Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Publisher Of Today’s Woman Magazine to feature on Baileys Boutique.

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Media entrepreneur and publisher of Today’s Woman magazine, Adesuwa Onyenokwe will be returning to her first love – talk show – to join the fun and fabulous ladies, Stephanie Coker and Fade Ogunro, and stylist producer, Hauwa Mukan in another captivating episode of the Baileys Boutique!

She has been married for 25 years, has six children and is still going strong! You definitely would want to listen to what she has to say as to how she’s coping with the demands of age, family and work; and about the great team of supporting women, girlfriends and sisters who have cheered her on through the years. She will also be telling us about all the smart and shrewd moves she’d made that got her to where she is today.

Go on ladies, grab your ice-filled glasses, pour your Baileys and don’t forget to get your friends to join you. Tune in, and be inspired! We also celebrate you, spending time with us, listening and contributing to this show. #HeresToUs!

You could be part of the show by calling 08102650209 during the show, or comment @baileysnigeria on Instagram or Baileys Nigeria on Facebook. You may just be that special contributor we’ve been looking out for. Be the first to call in and win a fabulous gift.

The show is aired on The Beat 99.9FM every Friday from 8.30PM.


We are not just friends, we are back up! #HERE’STOUS!

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OzzyBosco thrilled Ojuelegba community at Spirit of Lagos road tour

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For the residence of Ojuelegba, a bustling community in Lagos, 2015 Valentine day celebration is definitely one that they will not forget in a hurry as the Spirit of Lagos, a Movement committed to restoring the lost glories of Lagos stormed the area with the sensational and wonder kid artiste, OzzyBosco as part of its just concluded Do The Right Thing road tour.

The residence, who gathered at the cross-road under the bridge venue of the road show, could not resist the dancing steps and the sonorous songs from the kid artiste who is also an Ambassador of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).

The wonderkid rendered some of his songs including the popular Keep Lagos Clean. Currently he has three music videos and 13 singles which includes his latest gospel song ‘U Reign’ featuring Midnight Crew and Dr Tee Mac (MFR).  He has also featured some A-list artistes such as MI, Olamide, Flavour, Sound Sultan among others.

Exuding joy at the performance of Ozzy Bosco during the show which lasted for three hours, his mother, Chief  (Mrs) Adah Mojekwu appreciated the Spirit of Lagos for providing such a platform for her son to connect with his fans and to further entrench the message of keeping Lagos clean, which is also his pet project.
“OzzyBosco is concerned with the welfare of children and seeing that every child, in line with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Convention for the Rights of Child, enjoys the rights unhindered. He also like clean and sustainable environment and this informs why he accepted to perform at the Spirit of Lagos road tour which in any case, conforms to his ideals and beliefs”, she said.

The just-concluded Do The Right Thing road show by the Spirit of Lagos was aimed at sensitizing the people of Lagos on the need to do things that conform with societal norms like making use of the pedestrian bridges where available instead of dashing through the major roads and endangering their lives; , keeping their environment clean by disposing of their refuse properly; paying their taxes, and effectively participating in the process of governance by obtaining their Permanent Voters Cards to cast their votes which is part of their civic responsibility.

Prior to the road tour, the team had used different channels to drive the  ‘CHANGE YOUR THINKING’ campaign which has the primary objective of re-orientating Lagos to begin to think and act positively in order to restore those unique values that made Lagos a safe, just, prosperous and neighbourly place to live in and visit in the past.


The road tour which commenced three weeks back, saw the team visiting high human traffic areas around Lagos including Oshodi Market, Agege Pen Cinema, Oyingbo market, Badagry, Mushin market, Ojodu Berger, Ijesha Bus Stop, Pako-Aguda, Festac, Ajegunle, Oke Ira in Ogba and Okokomaiko among many other places with the message of attitudinal and behaviourial change. 

