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  • Stop playing the victim card, Mercy Eke tells Ilebaye

    Stop playing the victim card, Mercy Eke tells Ilebaye

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemates Mercy Eke and Ilebaye had an argument over the coordination of Friday’s wager preparation.

    The incumbent Head of House, Ilebaye complained about the housemates not putting enough effort into the preparation for the wager after Venita accused her of trying to make them seem unserious with her naggings.

    Soma then added that the housemates were trying their best and Ilebaye tried to shut him up which angered Mercy.

    Read Also: Venita takes on Ilebaye over tasks

    Mercy accused Ilebaye of trying to play the victim.

    “Stop trying to play the victim. Nobody is attacking you. Shut your trap! Everybody is working. F*cking stop trying to play victim,” she fumed.

    Ilebaye in response asked Mercy to mind her business as she wasn’t referring to her.

  • Dino Melaye rallies support for BBNaija’s Ilebaye

    Dino Melaye rallies support for BBNaija’s Ilebaye

    Popular politician, Senator Dino Melaye, has canvassed support for Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemate, Ilebaye.

    Ilebaye, who on Monday secured a spot in the finale as the Head of House, is now a step closer to the N120 million grand prize.

    Melaye, the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming election, shared in a post on his X account a picture of himself alongside Ilebaye’s father.

    Read Also: I got reports about electoral infractions from our agents, Dino Melaye tells court

    Melaye canvassed the support of the people of Kogi State and urged netizens to vote for Ilebaye on the ongoing reality show.

    “With the proud father of Ilebaye of Big Brother Naija. We all support our own. I will vote for Kogi State. Vote Ilebaye,” he said.

  • Ilebaye becomes penultimate BBNaijaAllStars HoH

    Ilebaye becomes penultimate BBNaijaAllStars HoH

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemate Ilebaye, has emerged as the penultimate Head of House (HoH) for the season.

    Ilebaye overcame the endurance game challenge by surpassing eight housemates on Monday.  

    As Head of House for this week, she has qualified for the finale of the reality show.

    Read Also: Ilebaye, CeeC make up after excessive ‘para’

    Ilebaye also selected four BFFs (friends for the week) and chose Angel, Venita, Mercy and CeeC.

    The ‘Gen Z baddie’ joins Cross as a finalist in the competition.

    The finale takes place next Sunday, with N120million cash up for grabs.

  • Ilebaye, CeeC make up after excessive ‘para’

    Ilebaye, CeeC make up after excessive ‘para’

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemates, CeeC and Ilebaye have resolved their issues over heated arguments and built-up anger.

    They sat in the garden for a conversation to clarify the misunderstandings they had been having since the weekend.

    Ilebaye apologised to CeeC for destroying her Mac foundation which caused an outburst on Sunday prior to the eviction show.

    Big Brother, in their different diary sessions, fastened the process as he took centre stage in trying to broker peace between them following yesterday’s altercation about Ilebaye kissing Doyin’s eviction frame multiple times.

    Read Also: Ilebaye, CeeC my All-Stars top two finalists – Doyin

    He heard from both parties and asked them some cogent questions that got them to think about how minor the case could have been.

    In Ilebaye’s defence, she wasn’t aware CeeC was the owner of the foundation as she assumed it was Alex’s but CeeC maintained that using the foundation like that wasn’t still justified.

    They were able to squash things, but many have questioned how genuine the apologies are.

  • Ilebaye, CeeC my All-Stars top two finalists – Doyin

    Ilebaye, CeeC my All-Stars top two finalists – Doyin

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars evicted housemate, Doyin David has spoken on her preferrred two top finalists.

    She said she would like to see Ilebaye and CeeC hold hands at the finale.

    Doyin, who was evicted on Sunday, made this known while campaigning for the duo in a tweet on Monday.

    Read Also: I want my son to look like BBTitan’s Thabang, says CeeC

    She further stated that she wants CeeC and Ilebaye to succeed beyond their imagination.

    “I’m rooting for you both all the way and I can’t wait to see you both hold hands in the finals and succeed beyond your own imagination, both on and off the screen.

    “VOTE ILEBAYE VOTE CEE C,” she tweeted.

  • You’re the star of the show, housemates tell Ilebaye

    You’re the star of the show, housemates tell Ilebaye

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemates Mercy Eke and Cynthia Nwadiora aka CeeC, on Saturday night lifted Ilebaye’s spirit with kind and motivating words. 

    The duo described the 22-year-old as an “embodiment of a damsel”, “the trophy”, and “the star of the season.”

    Mercy: “Let me tell you something, you are the embodiment of a damsel.”

