Prince Osuagwu
13 October 2008
Second National Operator, Globacom is set to make its own statement in the entertainment sector with a nation wide concert it tagged Rock 'n'Rule concert. The concert is billed to kick off sometime this month.
Part of the activities building up to the elaborate show according to Globacom are already taking shape with the special beauty pageant for Nigeria male and female youths tagged Rock 'n' rule pageant, taking the centre stage.
Globacom officials told Mobile week that as registration for the Mr. and Miss Rock 'n' Rule pageant, commenced last week, youths between the 18 and 25 age limit, in their countless numbers were trooping to the designated centres to pen down their interests and offer to be part of the show.
According to Globacom, the pageant is another opportunity which the company was using to create empowerment opportunities for the young people nationwide to express their innate qualities and reach their goals.
The pageant would hold in all the 18 locations where the Rock 'n' Rule concert will be staged with the winners in each location in the male and female category smiling home with N250,000 cash, a top range Nokia phone and a Glo SIM with N10,000 monthly airtime for one year. The first runner up will get N150,000 cash, Nokia phone and a Glo SIM with N5,000 monthly airtime for one year while the second runner up will receive N100,000, Nokia phone and Glo SIM.
Already, the short code platform for registration for the pageant has been opened for entries from eligible Nigerians. Entries, which are restricted to Glo subscribers, will be processed ahead of the Rock 'n' Rule concert in each region.
Entry for the pageant can be done by sending name, age, location as SMS to a short code, 33003 for Miss Rock 'n' Rule and 33001 for Mr Rock 'n' Rule. Entry forms will also be available at selected Globacom regional offices nationwide.
Globacom said the entries received will be collated by pageant consultants while a screening exercise to be held in each of the 18 locations will prune the number of contestants down before the Rock 'n' Rule concert in each of the selected cities.
The selected cities include Benin , Abuja , Port Harcourt , Asaba, Enugu , Jos, Lagos , Awka, Kaduna, Calabar, Owerri, Lokoja, Uyo, Akure, Umuahia, Makurdi, Ibadan and Ilorin .
Among the star artistes on parade are D'Banj, Sunny Nneji, Sammy Okposo, Pasuma Wonder, Ego, Original Stereoman, Mode 9, May7ven Sunny Danja, Basketmouth, Okey Bakassi, DJ Jimmy Jatt and Ghanaian music diva, Becca and top Ghanaian artiste, Van Vicker.
The Rock 'n' Rule pageant will search for personable males and females who are attractive, intelligent and eloquent enough to aim for the grand finale prize of a brand new Toyota Corolla and a salary of One Million Naira for both the male and female categories. The runner up will go home with a princely sum of N750,000 and also be named Glo brand ambassador, while the second runner up will also glow as a Glo ambassador in addition to a cash sum of N250,000. The winner and the runners up also automatically becomes brand ambassador for Globacom.
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