Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Recherche Events Debuts the First Evening of Utopian Pleasure

Fred Bright, Gandi,Tee Mac, Ugochi Nwanchukwu.
 
RECHERCHE EVENTS DEBUTS THE FIRST EVENING OF UTOPIAN PLEASURE
It was much heralded and anticipated and has come and gone with a lot of aplomb, leaving the minds of attendees reeling with scintillating stars as of a galactic fulmination. It was an event made for nostalgia, yet it is an event that is billed to come up once every month from now. It is the first edition of the Recherche Signature Events'  "Net cocktail Evening", organized in synergy with Casalinda Hotels and Gallery Resort in Abuja.

Mr.Gandi, MD, Casalinda Hotels, Tee Mac, Thelma Okonkwo, DG of NAFDAC, Paul Orhii, MD of Recherche, Ugochi Nwachukwu, Sen. Hope Uzodinmma and Annie Inyang, Business Director of Palatially Interlink Nigeria Limited.
Smart Dare Omisore, Ray Babtiste, Ugochi, Cef and Samuel Ibeka.
It took place on the 7th of September 2013 at the new Casalinda Hotels and Gallery Resort located at no 6 Takwa Crescent Wuse II, (by Exclusive Store). It was an evening of mixing and mingling that brought together people from diverse backgrounds in business, corporate, government and the diplomatic sector. The innovation behind the event was to create an environment where people can mingle, network and enjoy a vast array of spectacular star performances in music and performing arts with good food and wine in a most enjoyable ambiance of friendliness.


Ugochi welcoming the VIPs and stars at the event.

Gandi, MD of Casalinda Hotels and Eric Okonkwo.


Kins Ekebuike, MD of Kapital Assets Plc.
 
Ambassador. Chief Kem Ajiehaka, aka Too Much Money.
 
Annie Inyang, Business Director of Business Director of Pallatially Interlink Nigeria.

Charles Orie and Terry Waya.
There were cultured arts, comedy, motivational speeches and state of the art musical performances by some of the best grandmasters of the classical genre that Nigeria has been able to produce, such as T-MAC who peaked the evening with an electrifying performance. The audience was also enthralled with stellar performances in jazz, spoken word and unforgettable poetry.

Chima.
 
Fred Bright.
 
Howard Harlem.
 
Ifeanyi Debie.
 
Idowu Bakare.
There was cocktails and hor d' oeuvre. A formal Dress Code event, targeted at good quality, like minded individuals and lifestyle connoisseurs, it succeeded in creating a platform for upscale business and social networking that was enviable and a bad miss for those who could not make it.
With amazing food and wine such as could only be mustered by the Royal Lifestyles Group of Luxury service systems provider network, it was an evening of utmost indulgence and cultured entertainment and networking among peers.

Mike Enahoro.
 
Neelam Princess, Dons and Akimi.
 
Ogbonna Judith.
 
Oge Okoye and Nneka Uche.
 
Thelma Okonkwo.
The evening recorded the presence of high profile guests in attendance including the deputy speaker house of Reps, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, Hon Jones Onyereri, Nafdac, DG, Dr. Paul Orhii, Chairman Banking and Currency House Committee, Senator Hope Uzodima, Eze Festus OdImegwu, Chairman Population Commission, Mr .Kins Ekebuike MD Unity Kapital Assurance, Socialite, Terry Waya among many captains of Industry and Titans of the Government and national Polity.

Evelyn Okoye.
 
Omede Agada.
 
Onumajuru Joy.
 
Rasheedah Abubakar.
 
Sherry Ukoh.
 
Ugochi and Chief Mrs. Nwanchukwu.
 

Sibi.
 
Thelma and Sibi.
 
Ugochi in a triumphant pose for a successful show.
 
Recherché Signature Events and Gifts is a member of Royal Lifestyle Services Group, their services are based on the keyword “customize” No matter what type of event or occasion, and they will always find creative and tailor-made solutions. Their customized party solutions can take care of guest as small as 10 guests to 2000 or more guests. Recherché gives events the right class and standard.
The contacts for Recherché:
Recherché Signature Events and Gifts 
Mezzanine Floor

Transcorp Hilton Abuja 
08139904180.
Media Contact:
Mr. Ingram Adichie Osigwe
MD/CEO, Fullpage International Communications Limited.



 
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Social Media for Recruitment

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The A-Brothers of Nigerian Cinema Are Back Again!



THE A-BROTHERS ARE BACK AGAIN!


Afolabi and Adedeji Adesanya, the Adesanya Brothers (aka A-Brothers), are back again!
From the stable of A-Productions, they gave us such classics as Vigilante (1988) and the capital market financed Ose Sango – Sango’s Wand (1991). They are teaming up, though not for a production but for training and capacity building in the creative arts on the platform of Sagamu Business and Arts Institute (SBAI).




