Nigerian Football

9MOBILE REWARDS FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS WITH PREDIKTOR 6PROMO

Published

7 years ago

October 16, 2017

In yet another innovative way to demonstrate its commitment to positive customer experience, Nigeria’s customer-friendly network, 9mobile in partnership with football betting organisation, 70th Precinct has rewarded winners of its football bet service, Prediktor 6 Promo, with 32-year-old Taiwo Afeez Akanbi emerging the latest millionaire.

Akanbi received his one million Naira win at the prize presentation ceremony held last Friday at 9mobile office in Lagos.

The Prediktor 6 Promo is a USSD-based football bet service that enables 9mobilecustomers to win up to one million Naira by simply predicting correctly either the match outcome or goals outcome of six displayed football matches.

The game offers an exciting experience for football enthusiasts to earn handsome financial rewards when they test their knowledge of football just by accurately predicting match results.

Speaking on the promo, Head, Digital Business, 9mobile, Bolanle Afuye, said Prediktor6 Promo further underlines the telco’s commitment to continuously deliver excellent services as well as create or support innovative platforms that enable customers to enjoy more positive experience on the 9mobile network.

“9mobile is passionate about ensuring customer satisfaction at all times. The Prediktor 6 Football Promo further affirms this commitment by 9mobile to continuously add value to its customers across segments”, she stated.

Afuye added that every 9mobile subscriber is a winner and disclosed that although Akanbi was a new subscriber on the network, he was already a winner.

Giving the testimony of his journey to becoming the winner, Akanbi revealed that he became a 9mobile subscriber when his girlfriend advised him to buy a 9mobile SIM card so they could talk better when they are apart. He said that decision has paid off as he became a millionaire barely a month after joining the network.

Akanbi, who won one million Naira for correctly predicting the World Cup qualifiers, said, “As a football enthusiast, I am always on the lookout for opportunities to engage in football related activities.

“I discovered 9mobile Prediktor 6 Promo and participated last week having been on the network for one month. I am surprised at winning one million Naira.

“My girlfriend and I were experiencing network issues, so, she advised me to get a 9mobile SIM card to enable us communicate seamlessly.

“For the past one month we have been really talking, plus, winning a million Naira for the first time. I don’t know who to thank more between my girlfriend and 9mobile.”

To participate in the Prediktor football promo, 9mobile subscribers should dial the USSD code *8020# and follow the instructions on the menu. There are basically two categories of the service namely ‘Match Outcome’ and ‘Goals Outcome’.

To play the match outcome, subscribers are expected to correctly predict football games from six displayed games while to play goals outcome they are expected to correctly predict the total number of goals in each of the six displayed games.

9mobile through its array of innovative solutions and platforms has been at the forefront of providing platforms that empower and support its customers to achieve more via technology.

Since its launch into the Nigerian market nine years ago, 9mobile has consistently launched innovative enterprise solutions and platforms that support individuals, businesses and communities.

Nigerian Football

Remo Stars close to winning their first Nigeria Premier League title

Published

4 hours ago

April 26, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Remo Stars on Friday inch closer to achieving their first ever title in the Nigeria elite division league after beating visiting Niger Tornadoes 3-0 to move second on the log and just a point behind league leaders, Enugu Rangers.

Remo Stars are now with 53 points and still have an outstanding home game to play.

Friday’s win which comes on the eve of the proprietor’s birthday has put the team back into contention for the title.

They have progressively become prominent in the Nigerian premier league having placed third two seasons ago and second last season.

Top finish this season will confirm their progression and also a third consecutive continental outing.

Top scorer, Sikiru Alimi launched them of victory path as his 28^th minute penalty kick heralded their return to high scoring ways.

It has been a while since they scored high in the league. Barely three minutes later, Sikiru, a contender for the top scorer award increased the tally to two.

Ahmed Akinyele completed the route in the 75^th minute.

