Monthly Archives: September 2012
VIDEO: Air Nigeria Asks Passengers To Donate £40 Each To Buy Fuel For Flight To Lagos
In a scandalous twist of events, SaharaReporters learned that an Air Nigeria crew at Gatwick Airport yesterday asked passengers to contribute £40 each to enable them purchase fuel to depart for Lagos several hours after the flight’s takeoff was delayed.
About 190 passengers on Flight LOS-VK 0292/08
said they were surprised by the request. They confronted the airline official who had made the request, and he quickly disappeared from the riotous scene.
The flight, which was scheduled to fly out of London at 9:50a.m, eventually did so at 5p.m., arriving in Lagos at 12:30a.m. But the ordeal of the passengers was hardly over.
A passenger, Lekan Fatodu told SaharaReporters that when they arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, they discovered their baggage had not arrived with them. They were left stranded for several hours before an official of the airline told them to return the next day for their luggage.
It was learned that the airline’s bag handling service, Swissport, refused to provide ground-handling services to the airline because Air Nigeria had not met its obligations to the company.
Air Nigeria’s embattled owner, Jimoh Ibrahim, last week announced the sacking of over 500 workers at the airline and suspension of all flight services starting from tomorrow, September 10.
Press Release: THE STRATEGIC MOVES IN JUMIA (FORMERLY KASUWA AND SABUNTA)
This is the official press release from Jumia.com.ng, formerly two separate entries-Kasuwa and Sabunta .
In recent weeks, Nigerians have been rocked with the news about how some of the biggest e-commerce and fashion companies have restructured their operations, there by letting go some of their staff and changing their name. We can report to you that this is true! Arguably the biggest stock of fashion online in Nigeria (Sabunta.com) and the biggest stock of general merchandise (Kasuwa.com) have come together to create a mega online retail store called Jumia – (http://www.jumia.com).
We have gathered reports that this process has come from the backdrop of recent expansion plans to reach other parts of Africa collaborating with sister companies in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and many other countries under the new name – JUMIA.COM
Also, there is word around town that this strategic move is for Jumia.com.ng to completely solidify their market share in the minds of their customers after several competitive online retailers have started springing up to compete for the buying heart of Nigeria.
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THEIR CUSTOMERS? Reliable sources at Jumia.com have informed us that the new structure is optimized to deliver more efficiently and continue to grow its customer base as a result of the following:
- A more effective team to meet the growing needs of their customers nationwide
- An improved/faster delivery system that will continue to see same day delivery in some states in Nigeria.
- And most importantly, a wider selection of brands and products that cuts across fashion, mobile phones/devices/accessories, electronic, games, beauty, books and general merchandise.
iROKOtv+ World Premiere: Damage (2012) featuring Uche Jombo, Kalu Ikeagwu and Tonto Dikeh Premieres on iROKOtv+
What happens when love fails?
A man and a woman embark on a psychological and emotional journey into the unknown world of love and marriage, pursuing each other’s dreams while existing in the world of domestic violence and abuse they have created for themselves and their loved ones. Things begin to go out of hand when their loved ones search for ways out of this world and take steps that could destroy their home forever.
(Damage, 2012)
iROKOtv+ continues to deliver blockbuster movies and is proud to present Damage,2012 which got Uche Jombo nominated for best actress (film) at the recently held and star-studded NEA Awards in New York city on September 2nd 2012.
The movie features Uche Jombo and Kalu Ikeagwu as a married couple who are so love, but share an abusive relationship, totally ignoring their daughter who looks for a way out of the mayhem. (Damage, 2012)
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Full Cast: Uche Jombo, Kalu Ikeagwu, Tonto Dikeh, Basorge Tariah Jnr, Nicolette Ndigwe, Hammond Oghomwen Ozakpolor
Director: Moses Iwang 
Danfo Bus Catches Fire In Lagos, Nigeria
A danfo bus caught fire today around 8am this morning at CMS just by the BRT bus stop in Lagos Nigeria
Some people say it was a gasoline leak, while others say it was an explosive device, fortunately no one was injured as all passengers managed to run out of the bus before it was completely engulfed.
Eye witnesses said Lastma officials got to the scene like 3 minutes after the occurrence and they maintained free flow of traffic and contacted the fire service immediately. But till the bus burned out, no fire service was seen.
Thank God
Nollywood Actress Omotola J.E Set To feature In Reality TV Show- “The Real Me”
The ‘Real Me’ will premiere this month and it will be aired in 31 countries in Africa including Nigeria, the UK (Sky TV ) and selected TV stations in the US.
According to her;
‘It’s just about me. A lot of young people from Africa want to know how a celebrity, a married woman with children live her day to day life.
A lot of people think maybe I don’t stay at home at all. All the busy questions you ask me in the interviews. So we are putting all of those in a visual format so then you can see for yourself and just have fun with it.
It is basically what I do every day. There is no scripting, none at all. I told them that if I find out they tempered with some of the content, I will be very mad at them because they have cheated me. Everything is very raw and my production crew believes in me. So I believe everything is going to be fine.
Kasuwa and Sabunta Sack Staff In Nigeria Admist Consolidation of E-commerce Businesses.
