Frances Okeke's new Company is set to have a 1 day Seminar titled 'Finding Teen Me'...

Frances Okeke is set to officially launch her Company The Stimme Company, with a 1 day seminar titled 'Finding Teen Me'.
Children from the ages of 11-19 are all invited, if you want your child or siblings to be part of this wonderful experience, simply send an sms with the child's NAME and AGE to 08025292989. So many Motivational Speakers and Celebrity Guest will be there to talk, advice, share experiences and answer questions.
Entry is absolutely free but the seats are limited so waste no time to send that sms and be part it...Follow on twitter @stimmeafrica

Watch the Trailer for Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun

The most talked about movie from the shores of Nigeria, Produced by the Award Winning Producers of The Last King of Scotland, featuring both Hollywood and Nollywood actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Onyeka Onwenu, Zack Orji, and a host of other amazing actors...

Chimamanda Adichie's best selling novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun screen adaptation is finally ready and will feature at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival...Click on the link below to watch it...

Meet Yvonne Enakhena an actor that makes acting so real that viewers get confused...She is always on point!!!

Yvonne Enakhena is an Actor, Script Writer, Choreographer. She hails from Edo State, Nigeria. A Theatre and Media Arts graduate from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, she also holds a diploma in Film Directing and Acting from the National Film Institute, Jos and a degree in Acting from the Damasus Art Foundation, Lagos.
Yvonne got inspired to build a career as an actor after participating in a community acting exercise in school where they are supposed to look for problems, act it out and provide possible solutions to the members of the community.
She was a contended for the Next Movie Star (NMS) in 2011, a reality show for actors where she proved on National TV that she is an actor to reckon with and got to the final round of the show. Since then she never turned her back on acting and has featured in several movies and tv series including: I think She loves Me, The bull in 'The Hacker', Tinsel, Four crooks and a Rookie, Last three Digits, Beach 24, Aaron my Son, Terrible Mother, 2gether, Ghetto Price, Mother and Child, Danielle, just to mention but a few...
Yvonne is blessed with a really wonderful shape, some people call her the Alpha female and some simply say she is a Complete woman , you can say she is 'well endowed' with a shape to die for but that doesn't stop her from digging deep and becoming whatever character she is suppose to play, her facial expressions and line delivering are always so on point which is one of the major reasons why she stands out from her colleagues.
Yvonne sees herself as a method actor because she wears whatever character she is to play totally, she is a very dedicated, hardworking, understanding, accommodating individual that strives to be the best at what she does.
She intends to use her acting skills in contributing to the development of mankind, also to be a role model and an ambassador to youths development.
She loves to keep her creative mind busy by writing, reading books, watching movies, she also loves to dance, swim and travel.
You can find this wonderful actress on facebook via www.facebook.com/yvonne.enakhena

Playing with recipes (Vegetable Salad with Dressing)

This is a very rich and healthy salad with lots of vegetables in it, a nice way to live healthy and eat your vegetables , i spiced mine up with chicken and shrimps that is optional so you can put it only if you want...Enjoy

Ingredients

• cabbage chopped
• lettuce chopped
• eggs diced
• tomatoes diced
• cherry tomatoes diced
• spring onions diced
• chives diced
• onions diced
• broccoli chopped
• chicken breast cooked and cubed (optional)
• shrimps cooked and diced (optional)
• mustard
• garlic crushed
• fresh lemon juice
• vinegar
• mayonnaise 
• olive oil
• salt
• black pepper

Method

 1. Put all the vegetables in a bowl, the chicken and shrimps and mix together.
 2. Mix the crushed garlic, fresh lemon juice, mayonnaise, little vinegar, salt, black pepper and drizzle little olive oil. Mix well.
3. Pour the mixture into the vegetables and chicken mixture. Mix well.
4. It is ready to be served.

Vegetable Salad 

Playing with recipes (Chicken Salad with roasted Almonds and Croutons)

This salad was really fun to make and it ended up exactly as i thought...Delicious...Try it out, play with other vegetables and nuts...

Ingredients

• chicken breast roasted and cubed
• almonds roasted (any nuts you have would be fine)
• lettuce some chopped and some reserved reserved to be used as a bed for the salad
• cucumber remove seed, cut some diced and the remaining cut into two 
• eggs diced
• tomatoes diced
• broccoli diced
• onions diced
• vinegar
• olive oil
• croutons
• salt
• pepper

Method 

1. Wash the vegetables very well, soak in vinegar to clean well.
2. Make the bed for your salad with the lettuce.
3. Mix the remaining chopped lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, broccoli, onions, eggs, chicken, roasted nuts, little olive oil, croutons, salt and pepper to taste. Use the cucumber that was cut in half to decorate the salad.
4. It is ready to be served. You can use salad dressing, salad cream or make ranch salad dressing to eat it.

