Nigerian Football
9MOBILE REWARDS FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS WITH PREDIKTOR 6PROMO
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.
The miserable run of Akwa United and Ikorodu City came to an end after six games in the Nigerian Premier League this season. Both teams were initially glued at the bottom of the league table.
They now got respite as Akwa United beat Kano Pillar by 2-0 while Ikorodu City even did what could be considered an upset, beating Bendel Insurance 3-0.
Remo Stars bounced back to the top of the log after a 3-0 defeat of Nasarawa United. Shooting Stars are yet to get their rhythm this season, playing a barren draw with Enyimba in Ibadan.
Kwara United who got their first full points of the season last week after a 1-0 defeat of Remo Stars could not consolidate as they were beaten 1-0 by Abia Warriors.
Heartland under Emmanuel Amuneke are gradually recovering as they got a valuable away draw against El-Kanemi Warriors.
BY KUNLE SOLAJA.
It is 75 years since Nigeria’s national football team first played an international match. That was on 8 October 1949 when the first set of Nigeria’s assembly on their return voyage stopped over in Freetown and engaged Sierra Leone in an international football match. Nigeria won 2-0, setting a chain of positive results on 8 October.
The country never lost any competitive duel on that date. More significantly, the Super Eagles first qualified for the World Cup on an 8 October date.
That was in 1993 when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Algeria in the quest for USA ‘94 World Cup.
Nigeria became the first English-speaking African country to qualify for the World Cup. Another significance of the October 8 match at the July 5 Stadium, Algiers is that Nigeria were unbeaten for the first time by Algeria at home.
The only deviation from the 8 October Magic was in 2015 when Nigeria lost 2-0 to Congo in a friendly match.
Twenty-six years after Nigeria’s debut international match, one of Africa’s biggest football nations, Egypt fell to the October 8 magic, losing 4-0 to Nigeria in the last stage of the triangular World Cup qualifying series for Argentina ’78.
Up till October 15, 2013, when Ghana beat Egypt 6-1 in Kumasi, the October 8, 1977 duel with Nigeria remained Egypt’s biggest loss in a World Cup qualifying match.
Before the 1977 duel, Nigeria in 1963 played a friendly match with Liberia in Monrovia. The October 8 magic was active, even in an away match. Nigeria drew 2-2 in their very first encounter with Liberia. It was shortly after the team had, through a protest, upturned a victory by Guinea to pick Nigeria’s very first African Nations’ Cup ticket.
Little wonder then that when FIFA suspended Nigeria in 2010, the world governing body provisionally lifted the ban on October 8!
Nigeria on 8 October
- 1949 – Freetown (Friendly) Sierra Leone 0-2 Nigeria
- 1963 – Monrovia (Friendly) Liberia 2-2 Nigeria
- 1977 – Lagos (World Cup qualifier) Nigeria 4-0 Egypt
- 1993 – Algiers (World Cup qualifier) Algeria 1-1 Nigeria… qualify for USA ‘94.
- 2005 – Abuja (World Cup qualifier) Nigeria 5-1 Zimbabwe
- 2010 – FIFA, in apparent respect to the 8 October magic, provisionally lifted a ban imposed on Nigeria.
- 2011 – Abuja (African Nations Cup qualifier) Nigeria 2-2 Guinea. Although undefeated, Nigeria failed to make it to the 2012 African Nations Cup.
- 2015 – D.R. Congo beat Nigeria 2-0 in Visé, Belgium. The ‘October 8 Magic’ is finally broken.
Rivers United have launched themselves to the top of the log at the end of the match day 5 of the Nigeria Premier League. The Port Harcourt side beat Akwa United 2-1 to go afloat after initial leaders, Remo Stars crumbled to a 1-0 defeat at Kwara United in Ilorin on Sunday.
It was Remo Stars’ first defeat in the season. Rivers United are now with 13 points. Stephen Mayo put Rivers United ahead after 31 minutes. But it turned a temporary lead as Akwa United bounced back almost at the blast of the referee’s whistle for the second half.
Friday Apollos levelled up for Akwa United before Ndifreke Effiong Udo scored the winner in the 85th minute.
Sunday Results
- Kwara United 1-0 Remo Stars
- Rangers International 1-0 Abia Warriors
- Heartland FC 2-0 Niger Tornadoes
- Kano Pillars 2-0 Sunshine Stars
- Plateau United 1-0 Ikorodu City
- Rivers United 2-1 Akwa United
- Enyimba 3-0 Katsina United* Suspended
- Nasarawa 0-0 Bayelsa United
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