Atawewe, Oba Ara and Queen Zeidat Bag NIJ Awards

It was indeed a fun and encomium  galore penulmate  week, when top Fuji musician, Ambassador Sule Adio Atawewe also known as Etu or Akile of Fuji, talented singer of Gospel Singer, Evangelist Rotimi Onimole otherwise known as Oba Ara and sparklingly beautiful Queen of Azkir (praising of God in Islamic way), Queen Zeidat Almubarak were honoured by the students of first Nigeria monotechic and institute of Journalism, Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos during the students’ week  for their contributions and  efforts  in promoting the genres of music they represent. 

Also known as Baba Oloye or Mr. Spirit by Fuji music lovers, Atawewe was honoured for his contribution to the development of Fuji music in Nigeria and the Diaspora. Oba Ara was given a meritorious and outstanding award as best Gospel Singer in the country while Queen Zeidat was honoured as an outstanding Islamic Singer. 

The event which took place at the main auditorium of the institution had in attendance all students, lecturers, school management, Baale of Omole land, Alhaji Nasiru, the CEO of notable catering firm known as Esther Pot and other notable invited quests. 

After she received her award, Queen Zeidat thanked the NIJ students and the management for the honour given to her. She said the award would definitely add to her profile among her peers in Islamic music circle because no Islamic musician in the country had received such a prestigious award. Queen Zeidat said, though she has received a couple of awards previously but the NIJ award was very dear to her heart. 

  

On his own part, Oba Ara said the honour bestowed on him by NIJ would spur him to work harder. He said the award humbled him and made him to belief that people are watching what they are doing. He finally thanked the entire students and management of NIJ for the honour.

 

Meanwhile, Atawewe who was far away in the United State of America on musical tour was ably represented by his media aide, Mr Ayo Mojoyinola. And while receiving Atawewe’s award, Mojoyin apologised on his behalf for his inability to receive his award by himself. He said that Atawewe cherished the award and promised to play for the students after their examination when he returned from the states. 

The president of students’ representative of the school, Mr Ojebola, said the awardees were honoured for their contributions to the development of music in Nigeria and the Diaspora and also thanked the students and management for their unflinching support during the student week celebration.

*At Last, Globacom Compensates 3 Neglected Winners Of 2011 Trip To Dubai Promo

+How Saheed Ojubanire Online Mediated For Victims Successfully

Saheed Ojubanire Online has done it again! And this time around, it’s not about a helpless woman denied access to her daughter for 24 years who Saheed Ojubanire Online with its philosophy of striking a difference from all other online media platforms of blogs, helped in re-uniting with her daughter(you can read the full story by surfing into previous stories on this blog). In this instance, it’s about some winners in a promo conducted by Globacom in 2011 and were neglected after they had been given dummy tickets of winning an all expense paid 3 day trip to Dubai for which their pictures were quickly published in national dailies to build goodwill for Globacom with Nigerians. For more than 2 solid years, officials of Globacom who were supposed to see to their travelling formalties left them in the lurch and cut off all communications with them.

But when the case was brought to Saheed Ojubanire Online in 2012, they were assured of all measures required to get them their compensation from Globacom and that has finally been achieved. The victims: Adediran Folasade Omo-Emi from Osun state, Taiwo Ariyo Nurudeen, also from Osun state and Lasisi Alliu Olasunkanmi  from Lagos were all given #500,000.00( Five hundred thousand naira) cheque each, about two weeks ago, at the Mike Adenuga Tower, Adeola Odeku Head Office of Globacom in Lagos. Though closed cheques, Saheed Ojubanire Online also helped them with the banking measures required in cashing such cheques. And the trio could not believe their eyes when they got their money.

It is pertinent to appreciate the efforts of the officials of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) who worked assiduously with Saheed Ojubanire Online to correct the wrong of the past on the part of Globacom almost 3 years after. 

Saheed Ojubanire Online would unflinchingly keep to its creed of making the difference in the Nigerian media till this country is returned to the part of righteousness. Insha Allah.

Unveiled: Another Victim Of Globacom’s Win A Trip To Dubai Fraudulent Promo

*“I Had To Sell My Deep Freezer To Procure International Passport …”

*Folashade Adediran Omoemi Laments

As the series on Telecommunications Services Provider, Globacom’s "Win A Trip To Dubai" Fraudulent Promotion conducted in September, 2011, continues on this blog, we present to you the second out of four established victims of the monumental sleaze perpetrated by a Nigerian owned company against fellow Nigerians. The story of Folashade Adediran Omoemi who is based in Oshogbo, Osun state, is a little more disturbing than that of Lasisi Alliu Olasunkanmi that you read in the first episode of this journalistic soap opera. According to Folashade in an exclusive interview with this blogger, when Globacom first made their “useless” phone call to her with their customized 121 phone number, she initially wanted to disregard the “unsolicited” information given to her by the caller that she had won an all expense paid trip to Dubai, as a prank from the ubiquitous fraudsters that are currently dominating the Nigerian landscape (how right she was after all!). But after she was duly convinced by her caller that he was genuinely calling from Globacom, she believed him.

