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#BBNaija: Day 30, Housemates battle fear, superstition, phobia

Following cancellation of the week-five nominations for eviction, Big Brother, also known as `Biggie’ and owner of the #BBNaija house, introduced superstitions and phobia as the theme for the task for the housemates.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that little did the housemates know that Biggie would add a twist to the task by asking them to eat “irregular” food in order for him not to reveal those secrets.

Before the commencement of the eating task, Biggie warned the Housemates that should they opt not to eat what was on their plate, they would be at his mercy and he could choose to reveal their secrets.

Consequently, to avoid being exposed, the housemates took turns to eat in a true fear factor style the plates of food containing spaghetti, mince meat, chicken and beef containing blood.

Marvis, Jon, Efe, Ese, Kemen and Bisola took turns to eat the “disgusting” meals prepared for them.

Efe chews Biggie’s “meal”

Bassey would rather eat the food than have his secret in the open, Debie-Rise contemplated her secret and followed Bassey to eat at the table.

Uriel could not watch Marvis chowed down her food to keeping her secret safe.

When Efe struggled to finish his food, Biggie told him to take a sip of water and continue stressing that “Efe’s secret is safe.’’

Kemen, Head of the House (HoH) also opted to keep his secret safe and chewed down his food while Bisola prayed for strength as she struggled to keep her food down.

All the #BBNaija housemates struggled with the challenge except for ThinTallTony who ate his meal with pleasure to the extent of licking his plate clean.

When all the Housemates had completed the challenge, Kemen appealed to Biggie to give TBoss who threw up earlier another chance.

After much consideration from Biggie, the request was granted.

TBoss went through the challenge with tears in her eyes, gagging and drinking water at every chance she could get.

Cheering her on was ThinTallTony. She completed the challenge eventually and Biggie congratulated the Housemates for completing the challenge.(NAN)

February 22, 2017
BBNaija: Who speaks better English?

Shortly after breakfast a few of the Housemates sat around the dining table discussing immunisations and vaccinations, and suddenly, the conversation took a turn and became an English-language lecture.

ThinTallTony and Jon decided it was best to correct fellow Housemate Efe’s use and pronunciations of the English language and what ensued was a back and forth highlighting the different pronunciations of words from the British and the American perspective, with Efe quickly adding his ‘Nigerian’ perspective to the mix.

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With words like ‘develop’ and ‘development’ being used as yardsticks, Efe remained very adamant that as a Nigerian, he didn’t see the need to change the way he spoke to suit others as the English language wasn’t his original mother tongue; citing the differences between the British English and the American English and the way it was spoken.

He quickly added that if the Americans could change the way they spoke, even though they migrated from the British, then he saw no reason why he should change his pronunciations to accommodate the respective accents. He ended his argument by adding that “if you can understand what I am trying to say, then I don’t see what the problem is”.

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February 21, 2017
#BBNaija: Housemates get new task

The Big Brother Naija housemates were on Monday assigned a task to pick oranges from a bowl, place it in between their knees and drop into oval object placed in front of them.

The end game of the task is for the winner to become the new head of the house.

At the end of the task, Efe who was the Igwe of the house and the sole survivor of the eviction show Sunday night emerged the winner.

The Big Brother declared him the winner and named him the CAPTAIN of the house, and demanded that the housemates call him that.

February 6, 2017
BBNaija: Soma, Miyonse go home

Eviction hammer hits two of the housemates who were nominated for eviction Sunday evening. They are Soma and Miyonse.

But just before announcing the two who had the least number of votes from fans, Biggie played another pranks, which suggested the three were going home. Ebuka had asked them to leave the house, one after another. Efe was the first to be shown the door, followed by Soma and Miyonse. This brought tears to the eyes of, especially the ladies in the house. But they were only meant to gather in the holding room, from where the real evictees were announced.

Soma

When Soma joined Ebuka on stage, he said he didn’t expect to leave that early, but guessed it so happened because he was a threat to most of the guys in-house.

He was shown a short clip of his activities in the house, especially his moments on the guitar.

He noted that there was nothing he did in the house that was a game, as he tried as much as possible to ‘keep it real’, including his kiss with Gifty, which he said happened unexpectedly.

All through his interview on stage with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, he was still emotional, fighting back tears.

A Pastor and Musician’s son and a good singer himself, Soma has opened for several high-profile acts. He was inspired by his mom who also encouraged him to pursue a career in Music. He’d started studying at Port Uni but decided to defer his studies and focus on Science when he resumes since he loves gadgets. He’s said to be in a long-distance relationship.

