are excited that many of them are also indigenous enterprises. The LCCI Commerce & Industry award would among other things continue to promote healthy competition among corporate organisations as well as public sector institutions.”

    Bello said the chamber recognises that there is no perfect time to make an impact in any system.

    He stressed that the nominees have excelled in their various sectors, noting that over 500 entries from virtually all sectors of the economy were received with the outcomes subjected to rigorous screening by a body of jury made up of eminent Nigerians such as Mazi Ohuabunwa, Vice Chancellor, Pan -Atlantic University, Prof. Joan Elegudo, amongst others.

    Earlier, Governor Babtunde Fashola in his remarks said it is fitting that contributions to the commerce and industry sector be recognised by those who drive the world economy.

    He stressed that commerce is the driving force of the economy, noting that as the governor of a state with a monthly GDP of N20 billion, he is best placed to appreciate how important commerce is for our growth.

    The governor represented by the Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Mrs.  Sola Oworu disclosed that the state is doing her best to provide a conducive and safe environment in which people can conduct business.  He said: “Through our laws and policies we strive to ease the constraints of doing business so that companies can be more productive and, thus, contribute better to the economy. A few years ago, we reckoned that to achieve greatness, we must focus on the provision of power, the expansion of agriculture, the provision of proper, organised transportation systems and affordable housing.”

  • Dettol rewards 50 customers at 50

    Dettol, a brand of Reckitt Benckiser, yesterday rewarded 50 loyal customers at Oke Aarin Market, Lagos, with gift items, such as plastic chairs, T-shirts and fez caps.

    It was at an event that was organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the product in Nigeria.

    Speaking during the event tagged Your health, your success, Dettol Brand Ambassador and Nollywood Star, Mrs Patience Ozonkwor (aka Mama G), described Dettol as a unique product with efficacy, adding that it was great to be chosen as its ambassador.

    Mrs Ozonkwor who stopped at 50 different points in the market to present gifts to loyal customers, said she is addicted to the product as she uses the big pack of Dettol, adding: “I don’t even use the small ones.”

    She said she is proud of the brand because it is good and it has brought joy and health to people for 50 years. “I will give my heart to it,” she said.

    Mrs Ozonkwor said customers were rewarded because they saw the good quality of the product.

    “They should transfer the culture to their children and their children’s children just as my grandmother transfered it to my mother and I’m tranfering it to my children,” she added.

    She said she is so glued to Dettol that she doesn’t even try other products.

  • Ecobank rewards winners in card promo

    Ecobank has rewarded winners of its Card-4-Prizes promo in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja.

    The 15 lucky winners, who emerged from electronic draws, went home with different prizes, including smart phones; LCD TV; air conditioners; home theatres and generating sets.

    Some of the winners from Port Harcourt centre included Nwite Okoroafor ( generator); Ejiroghene Josephine (home theatre); and Ojo Omorovbie (air conditioner).

    The Abuja winners are Ogunsola Adewale Waidi (generator); Sarki Abdullahi Move ( home theatre); Agharite Dorah Derume (air conditioner) while in Lagos, the winners were Sani Musa Mairiga (Samsung Galaxy Mega Mobile Phone); Iwara Obeten (LED TV 32’’) and Agboola Sunday (air conditioner).

    According to Tunde Kuponiyi, the bank’s Head, Cards and e-banking, the promo is part of efforts aimed at supporting the use of alternative payment channels by customers and also strengthening the CBN’s cash-less policy.

    He explained that the promo planned to run for three months will see customers of the bank winning prizes that includes sedan cars, all-expense paid trip to Brazil and scholarships worth N300, 000 each by winners to be drawn from various parts of the country.

    To select winners, Kuponiyi affirmed that “a point based rating” will be applied “meaning winning customers will be awarded points for every transaction done on the bank’s alternative channels.’

    Kuponiyi said customers were expected to accumulate a minimum of 20 points to qualify for the monthly draw, while the grand finale draw which will also hold in the three centres,, would be based on total accumulated points during the promo.

    According to him, the alternative channels are cash withdrawals from Ecobank’s ATMs, transactions made on PoS terminals and internet payments.

     

  • FCMB rewards customers with cars, cash

    Three lucky customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited have each been rewarded with a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) for emerging as the star prize winners at the bank’s 30th anniversary promo.

    In a statement, the bank said the winners emerged at the electronic draw conducted at its three regions and 26 zones nationwide.

    In addition to the car gifts given away, another set of three customers went home with N1million each, while 130 others won LCD Televisions, Fridges, Generators and DVD players.

    At the Lagos/South-West Regional draw held at Idimu in Lagos state, Mrs Saidat Mojirike Ajitena won the star prize of an SUV on offer, while Mr.AdamuDangoro also emerged a winner of another SUV at the North Regional draw held in Abuja. The third vehicle went to Mr. Gabriel AsaUdoh-Affah at the South-East/South-South Regional draw which took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

    The reward of N1million cash each went to Mr. Samuel IfeanyiEzeudu (Lagos/South-west); Mr.AbdullahiAminuHamcheta (North) and Mr. William OnyemechiOnwu (South-East/South-South).

    Speaking at the event in Lagos, FCMB’s Senior Vice President/Divisional Head, Retail Banking, Mr.OluAkanmu, stated that with the grand finale of the draws held nationwide, the Bank has fulfilled the promise it made to customers to reward those who participated and qualified in the anniversary promo.

  • Oando Marketing rewards distributors

    Oando Marketing rewards distributors

    Oando Marketing Plc has lifted the fortunes of its distributors nationwide by rewarding its star distributors who met and exceeded year 2013 set targets in the sale of Oando Oleum range of lubricants.

