STAR OF THE DAY

Yvonne Ekwere is a native of Akwa Ibom state and an award winning TV presenter, an entertainment correspondent and news producer with Silverbird Television. With her TV show; E-weekly, she has grabbed the attention of young Nigerians across the country. A natural born entertainer (song writer, vocalist and spoken word artist), fashionista and budding style icon, her name rings a bell in showbiz circles.

In 2008, she was a co-host with IK Osakioduwa on Rhythm 93.7’s ‘Dance Party’, the only female Nigerian producer on MTV base “Making the Video Challenge with Shell” and has since then she has gone on to work on various projects including hosting events like FAB Night Out, The Future Awards 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Dinner with Showbiz stakeholders, “The Future Leaders” celebrating the inauguration of Goodluck Ebele Johnathan (fondly called GEJ) and Namadi Sambo and many others.

A two time Future Awards nominee and Dynamix Awards ‘TV Personality of the Year, 2010’, a jeweler with her own jewelry line; i-Bling, a fashion consultant (Sparkle-Pro Consulting) youth ambassador, she is indeed a jack of all trades and did we mention she’s legendary actress, Liz Benson’s niece? Our quest to track her down it did prove difficult at first but we finally got a break through her Twitter account, a bit unorthodox but it got the job done.