PREVIOUSLY: PORTTIA YAMAHAN - PECK

Her quest for stardom would astound your every imagination. Porttia is a stickler for perfection and her carriage embodies her aspirations. 

A once upon a time banker now Actress has come a long way in the movie industry with so many movies/soap opera productions and movie roles under her belt.

Porttia Yamahan is the third child from a family of seven, she hails from Edo state and she is happy married.

Porrtia#iASK with @iamTohlublaize was hosted July 15th 2015.

PREVIOUSLY: JOI MOR

Joy Anwuli Nmor popularly known as JOI MOR was born into the family of architect and late Mrs Mabel Nmor from ndokwa West LGA in delta state Nigeria. 

She  is a graduate of Benson Idahosa University benin city and also holds a master's degree in economics.

Joi mor started singing when she was little,  and went professionally into the music industry in 2011 with the release of her debut album which had songs like " I dey trip,  you ve got me tripping,  my mama " amongst others. . Produced by Nigeria s A - list producer "gospel on the beat. 
In 2014.. joi mor released another hit song "chim oma" which has won numerous awards and is been aired all over the country and beyond. 
In May 2015, she released yet another single titled "yahwey" produced by johnny drille of Nigerias MTN project fame..and hosted a lot of great Gospel Music artist in her debut concert tagged "DOXA"... It was indeed a glorious experience as all were dressed in white pouring out their hearts to God in worship. ..

Joi mor has shared big platforms with likes of Samsung, BNG, freke Umoh, ibk, Tim Godfrey,  glowreyah braimoh,  pita, footprint 5, akpororo, amongst others. ..

JOI MOR believes in making music that will glorify God as well as put smiles on the faces of people...

JoiMor#iASK was hosted on #ASKforum with @iamtohlublaize on the 24th of June 2015 by 8pm.

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PREVIOUSLY: AMANDA LYNE

AMANDA LYNE OKONKWO popularly known as Mandylyne born on the 6th February 1991. A Nigerian based Model, actress, writer and fashion designer. She hails from Anambra state, Christian background. She is the last child from the family of five . Theatre arts and music graduate of Lagos state university. Modelling and Acting has been a career she has always loved to pursue. She was motivated seeing foreign models, especially runway models.

She started her Fashion designing career when she was 15years of age, she started out by drawing ladies in different outfit. She soon realised she had the talent to draw and design. Her acting career started in 2007 when she featured in the clash of the baron, her very first movie, it was challenging to her, however, she was determined and pursued that career and so far has featured in some couple of movies. She started modelling as well. It wasn't easy for her majorly because she is not very tall, she is about 5ft 7inces tall , she most times got rejected because of her height but that didn't stop her. She registered with a modelling agency and that was how her career began in modelling. She went through catwalk training and other trainings and had her first photo session which she claims was fun. She has gone on to  feature in runways, ushering classy events, photo magazine jobs amongst so many others.

Due to the passion she has for modelling and fashion , she then decided to start up her own company in order to promote models and other aspect of entertainment and to create opportunities for aspiring models and artistes.

Mandylyne management/couture was created in May 2013. Through this channel, she has successfully trained several super models. She has hosted her own fashion shows, pageantries and others..  Apart from working, she loves to listen to music and writing. And surprisingly has also written lot of short stories, and novels.

AmandaLyne was hosted on #ASKforum on the 17th of June 2015.

PREVIOUSLY: CLAY

   Previously on ASKforum

  Born December 16th (years back), the 1st girl in 5kids, Bianca Adanna Okorocha who we all know as CLAY has gone on to make her mark in the Nigerian Music Industry as a force to be reckoned with.

Having studied Business Administration, Clay started out her career as a professional dancer. She went into music and started out with her very 1st single titled ‘Ogadisima’.
Then came ‘Dancing in the sun’ which features Vector. Clay went on to release her 3rd and 4th singles ‘Zoputam’ and ‘Lemanya’.

