Gbenga Bada

As easy as it seems, coordinating Housemates can be a herculean task for whoever is Head of House.

Since the beginning of the BBNaija Lockdown edition, the personality of the four Heads had determined shape of the House.

From Nengi to Lucy, Ozo and Erica, each of the Housemate has shown viewers their abilities and capabilities in leading the team.

Erica took over the mantle of leadership in the fourth week.

Underestimating the UK- trained actress

Though the 16 Housemates may have underestimated Erica’s supremacy because of her ability to get along with everyone, she stood her ground and made her stand clear to all housemates.

First decision

Erica’s first decision after emerging the Head of House dictated what Housemates will expect all through the week. She had two choices of deputy – Laycon and Kiddwaya with Kiddwaya quick to accept the offer. The lovers had led the House to a safe spot so far.

Putting Lucy in her place

Erica might appear meek but she was quick to call any or erring Housemates to order. On day 24, Lucy told Kiddwaya Erica is the head and Kiddwaya the neck “…and if you say the head doesn’t turn, it doesn’t turn,” she added.

Erica took the opportunity to ask Lucy what she meant by that statement from where the disagreement began. They had a little argument and it was the first time she surprised viewers with her other side. Lucy had it coming before the outburst and Erica took the right opportunity to put her in her place.

Calling Bright O to order

Just when it seems her authority has been flouted, Erica took a swipe at Bright O on day 25. Her decision to take the mantle of leadership saw Erica having a small misunderstanding with Bright O.

When it was time for wager rehearsals, Bright O got up from his bed that minute to take his bath. Erica went to have a chat with him and it didn’t end well. Erica instructed the director Trikytee to take Bright O off the drama.

As expected, this caused a sour reaction from some of the Housemates who had different opinions. From Wathoni to Praise, they took turns in insisting Erica acted wrongly and sentimentally.

Later, Erica called the Housemates and explained Bright O was not respectful of the time of the others and she had already gone to speak to him about it. To end this, Erica settled the issue by asking Bright O to apologise to the House.

Conclusion

It’s worthy of note to mention that the Housemates had lost their wager for two consecutive weeks under the seemingly loose leadership of Nengi and Lucy.

It took Ozo’s iron hand to get the Housemates back in the winning shape. Hence, Erica’s style of leadership might not be totally out of place.

Adeniyi Adewoyin

Erica has revealed some Housemates are not happy with her role as the Head of House.

She made this known during her diary session with Biggie on Day 25 in the House.

Erica said she had to go hard on those who weren’t okay with her at some points.

“The people who were not okay with it, I was kind of hard on them,” she said.

She further shed light on the heated argument she had with Lucy.

“I had an argument with Lucy over and over because she just makes everything all about her. We had a task to do but she just turned everything to her personal problem and I was like okay can we focus on the task and then when we are done with the task you can focus on your issues?

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“She wouldn’t agree, she just had to leave at some point and we even had to ignore her and then she did the same thing yesterday again but I told everyone to just ignore her because the more you respond she just keeps on talking”.

The actress and former beauty queen also disclosed she misses social media.

She, however, asked Biggie to play more House music and electronic dance music

Olaitan Ganiu

Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has lamented youths channel energies into #BBNaija than profitable things.

He was concerned that reports on the reality TV show attracts more interest from youths than governance, elections and other important national issues.

He spoke while addressing members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in commemoration of the International Youth Day.

According to him: “In the last general elections, the total number of votes cast was around 27 million while over 170 million people voted during the 2019 Big Brother Naija reality show.

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“This is a practical reality of who Nigerian youths are and where our priorities lie as Nigerian youths…

“Instead of BBNaija why not plan a show, which will be called The Big Nigeria Reality Show?”

He added: “The funny side in all of these is that we still go to bed, have a good sleep and wake up with the hope to meet a Nigeria we didn’t create. Nigerian Youths!

“Unfortunately, every time I talk about this kind of attitude, everyone just laughs and moves on. What kind of nation are we building? What kind of Nigerian youths are we?”

Adeniyi Adewoyin

Erica and Praise have won the Oppo Game of Charades, beating other Housemates to N500,000 each and Oppo phone.

The 16 Housemates were divided into eight groups of two persons per group.

The game has one of the group member describing the features of Oppo Reno 3 phone using only body gestures while the other would name them correctly.

Erica and Praise won by 45 points.

The duo was rewarded with N500,000 and an Oppo phone.

Erica was also among the group that won N2m in the Guinness Smooth Challenge on Tuesday

Adeniyi Adewoyin

One- time Deputy Head of House Prince has offered some motivational words to Lucy after seeing her go emotional when she got a shout out by fans on TV.

Big Brother had aired a shout out session in the lounge where viewers make a shout out to their favorite Housemates.

Lucy got quite emotional and shed tears when she got a shout out.

While speaking with Prince, she stated nobody gives her listening ears in the house even during a group task.

“Nobody gives me that listening ears, everybody just want to say theirs, at least let me land or at least some courtesy.

“A little contribution from everyone’s part, the worst part is that you’re doing something and people are not appreciating and that drives me crazy, I keep getting into trouble for other people’s things,” Lucy lamented.

Prince encouraged her to keep being herself saying he doesn’t see her as a bad person.

He noted he had often mentioned that he is her friend. He advised that she shouldn’t let anybody’s opinion make her feel less of herself.

“We are all differently gifted. Sometimes you can’t blame somebody for not seeing what you see because we all have different understanding. You might sit somewhere be seeing a table but I will see it and tell you it is a tire.

“We have different points of view so when people don’t see what you see it means they are seeing from a different point of view”, Prince said to Lucy.

He continued: “You’re not a bad person, you are my friend, I’ve said it several times and I have said it in the Diary Room.

“One of the things that trick me off about people is if I see that you have a crappy attitude I will leave but I don’t think that you have a crappy attitude.

“Never feel that you are less of a person or never let anybody demean you. Because babe, as all of entered here we all became equal, we all became age mates no matter how much you have in your account, we are all equal people. You have to understand that not everybody will like you, not everybody will like me”.

 

Adeniyi Adewoyin

Current Head of House, Erica has confessed she misses the friendship she shared with Laycon.

Laycon and Erica, who used to be close friends, had to maintain some distance because of Erica’s relationship with Kiddwaya.

While having a conversation with Ozo on Wednesday August 12, Erica stated she misses the bond she once shared with Laycon due to her relationship with Kiddwaya.

“I feel like I should still be able to be friends with Laycon. We were friends, It’s not as if something happened between us so why can’t we just remain friends.

“I really miss the friendship. I actually miss gisting with Laycon, I don’t like losing friends, I like the way his mind works but now for some stupid reasons we cant talk,” she told Ozo.

A video of Erica crying in the rest room had surfaced online.

The video shows the moment Erica crying in the toilet after talking to Laycon on Monday before announcing her deputy HOH.

 

By Gbenga Bada

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has joined a horde of celebrities and personalities rooting for Housemates in the BBNaija Lockdown edition.

In a recent tweet, the lawmaker, who represented Bayelsa East between 2015 and 2019, explained why he’s rooting for Nengi and TrickyTee.

Murray-Bruce revealed they are indigenes of Bayelsa, his home state.

“…Nengi and TrikyTee are my special children from Bayelsa State,” he tweeted.

He earlier hinted he was rooting for Kiddwaya because he sees him as a decent and hardworking guy. Murray-Bruce went further to say he would be supporting Prince and Erica and has a real love for the trio.

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“Three of my children are in the BBNaija house, and I have a real love for all of them. Let’s keep them in the House,” he tweeted.

A few days after, the founder of Silverbird group informed he is supporting five Housemates, who he refer to as his children but noted that Nengi and TrickyTee are special.

“I now have five children in the BBNaija House but Nengi and TrikyTee are my special children from Bayelsa State. Please ensure to vote for all of them.”

Nengi occupies a special place in the heart of the man behind MBGN pageant where Nengi once came close to winning but ended the top five finalists.