    CeeC inferred: “You’re the trophy. You are the star. Men should line up for you.”

    Mercy continued: “Do you even know who you are?”

    Read Also: CeeC crossed with Ilebaye for littering ‘expensive’ beauty products

    CeeC cut in: “She doesn’t know. We have to tell her.”

    Mercy added: “You’re a queen. You’re the star of the season. The girl of the moment.”

    According to social media ratings, Mercy, CeeC and Ilebaye are some of the frontrunners for the N120 million grand prize of the Big Brother Naija All Stars reality show.

  • Angel, Ilebaye are worst-dressed housemates, says Seyi Awolowo

    Angel, Ilebaye are worst-dressed housemates, says Seyi Awolowo

    Evicted Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemate, Seyi Awolowo, has tagged Ilebaye and Angel are the worst-dressed housemates in the house.

    Seyi made this known in an interview with his colleague, Uriel.

    According to the father of one who was labelled misogynistic after bragging that he is training his son to run trains on people’s daughters, Angel and Ilebaye “avoid clothing a lot.”

    He was asked who had the worst dress sense in the house.

    Read Also: I don’t care about people’s opinion, says Seyi Awolowo

    He responded: “It is between two ladies.

    ”One of them never wears up to one yard and the other one there is a lot of revelation.”

    ”I think it is Ilebaye and Angel. They avoid clothing a lot.”

  • Angel, Ilebaye prank Adekunle with love letter from CeeC

    Angel, Ilebaye prank Adekunle with love letter from CeeC

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemates, Angel Smith and Ilebaye have written a love letter to prank their colleague, Adekunle with the idea that CeeC wrote it.

    The duo plotted to prank Adekunle who is in a relationship with Venita with the aim of upsetting the latter.

    Angel: “I said let me prank them, so I now wrote a love letter to Adekunle so that they would think it is CeeC. I spread CeeC’s perfume on the letter.

    Read Also: Ike apologises again for ruining Ilebaye’s stuff

    Ilebaye: “Adekunle would not really take it big. He would just let it slide.”

    Angel: “I need Venita to be the first person to see the letter.”

    Ilebaye: “That’s what I am saying. Adekunle is just going to take it slightly. He might just read it and let it go. But if Venita is the one to see it first, she would panic.”

    Angel inserted the letter in Adekunle’s jacket, but unfortunately for them, he saw it before Venita did.

  • I feel used by Ilebaye, says BBNaija Alex

    I feel used by Ilebaye, says BBNaija Alex

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemate, Alex Unusual has expressed dissatisfaction towards the actions of her fellow housemate, Ilebaye for allegedly using her as a strategy.

    The Nation reported that Whitemoney and Ilebaye had been involved in an altercation on Friday over a computer.

    Whitemoney had confronted Ilebaye who went to operate a house system while most of the housemates were asleep.

    This caused a disagreement between the two as Ilebaye started screaming about being bullied by Whitemoney.

    Read Also: Whitemoney vows never to speak to Ilebaye again over wager clash

    Alex thereafter came into the picture as she separated Whitemoney from Ilebaye who was already tearing up.

    Alex, after listening to both parties, realised that Ilebaye was at fault.

    Discussing with Pere and Seyi what caused the fight, Alex stated that she felt used by Ilebaye and that really made her angry.

    He stated: “I felt like I was the sacrificial lamb yesterday but I blamed Pere because he just said I should come and carry Ilebaye away without telling me anything, I am angry but it’s okay.

    Pere, clarifying his reason for inviting Alex, stated: “I told you that because I already sensed Whitemoney was very angry and I didn’t want to come in between.”

  • I fled home but returned due to survival challenges, says BBNaija’s Ilebaye

    I fled home but returned due to survival challenges, says BBNaija’s Ilebaye

    I fled home but returned due to survival challenges, says BBNaija’s Ilebaye

    Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemate, Ilebaye has revealed to her fellow housemate, Prince Nelson, that she ran away from home at some points in her life but ran back home as she couldn’t survive the hardship on her own.

    During their conversation, Prince asked Ilebaye about rumours she heard regarding Ilebaye running away from home.

    Read Also: Why I quit my friendship with Doyin, Ilebaye reveals

    Ilebaye said that she had indeed run away from home but later returned.

    Although Ilebaye didn’t provide specific reasons for leaving her home, she did explain why she returned shortly after her initial departure.

    Reacting to this, Prince busted out laughing upon hearing Ilebaye’s reasons for coming back home.

    Prince: “They said you ran away from home.”

    Ilebaye: “Yes, I ran away from home because I couldn’t survive on my own. I couldn’t handle the hardships.”