Clay, the 5ft 11inches tall multi talented diva is a one-person contemporary rock/pop alternative Nigerian band originating from the city of Lagos. Citing influences such as Avril Lavigne, The Cranberries, Alanis Morisette, Onyeka Onwenu.

She plays a distinct, but instantly familiar take on a rock pop flavor that has been described as “fresh” and “a seamless integration of so many styles".

Clay's latest track DOWN which features Nigerian alternative rock band One Last
Autograph shows off a slightly heavier side of her rock style.

She also has covers of popular Asa’s ‘Jailer’, Micheal Jackson’s ‘Heal the World’ and Wizkid’s ‘I Love My Baby’ which propelled her to the mainstream light.

Clay’s achievements include: a prominent nomination for ‘Ogadisinma’ at the Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA). She also won best recording of the year 2012 for ‘Dancing in the Sun’ at the Top Nigerian Music Award (TNMA).

Clay has been dubbed ‘the queen’ of Nigerian rock music, being the most popular Nigerian rock artiste, the name stuck.

(ref: last.fm, thesummary, clayrocksu.com)

#AskCLAY was hosted on #ASKforum on the 8th of June 2014.

PREVIOUSLY: FEMI JACOBS

    Previously on ASKforum

    Femi Jacobs a graduate of Mass Communication from the Lagos State University (born Oluwafemisola Jacobs; 8 May) is a Nigerian actor and gospel singer.

He came into prominence for playing Makinde Esho in the film The Meeting , which also stars Rita Dominic and Jide Kosoko. The role got him nominated as Best actor in a leading role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards . He currently has 3 musical albums to his credit.

He is well known for the following:

* Televison series

Tinsel (as Eddie Edoma)
Tango (2008)

* Full length Movies

The Meeting (2012)
Choices (2006)
Tunnel
The Black Sihouette (Post-production)
Paired
Dreamwalker (2012)
Journey to Self (2013)
Render to Caesar (2014)
Heaven's Hell (2015)

(ref: wikipedia/femijacobs)

#AskJACOBS was hosted on #ASKforum on the 13th of May 2014.

PREVIOUSLY: WURAOLA AYINKE

 

       Previously on ASKforum

     Temitope Popoola, popularly known as Temiwrites is the third child of her parents. Raised in Kwara state where she attended the legendary Adeola Model School Offa for her primary education before proceeding to the prestigious Oyeleke Memorial College Offa for her secondary education. She barged a Bachelor's degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Federal University of Technology Akure. 

Temiwrites started writing at the tender age of 12 and got her first book written at age 15. She's the author of the play 'Love will surely make a way'. Temiwrites has written so many poems and articles and as been recognised as one of the young entrepreneurs of the literary world when she was interviewed by the Punch Newspaper last year August.

She has a keen passion for writing and has been blogging since year 2012. Temiwrites has encouraged young writers to blog and write as nothing gives her more joy than seeing a spread in the literary world. Her blog is being read in more than twenty one countries of the world. She has continued to entertain her readers till date with exotic fictional tales.

She has touched the lives of so many readers with her stories.
Asides writing, she loves to cook and travel, painting the world in her own colours.

Temiwrites is an excellent friend and companion. She would never turn her back on a friend.

#AskWURA was hosted on #ASKforum on the 14th of May 2014.

PREVIOUSLY: WINIFRED UDUIMOH

         Previously on ASKforum

         Winifred Jalome Uduimoh, the first child of 5 children (four girls and a guy) started her education at Early Breed Primary and Secondary School before proceeding to Ambrose Alli University,Ekpoma, Edo State.

She has always had a flair for modelling,travelling and making friends. Winifred who is 5.7Ft tall started her modelling career when she was 16years old.

Her passion finally paid off as she got rewarded with so many awards such as;
Miss Nimelssa(Nigeria Medical Laboratory Science Student Association) AAU ,1st Runner Up Miss Nimelssa In Nigeria, then the big one came as she was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl In Edo State 2012/13 (MBGE) and afterwards Miss Ambassador For Peace Niger–Delta 014/15.

She is at the time of this post, the convener of Edo StateYouth Summit.