    The reward include cash prizes, 15kv generator sets and a brand new Nissan Pickup Truck. The prizes were presented to the winners over weekend during the Lubes Distributors’ Awards held at the new ultra-modern head office complex of the oil firm in Apapa.

    As an integral part of the award ceremony, the distributors who came from all parts of the country were given the opportunity to have a better understanding and first-hand experience of the meticulous product manufacturing process for all premium lubricant brands as they were taken round on a facility tour of the state-of-the-art Apapa Lubes Blending Plant.

    In his welcome address, Lubricant Research and Development Manager, Mr. Mohammed Dahiru disclosed that the award initiative was instituted as the firm’s way of recognizsing the distributors for their outstanding performance last year. Dahiru said the company last year made a promise to reward distributors that met their targets or exceeded it and as such, the lucky winners were the ones that lived up to expectation as they took the company’s lubricant brands to all nooks and crannies of the country with astonishing results.

    Presenting the awards, Oando Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Olaposi Williams commended the distributors for their hard work, astuteness and resourcefulness in making sure that the Oleum range of lubricants remained the leader in the lubricants’ market.

  • Amarula rewards dealers

    Amarula rewards dealers

    To remain a market leader,the manufacturers of Amarula, Distell International, has rewarded its trade partners who have helped made the brand available in the right place, at the right time.

    It hosted dealers and distributors at a Customers’ recognition/awards Forum at Rockview Hotel, G.R.A Apapa, Lagos, where outstanding and high performing key dealers smiled home with mouth-watering prizes.

    The Managing Director of Chigotex Royal Link, Mr. Chigozie Anagu, won a star prize of a brand new Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) for astuteness, business acumen and loyalty to the brand.

    Also, the Chief Executive Officer of Uzems Limited, Mr. Emeka Onyenanu, who was described as a dedicated and consummate marketer of Amarula cream won the second prize of a Toyota Saloon Car while other winners went home with prizes which included brand new Generators, Flat screen television sets and refrigerators.

    The Country Manager of Distell International in Nigeria, Richard Lucas, noted: “Amarula is unique in taste as it is made from marula fruit that grows exclusively in the wild in sub-Saharan Africa, where nature remains unspoiled.”

    Managing Director, Next International Limited, marketer of the brand in Nigeria, Mr. Ndibe Obi said: “The marula fruit has an ancient history going back many thousands of years. The fruit is greatly loved by elephants and other African wildlife. It is held in the highest esteem by many African communities as it is an important source of food and has many health-giving and curative properties. The tree is regarded as a symbol of fertility and unity.”

    However, the Marketing Manager, Next International Limited, Ms. Lizzy Iroha, said: “Amarula is the Spirit of Africa. Its appeal lies in its combination of exotic African mystery and cosmopolitan sophistication.”

    The National Sales Manager Mr. Sunny Ukpaka added: “Amarula is the essence of African luxury. When you think of Amarula, you think of glamorous, romantic African safaris and the closeness to Africa’s ancient, powerful and noble creatures, especially elephants.”

  • Lagos Assembly rewards informants with N2.25m

    Lagos State House of Assembly has fulfilled its promise to reward anyone who supplies information that will lead to the arrest of those who assaulted two women at Ejigbo for allegedly stealing pepper.

    At a meeting with the informants and other interested parties at the Assembly complex, Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji handed over the promised N1, 250,000 to the five informants including the one who facilitated the arrest of the culprits.

    The culprits have been arrested and handed over to the police for prosecution.

    Speaking at the event, leader of Women Arise For Change, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, who led her group to protest the matter to the Assembly few weeks ago advised the Police to restore the confidence of the people in the system by prosecuting the culprits.

    Dr Odumakin thanked members of the Lagos State House of Assembly who ensured that the perpetrators of the act were arrested.

    She said: “We were well received by the House when we staged a protest on the matter. With the way the House handled the matter, I know that Nigeria will rise again. The blood of the late victim cries for justice,” she said.

    Dr Odumakin said that she couldn’t overcome the horrible scenes after watching the video on December 11, adding that she had to forward it to people like Hon. Funmi Tejuosho, Pastor Tunde Bakare and Prof Wole Soyinka.

    The video of two women, who were dehumanised by some men for allegedly stealing pepper in Ejigbo area of Lagos, went viral on the internet last December.

    Dr Odumakin and her group staged a protest on the issue to the Assembly late last year and the House subsequently set up an adhoc committee, headed by the Majority Leader of the House, Dr. Ajibayo Adeyeye, to investigate the incident.

    The House promised to reward whoever could give the police a clue about the perpetrators with one million two hundred and fifty thousand naira.

    Speaking at the presentation of monetary reward, Ikuforiji said that he couldn’t believe the incident happened in Lagos, when he initially heard about it.

    “It is a story we don’t want to remember, we pray it never repeats itself, it is ungodly and inhuman. I couldn’t believe it could happen in Lagos. When Dr. Odumakin came up with the issue, I didn’t believe it, but I had to set-up a committee on the matter and I have been proved wrong,” he said.

    Ikuforiji thanked the Committee for doing a good job, adding that their efforts show that all hope is not lost about Nigeria and that ‘we will soon get there as a nation.’

    The Speaker also thanked Dr. Odumakin for her efforts in ensuring that the perpetrators of the act were apprehended.

    The identities of the victims, parents of the deceased victim and that of the first informant, who were all present, were concealed for security purposes.

    The case as well as the victims and their relatives were later handed over to the Office of the Public Defenders (OPD). They were led to the presentation by their Director, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi.