lick this link to read more about this post : https://www.justicediary.com/2021/06/how-to-make-nigerian-fried-rice.html#moreNigerian Fried Rice is one of the most delicious and easiest Nigerian Dishes. It’s a common dish at Parties/Occasions in Nigeria, it’s also common in Nigerian parties in the diaspora.

Nigerians home and abroad cherish this special delicacy so much alongside our Nigerian Jollof Rice which is loved and eaten across all the countries in West Africa. Most homes always have it on the menu list on special occasions like a family get-together, and also for Christmas celebrations. The combination of rice and some vegetables are a match made in heaven.

These veggies bring out the goodness in this recipe and you’ll be amazed at how perfect and delicious your fried rice would turn out to be.

The veggies enrich the rice, make it colorful, and adds to its sweetness.

You can also make use of some proteins like shrimps, gizzard, or liver for a gratifying taste. I mostly make use of beef liver but in some cases, I’d add the three, this makes it extremely enjoyable.

It’s ok if you don’t like any of these, it’s not compulsory. You can leave this stage out. Chicken or Turkey stock is also a must for Nigerian Fried rice. Make sure you have some chicken/ Turkey available before you proceed with this recipe. With this Nigerian Fried rice recipe, your rice can stay without a refrigerator for 24 hours without going bad and in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Cooking Preparation

1. The first thing to do is to wash and season your chicken/Turkey with some curry, thyme, garlic, ginger, salt, chicken seasoning cubes/powder, and sliced onions. Cover and allow to cook until soft and tender.

Extract the stock and set it aside. You may choose to fry or grill the chicken or Turkey, which you can later serve with the rice.

Do not use beef stock so as not to overpower the taste and color. Chicken and Turkey stock have a mild taste and blend with the rice color.

2. Wash and dice your vegetables into cubes: Carrots, green peas, green bell pepper, red ball pepper, green beans, sweet corn, onions, green onions, and green cayenne pepper (in case you want some heat in your rice).

3. Cut your cooked gizzard, beef liver into smaller pieces and stir fry slightly. If you are using shrimps, you should also stir fry.

4. Place your pot on heat and add some water to boil, wash your rice, and add in the boiling water, stir the rice, let it boil for about 3-4 minutes. Long grain Basmati rice is the best rice for cooking Nigerian Fried rice.

This is done to extract excess starch from the rice to avoid soggy or munchy fried rice. Do not over boil the rice. Set it aside and allow it to cool before use.

You can also use a day-old leftover white rice in the refrigerator for this recipe.

So since all the preparation has been made, let’s go straight into the cooking of the most delicious Nigerian Fried Rice.

Other rice recipes you may like:

Nigerian Jollof Rice Recipe

Coconut Fried Rice Recipe

Ingredients

4 cups Long Basmati Long grain Rice

2 cups Chicken/Turkey stock

2 cups mixed vegetables: carrots, green peas, green beans, sweet corn, red bell pepper, green cayenne pepper(optional)

1 big sliced white onions

½ cup green onions

1 teaspoon curry

1 teaspoon thyme

1½ cup Beef liver/gizzard/ shrimps (Choose your choice)

1 teaspoon grated ginger

2 tablespoon butter (30 g)

3 tablespoon Cooking oil.

6 cubes chicken seasoning

salt to taste



Instructions

Place the parboiled rice in the pot on medium heat add curry, thyme, chicken seasoning cubes, and salt to taste.

Now add the chicken stock and more water that can cook the rice but do not overcook the rice to avoid soggy rice. Use the exact amount of liquid to cook the rice.

When the rice is properly cooked, remove it from the heat and, set it aside.

Place a deep frying pan on medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of butter together with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, and add the sliced onions, the grated ginger. Stir and allow to sauté for 1 minute.

Then add the mixed vegetables one after the other and stir fry. Do not over fry your vegetables but be sure they're properly fried to avoid your rice getting bad quickly. It tastes super good when crunchy.

Now go-ahead to add the cooked rice bit by bit with the fried vegetables give it a good stir and make sure it's evenly distributed.

Finally, seal this goodness with the diced green onions and allow to simmer for about 2-3 minutes. Slightly stir again.

