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  • Jaruma deletes video promising Tacha N50m

    By Samuel Oamen

    Nigerian sex therapist, Jaruma has deleted the video she made last week, promising controversial BBNaija Housemate, Tacha, N50 million after she was disqualified from the show for violence.

    The sex therapist has on Thursday leaked an audio, calling out the management of Tacha, which involves her boyfriend, King Ladi alongside his brother for embezzling funds accrued to Tacha.

    Read Also; Six things to know about Tacha

    She stated in the audio that funds will no longer be sent to Tacha’s management henceforth.

    This generated some reactions from fans on her Instagram page as many started calling her a scammer.

  • BBNaija: I know how you feel – Bisola tells housemates

    Bisola Aiyeola, runner up BBNaija season two ‘See Gobe’ has encouraged ‘Pepper Dem’housemates to stay focused as the season draws to a close.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bisola, who is a ONE ambassador, paid a visit to the house on Thursday.

    She was accompanied by fellow ambassador, singer Aituaje Iruobe aka Waje and Sarah Amaka, country director for ONE, Nigeria.

    After a rousing welcome from the five ‘Pepper Dem’ finalists, Bisola shared her experience while in the house, adding that she could relate to the feelings of the housemates.

    She said, “I know how you feel because I have been there. The hours will drag and you can’t just wait to be done. You guys have had a good run. Well done.”

    Read Also; BBNaija: Mixed reactions trail Diane’s eviction

    The Pepper Dem Gang was tasked with creating awareness for standard health care in Nigeria.

    To aid the preparation for the task, Country Director, Amaka explained the importance of citizens participation in solving societal problems and urged them to think outside the box.

    Also, Waje encouraged the housemates to put in their best and focus on the task at hand, urging them to provide practical solutions to the tasks.

    NAN reports that with one week to end of the show, only five housemates – Mercy, Mike, Frodd, Seyi and Omashola are competing for the Grand prize worth N60 million.

  • BBNaija: Mixed reactions trail Diane’s eviction

    Nigerians have continued to express mixed reactions over the surprise eviction of housemate, Diane Russet, from BBNaija Season Four show.

    Diane was evicted on Monday night in a funny game of chance.

    Frodd, as the ultimate veto holder, had previously nominated five housemates for eviction and as a result, Elozonam, Cindy and Ike were evicted from the pool.

    On Monday night, he was asked to perform the final eviction as veto holder in a game of chance between Omashola and Diane.

    Diane and Omashola wrote their names on their gold Bet9ja coins and dropped it in a magic hat with the rest of the Coins.

    This left Frodd with the final Ultimate Veto job of picking who among the housemate would go home through an unlucky draw.

    It was a tense moment in the House as Frodd reached into the sac picking again and again till he eventually picked Diane.

    The eviction sparked a lot of emotions as Frodd and Mercy could not hold back their tears. Mike, Omashola and Seyi tried to maintain their composure.

    Read Also: #BBNaija: Eight things to know about Diane

    On social media, fans expressed mixed feelings about the method of eviction. While some felt it was cruel to put housemates on the spot, others supported the twist.

    @Razzi said, “Biggie is the main pepper in this game of BBNAIJA. See how he is peppering the Viewers.#BBNaija”

    @Joneslotty tweeted, “For how much I wanted Diane to Leave. I cried watching her leaving this evening; I really felt for Mercy. Let the housemate with the highest vote win come Sunday.”

    @Miss_Shazzy said, “This show is emotionally exhausting!!! All the best baby Diane can’t wait to see you in the movies.”

    @Jones said, “This made me shed a tear….. Biggy this was so unfair and the most painful way of evicting someone.”

    @Sampee tweeted, “I think Diane left at the right time, they saved her the stress of staying an extra boring week among strong competitors.”

    Mercy, Mike, Seyi, Ike and Omashola are the top five housemates left to contend for the Grand Prize worth N60 million.

  • #BBNaija: Eight things to know about Diane

    Dear #BBNaija fans, here are the eight basic things you need to know about Diane, one of Housemates who got evicted from the #BBNaija 2019 Pepper Dem edition on Monday, September 30.

    * Her full name is Precious “Diane” Russet Yunana Yashim 

    * Diane who is aged 23 was one of the youngest housemates in the Big Brother Naija season 4.

    Read Also: BREAKING: Diane evicted from #BBNaija

    * She was born on the 28th of February 1996.

    * She is a model and enjoys travelling alot.

    * She is also an aspiring TV host/presenter, Face of Hoxy model, actor, influencer chief chef at Russets Kitchen

    * Her father is from Kaduna state while her mother from the Yoruba tribe.  Her late father was a chairman of Kaduna South Local Government Area.

    * She attended Command Secondary school Kaduna.

    * She is a graduate of University of Debrecen in Hungary

  • BREAKING: Diane evicted from #BBNaija

    Diane has been evicted from 2019 Big Brother Naija house

    Diane on Monday joined the rest of the contestants that has lost the bid for the N60 million grand prize, leaving the show’s finalist to be Mercy, Mike, Omashola, Seyi and Frodd.

