Core Group cautions Nigerians on fake Apple products

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Core group Africa, the Apple’s official value added distributors for sub-Saharan Africa has cautioned Nigerian consumers to avoid buying grey Apple products from unauthorized resellers, as these products do not honour warranty agreement.

Chairman, Core Group Africa, Mr. Rutger-Jan van Spaandonk, gave this caution in Lagos, in an exclusive interview with ITRealms, a publication of DigitalSENSE Business News, lamenting that this kind of patronage by some Nigerians deny them of full buyer’s benefits.

He explained to ITRealms that countless technology consumers and buyers of Apple products in Nigeria who fail to purchase the devices through official channels like the Apple iStore, Ikeja Mall and other authorized resellers are denied of the full Apple experience like outright product replacement in cases of factory fault, authentic two-year warranty, after sales support, access to well trained personnel, device set-up training and others.

Mr. Spaandonk also noted that Apple products such as the iPhone, iPad and MacBook are the most desired in emerging markets especially in the smartphones segment because Apple has revolutionized the mobile computing industry and delivers the most amazing experience consumers have ever had with technology.

“For our customers, Apple devices are investments and we’re always striving to ensure they get great value for money. Because we understand this, we want Apple customers to purchase our devices with guaranteed peace of mind and access technology that truly impacts lives,” Spaandonk asserted.

He elucidated that grey products are rampant in which marketers smuggle non-counterfeit, but mostly refurbished products into the country without the permission of the intellectual property owners or paying all necessary taxes and customs duties.

Though a grey product tends to be cheaper, it is not in the customer’s best interest. It is usually not the standard version, has no record with manufacturer’s exports, neither are there provisions for warranty, spare parts, consumer education, product set-up and after sales support. The sellers do not pay custom duties or make false declarations at entry point.  

“Though the combination of economy strapped consumers seeking very low prices and unauthorized traders eager for huge profits present this compound problem to both brands owners and the government at large, the undiscerning consumers are the worst hit,” he said.

“We appeal to Nigerians to patronize the iStore and the authorized resellers to get the best value for their hard earned money, enjoy authentic warranty documentation and experience and help generate genuine revenue for government. We are already in talks with relevant officials and agencies towards collaborating to check the issue of grey and fake.

“Quality conscious Nigerian consumers should enjoy the amazing Apple store experience as well as obtain full peace of mind. With the full two years warranty offered by Apple iStore and the world class sales and technical team, Nigerians should resist the temptation of buying grey products from unauthorized resellers,” Spaandonk said.

ITRealms recalls that Core Group Africa is the official Value Added Distributor (VAD) for Nigeria, Ghana and Angola and acts as the dedicated full-service brand custodians, managing a brand’s presence from end-to-end, taking care of logistics, distribution, sales, marketing and support. iStore, Ikeja Mall is the home of all official Apple devices and accessories offering customers with world class Apple products with genuine warranty, after sales support, spare parts, and training.

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Pix: Chairman, Core Group Africa, Mr. Rutger-Jan van Spaandonk

GTCrea8 promo campaign 2014 takes off, dangles copper convertible star prize

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The Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) plc, commenced its 2014 annual GTCrea8 Promo campaign for Nigerian undergraduates, an initiative aimed at rewarding the Bank’s customers studying in tertiary institutions across the nation, with top prize being Mini Cooper Convertible car, reports ITRealms.

The Managing Director and chief executive officer (CEO), Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) plc, Mr. Segun Agbaje told ITRealms that the 9-month initiative provides a unique avenue for the Bank to stay in touch and reward its GTCRea8 eSavers customers, who have a unique role to play in the continent’s future development.

Agbaje also said that the initiative involves awareness storms in 27 major tertiary institutions in Nigeria to promote values such as professionalism, Integrity and the benefits of hard work.

Alongside these events, he said, are monthly raffle draws during which account holders win monthly scholarships, just as one undergraduate would emerge the winner of the campaign grand prize: a mini cooper convertible car during the December 2014 final raffle draw.