Miyonse, who was so sure of remaining in the house despite his nomination said he is very disappointed to have been evicted.

Miyonse

He said the guys nominated him because he was always around TBoss. He disclosed that his association with TBoss begun way before the Big Brother House.

He was eventually told by Ebuka that TBoss was among the guys that nominated him for eviction. As much as he tried to suppress his disappointment, he felt so uneasy, but agreed it was all about the game.

He said there was no problems going back to his girlfriend, because she gave him her permission to play the game and keep it as real as possible. And as for TBoss, they will always be friends.

The last born in his family, Miyonse took to cooking by chance after his mother made sure that he spent time with her in the kitchen. That quickly led to him cooking for his schoolmates and before he knew it he was in Culinary School and today he’s head chef. He’s been in a relationship with his girlfriend, also a chef, for two months now. He hates being taken for granted.

With nine weeks to go in the reality show, the race for N25 million and a brand new Kia Sorento car continues for the remaining 12 housemates.

February 5, 2017
BBNaija: Who goes home tonight

…As Seyi Shay performs at live eviction show

With the clock ticking towards the first real eviction of one or two Housemates in the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, scheduled to hold this evening, there have been some uneasy feelings among the Housemates.

Last night’s party and its raunchy aftermath brought the contestants closer like never before, and some of them now wish they did not nominate the others for possible eviction.

Although Port Harcourt boy and music enthusiast, Soma, has shown little emotions about his nomination, just as TBoss’ ‘loverboy’, Miyonse, would not say much to his colleagues about what he thinks his chances might be, two times Head of House (HoH) and funny character, Efe, gave some parting words after being tipsy from last night’s party, just in case he is shown the door in tonight’s eviction. Efe would want them to see themselves as celebrities already for making it to the BBN house out of the thousands that were auditioned for the show. He said he had come to bond with every housemate so much that he forgot they were all in a game to win the N25 million prize money.

Meanwhile, when Biggie invited the trio to the Diary Room in separate chats, they were all optimistic that their fans would vote to keep them in the House.

Igwe Efe was the first Housemate summoned by Biggie, and though he admitted that he was anxious about the possibilities of going home tonight, he was also somewhat confident that he was not going to be evicted tonight.

Miyonse was called in next and he believes he had done enough to save himself from possible eviction tonight. He said he has been himself in the last two weeks and he felt that was enough to keep him in the House for atleast another week.

Soma had almost the same answer for Biggie when asked if he felt confident about his chances of avoiding eviction tonight. He would like to believe he has done enough to guarantee him a stay of eviction, but also admitted that he was a bit apprehensive about his chances of staying on in the Big Brother House.

Last night’s party which was powered by Legend Extra Stout, had DJ Waxxy treating the Housemates to a thrilling collection of old and new Nigerian songs. But that was more like a valedictory gig for whoever will be going home tonight.

For fans of the show who will be glued to their televisions for the much anticipated eviction show this evening, Nigeria’s very own Sheyi Shay will be on stage to thrill the audience with an electrifying performance before the eviction process commences.

February 5, 2017
How BBNaija contestants voted themselves for eviction

After last Sunday’s twists where two supposed evictees were pardoned and the introduction of two new contestants, tension resumed Monday after three members were put up for possible eviction. They include the likeable Efe, amorous Miyonse and music devotee Soma.
It was the eighth day of the show and Biggie gave each housemate 45 seconds to make their nomination decision, leading to a gloomy feeling afterwards.
Only the two new housemates; Debbie-Rise and Bassey were exempted from nominating and being nominated.
Biggie kicked off the first live nomination show by calling Bally into the Diary Room. And there was no time wasted as Biggie asked Bally to give his two nominations in 45 seconds – same for the 11 other old housemates.
Bally voted out Miyonse and Soma; Bisola voted out Miyonse and Gifty; Kemen voted out Miyonse and Soma; TBoss voted out Miyonse and Gifty; TTT voted out Gifty and Miyonse; Uriel voted out Bisola and TBoss; Miyonse voted out Kemen and Marvis; Marvis voted out Miyonse and Gifty; Soma voted out Kemen and TTT; Gifty voted out CoCoIce and Bisola; Efe voted out Miyonse and TBoss while CoCoIce voted out Miyonse and Soma.

In all, eight housemates nominated Miyonse, including his presumed girlfriend, Tboss. Gifty got four nominations, while Soma ended up being the third housemates with the highest nominations with three nominations.
However, as is the tradition on the show, the Head of House must save one of the three and replace him or her. With the task of ‘save and replace’ rested on CocoIce as Head of House, she saved Gifty and replaced her with Efe.
The decision was shocking to most fans of the show who want Efe to remain in the competition for the prize of N25 million and a brand new Kia Sorento car.

