BRANDS & MARKETING

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has named OMD Worldwide the “Media Network of the Year,” after winning one Gold, five Silver and five Bronze lions and earning 14 shortlists in the Media Lions category. Commenting on the feat, the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of mediaReach OMD Nigeria,...

A total of 20 contestants have been shortlisted for the next stage of the ongoing Goldberg Ariya Repete traditional music concert, after the quarterfinal which held at Democracy Park, Akure, Ondo State on Friday, July 7, 2017. The selected contestants who will perform at the semi-final scheduled for Friday, July...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Fowler are among prominent figures expected at the 44th annual general meeting (AGM)/congress of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) in Lagos. The event will hold from June 6 to 8 at the Golden...

…to compete with rice consumption In a major strategic move to grow its market equity in Africa, Dangote Flour has unveiled new improved pasta products called ‘Ecccellente’. The re-vamped Pasta is expected to reduce the dependency on rice consumption by Nigerians. Speaking at the grand customer launch in Kano on...

Sterling Bank Plc has sponsored the second edition of Open House Lagos with the theme: 50 years of Resilience and Innovation organised by the British Council and Open House Lagos Board. Addressing journalists at a press conference to herald the second edition of the project in Lagos in recently, Chief...

As part of efforts at continuing to meet the tastes and lifestyles of the Nigerian consumers, Euro Global, a leading foods and distilleries company, has launched two new products into the Nigerian foods and drinks market. The two new products, Power Spirits Drink (bottle and Can) and Golden Choco were...

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) says it has launched a “detailed investigation” into the alleged danger of CPC’s Director-General, Mrs Dupe Atoki, announced this in Abuja on Thursday. “The Consumer Protection Council is keenly interested and extremely concerned about the questions that have arisen from and on account of this...

Dangote Food companies reward distributors with cash prizes Distributors of the Dangote foods companies, including Dangote Flour, Sugar and Salt smiled home Tuesday night as the management of the companies doled out over N2 billion as rewards for their loyalty to the companies over the past one year. At a...

Five Nigerian banks have been named among ‘The Top 500 Banking Brands’ of The Banker magazine of the Financial Times and Brand Finance, London, United Kingdom. The banks are  First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc and the United Bank for Africa...

L-R: Executive Director, Retail Banking, Skye Bank, Mrs. Markie Idowu, Mr. Seyi Akinmusire (winner of the N100, 000 MoneyGram ‘Receive and Win’ Promo), the Group Head, Retail Banking, Skye Bank, Ndubuisi Osakwe at the cheque presentation event at Skye Bank Head Office, over the weekend....