The Adesanya brothers are filmmakers with over sixty (60) years of on-the-job experience between them. Adedeji (aka DJ) is a renowned cinematographer, still photographer, documentary filmmaker, scriptwriter, producer and director, and a trainer. His screen credits include Vigilante (co-writer and director), Ose Sango – Sango’s Wand (producer); and Uncommon Service (winner of maiden Hilda Ogunbanjo Award for story/script, and Africast Award 2010 for BEST Documentary film). Others are television commercials, and television documentaries shot in Egypt, Germany, and Senegal. Festivals attended include New Films, New Directors, New York; and Los Angeles International Film Festival, L.A., California, USA.



Adedeji had been a resource person at National Film Institute, Jos; and he is currently Head of Department (HoD) Film & Television Production (FTP) at PEFTI. He has also written many published articles on the film and television industry.



Afolabi is a well established film auteur, photo-journalist, photo artist, film historian, film critic, author, a technocrat and a trainer. As a television director, he directed the award winning television serial, Family Circle, which won the BEST TELEVISION DRAMA AWARD and BEST CHILD ACTOR AWARD at the 1998 REEL AWARD organised by Encomium magazine. It also won the 1997/98 NIGERIAN MEDIA MERIT AWARD, and the 1999, 8th edition of DAME AWARD (Television Production category). He directed several episodes of Everyday People, Saints & Sinners, and Domino. He worked with Ladi Ladebo on his video productions, Collective Task and Thrift Collector, aka TC (a television series). Afolabi wrote and directed Ose Sango (1991), which won the Hubert Ogunde Foundation Award for the Best Nigeria Film of the year (1992 maiden edition). His other screen credits include television commercials (TVCs) and feature films (including Ladebo’s Pariah, Power and Baba Zak). He was the executive producer of Duty and Zanani (both productions of the Nigerian Film Corporation).

His home video (Nollywood) credits include: Asewo to re Mecca, Colours of Love, Colours of Tomorrow, First Love and Tomori.

His articles; poems; book, film and art reviews had been published in Africa, West Africa, Africa Woman, Ophelia, Entertainer, The Guardian Newspapers (Lagos), Newswatch (of which he was the pioneer Photo Editor) and Media Review. Mr. Adesanya was a contributor to Africa Film & TV (yearbook and magazine). He is the author of The Nigerian Film/TV Index, Nigerian Literary Index, Reel Words, and Reel Views.

He contributed to publications of the Nigerian Film Corporation such as Operating Principles of the Film Industry: Towards a film Policy for Nigeria, Nigerian Video Films (edited by Jonathan Haynes), Cinema and Social Change in West Africa (edited by Jonathan Haynes and Onookome Okome). His other book credits include
World Cinema: Diary of a Day (a British Film Institute, London publication); Africa the Centenary of Cinema (a Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers [FEPACI] publication), and Beyond the Screen Vol. 1 No. 1 (a journal of the National Film Institute).

In 1986 he had a solo photographic exhibition, sponsored by USIS and ILFORD, at USIS, Lagos, Nigeria.

Afolabi was a Resource Person at the National Film Institute, Jos, and ITPAN Training School, Lagos, Nigeria. He has attended and covered such film festivals as San Francisco International Film Festival; FESPACO; Images D'Ailleurs (his film OSE SANGO, was shown), Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival; American Film Market and Conferences, Santa Monica, California; Egypt International Film Festival; Sithengi; Capetown International Film Festival; Durban International Film Festival; Gao International Film Festival, India, Berlinale; et al. He was a member of the 1992 Nigerian National Film Festival Committee; and a member of the Jury that judged entries for the NTA (Nigerian Television Authority) Adverts Awards, 1993.

He was Chairman FESPACO TV/Video Award Jury (2009), and the Organising Committee of ZUMA Film Festival 2005 – 2012).

Afolabi, who has worked extensively in both the private and public sectors as an administrator and technocrat, is the Rector of Sagamu Business and Arts Institute. He was the Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Film Corporation from 2005 to 2013; before then he was the General Manager/CEO of West African Pictures Company Limited (from 2001 to 2005), a film distribution and exhibition company in the Odu’a Group.

The A-Brothers will be leading an eclectic team of knowledgeable and experienced local and international resource persons drawn from the field and academia of creative arts.



 
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Nigeria is the World’s Largest Importer of Rice


 Nigeria is the world’s largest importer of rice reported the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bringing in 3.4 million tonnes despite having the climate and land for large-scale rice production.


Nigeria spends N2bn every 12 hours on rice Importation

~ Mr. Shedrack Madlion, Executive Director of Admiral Environmental Care Limited. 


 

 
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We Are Girl Rising! Join Us To Ignite the Revolution!


#WeAreGirlRising shows the world that Girl Rising is all of us. Are you a teenage girl from Tanzania? A middle-aged man from Mexico? Grandmother from Great Britain? This is your chance to declare your support for girls' education, and to further build the movement. What better way for Girl Rising to prove our passion, our strength and our diversity than to simply show the world who we are? 