    Read Also: #BBNaija: Eight things to know about Diane

    Until her exit from the house, Diane, has been lucky to not be up for eviction too many times in the Big Brother Naija house.

    Her best friend, mercy was seen in a sober mood as she broke down down uncontrollably.

    The BBNaija ‘Pepper Dem’ season is at fever pitch with only 5 housemates left in the competition.

    Details shortly.

  • UPDATED: Diane evicted from #BBNaija

    Housemate, Diane has been evicted from the Big Bother Naija reality show, leaving Mercy as the last woman standing in the race to win the N60 million cash prize.

    With her eviction, the five remaining housemates, Frodd, Mercy, Mike, Omashola and Seyi made it to the final, with one of them expected to win the coveted prize.

    Tonight’s Pepper Dem twist saw Diane leaving the House after being randomly picked out from an unlucky draw.

    The Task of picking Diane to leave was performed by Frodd as the second and final part of the privilege of his Ultimate Veto Power.

    The choice wasn’t entirely in his hands as he had to randomly pick from a magic hat.

    To get the ball rolling, the Housemates were asked to fetch all their remaining Bet9ja Coins, including the big gold Bet9ja Coin they were each given four weeks ago.

    The Housemates were asked to drop all their Bet9ja Coins in the magic hat except the big gold ones.

    Their ordinary Bet9ja coins had become redundant at this point. It was a good thing some of them spent theirs when they did.

    Read Also: #BBNaija: Eight things to know about Diane

    After yesterday’s eviction that saw Ike and Elozonam leaving, the Pepper Dem Gang were left with six Housemates and the finale only had slots for five so someone had to leave.

    But before the process started, a few of the Pepper Dem Gang were assured of their presence in the Finale.

    Seyi, by virtue of winning the Head of House the previous week, secured a spot for himself in the Finale.

    The immunity Mercy bought got her sitting pretty in the finale.

    Mike’s public save during the Live Eviction Show guaranteed him a spot in the Finale.

    Diane and Omashola were the only two left without a guarantee so the decision had to be made between the two of them on who will bid the House goodbye.

    Diane and Omashola wrote their names on their gold Bet9ja coins and dropped it in a magic hat with the rest of the coins leaving Frodd with the final Ultimate Veto job of picking which Housemate to go home through an unlucky draw.

    It was a tense moment in the House as Frodd reached into the sac picking again and again till he eventually picked Diane.

    This makes Diane the 21st Housemate to leave the Pepper Dem House leaving the lucky five certain for the finale.

  • Elozonam, Ike evicted from #BBNaija

    Big Brother Naija housemate, Elozonam and Steve Ikechukwu Onyema, popularly known as Ike, have been evicted from the BBNaija House respectively.

    The duo got evicted from the reality show being the 91st day of the ongoing reality show.

    Read Also: BBNaija: Getting disqualified was never my intention – Tacha

    Ike and Elozonam became the 19th and 20th housemates to be evicted from the show.

    They got evicted from the Pepper Dem edition of Big Brother on Sunday during Live the eviction show.

    Their eviction is coming after Cindy was evicted on Friday while Tacha was disqualified.

  • BREAKING: Ike evicted from #BBNaija19

    Ike has been evicted from the BBNaija 2019.

    Ike becomes the 20th Housemate to be evicted from the reality show.

    Ebuka Obi-Uchendu announced Ike’s eviction on Sunday.

    Details shortly….

  • BBNaija: Getting disqualified was never my intention – Tacha

    Disqualified 2019 housemate, Tacha on Saturday stated that getting disqualified from the Big Brother Naija reality show was not her intention.

    The self-acclaimed ‘Port Harcourt first daughter’ made this known in a post on her verified Instagram handle.

    She also begged for forgiveness and expressed her gratitude to her fans, who stuck by her, regardless of her “imperfection”

    She said:

    “Dear Titans,
    Words cannot readily express how much your love and acceptance means to me at this point. Even my imperfection could not sway your support.
    THANK YOU!

    “Coming out of the Big Brother House disqualified was never my intention. Unfortunately, my weakness played against my strength and cut short what should have been a grand ending, with or without the prize.

    “I sincerely apologize for every action on my part that led to this point and I take full responsibility for it all.
    “I am an adult and ought to be in control of my emotions, but I’m human and I failed time and again. Please “forgive me. I sincerely wanted to make it, at least to the 99th day.

    “The fight to be seen and heard takes its toll on everyone of us irrespective of where, when or how it comes. What counts is what we make out of a seemingly ugly situation.
    “I know I need to work on my emotional health… That’s a fact as I have become conscious of it now. Being on this show has shown me that, I am not just a work in progress but I have the chance to become a better me on all fronts, if I give myself the chance to heal.
    “And this I promise to give due diligence.

