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Kayode Oluwasona Becomes AAAN 19th President T he Managing Director of Hamonee Concepts Limited, Mr Kayode Oluwasona has become the 19th President of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, AAAN. He emerged winner at the concluded 43rd Annual General Meeting/Congress of the association which took place at the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort, Akwa Ibom State. The AGM themed, “Communication as a toll for National Development “ got Mr. Ikechi Odigbo In other News Of DDB as Vice President; Mr. Wale Akintunde of Centrspread as Treasurer; Mr. Steve Babaeko of X3m Ideas as Publicity Secretary and Mr. Onuora Molokwu as Assistance Publicity Secretary. The AGM created a platform for a robust discourse, election of new executives and the induction of six new members;Red Uhuru imited, Up in the Sky Limited, Brandzone Consulting LLC, Adeptus Limited and Thinkshop Limited. Noah’s Ark Relocates Office T he most creative Agency in Nigeria 2015: Lagos Advertising Festival (LAIF), winning 1 Grand Prix, 4Gold, and & 4 Silver award; Noah’s Ark Communications Limited has relocated from its Maryland Estate office to a new, bigger and world class office in the highbrow Government Reserved Area (GRA) Ikeja , Lagos. Adisa further explained that the relocation of the company to its new office is in line with the vision and mission of the company to create an excellent working environment for our people who are the most valuable assets of the company The new office located at No.9, Sowemimo Street is equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities and technology, a serene ambience with dedicated inspiration room for creative personnel to incubate creative ideas. A well fully equipped Audio-Visual production studio for one of its subsideries, Underdog Production. The new office became very imperative considering the growth experienced by the company which has led to an increase in the clientele base of the agency and invariably increase in human resources/capacity according the Managing Director, Mr. Lanre Adisa. Steve Babaeko Raises Nigerian Flag at the New york Festival A s the Annual General Meeting/ Congree of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) happening in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Steve Babaeko, Chief Creativity Officer/CEO, X3M Ideas was in New York, United State of America flying the GREEN WHITE GREEN as part of the Grand Jury to select this years international Advertising Awards for Mobile at the New York Festival. while Steve was in far away New York, He emerged the Publicity Secretary at the 43rd congress, before his emergence, he was the Assistant publicity secretary of the Association and the Vice President of the Lagos Advertising & Ideas Festival. Babaeko on his social media pages lamented “everything is okay and going smoothly but Nigeria is not represented in the advertising awards festival described as the best in the world” Notwithstanding his observation, he was still delighted that he is representing the face of Nigerian Advertising and the country at large. Here are some of the pictures of the New York Festival at the Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street, New York Story first Published by Brandcrunch.com.ng Signage vol.1 No2 11