Ready! Ready!! Ready!!! Our Nigerian Fried rice is ready to be enjoyed.

You can serve with plantain, chicken, turkey, and beef. Enjoy



Notes

You can divide the ingredients into 2 if you want a smaller quantity or double the ingredients if you want a larger quantity.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 28.5mg | Sodium: 1.221mg | Potassium: 286mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.9g

Lateef Adedimeji (born 1 February 1986) is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker, producer, and director, born and raised in Lagos State, but hails from Ogun State.[1] He gained popularity with his first major role in Yewande Adekoya's 2013 movie titled "Kudi Klepto", and has acted in over 100 Nigerian movies since he began acting 15 years ago. He is currently a brand ambassador for Airtel and Numatville Megacity.

Lateef Adedimeji began acting in 2007, He has starred in several Nigerian films over the years alongside major names in the movie industry. In 2016, he won 2016 Best of Nollywood Awards for Best Actor in a Lead Role (Yoruba).[4] In 2015, he was nominated for City People Entertainment Award for the 2015 Most Promising Actor of the year. Lateef is widely confused to be related to popular Nigerian actor Odunlade Adekola due to their uncanny resemblance and sense of humor. He was equally opportune to work with UNICEF due to his writing prowess.

Lateef has been through ups and downs in his career. His achievements and fame came as a result of his hard work and determination. He is one of the best Nollywood actors who has impressed his fans through amazing talent. Before his debut as an actor, he worked for an NGO as an informer and counselor during the HIV and AIDS campaigns.

His role was to educate the general public on sexual-related issues and human rights by creating video content in which he acted. Later on, he landed a job as a scriptwriter at Orisun TV for a program titled Sababi, which was aired for more than two years. He also worked for the same TV show as the host of a talk show named Miliki Express.

The actor is not yet married but he's engaged. However, he was at some point rumored to have been dating Bukunmi Oluwashina. Bukunmi is a talented actress, producer, singer, and writer who is from Ekiti state. She is the writer and producer of the popular Yoruba movie Ayomi, in which she stars alongside other famous actors like Damola Olatunji.

Bukunmi is a talented actress, producer, singer, and writer who is from Ekiti state. She is the writer and producer of the popular Yoruba movie Ayomi, in which she stars alongside other famous actors like Damola Olatunji.

The rumor about Bukunmi Oluwashina and Lateef Adedimeji's relationship resulted from a picture circulating all over the internet depicting that something was going on between the two. Both parties debunked the rumor as the picture was a photo from a movie set.

Lateef was also rumored to be dating Adebimpe Oyebade, a Nollywood actress, writer, model, and entrepreneur. The two shared wedding pictures. Lateef Adedimeji wedding picture was the talk of the town, but later on, the two actors affirmed that they were only advertising for a company.


References
(1) https://www.legit.ng/1399886-lateef-adedimeji-biography-age-wife-children-net-worth-songs.html
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateef_Adedimeji

Born Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju in 1992, Bobrisky completed its secondary school education at King's College, Lagos. She also attended and graduated from the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Bobrisky is a Nigerian internet personality who is known as a trans woman in Nigeria, a country with no LGBT rights. She is also known for her presence on the social media app Snapchat. Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju aka Bobrisky.

In May 2019, Bobrisky confirmed that her pronouns are "she" and "her" after receiving several mix-gendered comments on her Instagram profile.

She became recognized by being highly controversial on social media for the ultra-conservative Nigerian standards. Bobrisky was able to gather traffic to her Snapchat account when she claimed she had a lover who is assumed to be of masculine gender despite the law in Nigeria stating that same-sex relationships is an offense punishable by serving 14 years in a penitentiary.

Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google's Communications and Public Affairs Manager for West Africa, said Bobrisky was the most searched individual in Nigeria from October 26 to November 2016.