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NOI: Nigeria’s systems can’t prevent corruption

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the minister of finance, is of the opinion that corruption persists in the country because Nigeria lacks the institutions, systems and processes to prevent it. She made this statement on Tuesday while speaking at the Catholic Caritas Foundation Forum in Abuja. According to Okonjo-Iweala, the absence of relevant systems and institutions that will help check corruption has created opportunities for people to engage in the act. 

“This thing has been with us and we must crack it. This is not something that started in this country today, but it is something that we must crack,” she said. “Fundamentally, we have to ask ourselves: ‘Why has this continued to be a problem? I am convinced that it is because we constantly look at the symptoms and not the cause of the disease. “The cause of the disease is we don’t have in place the institutions, the systems and the processes to block and prevent it in the first place. That’s the only difference between us and the people abroad.” 

She maintained that people would be compelled to do the right thing always if the appropriate systems were in place to block and prevent corruption. Okonjo-Iweala urged youths in the country to ask relevant questions that would help tackle corruption in the country. “This is so important now because of technology and I am a total fan of the use of technology and electronic platforms to block the leakages in this country,” she said. 

“We must use them the way they are being used in other countries.” Okonjo-Iweala further said that the introduction of the government integrated financial management system (GIFMS) had helped to reduce physical movement of cash to make payments and curb corruption. She said that the integrated personnel payment system had also helped government to remove ghost workers from the system and save money in the process. 

“We have been able to weed out about 62,893 ghost workers till date, saving N208.7 billion and we have not finished in the system. That is addressing the root cause.” The minister said that the names of the persons found to be involved in the act had been sent to the ICPC for further action. She added that through the electronic wallet system introduced by the ministry of agriculture, government had been able to reduce corruption in fertilizer distribution in the country. 

She said 10.5 million farmers had been registered under the system with more than 6 million being able to access the product personally and that the development had contributed to increased food production. She said that 14 people were presently under trial for various pension scams in the country. On the outcome of the forensic audit on the alleged $20 billion missing oil money, she said the ministry had written to the NNPC asking it to remit the amount as directed by the auditors.

Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng/noi-nigeria-lacks-corruption-preventing-systems | TheCable

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President Jonathan commissions four Naval ships in Lagos

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 GEJ commissions Four Navy Ships in Lagos. It is historic because it is reported that the last time ships were acquired for the Navy was during Shehu Shagari'sgovernment. 


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Orphanage/NGO Partner Etisalat Re-gift Initiative in Pix

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L-R; Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Etisalat Nigeria,
Oyetola Oduyemi; Social Worker, Olive Blooms Orphanage, Joy Obabimitan;
Chief Care Giver, Olive Blooms Orphanage, Patience Stephen and Specialist,
Legal Services, Etisalat Nigeria, Bunmi Sanya at the 
presentation of gifts to Olive
Blooms Orphanage, as part of the Etisalat Re-Gift Programme, held in Lagos

L-R; Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Etisalat Nigeria, Oyetola Oduyemi;
Programme Manager, Child Life Line, Boye Matuluko; Legal Services,
Etisalat Nigeria, Bunmi Sanya; Specialist, 
Corporate Social Responsibility, Etisalat Nigeria,
Chukwuweta Uraih and Analyst, 
Corporate Social Responsibility, Etisalat Nigeria, Sunday Aranmonise  at the presentation of gifts to Child Life Line, Gbagada,
as part of  the Etisalat Re-Gift Programme, 
held in Lagos 


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Emirates adds big time Music To Sponsorship and Events Season

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Hot on the heels of its marquee sports sponsorships including the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby 7s and the Dubai Football Challenge, Emirates Airline is dotting the Winter/Spring events season in Dubai with a medley of music and cultural festivals. This year, the airline is adding RedFest DXB and Choirfest Middle East to its already diverse portfolio of sponsorships.

In addition, the airline is title sponsor of the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival - a partnership that began in 2003 and has since grown into a calendar event that attracts big name stars. Since then, the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival has attracted almost 390,000 spectators. For those with more literary appetites, Emirates sponsors the eponymous Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, which is now in its seventh year. The yearly literary event is expected to attract almost 30,000 visitors this year and will feature over 130 writers and authors.