Nigerian Football

Nigeria face tough defence as Burkina Faso lie in wait at U17 WAFU B AFCON qualifiers

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3 days ago

April 23, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Defending champions Nigeria have been handed a difficult path to the 2025 U17 Africa Cup of Nations finals after being drawn in the same group as Burkina Faso for next month’s WAFU B qualifying tournament in Ghana.

The Golden Eaglets, who won the last edition of the regional championship in 2022, will also face Togo and Niger in Group B of the competition which runs from 15-28 May.

Hosts Ghana find themselves in Group A alongside Cote d’Ivoire and Benin in a tough-looking section of the competition to be played in Accra.

The draw was conducted by 1970s Ivorian football legends Kobenan Kouman and Die Foneye at the Ivorian FA headquarters in Abidjan on Friday.

Nigeria claimed their WAFU B U17 AFCON title by defeating Burkina Faso 2-1 in the regional final in Ghana two years ago.

However, they will need to overcome some familiar foes if they are to defend their crown and with the Burkina Faso finishing third at the last TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations, some exciting matches are expected.

Arch-rivals Nigeria and Ghana are among the two favourites and could meet in the final in Accra on 28 May, should they top their respective groups and make it through the semi-finals.

Ghana also have pedigree at this level, having the World Cup in 1991 and 1995 as they bid to reach the U17 AFCON finals on home soil.

The top two teams from the WAFU B tournament will qualify for next year’s U17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Groups:

Group A: Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin

Group B: Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Niger.

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Former Nigeria international, Onye recommends Amuneke-Siasia combo for Super Eagles

Published

5 days ago

April 22, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

Kingsley Onye, the left sided defender who was a member of the first Flying Eagles side to have a podium finish at the U-20 World Cup has suggested the employment of Emmanuel Amuneke as the coach of the Super Eagles.

He wants him to be assisted by Samson Siasia when the ban on the latter lapses in August. Alternatively, Onye pointed to Sylvanus Okpala as alternative to Siasia.

The Super Eagles are in dare need for a head coach as the clock ticks down to the Match day 4 and 5 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in which the team is trailing at the third position.

The two matches in early June are crucial for the Super Eagles to bounce back into reckoning as the team can not afford to drop any of the available six points in the duels with South Africa at home and away to Benin.

From this Monday, it is 41 days to the potentially challenging tie with South Africa, but the Nigerian national team has been without a coach since the expiration of the contract of Portugal’s Jose Peseiro shortly after the Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

Without mincing words, Onye remarked: “Emmanuel Amuneke is the right man for the job of the coach of Super Eagles. He has been there before.

“He tasted it and had been fantastic with the Nigeria youth team, the U-17 by assisting Manu Garba to win the U17 World Cup in 2013 and as head coach, led the Golden Eaglets to win the cup again in 2015.”

Onye who played for the Enugu Rangers in Nigeria before venturing to the UK but had his career scuppered by freak injury pointed out that the solution to Super Eagles’ technical deficiency is the appointment of an indigenous coach and that Amuneke is the man.

In buttressing his assertion, he declared: “As a senior team coach, Amuneke qualified a long standing absentee team, Tanzania for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

“His record as a player is also very impressive. He played and won with the Super Eagles, the AFCON 1994. He played at the Olympic Games and was also the first Nigerian to score two goals at the World Cup.

“He has played at the African Games and also for top clubs in the continent as he was a member of the Egyptian giants, Zamalek. In Europe, he played for Sporting Clube de Portugal and then Barcelona before injury ended his playing career.”

Onye also looked at the personality of Amuneke in recommending him for the Super Eagles job.

His record as a player is also very impressive. He played and won with the Super Eagles, the AFCON 1994. He played at the Olympic Games and was also the first Nigerian to score two goals at the World Cup.

He has played at the African Games and also for top clubs in the continent as he was a member of the Egyptian giants, Zamalek. In Europe, he played for Sporting Clube de Portugal and then Barcelona before injury ended his playing career.