ITRealms recalls that this is the second edition of the initiative which the Bank introduced last year as part of a social awareness and marketing programme aimed at promoting adoption of the right values by our future leaders and getting feedback regarding their needs as customers.

Even as ITRealms notes that Miss Elisha-Wigwe Shallom, a Medical Student at the University of Lagos won the 2013 campaign grand prize.

GTBank plc is reputed as a youthful brand that has forefront of youth related activities. The Bank introduced the GTCrea8 eSavers account to address the unique financial needs of today’s undergraduate.

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NCS partners OAU software centre on five-day cloudshop

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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is partnering the Centre of Excellence in Software Engineering of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, on a five-day cloud computing workshop, reports ITRealms.

Confirming this to ITRealms, the duo of Prof. Sola Aderounmu of OAU and Taiwo Oyesanwo of NCS, said that the collaboration between NCS and Centre of Excellence in Software Engineering of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, would be a hands-on session.

They also revealed to ITRealms that the occasion would afford the presentation of Cloud computing with Open Nebula to be held between April 28 and May 2, 2014 at the centre of Excellence, OAU, Ile-Ife.

Equally, they said that some of its facilitators will include Prof. Christoph Reich  and Thomas Rübsamen of Cloud Research Lab, Hochschule Furtwangen University (University of Applied Science), Furtwangen, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, Germany.

Other highlights expected at the event include how to install Open Nebula, configuration, virtualisation techniques, networking, and storage decisions.

Also participants are to learn how to manage OpenNebula administration via virtual machine images, user administration, infrastructure administration, administration Graphical user interface.

In addition, the five-day workshop will accommodate the subject on Cloud Management System, namely Management APIs, Load Balancing, Accounting, Monitoring as well as advanced topics in cloud Computing.

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Juwah showcases Nigeria’s broadband potentials @ Mobile World’14

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The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, took advantage of the just concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC 2014) in Barcelona, Spain to showcase the broadband potentials in Nigeria, reports ITRealms.

Addressing the crème de la crème of the global telecom stakeholders at the session on Ministerial Programme in Barcelona, ITRealms gathered that Dr. Juwah x-rayed the potentials of Nigeria’s broadband programme.

ITRealms recalls that the Ministerial Programme session of the MWC in Barcelona, is seen as a rare privileged event where decisions makers, ministers, investors, service providers, global mobile providers among other top industry players share insights.

At this year’s programme, a session was dedicated to Nigeria and Dr. Juwah seized the opportunity to make a profound presentation to the world about what to expect in Nigeria, which is at the threshold of unleashing a broadband revolution that will impact the Nigerian nation and the African continent.

He told the audience that Nigeria is fast-tracking her knowledge economy and contributions of broadband to GDP growth will increase considerably.

“We have successfully completed the auction of the 2.3GHz Spectrum and we have outlined a number of programmes under the broadband infrastructure framework while licensing of infrastructure providers, tagged Infracos is about to begin,” he said

Equally, Dr. Juwah said that his commission has a mouthwatering offer for investors in the Nigerian broadband infrastructure deployment programme using the Open Access Broadband strategy with the planned licensing of InfraCos that will provide a national broadband network on a non-discriminatory, open access and price regulated basis to all service providers.

NCC, he maintained is creating enabling environment and incentives for the private sector to roll out broadband networks which will be a one-off incentive for last mile to be achieved.

“We will replicate the success we made in voice in broadband plan as we proceed on the journey. We are also going to license more retail services and encourage the operators where possible to extend fibre to homes and businesses on their own. Government is committed to providing incentives to winners of infrastructure licenses,” he said.

The InfraCo, according to him, would enjoy government support, hence would be getting funding from government to rollout nationwide broadband infrastructure.

“We are ready to provide subsidy to simplify entry. However, such a subsidy will come on the basis of milestones achieved to ensure that we are realistic in the venture,” he said.

Juwah recollected that the historical revolution of the voice communications in Nigeria, the nation will witness a boom the broadband segment of the business as NCC propelled in the voice segment. Stressing that for Nigeria to be part of the 21^st century knowledge economy, there is need to leverage on the potentials of broadband.

