Another Winning Season for Supa Strikas and Texco Nigeria
For Supa Strikas and Texaco Nigeria, 2006 has been an exciting year filled with action-packed success. Through focusing on increased awareness, station promotions and giving away free comics to customers who fill up with thirty or more liters of quality Texaco fuel, the growing popularity of Supa Strikas throughout Nigeria has been remarkable. However, the popularity hasn't been limited to only Texaco stations.

Designed to help increase awareness of the soccer-themed comic series across the country, this year Supa Strikas debuted on Silverbird Television with a series of one- minute animated shorts.

The drum is rolled for the promotion draw.

The winner and his mom receive a 2.5KVA generator.

The combination of station promotions and television has obviously had an effect, as Supa Strikas was voted Teens Favorite Comic of the Year 2006. The event also acknowledged the efforts of Texaco Nigeria's sponsorship as having a positive influence on developing the reading culture of Nigerian youth.

Station attendants wait at the promotion draw event.

Invited students read Supa Strikas eagerly.

As an additional achievement for the program, the 2006 Lagos Comic Exhibition recently voted Supa Strikas as the best soccer comic in Nigeria. The successes of 2006 have deepened the relationship between Supa Strikas and Texaco Nigeria, and will help grow the sponsorship into an even more successful 2007.