#AskTWINIZ was hosted on #ASKforum on the 15th of May, 2014.

PREVIOUSLY: OMOSALEWA BILKISS OSOMO

                Previously on ASKforum

     Osomo Bilikis Omosalewa, also known as Bilkisses is a talented Nigerian writer, blogger and caterer. She is a well-focused, emotionally-stable, and a hard working young lady whose penchant for excellence and youthful drive makes an asset wherever she finds herself.

She started blogging in 2012 under the domain name "Bilkisses blog" and has never stopped thrilling her fans with her mostly fictional stories. Bilkisses currently owns "Cakesby'kisses", where she and her team bake cakes of all kind. Don't be surprised, she'd bake you if you turned to flour.

As a beauty to behold, she has received several awards and nominations ranging from #MostSoughtAfter in the Blend Awards in her tertiary institution, #MostBeautifulGraduatingStudent at the 2013FUTAAwards . #TwitterPersonalityOfTheYear in 2012 when her colleagues nominated her for being famous on the social media. At the Prodigies Image Recognition Award in 2013, she also clinched the #TakeHomeToMama award which was bravely contested by other women of virtue. Other nominations include the prodigies "She's all that" and "Most Sought After".

Osomo Bilkiss, though not born with a silver spoon; was bred with silver-coated hands by her mother who groomed her up to become a wonderful caterer. She had her primary education in Lagos, Nigeria before proceeding to continue her secondary education and then her Tertiary, at the prestigious University of Technology, Akure; where she had a degree in Biology (Storage Technology).

According to her, her interest in food catering and cake making was developed by her mother and compounded when she worked in a food processing and packaging establishment (Unilever Nigeria PLC) where she garnered experiences on food processing.

As at the time of this post, she is serving her fatherland at the  God's own state, Abia; and hasn't relented in thrilling her fans with the numerous highly-craved cakes she designs.

We look forward to having her bake Nigeria's 52nd birthday cake on the 1st of October.

#AskSALEWA was hosted on #ASKforum on the 25th of October 2013.

PREVIOUSLY: BELINDA EFFAH

             Previously on ASKforum

     Belinda U. Effah, standing at 5ft 7inches tall is a native of Cross River State, a coastal state in Southeastern Nigeria is a Nollywood actress and presenter.

She had her primary and secondary education at Hillside International Nursery & Primary School and Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Port Harcourt respectively. She furthered her studies at the prestigious University of Calabar (UNICAL), studying Genetics Bio-Technology.

Her journey in the movie industry started in 2005/2006 when she featured in a Television series 'Shallow waters'. Afterwards, she took a break from the series to feature in the reality show 'The Next Movie Star' where she finished 5th, and was never evicted from the house.

The year 2011 saw her gain even more recognition as she got the lead role in a TV sitcom 'Tales of Eve' where she played 'Simi'.

Her debut in a full length movie came in the movie 'Havillah' where she also played the lead role.

Belinda Effah then went on to feature in the Royal Arts Academy (RAA) blockbuster movie 'Udeme mmi' in the same year. She subsequently did 'Kokomma' and 'Mrs Somebody' for the Academy.

A strong desire for excellence in the movie industry propelled her to enroll into the Nobel Royal Arts Academy where she fine-tuned her skills as an actor.

It should be noted that she was once a television presenter for Sound City, a Nigerian Entertainment cable station. However, she left the station to start her own TV show titled Lunch Break with Belinda.

As at the time of this publication, Belinda Effah has featured in over 30 movies. Amongst which includes:

The room, Havillah, Kokomma, Udeme mmi, Mama Africa, Cascade, Okon goes to school, Refuge, Mrs Somebody, The Hunters, Silent Whisper, Lonely heart, Alan poza, Apaye, Enquire, After the Proposal, Azonto babes, Jump and pass to mention but a few.

She also has to her credit several awards of excellence and recognition.

#AskBELINDA was hosted on ASKforum on the 15th of June 2014.

