Mother Battles Mother as Glo celebrates double — Guardian Arts — The Guardian Nigeria Information – Nigeria and World Information

Telecoms large, Globacom, is celebrating double. It clocks 19 on August 29 whereas its Glo TV can be one now. For the extremely impactful firm based by foremost businessman, Dr Mike Adenuga, it’s thus a time to rely its blessings.

Because it does this, it’s also sharing enjoyable, as an illustration entertaining viewers with Mothers at Warfare, Omoni Oboli’s partaking film by which two moms go to excessive lengths to get their kids favoured. What’s at stake within the comedy-drama flaunts a number of attributes of actuality. That’s scholarship – and the moms craving it for his or her children are rattling determined about it.

Directed by Oboli, Mothers at Warfare options star actors that embrace Yul Edochie, Naz Onuso, Funke Akindele, Eucharia Anunobi, Michelle Dede and Moses Babatope. Oboli says she was impressed to star in and direct the film due to her childhood experiences. On its half, Glo TV says it finds the film appropriate for viewers due to its academic and leisure potential.

Globacom launched Glo TV in August 2021 and it has been fulfilling the righteousness it preached in its imaginative and prescient assertion.

Powered by Glo 4G expertise to ensure a pleasing streaming expertise, the cell TV was conceived to carry partaking, interactive and premium leisure content material via a wealthy bouquet of choices, together with tons of of reside leisure programmes, music, documentary, information, authentic reveals, trend, life-style, and kiddies’ curiosity channels with over 1,000 movies.

It had mentioned: “The cell tv service powered by the dependable Glo 4G expertise ensures nice streaming expertise has positively altered the Web Protocol Tv panorama in Nigeria with extremely sought-after content material beamed to subscribers through their desktop and cell handheld units,” the corporate had mentioned, including that Soccer TV and information channels together with Aljazeera and France 24 on Glo TV had been billed to supply high quality leisure and schooling to subscribers.

“Youngsters’s pursuits are additionally effectively taken care of by Glo TV. Common kiddies’ channels corresponding to ZooMOO, English Membership TV and Lollykids are on supply to provide wholesome leisure and sturdy schooling to kids of all ages. This may be certain that they don’t seem to be solely buying new data however that also they are adequately entertained according to the perfect practices of tv viewership. Subscribers of all ages may have entry to film channels together with Nolly Africa, African Film Channel and Legacy Community, amongst others.”

Up to now, probably the most profitable programmes on Glo TV has been the Glo Battle of the 12 months, showcasing intense dances that embrace Afro-dance and Krumping.

On a bigger scale, it has been a narrative of monumental journey for Globacom. Many imagine that the game-changing firm, which has proved the can-do finest that Nigeria harbours, has established all indices of an important model.

Despite the ever-challenging nationwide financial clime, it has entrenched itself amongst international leaders, with the enviable future of a worldwide model with indigenous possession. Whereas it has continued to do effectively as a enterprise, increasing its subscriber base, creating extra enterprise platforms and forging mutually productive partnerships, it has additionally continued to deepen company social duty.

Up to now 12 months, as an illustration, Globacom sponsored the Ojude Oba Pageant which not solely empowered the organisers but additionally rewarded successful regberegbe taking part teams in addition to winners of the pageant held as a part of the programme. It gave tricycles (Keke) to 5 fortunate subscribers. 10 Glo prospects went residence with tv units, whereas 10 others had been offered with grinding machines.

Within the Regberegbe competitors which was one of many key options of Globacom’s sponsorship of the pageant, Egbe Obayori Okunrin Asiwaju emerged the best-dressed age grade and gained N500,000, whereas Egbe Tobalase Okunrin and Egbe Bobamayegun gained N300,000 and N200,000 respectively as first and second runners-up within the male class. Egbe Bobamayegun Obinrin Asiwaju got here first with Egbe Arobayo Obinrin and Egbe Tobalase Obinrin rising as runners-up within the feminine class, successful the identical prizes as their male counterparts.

Additionally within the Balogun contest, Balogun Kuku was adjudged the perfect in expertise and dexterity on their horses, whereas Balogun Odunuga and Balogun Gamugasa got here second and third successful N500,000, N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.

Oluwafunmilade Osotekun, a 19-year-old scholar of the Federal College of Agriculture, Abeokuta, emerged as Miss Ojude Oba 2022 within the magnificence pageant. She obtained an N150,000 money prize and Glo present gadgets. Additionally, Christiana Adenike Ogunwusi, 23, of Ogun State Faculty of Well being Expertise, Ilese Ijebu, got here second to win N100,000, whereas 23-year-old beautician, Ogunsanwo Nafisat Abisola, got here third, successful N50,000.

In fact, Globacom has been an enormous blessing to Nigeria’s leisure trade, which is likely one of the quickest rising on the earth. It has continued to take care of its custom of appointing ambassadors from amongst prime entertainers, together with footballers, a scheme that has, through the years, introduced fortunes to the beneficiaries. In Glo’s ambassadors’ financial institution are large manufacturers like Wizkid, AY, Bovi, Persistence Ozokwo, Odunlade Adekola, Korede Bello, Reekado Banks, Hadizah Blell and Basketmouth.

Others embrace OC Ukeje, Funke Akindele, Ini Edo, Helen Paul, Ime Bishop, John Okafor, Chiwetalu Agu and Bimbo Oloyede. In fact, D’Banj, PSquare, Flavour, Omawumi, Burna Boy, Wande Coal, Sammie Okposo and MI are additionally musician ambassadors for Globacom.