From November until April each year, Emirates supports more than 40 events in the UAE alone, ranging the gamut from music and cultural festivals to sports. It begins with the season opener at Meydan ending in the Dubai World Cup, and the annual cricket event, the Emirates Airline T20.
Boutros Boutros, Divisional Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Marketing and Brand said: “Emirates is well-known for sponsoring world-class sports clubs and properties, but our sponsorship portfolio features a good mix of arts and cultural events as well.  Dubai and the UAE, being our home market, gets the lion’s share of our attention when it comes to sponsored events, as it aligns with our strategy to boost Dubai’s attractiveness as a hub for cultural, arts and world-class sporting events. Sports allow our brand to reach a broad audience across geographies, while music and culture tend to be slightly more niche. Sponsoring cultural events allow us to engage with a different audience, or sometimes, even the same audience but in a different setting.”

This year, Emirates Skywards members in the Middle East can redeem their miles for concert tickets, as well as VIP hospitality tickets to the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival and Redfest DXB.

Outside of the UAE, the airline sponsors Australian Symphonies comprising of the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. In the United States, Emirates sponsors the San Francisco Symphony.

Onboard, music comprises of a significant chunk of the content offered on Emirates’ industry-leading ice entertainment system. Ice features over 1,000 music and podcast channels in almost 36 languages spanning genres such as Classical, Opera and Jazz and R&B, among others.  It also has channels dedicated to the Emirates Festival of Literature as well an audio book collection. The ice inflight entertainment system also has a dedicated channel to the symphony orchestras that the airline sponsors.



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LAGOS FASHION FAIR IS HERE AGAIN!!!…Twitter Users to embrace the platform

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Often times, the youths in the society take to information-sharing media to share their feelings and to broadcast live events. Twitter which is a global platforms for public self-expression and conversation in real time, have in no small measure helped in the dissemination of news and happenings in this modernized world. Hashtags which were created by Twitter have proven to be helpful in directing users to important links in order to give them an encapsulated overview of happenings or necessary information for their consumption.

The on-going Lagos fashion fair which is scheduled to hold between Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th February 2015 is titled ‘Lagos Fashion & Ready-to-Wear Exhibition 2015’ between 10am and 5pm daily, at the New Exhibition Centre, Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Fashion conscious people who aren’t in attendance as a result of one reason or the other will be opportuned to get live tweets from @GidiFashionFair.  

Fashion Fairs are usually organized to create a platform for fashion designers to exhibit their prints, designs and creations.  Fashion Fair is a celebration of the fashion industry and all of the art that goes into it - the creative minds and the talented craftsmen. It equally helps to drive sales for the local businesses. Fashion conscious people believe that Fashion shows really brings to light the real beauty and appreciation of fabrics which could be little forgotten or unnoticed when taken to the market as a result of the commerce-driven platform. To this end, Fashion Fairs elevates retailers and brands in the eye of the consumers.

Tweets about Lagos Fashion Fair could be located at @thelagosfashion, fashionfairlagos.com/Eng, and  #LagosFashionInternationalFair. This goes a long way to show how often people tweets on this. Obviously, this year won’t be an exception.
Countries of the world, including Nigeria, adore the Fashion fair in which fashions shows in different orders are glamorously organized.  The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the four fashion capitals of the world, namely, New York, London, Paris, and Milan, and such shows have yielded success severally. Fashion is not just important to a group niche of industry insiders, but to all who place worth on Fashion and Fabrics.  As a result, some privately owned companies have also taken to organize fashion show. An example is the GTB fashion shows often organized in Nigeria. The cutting-edge brands and designers utilize Fashion Week as a platform, and the runway is becoming more accessible to the consumer. They have more access to the shows via the media and internet allowing them to view the shows first-hand.
The Organizers of the Lagos Fashion Fair took to this, in order to make fashion relevant, such that it has now become an annual event.