Ref:
BelindaEffah
Wikipedia

PREVIOUSLY: NOMORELOSS

       Previously on ASKforum

     OLUMIUYIWA OSINUGA aka NOMORELOSS was born in Lagos western Nigeria in the 70's. He attended A.D.R.A.O . International school for his secondary and primary education in Victoria island which is a high brow area in Lagos Nigeria this played a great part in
his appreciation of classical music as well as music of international flavor.

He had the privilege of studying the rudiments of music from one of Nigeria's greatest instrumentalist and jazz saxophonist KUNLE AJAYI.

He started out in the world of entertainment as a rapper while in high school and later on switched to master of ceremony at various events.

An accomplished stand -up comedian, mc, musical video director as well as a television host. He is also a producer of both music and television programs. He has directed musical
videos for such artists like LEXY DOO, JAGUNLABI, JAH BORNE, CIMION, the gospel sensation FOLAKE UMOSEN and was project coordinator and producer of the video
CD for the controversial rapper RUGGED MAN’S THY KINGDOM COME ALBUM.

With role models such as EBENEZER OBEY, KING SUNNY ADE, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, ORLANDO OWOH, ORLANDO JULIUS, IK DAIRO, KING WASIU AYINDE MARSHAL{KWAM 1}, it is easy to see where and how this music researcher /songwriter/singer draws his inspiration. With a fusion of R&B, pop, jazz, reggae and jazz with an underlying tone of west African high life, his conviction that art must take material from its environment has led him to create a style that is unique in its appeal but most certainly soulful in its delivery which has been labeled....NEW- HIGH-LIFE.

{Ref: Reverbnation}

#AskNOMORELOSS was hosted on ASKforum with @iamTohlublaize on the 13th of October 2013.

PREVIOUSLY: KALU IKEAGWU

          Previously on ASKforum

     Kalu Egbui Ikeagwu is a British-Nigerian actor and writer. As an actor, he has received several awards and nominations for his performances on screen.

He was born in England but was relocated to Nigeria by his dad at the age of 9 due to fears from his parents that he might abandon his Igbo roots. He had his primary education in England and Zambia before proceeding to University of Nigeria to get a degree in English.

Ikeagwu's first appearance on screen was in 2005 in the popular Domino TV series. His first stage performance was in Put Out The Houselights by Esiaba Ironsi . He has gone on to act in some of Nigeria's memorable classics, such as "Major Lejoka Brown" in Ola Rotimi 's, Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and as "RIP" in Esiaba Irobi's Hangmen Also Die . He went on to perform in various plays at the Edinburgh Festivals of 1995 and 1997. His first feature film was the role of "David Salako" in Emem Isong's For Real , After completion of the film, Kalu claimed that if a Danfo (Lagos metro bus) were to hit him, he would die with a blissful smile on his face.

He has featured in many films including 30 Days , The Wrong Woman , Distance Between, Between Two Worlds and the Irish film production "Rapt In Éire". On television, he has starred in many popular series including Domino , 168 and Doctors' Quarters (MNet Production ). He is also
known for his role as "Alahji Abubakar" aka Masters in the Nigerian hit TV series Tinsel.

{Ref: Wikipedia}

#AskKALU was hosted on ASKforum with @iamTohlublaize on the 6th of October 2013.

PREVIOUSLY: GT DA GUITARMAN

               
       Previously on ASKforum

     GT or GT da Guitarman (real name; Olaolu Olugbemiro Tokunbo Olaolu Akingbogun) is a Nigerian soul and R&B singer, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist. He sings in English, Yoruba and Pidgin.

He claims he was given a guitar as a gift by soul singer, Asa. GT was born in East Dulwich, South London, England in 1984 to Nigerian parents of Yoruba extraction. His parents returned to Nigeria two years later and he grew up in the city of Lagos in Southwestern Nigeria. His primary school education was at Community Primary School, Mile 2, Lagos and he went on to the Mayflower Secondary School Ikenne, Ogun State.

