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Students of the University of Abuja got a pleasant surprise when Kukere crooner, Iyanya made a surprise performance to flag off the kick off of the 2015 edition of MTN Football Scholars 2015 edition.
This year’s edition will see the Football Scholars travelling to select Universities across the country to engage the Universities’ school team. The participating schools this year will be University of Abuja, Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), Federal University of Technology, Akure and the University of Lagos
For the spectators present at the opening match held at the University of Abuja, it was a rare opportunity to engage with the Iyanya as the MTN Ambassador took the appreciative audience through a repertoire of some of his hit songs.
The tour kicked off on a disappointing note for the Ambassadors as they lost by three goals to one.
It wasn't all football as the spectators went home with lots of freebies ranging from smartphones and branded T-shirts won from a raffle draw at the game.
Also present at the event was Nigerian former Nigerian International, Emmanuel Amuneke who also doubles as coach of Nigerian’s U-17 team.
Commending the initiative, Emmanuel Emenike who was in attendance said that MTN’s efforts in developing footballing talent in the country is well appreciated and thanked them for bringing the initiative to life.
"The effort of MTN in creating this program is a welcome development and well appreciated.” He said. Also speaking during the event was Joe Erico, Coach of the MTN Scholar’s team.
According to him, the experience of schooling and horning their football skills abroad would help the young footballers in their aspirations.
The MTN Football Scholars initiative is a youth oriented program of MTN Nigeria aimed at providing credible platform for young boys between the ages of 14-17 years to excel and become top flight footballers.
Now in its fifth season, the MTN Football Scholars initiative is now one of Nigeria’s foremost talent development/education platform.
This year, 23 beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme will participate in the tour across the select universities. The grand finale of the event will be held at the University of Lagos, Unilag on August 5.

Ahead of the kickoff of Season 5 of the MTN Football Scholars campaign, the Football Scholars paid a visit to MTN’s Corporate Headquarters in Falomo, Ikoyi recently.

This year’s edition will see the MTN Football Scholars going on a tour across four Universities in the county where they will be playing series of novelty matches against the school teams.

It kicks-off on July 30th at the University of Abuja before moving to University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus on July 31st. The Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State will host the Scholars on August 2nd and the tour will move to the University of Lagos’ where the Scholars will play the Unilag School in the last of game of the tour on August 4th.

See pictures from the engagement.

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MTN Football Scholars is a youth oriented football talent hunt initiative of MTN aimed at discovering budding talents in Nigerian football, focusing on boys between the ages of 14 and 17 years old. It is a platform that provides youths a credible opportunity to excel and become top flight footballers.

Ahead of the kickoff of Season 5 of the MTN Football Scholars campaign, the Football Scholars paid a visit to MTN’s Corporate Headquarters in Falomo, Ikoyi recently.

This year’s edition will see the MTN Football Scholars going on a tour across four Universities in the county where they will be playing series of novelty matches against the school teams.

It kicks-off on July 30th at the University of Abuja before moving to University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus on July 31st. The Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State will host the Scholars on August 2nd and the tour will move to the University of Lagos’ where the Scholars will play the Unilag School in the last of game of the tour on August 4th.

See pictures from the engagement.

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MTN Football Scholars is a youth oriented football talent hunt initiative of MTN aimed at discovering budding talents in Nigerian football, focusing on boys between the ages of 14 and 17 years old. It is a platform that provides youths a credible opportunity to excel and become top flight footballers.