The event, which is sponsored by ‘Meridyen Fairs International Organization #LagosFashionInternationalFair (#LFIF) and supported by ministry of Economic Republic of Turkey and NACCIMA, Nigeria’, aims to be an ideal meeting point where more sales are generated, a hub of networking activities where fashion products are showcased and a point of measuring beauty trends across the globe. It also promises to be a great platform for creators of a wide range of fashion products to meet and interact face-to-face with their potential customers and expand their sales channels across Africa. At the event, creators of fashion products, designs, prints, wears and accessories meet with key international investors, domestic players, public officials and key distributors; therefore expand their business.

Lagos Fashion is Africa’s most sought after fashion and beauty event that presents a fascinating spread of apparels, accessories, fur and leather garments, hand bags and clutches, beauty and hair care products, costume jewelry, designer labels, footwear, hats and such other products in a manner that attracts the attention of global players in the fashion market.

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. By developing a fundamentally new way for people to consume, create, distribute and discover content, Twitter enables any voice to echo around the world instantly and unfiltered. The service can be accessed at Twitter.com   via Twitter mobile applications for a variety of devices, and by text message. Available in more than 35languages, Twitter has more than 288million monthly active users. For more information, visit discover.twitter.com or follow @twitter.



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Ambitious DHL Africa As One Team completes one third of the journey across Africa

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Charles Brewer, Managing Director for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa
The DHL Africa as One team (http://www.africaasone.com), who departed from Cape Town in October 2014 in three Land Rover Discoveries, have completed almost a third of their journey, covering 15 countries in 102 days. During this period, they have crossed 40 border posts, travelled 23,000 kilometers and spent over 350 hours on the road – with the longest uninterrupted stretch of continuous driving lasting 17 hours.
As the Official Logistics Partner of Rugby World Cup 2015, DHL (http://www.dpdhl.com) embarked on this journey to deliver the concept of rugby to the African continent, while passing a single rugby ball from hand to hand, across 45 countries, and to ultimately deliver the ball and the beauty of Africa to Rugby World Cup 2015.

The journey incorporates various social responsibility and DHL customer engagements along the way, and to date, DHL has hosted 1,558 adults and 1,510 children at DHL Africa As One rugby fairs, where children are taught basic rugby skills and entertained for the day. In each country, free eye tests are provided through DHL’s partnership with Mercy Ships, a global charity and so far, 1,230 eye tests have been conducted and over 845 pairs of eye glasses have been distributed. 
During the course of the journey, the team will distribute over half a million units of stationery to young children, including pens, notebooks and activity books, of which, 127,000 units have already been distributed.

Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa, says that apart from delivering the concept of rugby to Africa, a continent synonymous with the game of soccer, the tour is also about showcasing Africa to the rest of the world. “In addition to the rugby fairs and CSR activities, we are focused on capturing the true beauty of Africa via videos, spectacular images and candid blog posts, to share and celebrate Africa and all it has to offer – to showcase a little bit of Africa that many people may not get the chance to experience first-hand.”

Speaking on the rugby fairs, Louise Otter, DHL Africa as One team leader, says that Tag / Touch Rugby is introduced to first familiarize attendees with the sport before full contact rugby is taught to the older children and adults. “Many of these children have grown up playing soccer with a round ball, and for the first few minutes of the game, they scramble around the field as the ball evades their attempts to grab it, but soon enough though, they work it out. The enthusiasm we witness as they chase each other up and down the field is inspiring to watch and it’s incredible to see strokes of raw talent shining through in some of the youngsters,” says Otter.

The team has experienced some incredible things along the way, from the local music and great ruins of Zimbabwe, snorkeling in Lake Malawi, learning about coffee and the Black Pharaohs in Ethiopia and Sudan and the flavors of Kenya to name a few. One of the many highlights of the trip so far, was the opportunity for the team to roam freely with a wild troop of gorillas in Rwanda. “After a two hour hike through a bamboo forest, we were in the presence of these majestic creatures as they groomed, ate and communed all around us.”