“We have done quite well in the voice segment, but taking a look at the data segment, our internet penetration rate currently is 32.9 per cent, our broadband penetration rate is 6.1 per cent, taking it to a higher speed broadband, this 6.1 per cent will disappear,” he explained.

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Etisalat group, Ericsson team up on networked society initiatives

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The  Etisalat Group in collaboration with Ericsson to boost its high-speed communications and video delivery networks using Ericsson’s innovative technologies and services to offer more citizens access to public services from any internet-enabled mobile device, anywhere and anytime, ITRealms reports.

This, ITRealms gathered was in recognition of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) market transformation and the need to adopt the latest digital technologies to satisfy consumers.

Hence, Etisalat and Ericsson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a new collaboration to enable a high-speed, responsive network, laying the foundation for next-generation infrastructure for m-government and smart city initiatives.

ITRealms also gathered that high-speed broadband connectivity is fundamentally changing the way people live, interact and do business; consumers expect access to information, entertainment and businesses with faster speeds.

Through this partnership, Etisalat Group will launch trials of innovative Ericsson technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) Broadcast, Ericsson Radio Dot System, and Ericsson’s heterogeneous network solutions.

Mr. Hatem Bamatraf, Chief Technology Officer at Etisalat Group affirmed to ITRealms that over the years, Etisalat Group has demonstrated its ability to build and sustain the most advanced and innovative networks.

“Conducting such innovative trials is only the first step. This will pave the way for further collaborations and the eventual delivery of more advanced, reliable and faster broadband access to users across the region,” he said.

Additionally, ITRealms learnt that Etisalat will collaborate with Ericsson to roll out a mobile identity based service, and to explore opportunities for expanding these services across each of the countries Etisalat Group operates in.

Mobile identity, ITRealms said, is a key foundation for m-government, m-commerce and m-health services.

“The service allows subscribers to use their mobile identity securely via a one-click sign in, giving access to diverse applications, government services and websites, without the risk of being data-mined by the various ID providers,” Bamatraf hinted.

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ITU celebrates women’s change through ICTs

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) celebrates the power of digital literacy to change women’s lives as it reaches target of ‘one million women trained worldwide’ reports ITRealms.

This year, ITU is commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day with theme: ‘Progress for all’ through ICTs.

Notable is that over one million disadvantaged women in 79 countries around the world are now benefiting from newly-acquired information and communication technology (ICT) skills thanks to a partnership between ITU, the UN specialized agency for ICTs, and Philippines-based NGO Telecentre.org Foundation.

ITRealms also reports that the Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign, launched in 2011 with a target of training one million women around the world, leveraged the combined reach of Telecentre.org Foundation’s global network of 100,000 telecentres worldwide and ITU’s 193 Member States and 700 private sector members.

The campaign reached its goal earlier this month with a total of 1,014,096 women trained in basic computer skills, through the efforts of 153 participating organizations and 20,000 telecentres around the world.

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“The success of this joint campaign meshes perfectly with this year’s International Women’s Day theme of ‘equality for women is progress for all’, because training in today’s ICT systems is so often change that turns around the lives of unskilled and disadvantaged women and their families,” said ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun I. Touré.

“Having the skills to use ICTs opens up new horizons and empowers women, both economically and culturally. In addition, offering digital skills to over one million women at grassroots level is helping reverse the paradigm whereby, in many countries, ICTs still most often benefit men more than women.”

Recent research by ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau estimates that there are 200 million fewer women online than men. Of the world’s 2.8 billion Internet users, 1.3 billion are women, compared with 1.5 billion men.

While the gap between male and female users is relatively small in OECD nations, it widens rapidly in poorer countries, where expensive, ‘high status’ ICTs like computers are often unaffordable for women at the bottom of the development pyramid. In the developing world overall, 16% fewer women than men are online, with even greater disparities in some regions; in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, ITU estimates that there are only half as many women connected as men.

