Yudala Zero Gravity ignites Lagos Praise explosion

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Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of the nation, at the weekend, witnessed an out-pouring of praise as a star-studded cast of Gospel artistes delivered spirit-rousing performances to draw the curtains on the multi-city mega music concert powered by Yudala in partnership with renowned entertainment outfit, New Concept Media Group (NCMG), reports ITRealms Art & Fashion.

Held penultimate Sunday, November 20^th with the build-up to the much publicized event dominated by news of the calibre of artistes Yudala on lined up, including the likes of Chioma Jesus, Joe Praise, Frank Edwards, Buchi, Sammie Okposo, Sola Allyson, Prince Gozie Okeke (Akanchawa), Chinyere Udoma, Enkay and Tope Alabi, among others.

ITRealms Art & Fashion reports that Sunday’s event was equally remarkable for the number of dignitaries it attracted, among whom was the former Governor, Anambra State, Dr. Peter Obi; erstwhile Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Phillip Odozua; Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya; former Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe; Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, several anointed men of God and Senior Pastors of major churches, among many others.

As it was, the event fully lived up to expectations as many reveled in the out-pouring of praise and worship which featured heavily in the performances of the Gospel ministers on parade.

The evening of mega praise got underway with an opening performance by reggae Gospel exponent, Buchi which set the stage for a soul-lifting came by the Exalted Tribe – the renowned choir of Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC).

Up next was Joe Praise with an energetic rendition of some of his most popular songs which got the crowd excited. The excitement levels went a notch higher as Frank Edwards led the audience on another thrilling and high-tempo performance.

From Chioma Jesus with her divine prophecies and personal testimonies of God’s goodness through the Yoruba language-infused deliveries of Sola Allyson and Tope Alabi and down to customary energy and drive of Sammie Okposo, the event was a praise-filled roller-coaster ride for attendees, with many rushing forward to the stage for a closer feel of the action.

Fast-rising act Enkay also did not disappoint with a performance that got many on their feet while Chinyere Udoma and Prince Gozie Okeke made sure the night ended on a high note for the many who stayed back in spite of the knowledge that the next day Monday marked the start of another working week.

For some lucky attendees, Sunday’s event will not be forgotten in a hurry as loads of freebies including smartphones, laptops, free airtime and more were won, courtesy of major partners of Yudala Zero Gravity 2016 such as Hewlett Packard (HP), InnJoo Mobile, Airtel, Lenovo and other give-aways by Tecno and Infinix and Phillips, among others.

Interestingly, the give-away of the grand prize – a Kia Rio donated by Kia Motors – had to be put off until the end of the Yudala Black Friday campaign tagged – The Real Black Friday – which runs from Thursday November 24^th till Monday November 28^th. This was as a result of the clarion call by many unqualified attendees who pleaded to participate in the Yudala Black Friday sales and thereby stand a better chance of winning the Kia Rio.

The Yudala Zero Gravity Mega Music Concerts kicked off on October 2^nd 2016 with a Contemporary Music Concert at Landmark Centre, Lagos and featured major stops in the nation’s capital Abuja and Enugu with huge crowds of attendees turning out in both cities before returning to Lagos for Sunday’s event – a Rock Gospel Concert which featured some of Nigeria’s finest collection of Gospel artistes.

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Galaxy of Artistes kick off Yudala Zero Gravity in Lagos

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Galaxy of artistes took part in the kick off of the Yudala Zero Gravity in Lagos on Sunday, reports ITRealms.

These artistes included Olamide, Naeto C, Sound Sultan, Humblesmith, Zoro and David Grey among others.

Yudala Zero Gravity, ITRealms reports is a multi city digital entertainment concert powered by composite e-commerce outfit Yudala – kicked off with a mega music blast at the Landmark Centre, Oniru on Sunday October 2nd.

In addition to a keenly contested dance competition, Ace comedian and joint compere Ali Baba was also hand to treat the audience to a repertoire of rib-cracking jokes from his collection.

The well-attended event had a number of dignitaries including bank CEOs, Chief Executives and captains of industries in attendance as well as a number of corporate organizations represented, including Hewlett Packard, Airtel, Access Bank, Stanbic Bank, Hennesy, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Kia Motors, Uber. 

The event was also covered extensively by major media establishments such as MTV Base, Trace TV, among many others.

In his closing address at the event, Founder /Vice President, Yudala Limited, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh was effusive in his appreciation for Yudala customers and the numerous partners for their support.

“I wish to express my heart-felt gratitude to our customers. Without you, we wouldn’t be here today. I also wish to recognize the likes of Airtel and Access Bank who have partnered with us from day one and in our various programmes such as YUBOSS.

“This event would also have been impossible without the support of Hewlett Packard (HP). We say a big thank you!