The parallel between Bobrisky’s contradictory life to Nigeria’s bundle of inconsistencies and two facades is striking. Nigerian society is riddled with blatant illogicalities. For instance, Nigeria enacted the law that sends homosexuals to jail for 14 years, yet Nigerians are one of the highest consumers of homosexual porn according to Gay Star News.[2] Nigerians are some of the most religious people in the world, but their diabolic politicians buy salvation through tithing from equally predatory pastors. Nigeria is one of the richest countries in Africa, yet more than 40 percent of its population live in dismal poverty – the so-called giant of Africa, yet nearly half of its population is unemployed. So, yes, Bobrisky plies the kind of wares they buy: she is hypocritical with a creative twist. Still, Bobrisky, perhaps unintentionally, continues to revolutionize the Nigerian concept of queerness and chips away at the concrete slab of gender normativity in Nigeria.

As indicated in Bobrisky’s interview with Adesuwa Onyenokwe,[3] at the age of 16 she caused a pandemonium the day she walked through the streets of Lagos in flamboyant female attire. This was on a dare, both for financial reward and for the sheer fantasy of displaying her private fascination with femininity in the public space. That legendary outing, for which she was arrested, reinforced her reputation for contradictions. She went to the police cell unashamed of her identity. In taking that walk, she both presented herself as an individual sensitive to the Nigerian culture of paradoxes and hypocrisy and constructed for herself a persuasive identity as a trans woman by acting out her feelings in public. Similarly, on another occasion, she talked about being pregnant and relished the joys of hopeful motherhood.

Conclusion

Many may find Bobrisky’s inclination to flaunt her wealth and social connection in the public domain offensive. I admit the fact of her extravagant life, but it is not surprising given her peculiar situation as a queer person who lives in a capitalist society that regards wealth as a symbol of accomplishment and a criterion for acceptance and inclusion into society’s fraternity of human beings. It is not unexpected that Bobrisky leverages her financial success and social status to blind society’s homophobic gaze and to pave way for herself and for queer people in Nigeria.

It is difficult to speak about Bobrisky without oversimplifying a complex phenomenon. It is even more difficult to attempt to offer a comprehensive analysis of her life since her reign as the Nigerian queer icon is just beginning. It seems to me, however, that to escape the possibility of misrepresenting her, one ought to accept the peril of speaking so little about a character who has said so much about her private life in the public domain. Bobrisky comes alive in the consequences of the contentions between the conservative elements of patriarchal Nigerian culture and the liberating forces of modernity and in the unification of these conflicting components into a risky whole. Indeed she acts as a mirror through which Nigerians can see themselves: a life of contradiction, brazen display of wealth, and the worship of money. Yet, she is a queer messiah who will call forth disciples of queerness.

References
(1) https://www.justicediary.com/2021/06/bobrisky-okuneye-idris-olarenwaju.html#more
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobrisky
(3) https://africanarguments.org/2021/05/bobrisky-a-mirror-for-nigeria/

Odunlade Adekola is a Nigerian actor, producer, director, and singer. He began his career in 1996 and rose to prominence in 2003, after playing a lead role in Asiri Gomina Wa. Since then, Odun has starred in numerous Yoruba movies and his dynamism has remained the talk of the town. Adekola is one of the few celebrities whose pictures are used for internet memes. He is also the CEO and founder of Odunlade Adekola Film Production (OAFP), a platform created in order to build prospective thespians.

Odunlade Adekola Early Life
Odunlade Adekola was born on December 31, 1976 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Although he hails from Ekiti state, he was born and raised in Lafenwa, Abeokuta by Pastor and Deaconess Adekola. He grew up in a Christian family that is devoted to church activities.

For his formal education, he started at St. John’s Primary School and moved on to St. Peter’s College, Abeokuta. Subsequently, he attended Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and earned a National Diploma Certificate. Later on, in 2018, Odunlade bagged a bachelor's degree in Business Administration at the University of Lagos.

Odunlade Adekola Early Career
Odunlade is a member of Christ Apostolic Church, Lafenwa, Abeokuta, and that was where his career began. Early enough, Odun started acting in church with his friend Tunde. He got motivation from his church audience and this spurred him into professional acting.

In 1996, his friend introduced him to a theatre group that meets for rehearsals in the neighborhood. Odun was invited and his demo performance got the entire crew endeared to him. In the group, he started learning some ethics and rudiment of the movie industry, until some invited veterans asked him to join a theatre association. Then, in January 1998, he became a bonafide member of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners.