A report issued last year by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development’s Working Group on Gender, led by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, revealed that, around the world, women are coming online later and more slowly than men. It also showed that women are on average 21 per cent less likely to own a mobile phone – representing a mobile gender gap of 300 million, equating to US$13 billion in potential missed revenues for the mobile sector.

“With technology now widely recognized as a critical enabler for socio-economic development, the Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign has been key in reinforcing ITU’s global efforts to promote the digital inclusion of women in line with Millennium Development Goal 3 on gender equality,” said Brahima Sanou, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau, which initiated and led the Women’s Digital Literacy Campaign.

“Partnership is key in any undertaking, and what we have achieved so far under the Telecentre Women Digital Literacy Campaign is a testament to this. I, therefore, take this opportunity to thank ITU and all our partners in this campaign for accepting the challenge and for embracing this cause with so much fervour,” said Miguel Raimilla, Executive Director of Telecentre.org Foundation.

“We may have already reached our target, but the work doesn’t stop here. There is still so much more to be done out there, and the programme will definitely continue to empower women worldwide through ICT, in the hopes of inspiring change and ultimately bringing about the much needed results,” Raimilla said.

The campaign is just one element of ITU’s work in the field of gender empowerment through ICTs. Each year on the fourth Thursday in April, ITU and the global technology community celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’, an international awareness-raising initiative launched by ITU in 2010 to promote tech careers to a new generation of girls with an interest in science and maths.

Since its inception in 2010, the day has been gaining huge momentum around the world, with 2,700 events organized in 121 countries for an outreach of more than 70,000 girls and young women. Event organizers are gearing up for a big celebration on 24 April this year: stakeholders are encouraged to contact girlsinict@itu.int to let the ITU team know their plans.

ITU has also developed a range of digital literacy training materials designed to be used in school-based community centres and multi-purpose telecentres by women, indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities. 

In addition to providing basic ICT literacy, the materials show trainees how ICTs can be used to support a range of economic activities such as handicrafts, agro-tourism and agriculture. Training materials can be accessed here.

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OAU to host EduNet 2014 on Fostering Tech enterpreneurship

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The 4^th Edition of Education Network Conference (EduNet 2014) would be hosted by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and the Institute for Entrepreneurship Development Studies of the same institute in Partnership with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre (StarTAU), Israel, reports ITRealms.

Managing Director, Emerging Media, the organizers of EduNet, Mr. Kenneth Omeruo, told correspondent that 2014 edition will be on under the theme: Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities and has been planned to hold between May 20 and 22.

He also said that the three-day event will examine issues around building Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystem within the Nigerian University Community with key examples from the Israel Technology and Innovation Ecosystem.

“We are happy to host this year’s EduNet Conference at the ICT Centre of the University,the idea of fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigeria is key to economic development of the country.That is why our centre will be playing key roles in the conference” Prof Adeshola Aderounmu, Director ICT centre of Obafemi Awolowo University.

Oren Simanian, Founder of Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre and his team from Israel will lead discussions on How Nigeria can create Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystem with lessons from Israel (Start-up Nation).

“Our Entrepreneurship development centre in Tel Aviv University has contributed greatly to the development of the entrepreneurship and the Startup ecosystem in TelAviv, Israel and so we are happy to partner with Nigerian Institutions to help share ideas and develop the ecosystem in Nigeria bearing in mind the triangle of innovation around the world is held together by the cooperative endeavor of the government, the academic community, and the Technology Industry. We see EduNet 2014 as a great platform to start off such discussions”Oren Simanian,Founder Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre(StarTAU),Israel.

“This year, having seen the need for Nigerian universities to lead in the development of technology entrepreneurship in Nigeria, the 4^th edition ofEduNet conference now has a new task hence the focus this year is on building Technology Entrepreneurship/incubation centres to foster entrepreneurship in Nigeria” Kenneth Omeruo, Coordinator EduNet 2014.

