Last man standing in the Nokia Dual SIM Promo, Miss Onyinye Achigbi, has carted home two Hyundai Accent cars in the recently concluded Nokia Dual SIM Promo. The promo which kicked off in November 2011 ended in December 2011 with 113 Nigerians who were presented with cash prizes ranging from N50,000 to N500, 000.

Miss Onyinye Achigbi, a Customer Service Executive at Airtel Nigeria, who resides in Abuja; was the lucky winner of the grand prize of the two Hyundai Accent cars. She expressed her gratitude to Nokia for making an owner of two cars. ‘I did not believe it when I was called. I thought it was a fraud’.

Assistant Director, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Abuja, Mr Henry Uwadia; Grand Prize Winner of Two Cars, Onyinye Achigbi; General Manager, Nokia West Africa, Chris Brown and Lagos State Lottery Board Compliance Officer, Mrs Toyin Daramola at the Nokia SIM Promo Grand Prize Presentation held in Lagos yesterday.

Onyinye Achigbi, Grand Prize Winner of 2 cars of the Nokia Dual SIM Promo posing with her two cars at the Grand Prize Presentation held in Lagos yesterday.

Assistant Director, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Abuja, Mr Henry Uwadie; Mr Henry Uwadia; Grand Prize Winner of Two Cars, Onyinye Achigbi and General Manager, Nokia West Africa, Chris Brown at the Grand Prize Presentation held in Lagos yesterday.

The Nokia Dual-SIM promo is well on its way and hundreds of thousands of people are stepping up to enjoy the dual benefits of owning one of these devices and also being entered for the various prizes on offer.

Remember that in addition to several cash prizes, the grand prize is a dual bang – 2 cars! Yes; win and you get two cars – keep both if you so desire or give one out to a loved one.

In addition, every week, 10 people win N50,000K, 5 people win N100,000k, and 1 person wins N500,000k.

Buy any one of the following phones to qualify:

1. Nokia X1-01
2. Nokia 101
3. Nokia C2-03 slider
4. Nokia C2-00

How To Enter

After purchasing your Dual-SIM Nokia phone, please do the following:

• Send your Name, IMEI Number and Location to 32053

That’s it! You are automatically entered for the weekly cash prizes and also for the grand prize draw.

This promo will run through December 2011. Offer valid while stock lasts, so hurry. Don’t carry last!

It is that time of the year when everyone is excited about gifts and surprises. Well, Nokia has a big surprise and some gifts for Nigerians this season.

History Made

For the first time in history, 2 cars will be given to 1 Grand Prize
Winner to enable her share her winnings with a family member or a friend. How better can it get?

There’s More

Every week:

• 10 people win N50,000K
• 5 people win N100,000k
• 1 person wins N500,000k

What To Do?

1. Buy any authentic Dual SIM phone from Nokia this December
2. Send your Name, IMEI Number and Location to 32053
3. You are automatically entered for the weekly cash prizes and also for the grand prize draw

What Phones To Buy?

1. Nokia X1-01
2. Nokia 101
3. Nokia C2-03 slider
4. Nokia C2-00

These devices are rock-bottom, so buying one shouldn’t be a problem.

The promo, which started November 2011, will run through December 2011. As always, offer valid while stock lasts, so hurry if you want to get in on this!

Nokia West Africa recently ran a promo that offered a free Nokia E7 to our readers here on Mobility Nigeria.

Malik I. O.‘s story was selected as the Prize Winner, and an email was sent to the address he left his comment with. However, Nokia is yet to hear from him. We are yet to hear from him either.

Here’s his story:

As a medical student in the University Of Ilorin in Ilorin, Kwara State, a place where life seems its like in slow motion, its hard to stand up against people who are used to the old ways. I have always been very imaginative but being in a place like this, people tend to discourage creativity.

Recently i was picked to present a seminar on malabsorption diseases( i don’t want to get into the details). Luckily for me it was an individual presentation so there were no hold backs. Immediately, different ideas started popping into my head.

With an active data plan i first looked for videos on YouTube using the built in YouTube app. luckily i found one about two minutes long and it was a CGI video (looks real like 3D). I started to outline my presentation using Quick office application which was updated to support .pptx files. When i got home i transferred the saved PowerPoint to my computer for full hands-on work. I downloaded and inserted the video (it was a video on basics of Digestion processes).