He has often said that he grew up listening to songs by Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade and other Nigerian musicians at the time, that were in his father's collection. His mother and his older sister, Opeyemi, raised him and when he was 11, he discovered the world of music as a result of his sister's singing to him whenever she was babysitting him.

He was discovered by comedian Omobaba and popular R & B crooner, Darey who introduced him to the CEO of Storm 360 Records and the Storm Media Group, Obi Asika who signed him on to the label the same day he met him.

GT's career started from there and hasn't looked backwards afterwards.

He is credited with several hit songs such as The dreamer, Save me, Truly, Ejika amongst others.

GT has been on #ASKforum.

PREVIOUSLY: ZARA GRETTI

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     Zara Gretti is a Nigerian-American who was born Margaret-Mary Joseph on July 30th sometime in the mid 80’s. She was exposed to different religions and cultures as she was raised by Catholic and Muslim families from various ethnic groups in Nigeria.

As a young lady, Zara was a part of her church and school choirs. Being an extrovert and a natural performer, she enjoyed dancing to entertain others. In the summer of 1999, Zara moved to the Philadelphia area in the United States where she eventually graduated as one of the top 10 students in her High School graduating class. She was also a recipient of several academic awards. She then completed her undergraduate study at the University of Pittsburgh and worked afterwards as a Paralegal while discovering herself as an artiste.

Zara Gretti first jumped in a recording booth in the summer of 2006. She was encouraged by her friends Keno Kennett and Eldee the Don to discover the artiste in herself. She carried on this path and released the record “Good Girl/Bad Girl” produced in Atlanta by Nigerian producer/artiste Seven. This track caught the attention of DJ Dee Money and many Nigerian DJs.

Over the next few years, Zara garnered major internet hype especially on the popular music blog “NotJustOk”.

In December 2009, Zara Gretti relocated to Nigeria to further her music career as she was then signed to Alapomeji, a record label owned by 9ice. This contract was however terminated on mutual grounds before the term was completed. She was also previously managed by Toni Payne Concepts.

Zara Gretti went on as an independent act and then went under a new
management. Zara Gretti is popularly known for the singles “The Flyest” and "Aboko Ku”. She has worked with producers such as ID Cabasa, Spankie Doodle, Kid Konnect, Dognomite, Teffler, TFlava, Sazzy (RIP) and many more.

She has also worked with Eldee The Don, 2 Shotz, Freestyle, Jahbourne, DBlack from Ghana amongst others.

{Ref: Facebook Account}

ZaraGretti was our first Guest on ASKforum (Ask#ZARA) and we had an awesome time with her.

We eventually lost Zara to Multiple Sclerosis in 2014 but she forever remains in our hearts, never to be forgotten.

ASKFORUM...... WHO WE ARE

This is an arm of ThePALMSent. which provides an opportunity for tweeps to ask live questions to the hosted GUEST and get an instant reply in real time.

ASKforum was set up to promote a platform where celebrities can share the same avenue with their teeming fans. They also get to share their experiences, challenges faced, and talk about their latest works.

This twitterview forum has hosted celebrities and masters of fields ranging from Actors, Writers, Artistes, Bloggers to even Political Office holders.

Previously hosted on the forum are Zara Gretti of blessed memory (#AskZARA), Mr NOMORELOSS (#AskNOMORELOSS), Kalu Ikeagwu (#AskKALU), Bilikiss Omosalewa (#AskSALEWA), CLAY (#AskCLAY), GT da guiterman (#AskGT), Wuraola Ayinke (#AskWURA), FemiJACOBS (#AskJACOBS), Belinda Effah (#AskBELINDA), O'Yoyo (#AskYOYO), Benita Okojie (#AskBENITA) to mention but a few.

In 2014, we modified into using the hastag #iASK and with this hosted WeirdMC (WeirdMC#iASK), NOSA (NOSA#iASK), Mike Abdul (MikeAbdul#iASK), Azeezatluvqueen (Azeezat#iASK).

You can check out this forums by searching out any of the hastags either through twitter search or google, an example could be #AskJACOBS with @iamtohlublaize or NOSA#iASK

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