For Omeruo, in order to start off discussions around the building of these tech centres in Nigerian Universities, EduNet 2014 hosted by the ICT centre and the Institute for Entrepreneurship Development studies of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, will provide the platform for discussions with the Government, ICT directors of Nigerian Universities, Regulatory authorities of the Nigerian Universities, Funding/partnering organizations and the Technology industry in Nigeria in collaboration with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre (StarTAU)Israel and the Israel Startup Network.

Presentations and Panel discussions will be focused on “Accessing the state of Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian universities with a view of proffering strategies and solutions for Technnovation in Nigeria; Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: The Israeli ''Start Up Nation'' story; The role of government in fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities,” among others.

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Ekhomu bags Security Pioneer award

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Celebrated security expert and Chairman, Trans-World Security, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has been honoured by the Port Harcourt Chapter of ASIS International (American Society for Industrial Security) for his outstanding pioneering efforts in Nigeria’s security industry, ITRealms.

The Assistant Regional Vice President of ASIS International, Mrs. Elizabeth Yakubu, confirmed to ITRealms that Ekhomu was bestowed with the prestigious Security Pioneer award on last February 2014, during the ASIS Port Harcourt Chapter two-day International Security Conference held at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt.

Mrs. Yakubu who also chaired the conference organizing committee described Dr. Ekhomu as a distinguished security expert who became the first chartered security professional in West Africa when he obtained the Certified Protection Professional  (CPP) designation in September 2000.

Ekhomu who is also known as the first Nigerian to achieve the Quarter Century designation of ASIS International since January 2011, is the Chairman, School of Management and Security as well as President, Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON).

Before now, he held the positions at various capacities including ASIS International: Member of the IDG of the Professional Certification Board (2009); Regional Vice President - West and Central Africa (2002 – 2007); Chairman of ASIS Nigeria Chapter 1999 – 2001; Vice Chairman of ASIS Nigeria Chapter (1997), Programme Chairman of ASIS Nigeria Chapter, (1995 – 1996), Membership Chairman of ASIS Nigeria Chapter (1995) and Chairman of Chapter Launch Committee (1994).

A native of Irrua, Edo State, Ekhomu aged 58 received the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a specialization in Policy Management from the University of Pittsburghin 1985. He is the author of Effective Personal and Corporate Security (2009) a seminal book in security awareness.He recently co-authored a book with Solomon E. Arase and others titled: National Security: Intelligence and Community Partnership Approach (2013).

From 2005 to 2010, he authored a weekly newspaper column entitled “Red Alert” in the Punch Newspaper. He currently writes a weekly column by the same caption “RED Alert” in ThisDay Newspaper.

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Adenuga is centenary entrepreneur par excellence

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the weekend on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria awarded the Chairman of Nigeria's national telecoms operator, Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr for entrepreneurial excellence, as part of the activities marking the nation’s centenary, reports ITRealms.

Dr. Adenuga was bestowed with the prestigious award in the category of ‘Accomplished Contemporary Entrepreneurs’ Friday night at the grand finale of the celebrations of the centenary anniversary organized to mark 100 years of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria.

ITRealms gathered that the Federal Government had as part of his citation described Adenuga as a distinguished entrepreneur and renowned employer of labour in Nigeria.

99 other eminent Nigerians were honored at the event in various categories ranging from "Contributors to the Making of Nigeria" to "Heroes of the Struggle for Nigeria's Independence/Pioneer Political leaders", "Pioneers in Professional Callings/Careers", "Pioneers in Commerce and Industry", "Promoters of Democracy in Nigeria", "Heroes in Global Sports Competition", "Accomplished Pioneer Public Servants", "Accomplished Contemporary Entrepreneurs", "Distinguished Academics", "Internationally  Acclaimed Artists, Literary Icons and Journalists," "Outstanding Bravery and Public Spiritedness", "Outstanding Promoters of Unity, Patriotism and National Development" and "Exemplary Service in the Promotion of Peace and Moral Excellence".

The awardees were officially given their awards at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.

Dr. Adenuga, who is also the Chairman of the Mike Adenuga Group, has been variously recognized for his exploits in the business world, his commitment to philanthropy and local empowerment, and for his passion for the growth and development of the Nigerian economy. 