  
Tweet for girls’ empowerment. Have a little social media fun (and raise a little visibility!) with #WeAreGirlRising. Here’s how:  

  1. Download the #WeAreGirlRising placard and tell us who you are.  
  2. Upload your photo (or just your words) to Twitter.   Check out this sample tweet you can use:  
    •  "I'm Michael from Lagos, Nigeria & I am Girl Rising! Join me and show the world the many faces of the movement on #IDG2013. #WeAreGirlRising"    
  3.  Post your photo on Instagram using the hashtag #WeAreGirlRising. 
  4. Once you've done that, click here to forward this email to your friends and family. Can you get five other people to join the #WeAreGirlRising movement? Thank you for being the face of Girl Rising. We can’t wait to see you!
 Warmly, 
Holly Gordon, 
Girl Rising Executive Director.

P.S. Haven’t yet registered your IDG event? What are you waiting for! Go here, put your event on the map, and help us ignite the movement.  



 
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

FEMME: Extraordinary Women Healing the World

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“A celebration of women around the world actively transforming and healing our global society. Sharon Stone and leading experts in religion, science, history, politics and entertainment, discuss solutions to the multiple crisis’ we are faced with. Femme focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future.”

“A celebration of women around the world actively transforming and healing our global society. Sharon Stone and leading experts in religion, science, history, politics and entertainment, discuss solutions to the multiple crisis’ we are faced with. Femme focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future.”
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NOW ACCEPTING Applications for the African Women LEAD Program 2013

Hello,

On behalf of our client, US- Africa Synergy, we invite you to become a part of the Fall 2013 African Women LEAD Program. We are currently accepting applications for the upcoming program and have attached documents to share with your network of young African women who may be interested in this great opportunity.






The African Women LEAD program is a one-year Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) program, which begins with a twelve-week intensive and comprehensive training empowering young African women; aged 19-25. Through a thorough training that focuses on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advocacy and Development, the African Women LEAD prepares young African women for career in public policy and affairs and upholds the inclusion of women in policy design and development process of Africa.

For more inquiry or to receive an application package kindly e-mail info@kusiconsulting.com with the subject line "African Women LEAD Program Fall 2013."




 
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Amber Rose and Nollywood Diva Genevieve Nnaji Among Judges for 2013 Miss Earth Nigeria

Amber Rose.

American super model, singer and actress Amber Levonchuck, popularly know as Amber Rose and Nollywood Diva Genevieve Nnaji are among the top guest judges of the 2013 Miss Earth Nigeria beauty pageant coming up on Sunday September 22, at the prestigious Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos. The celebrity red carpet event will start at 5pm. Other guest judges include, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Karly Redd and Boris Kodjoe.


Genevieve Nnaji and Ibinabo Fiberesima, Founder/Director of Miss Earth Nigeria.

 The Founder and Director of Miss Earth Nigeria, Ms. Ibinabo Fiberesima who is a former beauty queen and now first female President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) affirmed that the 2013 edition would be more glamorous, with all the glitz and razzmatazz of a global beauty pageant. “We are currently in talks with top dignitaries who are passionate about the environment and the earth at large,” said Ms Fiberesima who has been organizing the beauty pageant for over a decade and has discovered many outstanding young beauties, including the popular Nollywood actress Ufuoma Ejenobor.




The winner of the 2013 Miss Earth Nigeria Pageant will represent Nigeria at the World Miss Earth Pageant on December 7th in Pasay City, Philippines.



Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is part of the Big Four international beauty pageants. Along with Miss Universe and Miss World contests, Miss Earth is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals. The Miss Earth winner is the spokesperson for the Miss Earth Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other environmental organizations.

The MISS EARTH Crown
 

The Miss Earth crown has become a symbol of unparalleled pulchritude and enduring advocacy through the years. To underscore and remind the Miss Earth titleholders the responsibilities that come with this crown, Carousel Productions commissioned the Official Jeweller of Miss Earth, Ms. Ramona Haar, an ecologically-minded artist, to design and craft a new Miss Earth crown. This radiant masterpiece that embodies a broader meaning of "beauties for a cause" was unveiled last November 16, 2009.

The design features various gemstones endemic to the countries participating in Miss Earth Pageant, which they donated as a symbol of cooperation and unity towards a universal goal of saving Mother Earth. To lessen the environmental impact of mining, the new crown is made of 100% recycled 14K Gold and Argentums Sterling Silver. The central design is a flower to symbolize a happy and thriving earth. As Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it, "the earth laughs in flowers." The recurring spiral motif, on the other hand, has always been associated with maternal power and feminine prestige.

But the gems are the highlights of this masterpiece. Black Diamonds, Sardonyx, Calcite, Ruby, Jade Quartz Crystal, Garnet, Peridot, and Pearls are some of the stones that adorn the exquisite Miss Earth crown. Gathered from 80 of the participating countries this year, the stones signify more than just the Earth's precious resources. They characterize the diverse backgrounds, cultural significance, and mystical embodiment of our beauties. Although they come in different shapes, sizes, color and finish, they all form an integral part of the most coveted Miss Earth crown in undeniable harmony. Just like the crown, the Miss Earth beauties work together to have all nations unite in our joint efforts to help preserve and protect our one and only home: the Planet Earth.


 

 
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