After completing the PowerPoint all that was left was rehearsing it. I thought to myself this was the best time to use an application i had downloaded a long time ago. I searched for the application in my computer and reinstalled the Nokia Wireless Presenter. I had then installed the Desktop client so all was good to go. Finally i was going to put this baby to use.

The D-day finally came. Other people made their presentation standing in front of their laptops, staring at the screen and pressing persistently on the arrow keys till they were done. Almost everyone was already bored staring at the projected slides by the time it was my turn. I stepped on the stage with my phone in my hand. I had already connected the phone with the laptop using Nokia Wireless Presenter through Bluetooth. I left the podium and moved across to the other side. Everyone looked at me like ‘Aren’t you supposed to be in front of your computer?’ I started my presentation by just clicking on the 5-way button. There was a look of amazement on everyone’s face.

As i continued my presentation everyone started smiling. When i got to the video people just started clapping. I felt so good. I even paused the video while the supervisor took a call on his phone and continued from where I had stopped when he ended his call. Everyone was amazed. I could say without any fear of being boastful that my presentation was the highlight of the seminar. The supervisor even asked me for a copy of the slide as well as the video itself. For my work i got a B-plus (which is very hard to come by in med. school here)
Looking back now I realise that everything that sparkled the audience – researching the topics, finding the video, remote controlling the slides from across the room- was all made possible with my Nokia E63. Well what can i say? In the hands of a creative and imaginative mind, one can really do lots of cool things with a Nokia Phone.

Malik, please get in touch with Nokia’s Communications Manager on 07064186685 to arrange to pick up your prize. And after you have done that, please do take the time to comment here acknowledging receipt of your E7.

We want to thank everyone who participated. Several stories stood out, but of course only one was bound to get picked.

MTN Nigeria has launched Apple’s iPad on their network with an offer that gives a subscriber to the promo a Free Micro SIMs and 6GB data monthlybundled with a year’s validity.

The 16GB version of the iPad is available for N141,000. The 32GB version is available for N157,000

Regulars will remember that last year, Yomi was able to confirm with a senior manager at MTN that this deal to bring the iPad to the MTN network is not Nigeria-specific but was an official arrangement between Apple and MTN as a global operation. Till now, the Apple appstore is still closed to Nigeria in terms of access to make purchases, and this new development is no sure indicator that access will be granted soon.

Still, users of the iPad will be able to download from the available free apps in the store.

According to the MTN website, this iPad offer is open to existing and new MTN Prepaid customers only.

We are extending the scope of our WIN-a-smartphone promo. Now, for those who do not need a blog website, you can also enter for the promo by purchasing any phone from the Mobility Nigeria phone store! For example, you can pick up a Nokia C5 for N25,500 only and you get entered to win a top-end smartphone of a much higher value.

All customers who have purchased phones from the phone store since August 17, 2010 have been automatically entered for the promo.

Did you say that the promo just got more interesting? Yes; we know! Here’s the link to the promo page again: www.mobilitynigeria.com/promo/.

The WIN-a-smartphone promo is valid till 5.00 p.m., Friday 24th September 2010.

I am not a fan of the various lotteries that telecoms companies regularly run in the name of promos. However, Etisalat are running a promo that is quite intriging. Subscribers stand the chance to win one of two phones every single hour of the day for ninety days from Monday, 08 June 2009.

If you recharge your phone within the hour with N200 and text your State of Residence and Full Name to 5000, you stand the chance to win one of the following phones within that hour: Nokia 2680 Slide or Nokia 5130 Express Music.

For participants who load N500 and above and send the required text message to 5000, they stand the opportunity to win high-end phones like the Nokia E63, Nokia 6600 Slide, Sony Ericsson C902 or Samsung S8300 within the hour.

N200 and N500 every hour? Etisalat must be smiling to the bank right now.

My wife tells me that a number of her colleagues testify of people they know who have won phones in this promo. Do you know anyone who has?

There it is, if you want to give this a shot, go buy an Etisalat SIM and start firing. Let’s know too if you win a phone.