N.B. Throw in the croutons when ready to serve to avoid the bread soaking up, you enjoy it more if it remains crunchy.
        Croutons are bread cut into cubes and toasted .

Chicken Salad with roasted almonds and Croutons 

Playing with recipes (Macaroni Shrimps Salad with Dressing)

Hello beautiful friends, today we would be playing with different salad recipes, vegetable, chicken, shrimps, macaroni, e.t.c. We begin with the Macaroni Shrimps Salad with dressing.

Ingredients

• macaroni cooked, rinsed and drained 
• shrimps cleaned and boiled
• chives leaves diced
• green onions/spring onions diced
• tomatoes diced
• onions diced
• boiled eggs
• cherry tomatoes diced
• lemon juice squeezed out
• vinegar
• sugar
• salt
• black pepper 

Method

1. Make the Salad. In a large bowl, mix together the macaroni, shrimps, chives, onions, tomatoes, and eggs.
2. Make the Dressing. Mix together in a different bowl, mayonnaise, mustard, little sugar, salt to taste, black pepper, vinegar,and fresh lemon juice.
3. Pour the dressing over the salad, mix well.
4. Put in the fridge and serve cold.
5. Enjoy your salad.

Macaroni Shrimps Salad

The highly anticipated Nigerian TV Series EMERALD finally on air...

The long awaited TV series that promises to redefine television with a powerful story, perfect cast, wonderful and dedicated crew, a proudly Nigerian production that is made with international standard and which will appeal to every strata of the viewing public is set to premier on TV nationwide from Wednesday, the 17th of July 2013. It is produced by SevenSeries Limited, a TV content production and distribution company, in conjuction with FirstTV Studios, Emerald will air on AIT Network every Wednesday and Thursday at 7.30pm and NTA Network at 10pm every Friday.
This amazing series was shot in full HD format, Emerald Season 1 is a mix of all issues that affects Nigerians in their daily interactions. The different characters paraded by Emerald will inspire the viewers as he or she identifies with them through their pains, suffering and joyful moments. The story explores the age-long truth that when it comes to emotions, the barrier of status, whether rich, middle class or poor, is broken down. The setting of the drama is in West Africa and the cast parades some of the best actors in Nigeria, both established and budding. They include: Kunle Bamtefa, Carol King, Joseph Benjamin, Femi Branch, Lilian Esoro, Bayray McWizu, David Ogbue, Saeed Mohammed, Tamara Eteimo, Sumbo Oladipo, Felix Jnr. Omokhodion, Hannah Ojo, Mary Lazarus, David McKenzie, Judith Audu , Ifu Iheme and so many other fantastic actors.
Two young creative impeccable dedicated and deep Directors, John Njamah and Tope Alake made sure the casts delivered their best, and broke several normal norms to achieve the perfect or near perfect picture the series is to project.
According to the producers, the motivation behind Emerald is to put Nigeria back in the global drama space, and so, careful attention has been paid in selecting the storyline, cast, crew, studio setting, locations and equipment, to ensure top-notch production quality.
The Executive Producer, Mr. Oladapo Ojo's mission is to deliver world-class drama executed with strong local relevance and content to excite the Nigerian TV audience. Ojo, who boasts of over 20 years in television production, didn't compromise at all in his drive to achieve a standard and quality production that is why he made sure he employed the best hands. He is very passionate about this project and went the extra mile to actualize it against every odds and obstacle that would have discouraged anyone going into a project of this magnitude.
Yours sincerely, Moi. is a part of this wonderful project, am very proud of it with all thanks to the awesome cast, amazing crew and a production team that tried their best to make it all possible. Check the website out for more information - www.emeraldses.neriet , like on Facebook - www.facebook.com/emeraldseriestv  follow on Twitter - @Emeraldseries , Instagram - Emeraldseries
Make sure you make it a date every Wednesday and Thursday on AIT at 7.30pm  and NTA at 10pm on Fridays...Remember to thank me later...Wink.
Click on the link below to watch the Trailer for the series.

