{"id":10163,"date":"2016-12-31T08:56:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2016-12-31T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T07:58:05","slug":"glo-sponsored-one-lagos-fiesta-winds-up-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/glo-sponsored-one-lagos-fiesta-winds-up-saturday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Glo-sponsored One Lagos Fiesta winds up Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The 2016 edition of One Lagos Fiesta will be brought to a close Saturday night with a spectacular countdown to the New Year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The initiative introduced by the government of\u00a0 Akinwumi Ambode last year to round off the year and usher in a new one in a mood of excitement is being supported for a second year running by foremost telecommunications company, Globacom.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Besides, sponsoring the event, Globacom maintained activity-packed stands in all the five centres the event was held across the state.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The company treated guests to evenings of sublime entertainment which featured music, comedy, dance, games and competitions at the Agege centre on all the centres while the event lasted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0At the Ikorodu centre on December 26, Nollywood actor and Glo ambassador, Odunlade Adekola, who was at the Glo stand attracted fun-seekers who abandoned other stands just to see and touch the celebrity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Odunlade, while speaking at the Glo stand praised Globacom for making telephony easily accessible to the masses and urged them to continue to patronize the company as it is a wholly Nigerian brand.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0He recalled that it was Globacom that liberalized the telecom market with the introduction of per second billing, a feat that other operators said was not possible at the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The thespian said Glo is a truly people-oriented network because of its commitment to entertainment by the magnitude of support it is giving to the One Lagos Fiesta, and that he was proud to identify with the brand.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Glo also provided sublime entertainment in other venues where the event held such as Epe, Badagry and Victoria Island. For instance, all the stands had facilities for different kinds of games such as snookers, table soccer, ludo, traditional Ayo game, cards, among others.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Odunlade, entertained his fans and urged them &#8220;to show appreciation to Globacom by patronising the company&#8217;s products and services so that they can be encouraged to do more for us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Other entertainers who kept the audience busy at the Glo stand were comedians, Marcathy and Koloman\u00a0at the Agege centre of the OLF,\u00a0while DJ Galaxy provided\u00a0sound beats for the crowd.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The various competitions were keenly contested by young men and ladies who had stormed the\u00a0Agege stadium\u00a0venue to have fun.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Jolayemi Kehinde, a student of Yewa Junior\u00a0High School, Agege, won the catwalk competition,\u00a0while Abba Mohammed a student of Vetland\u00a0Junior College, Ifako Ijaiye won the recitation of the National Anthem at the Agree centre.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Mercy George, a pupil of CAC Nursery and Primary School, Agege,\u00a0 and Sanusi Abiodun , a pupil of Sound Planet College, Agege, won in two\u00a0different dancing competitions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0The fiesta ends tonight with a crossover event \/\u00a0 the 5 centres. 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