The Big Brother Naija 2020 was launched yesterday, Sunday 19th July with 20 housemates. The Housemates comprises of 10 men and 10 women. Below is the full list of all the Housemates and some interesting facts about them: Brighto Ezekiel Bright “Brighto” Osemudiame is a 29-year-old sailor from Edo State. Brighto, as he is fondly called, is the youngest of six kids. He holds a degree in Marine Engineering from Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt with several other professional certifications. He also had a stint in the aviation sector. He considers himself an avid…
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Few hours into the season 5 of Big Brother tagged BBNaija Lockdown, one of the Housemates, Dorothy Bachor has already broken the internet. She was already trending No 2 in Nigeria with 50k tweets and second to BBNaija. Dorothy who preferred to be addressed as Dorathy was well endowed and she really know how to carry herself. Her endowment was well appreciated by the Housemates and the viewers. A good number of viewers are looking forward to the commencement of the Arena game to see how Dorathy will carry herself. Dorathy Bachor is a 24-year-old entrepreneur from Lagos. She believes…
As the 19th Housemate to be admitted into the Big Brother Lockdown’s House, Brighto told Ebuka that he likes to get into people’s nerves. When Ebuka asked whether he will be involved in fight or relationship in the House, he said the viewer should wait to see what he is up to. Ezekiel Bright “Brighto” Osemudiame is a 29-year-old sailor from Edo State. Brighto, as he is fondly called, is the youngest of six kids. He holds a degree in Marine Engineering from Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt with several other professional certifications. He…
When the Big Brother Naija Season 5 begins later this evening, as the name suggested, it will be the 5th edition since the reality TV show debuted in in 2006 as Big Brother Nigeria. Big Brother Naija, formerly known as Big Brother Nigeria and popularly known as BBNaija or BBN, is a Nigerian reality tv show based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize and other material gifts, at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted from the house by viewers. The highly-rated reality TV show has produced some…
In five hours from now, the Big Brother Naija 2020 house will be opened and the housemates will begin the session some people have tagged the “Pandemic Edition” Though the aim of the show is to have fun and entertain viewers, like the saying goes, a City without rules, there can’t be offence. Biggie who is the Alpha and Omega of the House has set the rules of cohabiting for all the Housemates. These rules are to be followed from the moment the Housemates enter the House until the moment they leave. Big Brother’s rules of law:Rule 1: Housemates must…
The Nigeria Football Federation will provide support for Clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League, Nigeria National League, Nigeria Women Football League and the Nigeria Nationwide League for next season’s football campaign, as a result of challenges that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic, says the Federation’s President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick. During a live session on NFF’s official Instagram page on Thursday, Pinnick said the NFF is at the moment expecting a total sum of $1million from world football-governing body, FIFA, and another $500,000 from the African confederation, CAF. “We would take from these various monies and add also from…
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first-ever and only female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force died in Kaduna on Tuesday, exactly 247 days after her decoration as a flying officer. The tragic incident occurred after she sustained head injuries from a road accident at NAF Base Kaduna. Tolulope was decorated by Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff, on the 15th October, 2019 as the first ever Nigerian female helicopter pilot in the 55 years history of the Nigeria Air Force. Spokesman to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Ibikunle Daramola announced her death in a statement late on Tuesday.…
Caleb University, Lagos, which emerged one of the select institutions to commence e-learning without interrupting its academic calendar, has successfully conducted academic, training and other regular activities on the University’s online platform, with student enrolment on the e-learning platform moving from 8% on April 20 to almost 100% by the beginning of July 2020. To achieve excellent service delivery, academic staff have undergone five different training sessions in order to gain a mastery of teaching and assessment tools available on the e-learning platform. Apart from periodic guidelines circulated to them, a general training session and college and departmental-level trainings have…
The CEO of the former bike-hailing App, Gokada, Fahim Saleh has been murdered in New York on Tuesday. Tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, who is the CEO of former bike-hailing app Gokada, was on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, found dead and body dismembered in his New York apartment. Saleh’s body was found headless and dismembered inside his luxury Lower East Side apartment which he bought in 2019. The body of the 33-year-old was discovered by his sister who became worried after not hearing from him in a day.She visited and found him headless while his body had been cut up and…
Odogbolu town was a bee hive of activities on Tuesday July 7, 2020 at the magnificent OLADIPO DIYA LIBRARY and RESOURCE CENTRE, when the DR TUNDE DIYA FOUNDATION (DTDF) was inaugurated. The epoch making event attracted the creme de la creme of the society. It drew the attention and presence of the traditional rulers, the intelligentsia, Community builders and leaders of thoughts. The brain behind this lofty idea is Babatunde Diya, a young dashing and versatile medical doctor, who had decided to take the bull by the horn and make life better for the weak, needy, poor and physically challenged…