    Read Also: Six things to know about Tacha

    “So for what you have been to me, I heard some of you even cried and held vigil for me. I cannot thank you enough. You all became my mother, friends and family and this means so much to me right now. Your prayers, time and resources spent to push me through to this point cannot be quantified in any form, but i sincerely thank you from the depth of my heart.

    “Against the odds, you all are the reason why I stand and remain hopeful that everything will fall into place, that I can make it through this storm and come out on the sunny side in time.

    “My social media official handles are open and I can be reached there for now.

    “Thank you Titans, Thank you to everyone who supported me privately and openly, Thank you Africa, Thank you Nigeria, THANK YOU WORLD!
    “I saved the best for last. Thank you to the organizers of Big Brother Nigeria for this platform, it may not have ended as I hoped and wanted, but it gave me the opportunity to rise. It was worth it and for this reason, I am grateful.
    Biggie, @bigbronaija Thank you!
    Blessings”

    Tacha was butted off the show on Friday night September 27, 2019, for violence and intent to harm fellow housemate. She had a heated argument with fellow housemate, Mercy Eke and pulled her hair twice in an attempt to get physical.

     

  • The other side of Big Brother Naija

    Adeyinka Akintunde

     

    NO reality show on television has received wide condemnations and criticisms like the Big Brother Naija reality show. Many are even calling for its ban. Many parents have even banned their youths and young ones from watching the show.

    Sexual immorality remains the major reason many people have asked the Federal Government to stop airing the programme on any of the Nigerian television stations. The epic reaction from popular evangelist, and Founder of Mount Zion Ministries, Mike Bamiloye, in 2017 comes back to mind, shortly after Efe Ejeba walked away with the 25 million naira grand prize. On his social media handle, he said “They kissed, they romanced, before the cameras of Africa, and they were honoured and glorified. At times, the glory of this world makes the children of the kingdom look stupid. I hope some Kingdom children will not begin to envy this type of worldly glories.

    “What does this teach our youths now? glamourizing and glorifying immorality before the cameras of the world can fetch you millions and make you a celebrity overnight? I hope some pastors will not begin to make reference to this as a work of God’s grace.”

    A Nigerian politician,  Segun Adekoya, also called for its ban in 2017, saying that Nigeria, despite her development, remained a conservative society, and as such, allowing ‘immoral’ shows like the ‘Big Brother Naija’ to aired on television could corrupt the minds of the younger generation, especially teenagers.

    But there are arguments that show some advantages of the reality show, that the critics are not seeing. A few may include:

    It remains the “realest” and richest reality show on television. Unlike other reality shows where contestants rehearse how to live their lives, the ‘Big Brother Naija’ show is one where housemates come as they are, and live their lives all in the open, for the period they remain in the house. There are many cameras to capture every moment and every housemate, so there is no place to hide for anyone.

    Again, the stakes get higher every year the show is hosted. From the winner getting 25 million naira in 2017, to walking away with 45 million naira in 2018, and 60 million naira up for grabs for the winner in 2019, no show on television beats the Big Brother Naija show financially. This is apart from other juicy prizes housemates will walk away with from winning tasks and challenges, during the course of the show.

    It has produced successful friendship and marriages: In 2014, Nigerian Kelvin Chuwang-Pam, got married to Tanzanian, Elizabeth Gupta, and they have a child in their marriage. They met in 2009, as housemates of the then “Big Brother Africa”. In 2017, Olurishe Deborah Ebun (Debbie-Rise) and Bassey Ekpeyong met in the Big Brother House. Though they are not married, but they remain close friends till date.

    Read Also: BBNaija: Seyi becomes Head of House again

    And most recently, on September 7, 2019, Tope Adenibuyan aka Teddy A and Bamike Olawunmi, popularly called BamBam had their introduction, as the world waits for their white wedding. They officially got engaged on August 4, 2019. They met in the Big Brother house in 2018.

    Every participant of the reality show is an instant celebrity. It is always a thing of pride for one to feature in the Big Brother Naija show. That calls for the reason why millions of youths scrabble to get into the house, during the auditions.

    New cultures and exciting things are learnt in the show: One major aspect of the Big Brother Naija show is the Thursday night presentation show. Here, Big Brother brings a task for the housemates, asking them to showcase the cultures and lifestyles of various cultures of Nigeria , and other parts of Africa. This is an avenue for viewers to learn one or two things they never knew from other cultures of the world.

    Now hosted in Nigeria, the show will be contributing to the Nigerian economy. Though it is focused primarily on entertainment, it has an effect on other industries with significant impact on Nigeria’s GDP, which is currently worth $397.472 billion.

    Again, MultiChoice has always insisted on an all-Nigerian production crew, which means, jobs will be created for Nigerians, courtesy, Big Brother Naija.  With foreign cameramen, and DJs, artistes and journalists flown in to the country to perform and cover the event especially the eviction weekend, Nigerian hotels would be smiling to the banks.

    But are the critics seeing this?

     

    Akintunde, an online journalist sent this piece from Lagos.