Court orders NCC, MTN, Airtel to pay N500m for blocking APC’s fundraiser

A federal high court in Lagos has mandated the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to pay N500 million to the All Progressives Congress for suspending the party’s presidential campaign fundraising platform.

In a judgment on a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by APC, Justice Ibrahim Buba held that the NCC acted beyond its powers in suspending the fundraising platform of the APC, which was meant to generate funds to prosecute the presidential bid of the party.

NCC had ordered telecoms firms Etisalat, MTN, Glo, Airtel and Visafone to stop running the SMS Code platform 35350 created by APC to raise funds. Issuing the directive, NCC had warned the telecoms firms against running political promotions that would portray them as being partisan.

Airtel One Mic: Monja, Wenegha emerge winners in Abuja and PH

A Theatre Arts Undergraduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Ekundayo Monja, has emerged winner of the North Region final of Airtel One Mic, a musical talent-hunt competition for tertiary institutions created by leading telecom service provider, Airtel Nigeria.

The competition, which was held in Gwagwalada, Abuja, featured five other finalists, comprising two students each from University of Abuja, Nassarawa State University and another from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in keen contest for the star prize of a brand new KIA Picanto and a recording deal.

Airtel unveils Catapult-a-Startup to boost entrepreneurship

 

Segun Ogunsanya

Airtel Nigeria, has launched an entrepreneurial initiative tagged ‘Catapult-a-Startup,’ a platform which aims to inspire innovation and assist  start up mobile app developers towards actualising their business goals and dreams.

With this, Airtel is offering a platform for budding mobile app developers to receive advanced mentoring from industry veterans, funding, marketing, and also improve their skills to become successful using their creativity.

To participate in the programme, interested start-ups are to submit their ideas and presentations to the ‘Catapult-a-Startup’ website www.cas.ng, for evaluation.

Airtel to make 60 millionaires in Red Hot Promo

Following the success of Airtel Red Hot promo, which was first introduced last year, leading Telecommunications Service Provider, Airtel Nigeria, has launched the second edition of the consumer promo, which has created life-changing opportunities for scores of Airtel customers to become instant millionaires.

For the second edition, Airtel Nigeria has raised the bar by offering a star prize of a brand new 2015 Range Rover.

The promo will further produce one winner of one million naira daily while 100 lucky customers will each win N10,000 daily for 60 days, through electronic draws. Every customer that participates in the promo will stand the chance of winning the star prize at the end of the promo.

 In addition to these exciting prizes, Airtel will be offering smart phones to 100 lucky customers every week and free airtime to over 5,000 customers.

Speaking on the consumer-reward initiative, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Maurice Newa, noted that Airtel continues to create platforms to enrich and empower its customers, noting that the Airtel Red Hot promo Season One was a success as it opened doors of fortune to new and existing customers.

He said: “The second edition is bigger and bolder with lots of goodies for Airtel customers. This is another opportunity for our customers to become instant millionaires while others will step up their style by winning smartphones and free talk time to chat with friends, family, business associates and loved ones.

 “Airtel Red Hot promo is another unique way of showing appreciation all Airtel customers in Nigeria. In addition to the innovative products and services which the network offers them, the Red Hot promo presents them with opportunities to enrich their lives and achieve their dreams.”

To participate and qualify, customers will need to recharge their lines or purchase any Airtel data, Blackberry, Android bundle or voice offer bundle offer. Each of these activities carry specific number of entries into the raffle draw and the higher the number of entries earned, the higher the chances of winning.

The accumulated entry points for a customer can be carried over every day throughout the promo so that the chance of winning increases with every passing day. The Airtel Red Hot Promo, which runs for 60 days is open to all prepaid and Zero Credit limit post-paid customers.

It would be recalled that last year, Danjuma Ibrahim Yakubu, 40, a National Assembly correspondent with Radio Nigeria Precious FM, in Lafia, Nassarawa State, emerged winner of the N10m star prize.

Airtel reaches out to Nigerian youths with Trybe

*L-R, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Maurice Newa; Vice President, Segments, Dinesh Balsingh and Head, Youth Segment, Segun Aderinokun at the media launch of Airtel Trybe in Lagos recently

Airtel Nigeria has unveiled yet another innovative offering; ‘Airtel Trybe’specially designed to cater for the needs and lifestyle of the youth market segment.

Airtel Trybe is enhanced with features which offer youths the experience and benefits of staying connected to families, friends and their loved ones at all times and it also offers additional opportunities to customers for deriving maximum benefits from voice calls, SMS and data for social media platforms at affordable rates.

 In addition to these, there are also other amazing bonuses for new and existing customers who subscribe.