“I am also grateful to Stanbic Bank, Kia Motors, Uber and our media partners: MTV Base, Trace TV, Urban FM plus our online media friends including Linda Ikeji’s Blog and many others too numerous to mention here.

“Yudala is a movement – there is no other e-commerce company that can put together an event such as this to appreciate its customers and partners. I urge you to stay hooked to Yudala online and offline as we have an ambition to become the biggest e-commerce company on the continent. Within a year of launch, we have broken all existing records and rolled out over 18 stores nationwide. But this is just the beginning as there is still many more to come from us,” he enthused.

The Yudala Zero Gravity trains moves on to the city of Abuja with a Contemporary Music Blast on October 21^st and a Rock Gospel Concert on October 22^nd while the city of Enugu will rock on November 5^th and 6^th with a Contemporary Music Blast and Rock Gospel Concert respectively.

“I hope to see you all in Abuja and Enugu for the dual concerts. Also, I personally invite you all to the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos on November 20^th for the Rock Gospel Concert which marks the grand finale of Yudala Zero Gravity. It’s a day on which we will all be blessed,” concluded Prince Ekeh.

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Browse freely @Yudala Zero Gravity 101

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The Victoria Island's suburb of Oniru in Lagos, would be on free wireless cloud for the next 48 hours, courtesy of Airtel for attendees of Yudala Zero Gravity happening live at the Landmark Event Centre on Sunday October 2^nd from 3pm, reports ITRealms.

This is one of the many surprises lined up at this first edition of the mega music concert, with a host of superstar artistes including Olamide, Ali Baba, Cynthia Morgan, Naeto C, Zoro among others set to thrill the audience.

Yudala Zero Gravity is a multi-city digital entertainment concert powered by Yudala in partnership with New Concept Media Group (NCMG). The action kicks off with a Contemporary Music Blast at the Landmark Event Centre from 3pm on Sunday featuring a host of superstar artistes and loads of side attractions.

A global telecommunications company that operates in 17 countries across Africa, Airtel operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G depending upon the country of operation. Airtel Nigeria have enjoyed pride of place as the telecoms outfit of first choice for millions of Nigerians who desire a smartphone network with the right assortment of products and services to help them realize their ambitions.

Airtel has enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship and long-standing partnership with trend-setting composite e-commerce outfit on YUBOSS -   an entrepreneurial and wealth creation scheme targeted at wealth creation for unemployed and under-employed Nigerian youth.

Both organizations have also collaborated on Gyming with the Stars, a popular and well-attended Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which offers Nigerians from all walks of life a chance to work out with their favourite celebrities.

Yudala Zero Gravity is a three-city dual entertainment event which will feature a Contemporary Music Blast as well as a Rock Gospel Concert in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.

Already, a number of superstar artistes have been confirmed for the Contemporary Music Blast concerts in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. The list includes Olamide, Iyanya, Phyno, Zoro, Sound Sultan, Flavour, Humble Smith, Naeto C, Cynthia Morgan, David Grey, Ali Baba, Akpororo and many more.

Also, a number of premium corporate organizations such as Access Bank, Airtel, Stanbic Bank, HP, Lenovo, InnJoo Mobile, Uber and a host of media organizations including MTV Base, Trace TV, Urban FM, Classic FM, among others are on board as partners.

Yudala Zero Gravity will witness pure acoustics and live performances from the best Nigerian artistes in both genres of music, many of whom will use the platform to launch new tracks. It is a platform to see and hear it first.

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Linda Ikeji to make unique appearance @Yudala Zero Gravity

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Acclaimed Africa’s foremost blogger, Linda Ikeji would on Sunday, October 2, 2016 herald a unique appearance at the inaugural Yudala Zero Gravity, reports ITRealms.

Linda’s appearance, ITRealms gathered is one of the many surprises on queue for attendees of this inaugural edition, holding at the Landmark Event Centre by 3pm and featuring a host of superstar artistes and tonnes of side attractions.

ITRealms recollects that Yudala Zero Gravity is a multi-city digital entertainment concert powered by pioneer composite e-commerce outfit, Yudala in partnership with New Concept Media Group (NCMG), which embodies nationwide concerts as a contemporary music blast is anticipated to rant the auditorium.

Noteworthy is that Linda’s rise to stardom as a blogger-celebrity underscores a classic grass-to grace tale.

Linda, ITRealms reports was born and raised in a Catholic family from Nkwerre in Imo State, and began to express her hobby in writing at the age of 10. But determined to make it in life, she put herself out at the age of 17 at the same time she finished secondary school. At 18, she enrolled at the University of Lagos, where she studied English Language. To assist her family and support herself through school, she had part-time jobs as a waitress, model and writer. Ikeji graduated from the University in 2004.

