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  • Airtel builds multimillion naira apartment for fire victims

    Airtel builds multimillion naira apartment for fire victims

    …fulfills pledge to touching lives

    Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has built and donated a multimillion naira, ultra-modern 2-bedroom apartment to victims of a devastating inferno, the Aina family, in fulfillment of its pledge to the beneficiary in the just concluded Airtel Touching Lives Season 3.

    The Aina family, which was one of the several grantees that appeared in the philanthropy series, had been struck by severe vicissitudes of life and had lost four children in a shattering fire accident that also consumed their abode as well as all their material possessions.

    Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, led a team of Airtel executives comprising the Director of Corporate Communications & CSR, Emeka Oparah, to commission and hand-over the well-finished apartment to the Aina family, yesterday in Magboro, Ogun State.

    Speaking during the brief ceremony, Ogunsanya expressed heartfelt condolences to Mr. and Mrs. Aina over the loss of their children while commending them for demonstrating courage, resilience and hope amid overwhelming challenges.

    “While we can do little about the past, there is so much we can do about the present and our future. And that is why we decided to step in to help this good family to rebuild their future.

    “I must say the future of the Aina family is very bright and I encourage everyone to walk with them in getting the best out of the future,” Ogunsanya said.

    He also stated that Airtel is committed to empowering the underprivileged to realize their dreams, noting that through the Airtel Touching Lives platform, Airtel has directly impacted hundreds of people and households just as it has positively impacted the lives of many Nigerians.

    “Today is for the Aina family. Indeed, I am excited to handover this 2-bedroom apartment to the Aina’s, as we pray that God Almighty continues to reside with them, strengthen and enable them find peace in it. With this gesture, we believe that their journey to recovery from the unpleasant experience will be easy, smooth and much better,” he said.

    Through the Airtel Touching Lives programme, however, the Aina’s have been able to pick up their lives with renewed optimism.

    “Things had become extremely hopeless for us,” said Mrs Aina, recalling the numerous inauspicious events that she, her husband and surviving child had to endure. “But we cannot thank Airtel enough for coming into our lives, for helping us, and for showing us hope again.”

    Expressing similar sentiments, Mr. Aina thanked God and Airtel Nigeria for coming to the aid of his family. “Airtel has lifted a huge burden off me; they have walked with me in this very difficult journey, always comforting me and I cannot thank them enough,” he said.

     

  • Airtel gets commendation for role in uplifting underprivileged children

    ….As it celebrates children’s day with staff and pupils of Adopted schools

    Students and Teachers in Airtel Nigeria’s adopted schools have commended the telco for its role in improving the quality of education in the country through its empowerment programme targeted at underprivileged children.

    To commemorate the 2017 Children’s Day, the leading telco donated educational materials to students in public primary schools across Nigeria.

    The donation exercise, which is under the auspices of the telco’s ‘Adopt-a-School’ initiative, held in primary schools in Lagos, Ogun, Imo, Cross River and Kwara States.

    Items donated to the students include school bags, thousands of note books, textbooks and other educational materials designed to assist the students in learning.

    The excited students and teachers at the various schools commended the company for its commitment towards promoting active learning experience among primary schools students and supporting them with quality educational materials.

    At the donation exercise in Oremeji Primary School 2, Ajegunle, Lagos, Head Teacher of the school, Mrs. Adunni Animashaun thanked Airtel for the donation assuring that the donated items will be put to good use in improving the standard of education in the school.

    “Ever since Airtel adopted our school, the standard of learning here has dramatically improved. Our enrolment of students has also recorded a significant increase with more students enrolling into our school. We cannot thank Airtel enough for this kind gesture,” said an excited Mrs. Animashaun.

    Meanwhile, students in Community Primary School, Amumara, Imo State, also applauded the gesture from the telco.

    An elated primary 6 student of the school, Chigbo Emmanuel, said: “Thank you Airtel for my new school bag and books. I promise to pass my coming common entrance examination”.

    An equally excited student, Amarachi Ehiemere, said: “Thank you Airtel for supporting my dreams of becoming a medical doctor.”

    Similarly, students in Iyeru-Okin Primary School, Offa, Kwara State and Presbyterian Primary School, Ediba, Cross River State who also benefited from the donation exercise showered encomiums on the telco.

    The Children’s Day is a global event held on annually May 27 to celebrate children around the world

  • Airtel Touching Lives’ Premiere: A splendid night in honour of charity

    Airtel Touching Lives’ Premiere: A splendid night in honour of charity

    The third series of Airtel Touching Lives premiered on Saturday in an elegant event in Lagos.

    The Lantana Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites was decked in the brand’s rich red to welcome high profile guests who had come from the length and breadth of the country.

    Apart from the Wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, who was the guest of honour, several other bigwigs were in attendance and made the night a remarkable achievement for Airtel.

    Some of the telecom VIP guests included the Chairman of First Bank, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika; Director General of NIMASA, Mr Dakuku Peterside; CEO, Channels Television, Mr John Momoh; afrobeat musician and human rights activist Dede Mabiaku; Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina; Chairman, Brilla FM, Dr Larry Izamoje; and Chairman, Airtel Networks, Justice Salihu Modibo Alfa Belgore, RTD, (GCON), among many others.

    On a night adorned with some of the brightest stars from the world of business, entertainment, and politics, Airtel took the stage to spotlight the extraordinary stories of Touching Lives’ several beneficiaries. It also used the occasion to restate the reason it has continued to sponsor the philanthropic programme.