 “Four vehicle windscreen repairs, five tyre changes, two air suspensions, three air filters later, and another 30 countries to visit, we’re rearing to go – next stop, Mauritius,” concludes Otter.

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Fairy®, world’s No.1 dishwashing liquid, debuts in Nigeria

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Procter & Gamble, the leading consumer goods manufacturer behind some of Nigeria’s most trusted brands, such as Ariel, has launched its Fairy® brand of dishwashing liquid in Nigeria.

New Fairy® is the world’s number one dishwashing liquid, and is known to be a powerful drop that’s hard to stop. With superior grease-cutting power and best oily grease removal, Fairy® is 100% effective on oily grease and lasts two times longer than other best-selling brands, with a concentrated formula that delivers long-lasting suds.

Popular Nigerian actress, presenter and broadcaster, Iretyola Doyle is the brand ambassador for the Fairy® brand in Nigeria. She expressed her excitement about the partnership and said: “It is easy to connect with a brand that makes the home its priority. We all need help to win in life. Now, I have Fairy® to help me achieve squeaky clean dishes always, whether I am preparing our home meals or catering a dinner party.”
Each bottle of Fairy® represents over 50 years of science and innovation. The same top-quality product that is trusted by consumers in the UK and beyond will be available from leading retailers in Nigeria in the ‘Original’ and ‘Lemon’ variants as of January 2015.

A drop of the Fairy dishwashing liquid quickly dissolves and cleans tough oily grease easily, leaving dishes squeaky clean.
“In a world that often pulls people apart, there is one place that brings families together again and again, and that is the kitchen. Even though milk may get spilled and food may get burned, now we can trust Fairy® to be there, helping to get dishes squeaky clean. As a single drop lasts two times longer than its best-selling competitors, less is needed to get the job done. For me, ‘whoever chooses Fairy®, wins!’” added Iretyola.
  

You can follow Iretyola Doyle on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/iretiola.doyle and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/iretioladoyle. Also, for the latest news and in-depth information about the Fairy brand, please visit http://www.pg.com/en_NG/brands/fairy.shtml.

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Oral B champions 2015 World Health Oral Day with free dental services

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As the 2015 World Health Oral Day approaches, leading oral hygiene brand, Oral B, has rolled out a pan-Nigeria oral care programme through its mobile dental clinic (MDC), to offer free dental services to Nigerians.

The MDC, which avails Nigerians the opportunity of getting free dental check-up from practicing dentists, as well as counseling on how to achieve and maintain complete oral hygiene, will be touring key Nigerian cities for the next 12 weeks.

Consumers can participate on the brand’s social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram & Twitter - by voting for a location that they will like the mobile dental clinic to visit. The location with the highest votes will be visited by the professional Oral B dentists each week.

Speaking on the initiative, the Brand Manager for Oral B, Folarin Ojo stated that the activation which is in its fourth year is the brand’s way of giving back to Nigerians - by giving them healthier, stronger teeth also, drive oral health awareness especially in the build-up to the 2015 World Oral Health Day (WOHD) coming up on 20th March. The WOHD is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote worldwide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of looking after oral hygiene to everyone old and young.
It is a day for people to have fun – a day that should be full of activities that make us laugh, sing and smile.

Ojo also stated that the “Smile for Life” theme for this year’s World Oral Health Day (WOHD) aligns with Oral B’s purpose of transforming oral health and beauty to help Nigerians confidently engage in life – with healthy smiles.

The mobile dental clinic recently visited a popular rural market in Agege, a suburb in Lagos where hundreds of consumers were attended to by the Oral B dentists who offered expert advice on oral hygiene.

“We encourage you to watch out for the Oral B Mobile Dental Clinic in your neighborhoods. The MDC will tour almost all the cities in the country prior to the 2015 WOHD and beyond. We enjoin people to make adequate use of the opportunity which comes at no cost,” Folarin said.

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