At the end, Adekola started producing and featuring in movies. He starred in Faworaja (1999) produced by Bolaji Amusan (Mr Latin). Thereafter, he rose to prominence after featuring as a state Governor in Asiri Gomina Wa (2003). The movie was produced by late Ishola Durojaiye (Alasari).

Today, Adekola has featured in numerous films and has remained a professional actor with numerous awards.
Movies
Faworaja, 1999
Asiri Gomina Wa, 2003
Emi Ni Ire Kan, 2009
Sunday Dagboru, 2010
Monday Omo Adugbo, 2010
Mufu Olosha Oko, 2013
Kabi O Osi, 2014
Oyenusi, 2014
Ma Ko Fun e, 2015
Alani Pamolekun, 2015
Gbolahan, 2015
Taxi Driver – Oko Ashewo, 2015
Baleku, 2015
Oro, 2015
Asiyan, 2015
Oyun Esin, 2015
Pepeye Meje, 2016
Asiri Ikoko, 2016
Samu Alajo, 2016
The Grudge, 2016
Sunday Gboku Gboku, 2016
Sola Arikusa, 2017
A Million Baby, 2017
Critical Evidence, 2017
Celebrity Marriage, 2017
Dognapped, 2017
Fogbonsola, 2017
Owiwi, 2017
Wives on Strike – The Revolution, 2017
The Vendor, 2018
200 Million, 2018
Lagos Real, Fake Life, 2018
Yeye Alara, 2018
Nimbe, 2019
Night Bus To Lagos, 2019
Ile Afoju, 2019

Songs
Adekola ventured into the music industry in December 2015 and has produced some interesting songs. Some of which include;

Omo Baba, 2018
Oju Olorun, 2018
Arike, 2019
Awards And Recognition
He is an award-winning actor and few of his awards include;

Best Actor of the Year, City People Entertainment Awards, 2009
Best Actor of the Year, City People Entertainment Awards, 2011
The Best Actor in a Leading Role, Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMMA), 2012
Best Actor of the Year, Africa Movie Academy Award, 2014
Best Actor of the Year, City People Entertainment Awards, 2014
The Best Actor of the Year, City People Entertainment Awards, 2015
Best Actor (Indigenous), Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 2015
Movie Personality of the Year (Male), City People Movie Awards, 2017
Best Actor, Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 2018
Best Actor in a Comedy ‘A Million Baby’, Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards, 2018
Actor of the Year, Independent Achievers Award, 2019
Most Searched Actor, NET Honours AWard, 2019
Odunlade Adekola Net Worth
estimated his net worth to be $1.9 million. He is a popular Yoruba actor and has signed several endorsement deals. In 2015, he became one of the new Globacom ambassadors along with Dija, O C Ukeje, Reedado Bankz, Mama-G, Bovi, A.Y, and Wizkid.

Also, he signed an endorsement deal with Conoil along with Flavour, Helen Paul and Omawumi in 2016.

Odun is also an ambassador to Goldberg. And in 2018, he became an ambassador to a real estate firm, Revolution Plus Property. Additionally, he was endorsed by Ayoola Foods in 2019.

Odun is the CEO and founder of Odunlade Adekola Film Productions (OAFP). It is a film school where upcoming actors and actresses receive professional trainings.
Odunlade Adekola Quotes
“One should never get tired of seeking knowledge because the world is dynamic and ever-changing.”

“After learning for a period, it is only normal to celebrate your efforts. It is a wonderful thing to start a project and finish it; because not everyone is able to do that.”

“Knowledge gathering is a continuous process; it never stops.”

“As we grow older, we realise that challenges are only normal things that happen as one progresses in life.”

“There is always a price to pay for whatever you want to achieve in life.”

“…whatever the government does not support would have a hard time succeeding.”

“If one is not appreciated where he comes from, it would be hard for outsiders to support you.”

“People have different interests and what they look out for. That a woman makes up her face or uses jewelry doesn’t mean she’s not a wife material.”

“If you think you have not made it today to your expectation, check what you are doing. If you are good with it, keep doing it.”

“Talent is incomparable.”