The MTN Football Scholar Season 5, formally kicked off today at the University of Abuja sports ground. In the opening match, the present beneficiaries of the initiative played a novelty match with University of Abuja’s finest 11.
The scholars started the game by capitalising on poor defending from the UniAbuja team to open the scoring inside the opening 5 minutes of the encounter.
The UniAbuja team were not to be outplayed as they equalised through incisive play in the 32nd minute.
The encounter ended one goal apiece at half time.
The second half kicked off in pulsating manner with the UniAbuja team taking the game to the Scholars. The University side grabbed the lead for the first time of the encounter in early minutes of the 2nd half. They put the game beyond reach of the MTN Football Scholars with a third goal from a skilful header while the Scholars defence was ball watching.
The UniAbuja team were rewarded for their brilliance as they went home with a cheque of 250,000. The MVP of the team Yakubu Yahaya also won himself a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 for his exploits.
Present at the event were past Nigerian Internationals, Joe Erico, coach of the MTN Football Scholars as well as Emmanuel Amunike. There was also a surprise appearance from Kukere crooner and Past Project Fame winner, Iyanya who thrilled the audience after the match.
It wasn't all football as the spectators went home with lots of freebies ranging from smartphones and branded T-shirts won from a raffle draw at the game.
The game was wrapped up with a surprise performance by MTN Ambassador, Iyana whose advent was well received by the excited crowd that cheered him up all through his performance.
The MTN Football Scholars initiative is a youth oriented program of MTN Nigeria aimed at providing credible platform for young boys between the ages of 14-17 years to excel and become top flight footballers.
Commending the initiative, Emmanuel Emenike who was in attendance said that MTN’s efforts in developing footballing talent in the country is well appreciated and thanked them for bringing the initiative to life.
"The effort of MTN in creating this program is a welcome development and well appreciated.” He said.

The MTN Football Scholar Season 5, formally kicked off today at the University of Abuja sports ground. In the opening match, the present beneficiaries of the initiative played a novelty match with University of Abuja’s finest 11.
The scholars started the game by capitalising on poor defending from the UniAbuja team to open the scoring inside the opening 5 minutes of the encounter.
The UniAbuja team were not to be outplayed as they equalised through incisive play in the 32nd minute.
The encounter ended one goal apiece at half time.
The second half kicked off in pulsating manner with the UniAbuja team taking the game to the Scholars. The University side grabbed the lead for the first time of the encounter in early minutes of the 2nd half. They put the game beyond reach of the MTN Football Scholars with a third goal from a skilful header while the Scholars defence was ball watching.
The UniAbuja team were rewarded for their brilliance as they went home with a cheque of 250,000. The MVP of the team Yakubu Yahaya also won himself a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 for his exploits.
Present at the event were past Nigerian Internationals, Joe Erico, coach of the MTN Football Scholars as well as Emmanuel Amunike. There was also a surprise appearance from Kukere crooner and Past Project Fame winner, Iyanya who thrilled the audience after the match.
It wasn't all football as the spectators went home with lots of freebies ranging from smartphones and branded T-shirts won from a raffle draw at the game.
The game was wrapped up with a surprise performance by MTN Ambassador, Iyana whose advent was well received by the excited crowd that cheered him up all through his performance.
The MTN Football Scholars initiative is a youth oriented program of MTN Nigeria aimed at providing credible platform for young boys between the ages of 14-17 years to excel and become top flight footballers.
Commending the initiative, Emmanuel Emenike who was in attendance said that MTN’s efforts in developing footballing talent in the country is well appreciated and thanked them for bringing the initiative to life.
"The effort of MTN in creating this program is a welcome development and well appreciated.” He said.

Friday the 26th of June 2015 was indeed one night to remember at Club Escape V.I. Lagos. Nigeria’s coolest celebrities and fans of the Kasapreko brand, gathered for an exciting launch of two of its newest tastes, Kalahari bitters and Carnival strawberry.

Kalahari and Carnival blends are products from Kasapreko Company Limited, makers of the popular Alomo Bitters. The introduction of these premium products is coming on the heels of the company's resolve to ensure that Nigerian brands join the league of internationally acknowledged brands

The event led with a red carpet and photography session that welcomed personalities in Nigeria’s entertainment industry and dignities from all works of life. Amongst them were Ruggedman, Chuddy K ,Weird MC Rayce, Stunna Gee, JJC Skillz, Mbryo , Bond (Phyno’s Manager) , Destiny (Olu Maintain’s manager) , N6 (OAP Cool FM) ,Capital Femi , TeeHigh , Olisa Adibua and others.

Guests were entertained with Music and refreshments, Guests at the event were introduced to the tastes of Kalahari and carnival drinks, as they were mixed into various yummy cocktails and to their delight JJC Skillz graced the audience with a performance.

The unveiling of the blends met with even more excitement when the event hosts previewed a video reel that educated the audience on the uniqueness of the products; everyone was in awe. As the evening came to an end, makers of the popular Alomo Bitters had managed to increase anticipation of the Kalahari Bitters and Carnival Strawberry on the store and Supermarket shelves.