February 1, 2017
How contestants of BBNaija voted themselves for eviction

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January 31, 2017
BBN: Why I chose to be a chef, by housemate

…As Efe is crowned Head of House

For announcing his flair for cooking at last Sunday’s launch of lifestyle reality show, Big Brother Naija, Miyonse Amosu Oluwaseyi, a Mass Communication graduate from University of Lagos, caught the attention of many who wanted to see how his chosen profession will play out in the house.

Miyonse’s chosen career became the subject of discussion when, on Monday, housemates decided to share their personal experiences after dinner. They all talked about growing up, work, career path as well as family.

Miyonse was asked why he chose to be a chef and how it is different from being a caterer. He spoke about how he knew he wouldn’t get fulfillment from a nine-to-five job, which was why he confided in his sister about attending a culinary school with particular interest in Chinese cuisine.

‘I have always had interest in Chinese cuisine and when I shared it with my siblings, they laughed and wondered what I wanted to achieve by being a cook, which was looked at as a girl’s job,’ Miyonse said. He however kept at it even after the first culinary school he registered in got burnt the very day he was to resume. With support from his elder sister, he persevered and registered with another culinary school. Today he is a chef and not a caterer and the money is certainly not bad. ‘Wetin you come dey do here’ quipped TallThinTony, a statement which elicited laughter across the room.

Miyonse explains that a caterer is proficient in Nigerian dishes and prepares a variety of dishes for an occasion but a Chef has culinary skills which transcends Nigerian dishes and makes a full course meal plan before he begins cooking. From being a Sous Chef, he is today the Head Chef where he works in Abuja.

Bisola, the actress, talked about her days in boarding school and how she didn’t even have exercise books to do her school work. Her story was however cut short when housemates moved to the garden lawn to work out after which Tripple T (TallThinTony) led them in salsa dance lessons.

Efe with Marivis

Day one in the Big Brother house was very exciting with lots of drama as Efe is crowned the Head of House.

There is more drama to come as Big Brother is giving tricky tasks to the housemates.

Biggie, as he is fondly called, has instructed HOH Efe and the other housemates that anyone who wants to dethrone the current HoH can do so; but he warns that this coup can only be performed with guile and cunning. The HoH can take off his royal ornaments, but he should keep them locked up in the royal box. Losing the key to this box will mean that whoever has the keys, and opens the box will automatically become the new HoH.

Fans of the show await how this plays out, knowing the other housemates will be secretly scheming to become HoH, if only for the immunity of being evicted by this Sunday.

Unknown to them, instead of an eviction this Sunday, Biggie’s plan is to have two additional housemates join the competition.

The dairy sessions shall unwittingly unveil what strategies the housemates may have to guarantee they end up as the last man or woman standing.

January 24, 2017
Ogu to Efe: We’re fearless

Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu is optimistic of yet another victory against Scottish Celtic FC as both teams lock horns in the UEFA Champions League playoffs today in Scotland.

Ogu’s Hapoel Be’er-Sheva have been maintaining a superlative form from the start of the campaign, and their consistency have seen them dump out Greek Champions, Olympiakos FC in Champions League playoffs.

The former Almeria player displayed another impressive form as Hapoel Be’er-Sheva claimed the Israeli Super Cup win last Thursday.

“Getting this level of qualification takes us lots of extraordinary hard work for every individual in the team as well as the fans and the club as a whole, we are proud of what we are doing and that’s why we are here at this point.

“Celtic is another top team who are familiar with UEFA Champions League competition, they equally have good players but we are fearless of any threat. They are already under pressure because of the threat we possessed against Olympiakos, we just need to keep that focus of doing it right again,” said Ogu.

“We have always been respecting our opponents and we will do the same thing with Celtic. Football is all about 90 minutes, but we always hope to get results in that minutes. As for me, I believe in our dream, I believe we can do it against Celtic and they can under rate us at their own peril.”

August 16, 2016
Efe to play in Champs League

Efe Ambrose will play in this season’s UEFA Champions League with Celtic FC after the competition’s organizers reinstated the Scottish champions.

Celtic were reinstated after Legia Warsaw were kicked out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

The Polish whose club recorded a 6-1 aggregate win over Celtic in the third qualifying round have been thrown out after fielding Bartosz Bereszynski in the second leg, while he was supposed to be suspended.

Celtic have now been handed a 3-0 walkover in the second leg to advance on ‘away goals’. Legia Warsaw won the first leg 4-1, and got a 2-0 win in the second leg.

August 9, 2014