    The night’s proceedings, interspersed with heartening performances by comedian Akpororo, Xplicit Dancers, and The Voice Africa finalist, Cornel, culminated in the first ever showing of the first, and tremendously emotive episode, of the 2017 season of Airtel Touching Lives.

    The episode features the Aina family, a barely comfortable family of six that was struck with a devastating fire accident in October 2016. In the brutal inferno, the Ainas lost all the property they owned. Three of their children, including a set of four-year-old twins, were killed in the accident, too.

    Nearly six months after their shattering nightmare, Olusegun Aina, his wife, and their surviving son Korede, are still struggling with the attendant mental scarring.

    Now, for the emotional pain, Airtel is offering compassion, and for the physical loss, the company has delivered financial and medical relief so the family can begin to rebuild their lives.

    All of this assistance is in line with the grand purpose of Airtel Touching Lives, according to Mr Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel’s managing director and chief executive officer. Wherever the disadvantaged are found in Nigeria, he said, Airtel Touching Lives would make an effort to step in with compassion.

    “We will like to restate our commitment to providing succour and hope to the less privileged in the society,” he said. “While the Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) cannot do it all, we have a responsibility to contribute our quota in making Nigeria a better place.”

    For the telecom giant, Touching Lives is a journey that must continue because in its achievements lies its payoff.

    Since 2015 when the project was launched, Ogunsanya said it has continued to spread inspirational messages to more people, promoting the spirit of “giving, self-sacrifice and love among Nigerians.”

    Some of the encouraging stories the company has recorded include those of a police officer who had lost his sight in an armed robbery attack but, in Season One, he received aid from Airtel to live a more productive life. Another involves a businessman who had chosen to become an aid worker after his arms were gruesomely amputated by RUF (Revolutionary United Front) rebels in Liberia during that country’s civil war. Airtel worked with him to expand his humanitarian efforts.

    But Airtel is convinced that more would be accomplished when more corporate and private citizens joined in the quest to save helpless Nigerians from vicious poverty, disease, and disasters. On Saturday, the telco called on these capable persons in the audience to sign symbolic pledge cards as personal commitments to charity giving.

    “We cannot embark on this journey alone. We call on all well-meaning Nigerians to join this noble cause of giving back to the society because we believe that there are many kind-hearted, empathetic and selfless Nigerians that are willing to render succor to underprivileged people.

    “The pledge card is a symbol to underscore your commitment to helping the underprivileged people around you. The truth is, you can make a difference. You may never know how helping just one person will impact tens or even hundreds of lives,” said Ogunsanya.

     

  • Mobile porting drops to 27,644

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said telecommunications service providers recorded 27,644 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) activities in December, 2016.

    This was revealed in the “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators” report obtained by NAN on Sunday in Lagos.

     

    The report showed that there was a decrease of 6,475 in the porting activities during the period as against 34,119 recorded in the preceding month.

    It said that out of the total porting activities during the period, 14,059 were “incoming’’ while 13,585 were “outgoing’’.

    The report also showed 4,747 subscribers migrated from Airtel to other networks during the month and that 4,349 customers moved from MTN to other networks.

    It also indicated that 3,010 subscribers left Globacom network to others, while 1,479 customers of Etisalat ported to other networks within the period.

    For incoming porting statistics, the report revealed that Etisalat enjoyed had 10,956 customers on its network to lead others during the period.

    MTN came second with 1,240 subscribers while Globacom had 1,005 subscribers and Airtel, 858 customers.

  • Trader emerges millionaire, others win big in Airtel’s on-going Red Hot Promo

    Trader emerges millionaire, others win big in Airtel’s on-going Red Hot Promo

    Barely one week after leading telecommunication services provider, Airtel Nigeria, unveiled the fourth edition of the Red Hot Promo, an annual reward initiative and one of Nigeria’s biggest and most credible consumer promotion platforms, winners of various exciting prizes have emerged from across the country.

    Mrs. Kemi Siwoku, 48, who is a trader in Lagos State won N1million, 20 customers won N100,000 each, while others have received various cash prizes given out on daily basis between 7th and 8th of December.

    Excited to emerge one of the first set of winners in the promo, Mrs. Siwoku expressed her appreciation to the telco for rewarding customers on the network through the Red Hot Promo.

    Barely one week after leading telecommunication services provider, Airtel Nigeria, unveiled the fourth edition of the Red Hot Promo, an annual reward initiative and one of Nigeria’s biggest and most credible consumer promotion platforms, winners of various exciting prizes have emerged from across the country.

    Mrs. Kemi Siwoku, 48, who is a trader in Lagos State won N1million, 20 customers won N100,000 each, while others have received various cash prizes given out on daily basis between 7th and 8th of December.

    Excited to emerge one of the first set of winners in the promo, Mrs. Siwoku expressed her appreciation to the telco for rewarding customers on the network through the Red Hot Promo.

    Airtel said over 360,000 customers will win different prizes in this year’s edition, making it the biggest ever, since the launch of the Red Hot promo four years ago.

    The 2016 Airtel Red Hot Promo will see Airtel give away N200 million in cash prizes. Eight lucky customers will win the weekly grand prize of N10,000,000 each while 60 Customers will become instant millionaires, winning N1, 000,000 daily

    600 telecoms consumers will smile to the bank as N100,000 daily prize winners. Over the 60 day period, 6,000 participants will also emerge as N500 airtime winners, bringing the total number of winners in this year’s Red Hot promo to over 360,000.

    To participate and win in the promo, Airtel customers simply need to recharge their lines, buy any voice or data bundle or take the deal of the day by dialling *340# to enter into the daily draw. The promo is point based and customers earn points based on the value of recharge or bundle they buy.