And that was when her “ordeal” began. Since she was told she needed an International passport to process her winnings, which she did not have at that point in time, she had to sell the deep freeze with which she was doing petty trading of soft-drinks in her small shop in Oshogbo to procure an "express" (fast-tracked) International passport before she could travel down to Lagos for the proccessing of her travelling to Dubai through Glo. But alas, it turned out to be a fraud that she initially suspected. As a matter of fact, she had to travel twice risking her life on the accident-prone Nigerian roads. The first time was to Lagos and the second time was to Ibadan as directed by the Glo official relating with her, Mr. Wole Bankole. An enquiry at the Glo office by this blogger has revealed that Mr. Bankole is still working with Glo.

Meanwhile, after she had been deceived into letting her picture be used in some national dailies by Glo, like many other victims of the grand fraud, through the presentation of dummy flight tickets to them, communication was deliberately cut off with her by Mr. Bankole like he did in the case of Lasisi Alliu Olasunkanmi you read earlier on this blog. Of more disturbing proportion is the finding at Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s Lagos Zonal office few days back that cases like that emanating from one promo or the other abound against Glo. And that none like that has been brought against other telephone networks in the country. No wonder Folashade had to abandon the Glo line she was using after the frustration she got from them, for two years and still counting, in the course of processing her winnings. Is Glo really "unlimited" like their new advertising slogan states? Someone needs to provide answers fast.

Watch out for other victims of the Globacom’s Fraud Unlimited Promo stories in these series. It promises to be a soap opera of sort…

Update on Globacom’s Fraudulent Promo Story:

*NCC, NLRC Wade In For The Victims

*How Another Victim Got #5OOK  Compensation

Just like it was promised on this blog that the fraud that is fraught with the Globacom’s “Win A Trip To Dubai” promo conducted in September, 2011, in which 4 established winners in the promo were left without being granted deliverables from their winnings 2 years after, would be followed to its logical conclusion, further steps have been taken by this blogger in fulfilling that promise.

About 2 weeks ago, this blogger together with a friend who is the Publisher of Islanders International Magazine, Ola Mohammed, paid a visit to the Lagos Zonal Office of the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) where they met with the Zonal Controller, Mr. N. Nwadike. And in the course of their discussion over the “shameful act”, the two journalists were made to realize that cases like that abound against Globacom. Even, with some emanating from the same promo conducted in 2011 for which 4 of its victims were being made a case for by the 2 journalists. An example of a young boy who won in the 3^rd category of the same promo and was supposed to have gone to London to watch a Manchester United match was cited. And the Zonal Director reflected on how he had to drive the victim to Globacom’s office a number of times during which he gave the officials of the company they met with, a serious dress down.

He narrated how the Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) had to be drafted into the matter at a point in time. “The NCC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NLRC that empowers the NLRC to take charge of matters emanating from lottery issues involving any telecommunication company.” The Zonal Controller clearly declared. And that was why the NLRC had to be drafted into the matter of the boy that won an all expenses paid trip to watch Manchester United in London but was eventually left in the lurch by Globacom. However, as at the morning of the day the 2 journalists paid a visit to the NCC’s Zonal Office, the Zonal Controller who said he had just returned from a trip abroad put a call across to their Abuja Headquarters to get an update on the matter of the boy being handled by them in conjunction with the NLRC and he was told that the boy had eventually been awarded a sum of five hundred thousand naira (#500,000.000) by Globacom in liu of his failed trip. 

The phone numbers of the NLRC officials who handled the matter were later released to the journalists to relate with them. And when the numbers (none of the numbers was glo) were called, the journalist were told to write an official letter to the Director of NLRC on behalf of the victims stating their cases and copies of their evidence should be attached to the letter. And that is being done already.

This blogger would keep you posted as events on the matter continue to unfold. It’s no retreat no surrender.

*Mike Adenuga’s Globacom Promo Fraud Latest:

*Top Glo Officials Beg Blogger To Remove “Win A Trip To Dubai”Fraud Story

*Promise To “SORT HIM OUT” When Their Boss Returns From South Africa

Just few days after it broke out on this blog, there is a new and curious development with the Mike Adenuga owned Globacom Telecommunications’ story on “Win A Trip To Dubai” promotion conducted in 2011 in which 4 winners have been SOLIDLY established to have been “defrauded” out of their winnings to travel to Dubai as advertised in selected national dailies when the promotion was done 2 years ago. Now instead of trying to reach out to the winners to right the wrong of the past, some top officials of the big telecoms company are rather scheming how to sweep everything under the carpet.

According to our findings, after discovering this story on one of the popular blogs that culled it from here, some top glo officials, allegedly, reached out to one popular journalist who is their friend to help in talking to the blogger to remove the story promising that they would “SORT HIM OUT” (bribe him) when a particular boss of theirs returns from South Africa. And that is the height of corruption that is currently going on in a“PROUDLY NIGERIAN” company. A clear slap on the once upon a time federal government’s image laundering project floated with: “Nigeria, Good People, Great Nation” mantra. What an irony!

However, that attempt of theirs, which is obviously true because the blogger has clearly removed the culled story like they requested in readiness for the sorting out, has failed because this blog www.saheedojubanire.blospot.com will never be compromised until the matter is followed to its logical conclusion. Just like it did with the Zenon Oil Boss, Femi Otedola versus Ex-Lover, Oluyinka Odukoya,’s story which also broke out on this blog. This is indeed, a seasonal film, and it has just begun. Watch out for next episode next week…

Note: Names of the blogger, his blog and that of the popular journalist who spoke with him on behalf of glo, are deliberated omitted. But might be revealed should the need arise!