Playing with recipes (Fruit salad and cream with chocolate chips)

Hello friends, made a really cool playful fruit salad and want to share it with you...Feel free to put whatever fruits you love in it, the fun part is the whip cream and chocolate chips on top of it, i also added sprinkles to make it look pretty and more playful...hehehe

Ingredients 

• pineapple
• apple
• seedless grapes
• pear
• banana
• whip cream
• chocolate chips
• sprinkles

Method

1. Cut all the fruits into bite sizes.
2. Mix them up in plate or cup.
3. Add the whip cream on top, generously sprinkle chocolate chips and add the sprinkle.
4. You probably already finished eating it already...Its irresistible

Fruit Salad and Cream with Chocolate Chips

Playing with recipes (Beef Burger)

Everyone loves burgers, be it beef, chicken, turkey or pork...Burgers are always a delicious treats and they are easy to make too, the good thing is you get to put whatever you want in it and it is almost impossible to destroy burgers because anyway you choose to make it, it will always taste yummy...

Ingredients

• burger bread
• minced meat or burger meat
• cheddar cheese
• tomatoes
• lettuce (optional)
• egg
• mayonnaise
• butter
• oil
• mustard
• ketchup (optional)

Method

1. Put your minced meat in a bowl. Add salt, cayenne, onions, egg, chopped parsley, breadcrumbs, little flour and mix very well. I prefer the minced meat to the already prepared burger meat because i control what i put in it.
2. Mold the meat into burger size.
3. Heat a pan with butter and oil. Put the meat in and keep flipping it till its cooked, you can do this on a grill or barbecue too.
4. When the meat is cooked through. Place the cheddar cheese on top and let it melt for few seconds and then take it out. Make a sunny side up egg, add salt and pepper.
5. This process is optional. Mix Mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup.Divide the bread into two equal half. Rub it in the middle of the bread or you can simply spread butter on it.
6. Place the cooked meat in the middle of the burger bread, (You can put lettuce below and put the meat on top the lettuce) place the fried egg on top the cheese, add tomatoes, onions if you want.
7. Your burger is ready, serve with fries and salad or just munch away like that...Enjoy

Meet Iyke Jaja Adiele, an actor that is ever ready to break into into any character he plays in a very unpredictable and outstanding manner...

Iyke Jaja Adiele is an Actor, Presenter, Voice Over Artist, and Model. He is a native of Ukwa East LGA of Abia State. This Nigerian beau holds a degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the Auchi Federal Polytechnic, Edo State and also a Diploma in Acting from High Definition Film Academy, Abuja.
Iyke is fondly called 'Intelligent Iyke'. He started acting from church when he was very tender and young, as a child he was taken to different churches and events to act and dance, since then he never stopped acting. Luckily for him, Entertainment runs in his family so he believes Acting Chose Him.
He started acting professionally in 2006 when he joined a theatre play house called PHAYA BAND in Kubwa, Abuja, there he had an intensive acting class with Mr.Ayo (Nollywood Policeman) and Mr. Bright Wonder Obasi, which later helped him in winning a Lead Role in a feature movie titled NATASHA produced by the theatre house. And in 2008, Iyke had his major break when he was spotted at an audition for the movie 'V.I.P' (HIGH SCHOOL) by one of Nollywood's renowned directors Pa Ndubuisi Okon DGN of blessed memory,Iyke acted alongside already established actors like Nonso Diobi, Francis Duru, Empress Njamah, e.t.c.
Iyke didn't slow down after then and has featured in several movies and tv series like: Mad About Football,  When Love Dies, Broken, In Between Lines, Red Alert, The Frontier, Spider, Girls Cot (season2), Single Leaf, Away From Home (he co-produced it), Story Story, a BBC Media Action (radio drama) as TANKO, just to mention but a few.
As a Presenter, Iyke has anchored several red carpet events such as Green Day Festival in Abuja, TAE Kwando National Tournament in Abuja, the premier of Away from Home, several Weddings, e.t.c.
He has a striking complexion that makes him standout in a crowd which he considers as an edge over his colleagues, his ability to give an in-depth interpretation to any character, his delivery mode and versatility as a creative actor makes him thick and unique. He is an unpredictable, outstanding, and wonderful actor. He is very focused, friendly, fun loving, humble, respectful and says he is allergic to proud and heady people. He loves to watch movies, read movie scripts and novels, swim, play football. He says he has a deep love for nature.
Iyke says the Hollywood actor Will Smith has a great influence on him, he loves his personality and the way he interpret scripts and will feel he is fulfilled as a actor the day he acts alongside his mentor and role model WILL SMITH.
His watch word is HUMILITY and his best quote is 'Keep your words soft and sweet, because one day you may have to eat them'...Iyke Jaja Adiele for you guys...
You can reach him on facebook via www.facebook.com/iyke.adiele and twitter via @wabs44

Iyke Jaja Adiele