By 2006, she started blogging as a hobby. At that time, the internet was not as pronounced in Nigeria and she had to make her posts at a cyber-cafe. And soon became an active blogger using a blogger sub-domain and later obtained her custom domain www.lindaikejisblog.com.

From there, she never looked back and her blog began to grow in views and popularity. In August 2012, Forbes Africa dedicated itself to celebrating African women in that month's issue. In that issue, Forbes profiled Africa's 20 Most Prominent Women and the issue featured profiles on two young Nigerian women: Linda Ikeji, as well as Chibundu Onuzo.

In 2014, Linda Ikeji was the biggest Google Search trend in Nigeria while the name Linda Ikeji was the most searched item by users of Google in Nigeria.

Yudala Zero Gravity is a three-city dual entertainment event which will feature a Contemporary Music Blast as well as a Rock Gospel Concert in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.

Already, a number of superstar artistes have been confirmed for the Contemporary Music Blast concerts in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. The list includes Olamide, Iyanya, Phyno, Zoro, Sound Sultan, Flavour, Humble Smith, Naeto C, Cynthia Morgan, David Grey, Ali Baba, Akpororo and many more. Also, a number of premium corporate organizations such as Access Bank, Airtel, Stanbic Bank, HP, Lenovo, InnJoo Mobile, Uber and a host of media organizations including MTV Base, Trace TV, Urban FM, Classic FM, among others are on board as partners.

Yudala Zero Gravity will witness pure acoustics and live performances from the best Nigerian artistes in both genres of music, many of whom will use the platform to launch new tracks. It is a platform to see and hear it first.

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Yudala’s zero gravity debuts with enormous incentives

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... plans concert in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu

The Africa’s pioneer composite e-commerce outfit, Yudala, is resolute to make the inaugural edition of a mega-concert tagged Zero Gravity an unforgettable experience with enormous incentives for customers, beginning with the concert in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this at a world press conference on Wednesday July 27^, 2016, the management of Yudala recalls that its barely a year ago, break-even all existing records in the process and setting new standards with several innovative strategies including the first drone delivery in the e-commerce world, with the launch of same day delivery on a nationwide scale, in addition to pioneering offline and online Black Friday sales as well as a slew of other exciting marketing campaigns such as Neighbour to Neighbour Mega Deals, Mid-Day Madness, Yu-Jara and Mobile Monday, among others, through which it has offered the consumer more value-added options.

Giving more insight into the future of Yudala Zero Gravity, the Founder cum Vice President, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh underscored the fact that celebrating customers whose patronage have gone a long way in making its first anniversary a huge success paved the way for an annual multi-city digital entertainment concert like never before.

The Yudala Zero Gravity, he pointed out, would feature headline acts and the best artistes from the genres of contemporary music and rock gospel from Nigeria and beyond, with the first edition scheduled to hold in three cities namely Lagos, Abuja and Enugu, stressing that each city will host two concerts across the aforementioned genres.

Yudala will offer free pass to existing customers on the basis of purchases made from August 1^st 2016 on its online platform or chain of Experience Stores located nationwide.

“For every purchase made from any of our platforms from August 1^st, shoppers will earn points and once they reach the purchase threshold for attendance, a notification will be sent informing them of this development. The customer will then get a chance to select his or her preferred city or cities of attendance. Also, customers will be upgraded to VIP or VVIP status based on further purchases which may take them to the threshold for these categories,” he revealed.

For non-customers of Yudala who wish to attend the Zero Gravity concerts, tickets will be on sale at Yudala online and in every Yudala Experience Store in the preferred city of attendance.

Going by the information released by the company, Yudala Zero Gravity will witness pure acoustics performances delivered with world-class digital musical equipment from New Concept Media Group’s wide array which will be on full display at the events.

“Unlike other entertainment events that have been hosted in the past, guest artistes at Yudala Zero Gravity will not perform their hit tracks from recorded tapes and CDs. Instead, we will be setting a new standard with Yudala Zero Gravity as all invited artistes and performing acts will perform their songs to perfectly synchronized beats from a live band manned by a crew of experienced and talented musical performers, beat makers and multi-instrumentalists,” said Prince Ekeh.

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Pix: ZERO GRAVITY UNVEILED: L-R: Head, Corporate Communications, Gideon Ayogu; Marketing Communications Manager, Afam Anyika; Vice President, Business Development, Stanley Uzoechina; Chief Executive Officer, Dave Ibelegbu; Head, Offline Retail, Ronke Atoyebi; Founder/Vice President, Online, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh all of Yudala and Tolulope Toluwase of New Concept Media Group (NCMG) at the World Press Conference held at Yudala Headquarters to unveil details of a multi-city digital entertainment concert tagged Yudala Zero Gravity…on Wednesday July 27^th 2016.