Glenmorangie Single Malt Whisky to host president’s cocktail for 2019 Lagos International Polo Tournament

On Friday, March 15, 2019, Glenmorangie Nigeria will host the Polo Club President’s cocktail at the prestigious Lagos Polo Club, Awolowo road, Ikoyi.

A week-long series of polo and fashion activities, the tournament will take place between Wednesday, March 13th through Sunday, March 24, 2019, bringing together polo players, enthusiasts and society’s elite.

The President’s cocktail which marks the beginning of the weekend activities will be a night of smooth music, Luxury cocktails and beautiful people.

“The Lagos International Polo Tournament is a key part of Lagos’s Social Calendar and Glenmorangie Single Malt Whisky is proud to be associated with such a distinguished platform. In its 115th year, Lagos Polo Club is the premier club in Nigeria with a rich heritage just like the Glenmorangie Distillery – where we have been producing award winning Single Malt whiskies since 1843”, Oluwole Awoleke, Brand Manager, Spirits, Moët Hennessy commented.

The highly anticipated Polo Tournament will take place on two consecutive weeks; 13th – 17th and 20th–24th March respectively at at the Lagos Polo Club, Awolowo road, Ikoyi.

Polo has overtime gained popularity in Nigeria especially among the elites with notable players and proponents such as Buba brothers, Bello and Hamisu; Sayyu Dantata; Yinka and Adeyemo Alakija; Jamilu Mohammed, Marruda Shehu, Ibrahmi Mohammad, Dawule Baba and Uneke Atawodi who have been instrumental in sustaining the relevance of the equestrian sports in the country.

Glenmorangie is a premium single malt scotch whisky with over 170 years of brewing elegance. It was founded in 1843, by William Matheson in Scottish highlands.

Glenmorangie has a blend of a distinctively smooth rich taste which culminates over 170 years of craft and patience shaped by its Highland provenance. Glenmorangie’s single malts are acclaimed for their incredible smoothness, richness and intriguing complexity. In pursuit of the exceptional, Glenmorangie’s spirit are distilled in Scotland’s tallest stills. This is a masterpiece that is unnecessarily well made.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.