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Femi Ojodu runs a small business consulting company. After working for more than 10 years in a multinational firm, he decided to start up his own consulting firm. In order to attract business, he needs to inform his friends of the new move in his life. His phone contacts readily come to mind. However, He is at a loss as to the most cost effective way of advertising his consulting business via his phone contacts.
Janet Oghene is a baker and a student of one of Nigeria’s leading tertiary institutions. Even though her parents have largely been responsible for her education, she wants to supplement her income from home by baking cakes and other pastries and selling to her fellow students. Her challenge is; how is she going to spread the word about her new business to the entire school community?
Ahmed Rabiu’s wife recently delivered a bouncing baby girl. Being the family’s first child, he intends to host family members and friends to a grand naming ceremony. However, the task of sending invitations to the invited guests appears daunting given his tight schedule.
These three individuals had one basic challenge: How to disseminate personalized messages without spending too much money.
They found the perfect solution with MTN’s Caller Feel service. Caller Feel is a classy service that allows users express themself through short messages that appear on the subscribers’ phone screen when they receive calls. Femi Ojodu for instance, easily converted his phone into an advertising medium using the Caller Feel service. This way, whenever he made a call, a short message about his business appeared on the screen of the receiver. As for Janet Oghene, news of her bakery business soon spread to the entire university community after she posted a short message about her cakes via the Caller Feel service. Ahmed Rabiu, on his part, did not need to bother with endless phone calls, SMS or email messages to convey details of the child naming ceremony to friends and family as he had already pasted a message about the ceremony via his Caller Feel account.
Like the three, more and more Nigerians are buying into the MTN Caller Feel Service. The best part of the Caller Feel service is that it can be used for various purposes such as: Personal Advertising, Status messaging, Mood description, Special messages to specific callers and a host of other ways. Some of the features of the service include the option of creating personalized content, choosing from various categories of specially created Caller Feel content, as well as the option of assigning certain Caller Feel content to different callers/groups at different times.
That’s not all. Subscribers to the service can create time schedules for personalized content for up to 4 hours, after which it would be replaced with the default Caller Feel content. Users are also allowed to copy Caller Feel Content from a call just by pressing the hash key {#} when the called party answers the call.
So what are you waiting for? Why not express yourself by subscribing to the MTN Caller Feel service. Simply send the keyword: “REG” to short code “50016” or log onto the Caller Feel webpage on the MTN website, enter your MSISDN and select the option to subscribe to this service.

My good friend Vicky introduced me to this very hot and sophisticated lady at her office. Being the guy I know myself to be, I was confident that this girl was mine! All I had to do was charm her. I collected Vicky’s colleague’s number, called her up and so the wooing began. We talked nonstop, one conversation running into the other, like we were meant to be together. Finally our first date came, at one of the coolest bars in Lagos; this was a first step in the right direction.
That night I picked her up and held the door for my lady when it was needed; it was important that she knew she was with a gentleman. At the bar, I couldn’t stop beaming; I told myself “brother, you hit the jackpot”. To show her I was a man of taste, I ordered her drink and mine. She smiled at me and in one graceful move she lifted the glass to her lips, took a sip and her smile faded.
She stood up, took a few steps towards me, said “You must be joking” and left.
I was confused, to figure out what went wrong, I immediately called Vicky, told her what had happened. Vicky laughed so hard and said “I thought you knew these things, a classy lady like that wants nothing mediocre”
“Vicky, I don’t want to lose her, what should I do” I replied.
You can redeem your image and be in her good graces again. Take her out this Friday to Club Escape. It’s another opportunity to give her the greatest tastes of her life... She’s the sophisticated type; you have to show her TWO CAN PLAY.
I smiled and picked up my phone- It was time to schedule another date.

