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Nigeria’s second national operator in telecoms, Globacom has said it has concluded plans to ensure that its subscribers enjoy uninterrupted network service.

More subscribers have also won mouth-watering prizes in its on-going N750 recharge seasons Recharge promotion. Eight people are now proud owners of brand new Honda Accord i-vtec cars courtesy of the promo. While four won in Benin another four won in Nsukka, Enugu State.

The Benin regional manager of the company, Mr. Roy Olaiya said Globacom hold its customers in high regard hence it is still rewarding them, adding that the promo which commenced December 2006 has been extended till the end of this month.

Olaiya spoke during the Benin regional draw of the promo.

At the draw, four lucky winners, including a building contractor, Mr. Emmanuel Osunobor, emerged winners and went home with a brand new Honda Accord i-vtec 2006 model saloon car, each.

The regional manager in his welcome address described the promo as one of the best the company had done in recent time, saying that Globacom was more than ever determined to take Nigerians to the next level.

Olaiya pointed out that in the last three years, Globacom has achieved over 90 per cent of its coverage target with over 12 million subscribers’ base and unrivalled network quality. He assured its subscribers of qualitative service and rewarding relationship with the customers.

In his acceptance speech, one of the star winners, Osunobor thanked management of Globacom for making the promo real and called on other Nigerians to patronize the company.

Other winners at the draw included Mr. Cypril Egharevba from Eleme, Rivers State, Peter Diopa Warri, and Mr. Nwanjede Sunny from Asaba, Delta State.

Meanwhile a first year media radiography student of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and three other subscribers, during the week became the latest winners of brand new Honda Accord i-vtec (2006 model) cars in the Glo N750 Seasons Recharge Promotion.

The student, 19-year-old Obi Chukwuemeka Anderson, Chinasa Abigail Okedum with number 0805 5812019, Femi Atoyebi as well as Sokari Kate emerged winners in an electronic draw held for subscribers in the Enugu Region at Zodiac Hotel, Enugu.

Their numbers were selected from subscribers in the region who recharged their phones with the special N750 recharge card denomination within the commencement of the promotion on December 1 last year and the draw date.

The four cars are part of the 40 Honda Accord cars which Globacom is offering to prepaid subscribers in the promotion. Other regions where subscribers have won the car prizes include Lagos , Abuja , Port Harcourt , Benin and Kano .

When called on phone from the venue of the draw and informed of the development, the lucky subscribers had mixed reactions. Atoyebi replied angrily, "Please, I am at work. I don’t have time for all this joke," and switched off his phone. Anderson reacted in a similar manner, asking "How do you want me to believe you? I don’t believe you please."

For the other two winners, however, their initial doubts gave way when they heard the loud clapping of the audience at the background. "Oh my God, I am in church. Ooh thank God oo. Thank God oo," Okedum screamed. Sokari, after some silence at her end of the line, asked: "Motor, me win motor? Where do I get it, now?"

Speaking before the draws, Globacom’s Enugu Regional Manager, Kehinde Bangudu, said Globacom has through unprecedented promotion shown its commitment to improving the quality of lives of its subscribers and Nigerians as a whole.

"We owe a debt of gratitude to our subscribers for their amazing support and patronage. Globacom acknowledges the goodwill and tremendous support it has enjoyed from Nigerians since 2003 when it began operations", Bangudu told the large audience which included subscribers, dealers, government officials, business executives, students and market women. The regional manager added that Globacom would continue to empower Nigerians to rule their world.

Bangudu also reassured the doubting winners and guests at the draw that their doubts would disappear at the prize presentation which would be held next week.

Also speaking after the draws, the special guest of honour and Commissioner for Health in Enugu State, Dr. C Uzoh, commended Globacom for its unmatched customer-reward packages.

"I had before now been hearing about the promotion on radio, but today, I have become a witness. I can confirm that it is real. The process of arriving at the winners is free, fair and transparent", the commissioner noted.