At different times, he has been honoured by the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the National Award of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and Grand Commander of the Order of Nigeria (GCON), the highest individual honour for a private citizen in the country.

During Nigeria’s 50th anniversary celebration, Dr. Adenuga received ‘Special Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Awards’ from the Federal Government, being among 50 pre-eminent Nigerians whose contributions in various fields of human endeavor had helped to move the nation forward.

ITRealms recalls that in 2010, Thisday readers voted him ‘Nigeria’s most outstanding business personality in the last 50 years’. In an online poll conducted by the newspaper, the chairman of Globacom polled 4272 votes to edge out Alhaji Aliko Dangote who scored 4156.

Dr. Adenuga has made indelible marks in strategic sectors of the economy, which includes oil and gas, telecoms, aviation, banking and real estate, making him one of the most famous names on the African continent. 

His telecommunications company, Globacom, is one of the most innovative networks in Africa, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic and footprints in Senegal, Gambia and Cote d’Ivoire. 

In 2010, his telecoms firm commissioned its international submarine cable, Glo 1, providing a solution to the long-standing problem of insufficient internet bandwidth in Africa. The attendant international connectivity helped to usher Nigeria into an era of enhanced connectivity. 

In 2003, Globacom introduced per second billing when other telecom operators said it was impossible, and crashed the price of SIM to as low as N100, leading to an era of productive competition and the much talked about telecom revolution in Nigeria. The network also pioneered such revolutionary products as Blackberry, mobile internet and mobile banking services in Nigeria.

In the oil and gas sector, Dr. Adenuga’s Conoil Plc is one of the largest and most profitable oil marketing companies in Nigeria.  Conoil Producing, the downstream arm of the conglomerate, made history by becoming the first Nigerian company to strike oil and produce it in commercial quantity in 1991. 

In banking, one of Dr. Adenuga’s banks, Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB) was one of the few banks that met the N25billion capital requirement during the 2005 banking consolidation exercise without going to the stock market. ETB merged with Devcom Bank, also owned by Dr. Adenuga and later Sterling Bank, which is today one of the foremost banks in Nigeria.

Dr. Adenuga also has a multi-billion dollar investment in real estate.

His companies provide direct employment to thousands of workers and millions of others indirectly.

Globacom is the biggest supporter of football in Africa and has raised the profile of football in Nigeria with the sponsorship of the Glo Premier League and all the national football teams of the country. 

The company has so far spent over N9 billion in cash and kind on Nigerian football. It has also transformed the annual CAF Awards and made it the most glamorous sports event on the continent. CAF has awarded Adenuga the Pillar of Football in Africa for his strong support for African Football at both national and continental levels. 

Dr. Adenuga was born in 1953, in Ibadan. He attended the famous Ibadan Grammar School, in Oyo State, Nigeria, for his secondary education and studied Business Administration at Northwestern State University, Alva Oklahoma, in the United States. He also earned a Master’s degree at Pace University, New York, majoring in Business Administration with emphasis on Marketing. He holds an honorary doctorate degree conferred on him by the Ogun State University.

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Efe Nathan, gospel singer to release I Declare verse 2

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Gospel Soul Singer, Efe Nathan has concluded plans to release into the market her latest in stock of ‘I Declare’ part 2.

ITRealms gathered that this is the second coming of ‘I Declare’ as she had in 2011 kept the gospel scene beehive with her ‘I Declare’ in the album titled “A New Level”.

Sources close to singer and Sh! Entertainment told ITRealms that there have been whisperings about what Efe has been up to, but alas, she is finally ready to hit the stage once again.

“Efe has been in the studio cooking up a medley that does what she is gifted to do best… transport your soul into quiet worship and dance, all at once,” our source told ITRealms.

Further, ITRealms gathered that in 2011, Efe released I Declare, in the album titled ‘A New Level’ released in the same year.

“Now we wonder what Efe has done to this soulful worship song, as the countdown begins towards its remix premiere across Nigeria, West Africa and beyond,” our source declared.

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Pix: Efe Nathan, gospel singer.