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British Airways unveils bumper reward for travel consultants
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ritish mega carrier, British Airways and its sister Airline Iberia has announced plans to give its Travel Consultants in Nigeria a special Yuletide with bumper rewards of elite shopping
experience. The company will be rewarding travel consultants at their travel agencies across Nigeria with gifts up to one million naira from October through December 2014.
According to the airline, the offer is in partnership with Shoprite in Nigeria and it is a way of encouraging and saying a big thank you to the highly valued travel consultants because they are the ones that actually book
customers in the different Travel Agencies in Nigeria. British Airways Regional General Manager, West Africa, Mr Kola Olayinka, disclosed that the travel consultants are encouraged to book British
Airways and win the shopping vouchers which are available in three major cities in Nigeria, namely Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. According to Mr. Olayinka “This offer is our way of saying thank you to our partners. We thought of a better way to show our appreciation to these valuable consultants, so we went into a strong partnership with one of the national biggest outlets, Shoprite who have outlets all over Nigeria and stock a good range of household items. With this, we are giving our partners the opportunity of early preparations for the yuletide season.” To enjoy the offer, all the British Airways partners need to do is continue to book British Airways and Iberia Airlines tickets for their customers and win the shopping vouchers as they do. The airline further disclosed that the rest of the year 2014 will be an opportunity for British Airways to give back to different segments of the society.
L-R: Chairman, MTN Nigeria, Dr Pascal Dozie, Lagos state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and Lagos state Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr Wale Ahmed, during MTN presentation of Ebola protective materials to Lagos state government, yesterday in Lagos. Photo: NAN
Group partners PPMC to curb vandals From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
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group under the auspices of Youth Crime Prevention Initiative (YCPI) has promised to partner with Petroleum Product Marketing Company (PPMC), Kaduna Zone in its effort to curb the area of pipe lines vandals and protect its facilities. The group’s Director–General Patriot Prince E.O Opara Oscar
disclosed this while presenting an award for Excellence and Patriotism to Engr. Ajibo James, Kaduna Area Manager of the company. The group disclosed that the award is in recognition of the role of the NNPC’s effort in dousing the activities of crime in its immediate host communities and environs by engaging the youth positively in achieving their potentials for the good of the society and the
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nation in general. Mr. Oscar reiterated that the award is geared towards encouraging the corporation in its fight against crime, adding that the youth organization is a willing partner in protecting national infrastructure such as NNPC pipelines in Kaduna state. “Crime prevention is everyone’s business, especially the youth who are the future leaders, saying whatsoever that belongs to
Nigeria belongs to the youth,” he said. In his remark, Engr James said the management of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company will not hesitate in helping youth discover their potentials, while pledging to redouble management’s effort in adopting preventive mechanism to make sure the host communities remains crime free by engaging the youth positively.
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Chinedu Nebo
CBN Exchange Rates
as at 1st SEPTEMBER, 2014 Buying Selling
$ € £ Riyal YEN CFA
154.7 256.94 212.44 41.25 1.49 0.30
155.74 258.60 213.81 41.52 1.50 0.32
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