"Glo has changed a lot of things in the communication industry. They pioneered Per Second Billing which has so far been the most innovative in telecoms in Nigeria . They also reduced call tariffs and cost of GSM lines and I commend them for what they have done for Nigerians, Uzoh said.

Typical, lol  who told you I am a Nigerian?   .  just because I can speak broken English does not qualify me as an Ibo man, lol

Is like this is what the Muslim northerners are taught.To steal public funds

that is why we have what is called the ALmagiri and sheria school in the North, I was born and raise in the north, I know how this people think. no offense to my elites northerners. but some of yall are nasty

President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., for his contributions to the development of football on the African continent.
In an address read on his behalf by the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Bala Ka’oje, at the Glo/CAF Awards in Accra, Ghana, the President stated that Adenuga and the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, deserved special commendation for their role in youth development.
“They have both dedicated themselves to further uniting the nations of Africa through the instrumentality of the meaningful engagement of our youths, the expansion of communication capacities, and employment opportunities for all Africans,” Obasanjo said.
President Obasanjo noted that limitless possibilities existed for the African continent if the organised private sector emulated Adenuga and Hayatou in “partnering with the various governments in the development of sports infrastructure and the creation of enabling environment for the development of the generality of sports in Africa.”
He expressed delight in associating with the Glo/CAF Awards which he said celebrates nobility, gracefulness and unique productive capacity of the youth of Africa.

The health of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Katsina State governor, Alhaji Umar Yar’Adua, appears to be failing as he has been ordered by his doctors to take a rest.

However, there were conflicting reports Tuesday night on the whereabouts of Yar’Adua. While the PDP said he was in Abuja, sources said he had been flown to Germany for treatment.
This is coming on the heels of speculations that the governor may pull out of the presidential race over his failing health.

Confirming that the Katsina State governor was ill, National Secretary of the PDP, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, however, said, in Lagos Tuesday night that Yar’ Adua was still in the race. He said that the rigour of the campaign was taking a toll on the PDP presidential candidate, adding that his doctors recommended a rest. He said that Yar’Adua was in Abuja and may go abroad.

Yar’ Adua’s ill-health is coming at a time there are speculations that he has been under pressure from his family members to pull out of the race for two reasons: ill health and the fear that President Olusegun Obasanjo may not quit power in May.

It was gathered that a group, believed to be working for General Ibrahim Babangida, is hoping that if Yar’Adua quits, the former military president may be drafted into the race. However, another source said that the former national security adviser, Gen Aliyu Gusau, may be drafted to replace Yar’ Adua if doctors declare him medical unfit to continue in the presidential race.

Sources, however, revealed that a delegation has been sent to Germany to obtain the medical records of Yar’Adua, with the view to knowing whether he could continue in the presidential race or not.
It was equally gathered that Obasanjo is already angling for a possible extension of the handover date. A bill to that effect is said to be in the offing.

The PDP national scribe had at the press briefing Tuesday night prayed God not to allow Yar’Adua’s health to get to the level where the PDP will substitute him.

Speaking on the development a legal practitioner, Chief Ayo Opadokun said with the deadline for substitution of candidates’ names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over, the implication is that if the PDP presidential candidate does not recover on time to stand for the election, then the race would go ahead without Yar’Adua.”

Opadokun said the Electoral Act does not make provision “for this kind of development,” adding that “the implication is that the election would be held without Yar’Adua.”

“It’s also out of the question that Jonathan Goodluck will stand in for Yar’Adua as the PDP Presidential candidate of his health worsens. Yar’Adua is the only one known to law as the PDP presidential candidate, Jonathan Goodluck is not. Goodluck is not known to law as a presidential candidate. He’s a running mate, Opadokun contended further.

In his own view, another legal practitioner, Bamidele Aturu, however, said there is no law forbidding a sick candidate from contesting election. According to him, the PDP may only have a moral problem, because people may not like to vote for a sick candidate.