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In line with its commitment to enhancing the lives of Nigerian musicians by providing platforms through which they can get lucrative value for their intellectual properties, leading ICT Company, MTN will spend millions on its brand ambassadors in the next one year.
MTN’s GM, Consumer Marketing, Richard Iweanoge, made the announcement on Thursday while also unveiling Cobhams Asuquo, as the latest addition to MTN’s brand ambassadors. He would be joining Davido, Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr. Sid, Sound Sultan, Iyanya, Chidinma, Banky W, KCee as well as Saka, Osuofia, Mama Gee and others who all renewed their contracts with MTN.
As was originally conceptualized, the ambassadorship will continually evolve to accommodate new talents and cater for diverse segments. This year, we are using a segmented approach and there will be ambassadors for each segment of our market. Using this criteria, new artistes like Cobhams Asuquo will be coming on board the MTN Ambassadorial family.
However, for 2015, artistes like Timaya, Wizkid, sean Tizzle and a few others will no longer be ambassadors for the brand even though the relationship continues in other areas in which MTN enables artists to monetise their work.
‘’Although there is a finite number of brand ambassadors we can have at any point in time, Nigerian Artistes can continue to monetize their intellectual works through our distribution channels such as the Caller Tunez and Music Plus platforms.” he said
“With billions invested so far in Nigeria’s music industry, MTN remains one of the biggest supporters of the music industry. We have a track record of consistently providing the stage for some of Nigeria’s biggest artistes to shine and express themselves. For MTN, we see the growth of the music industry as a continuum and not a destination. That is why we will continue to engage and support our local artistes so that they can find full expression for their talents.”
According to him, “When we talk of our ambassadors, we have amongst them Iyanya, Praiz and Chidinma, three past participants in the Project Fame. MTN not only gave them the platform to express their talents through the music reality TV show, but we have consistently supported them over the years by making them our ambassadors. We can safely say that our investments in them have paid off because now they are counted among Nigeria’s biggest music acts and we are truly proud of them.”
Going further, Iweanoge said that while the Brand Ambassadorial platform remains a crucial part of MTN’s contribution to the music industry, the company also makes significant contribution to the industry via its music related Value Added Services.
“For instance, through our Caller Ring Back Tunez (CRBT), MTN has become the largest music distributor in Africa. Through the platform, we rescued Nigerian musicians from the scourge of piracy. They are able to make good money as a result of their hard work. Also, as Nigeria’s most innovative telecoms company, we have been able to deploy music as a platform to give other value added services to our teeming subscribers, which have also proven to be a significant source of revenue for the artistes like MTN Music+ app and a host of other platforms.”

This initiative is from Jumia, Mansard, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Leadway and ARM. They are using MTN as a platform. You get 30 minutes free after every 3 minutes call you make. So yeah, you could call that the catch.

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Any gift coming from MTN is not free no matter who's sponsoring the gift....it's in them

Good times are here again for Nigerians to enjoy free calls from 5am – 8am daily. This is coming under the Good Morning Nigeria (GMN) initiative.
This initiative is made possible by leading Nigerian brands: Mansard, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Jumia, Leadway and ARM. For these brands, this is their unique way of appreciating Nigerians for their patronage and loyalty.
This one-of-a-kind service is an innovative mobile advertising and CSR initiative to drive inclusion and provide economic support to Nigerians. The initiative requires callers to listen to mobile adverts from the partner companies to make them eligible to benefit from free calls.
To enjoy these free calls daily, Nigerians on the MTN network simply need to text GMN to 131 and enjoy 30minutes free call on the same call each time they make a straight 3minute call to an MTN number between the hours of 5am – 8am.

Heritage Bank Limited has announced plans to host its maiden business fair to support the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country.

The two-day exhibition is one of the activities to mark the bank’s 2014 customer service week scheduled for October.

Explaining the rationale behind the maiden Business Fair, Group Head, SME, Heritage Banking Company Limited, Bayo Ogunnusi said, it is being organised in line with the bank’s vision of promoting economic development through supports for SMEs.

He added, in a statement that the business exhibition would be value driven, saying the bank has concluded plans to partner Google, Microsoft among others.

“There will be a lot of value-added offerings by Heritage Bank to the participating organisations. There will be business clinic, funfair, networking, MasterCard utilization and opportunity for non-card holders to open their accounts.

“Google and Microsoft will be on hand to guide business owners on how to take their businesses to the next level,” he explained.

The two-day business exhibition is scheduled to take place on October 9th and 10th in Lagos.