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  • How to Shoot Your Shot Like a BBTitans Housemate

    How to Shoot Your Shot Like a BBTitans Housemate

    Be mysterious

    You know how the housemates first showed up all sexy and mysterious, and leaving everything to your imagination? That’s how you need to be with your crush. They’ll be curious about you when they’re not sure who you are, what you are, or whether or not you even have sense. The best way to do this is to not talk too much.

    Flirt with them and stylishly ask if they have a partner

    Not because it matters to you or because it’s going to stop you anyway. But because you need to know early on if you have competition. So flirt with them a little and start dropping lines like “I don’t want anybody to come and beat me o”.

    If they do, snatch them

    If they say they do, go on the offensive and snatch them. Don’t worry about the relationship they already have. That’s just collateral damage. If they don’t want to be snatched, turn the whole thing into a love triangle like Yemi did with Blue Aiva and Khosi

    Become their listening ear

    You need to be the person they share their deepest secrets with. So they can let you in closer and closer until they’ve let their guard down completely. Do you see the way Marvin became Yaya’s listening ear and they’re now in love even though they’re both evicted? That’s what you need to do.

    Then tell them you’re related to Kiddwaya

    You can get their attention by just randomly dropping it in a conversation that you’re related to Kiddwaya and you don’t really need the money.

    Be a little toxic dramatic

    Have someone else on the side and flirt with them in your crush’s face, so they can feel a little peppered and pay you some attention. Your side piece doesn’t even have to be in on it. Just hold their hands with your sidepiece while hugging your crush. Give them the chaotic Yoruba demon energy that’ll get them interested.

    But love-bomb them with food

    You already have Big Brother’s kitchen to yourself. Love-bomb them with food till they forget their sense and start following you up and down. Confusion is your primary agenda. By the time you’re done, they’ll be posting Instagram stories of food saying “eggs aren’t egging without you” like Yaya did with Marvin.

    Do their laundry

    Offer to wash everything they own. Yes, everything including their underwear. That way, they’re sure you’ll do anything for them. You see how Ebube and Yvonne bonded when they did their laundry together, collect all your crush’s clothes and do everything while they get carried away with the talking.

    Give them your duvet

    Even if they already have one, give them your duvet so they can stay warm when it’s cold. Yes, we know it’s blazing hot these days but that doesn’t matter. Cold is coming and they’ll need more than one duvet. Love is all about sacrifice.

    Or just watch BBTitans on GOtv to learn all the other tips yourself

    There are just too many tactics for shooting your shots and we can’t just release all of them to you like that. So, watch the BBTitans show yourself so you can learn more and have fun. It’s showing on GOtv, and you don’t want to miss it.

    There’s only one week left on the show

    With everything we’ve shown you here, there’s still much more to learn, and you can only do that if you watch the show itself. It’s wrapping up in a week, so hurry and watch it on GOtv so that you can step up your shot-shooting game. Also, make sure you vote for your favourite housemate this week dutring the finale. You hear us?

    Sheriff Alimi

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  • QUIZ: This Quiz Knows What Will Get You Kicked Out of BBTitans

    QUIZ: This Quiz Knows What Will Get You Kicked Out of BBTitans

    Sheriff Alimi

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  • Rating Big Brother Fights Over the Years

    Rating Big Brother Fights Over the Years

    Every year, Big Brother invites people to his house, and every year, they decide to turn it into a battleground with numerous fights and shouting matches. From basic to iconic AF, we’ve decided it’s of utmost importance to pop culture history to rate the top ten fights so far.

    Beauty and her wig in the dancing debacle from BBN Level Up

    This fight wasn’t it. First off, it’s a shouting match. Secondly, we don’t stand for beautiful girls stressing themselves over men.

    Rating: 2/10 

    Whitemoney vs Pere from BBN Shine Ya Eye

    This fight had potential, but it started and ended too quickly. Also, the fight was more like public disrespect taken too far.

    Rating: 2.5/10

    Miracle OP and Yemi Cregx’s fight from Big Brother Titans

    https://twitter.com/censornaija/status/1619236434917072900?s=46&t=EUDMfyug5TobzOzlRYa9wQ

    We’re not too sure about this fight. People started holding them before anything could even happen. It was giving “Hold me make I no wound person” when in actuality, they can’t squash a bug.

    Rating: 3/10

    This BBA fight everyone keeps talking about 

    https://twitter.com/tifemi996/status/1618742454156693504?s=46&t=n0vCTV1NPfPjl8rQV-m5Ew

    A bit too aggressive for us because why were people moving around with knives and throwing things in each other’s faces?

    Rating: 4/10

    Another day, another Neo and Vee food fight from BBN Lockdown 

    https://youtu.be/yvgewUMVEQk

    The best thing about this fight has to be Vee telling Neo “O pe o funny”. But seeing as this was simply one of their food fights, and it didn’t give as much as it could have, it has zero rewatch value.

    Rating: 6/10

    Erica and Wathoni from BBN Lockdown 

    This fight went on for longer than it should have. It started with potential, then the plot got lost somewhere along the way. 

    Rating: 6.5/10

    The prank fight from Big Brother Titans

    Big Brother’s new children have the mind of a thousand armies. Past housemates tried their best to avoid fights. This set went out of their way to plan a fight, recruit actors, an SFX makeup artist and a director, all without Big Brother’s permission. They used the underlying issues in the house to plan their play, WHICH was creative. They also caused chaos on Big Brother Twitter, so extra points for that. 

    Rating: 8/10 

    Angel and Boma’s “I senior you” fight from BBN Shine Ya Eye

    We loved the build-up from a calm explanation in English to raised voices in pidgin. Things were said, points were made.

    Rating: 9.5/10

    Khosi/Miracle vs Nana/Jenni O from BBTitans

    This might just be the funniest fight in Big Brother history. From Nana’s high kick to Khosi’s almost escape from Miracle’s hold, it gave all it was supposed to.

    Rating: 9.5/10

    Bisola and TBoss’s breakfast battle from See Gobbe

    The build-up was insane — no talk of beating anyone up and a sprinkle of tears in the right places. It was an absolutely beautiful fight.

    Rating: 10/10

    Chioma Munachi

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  • BBTitans: Delusional Shipping 101 

    BBTitans: Delusional Shipping 101 

    Shipping Big Brother housemates has never been easy. It requires grace, strength, someone to break a bottle on your head when you start doing too much and a shit ton of delusion. The housemates are fickle and stubborn, and sometimes, they act blind to the overwhelming chemistry they have with each other. But that shouldn’t stop you from carrying all their cute moments on your head.

    Here are seven ways to still ship your stubborn faves even when they haven’t figured out their feelings for each other.

    Be delusional

    It’s the best way to live life. If your ship have refused to open their eyes to see the good thing Big Brother has placed in front of them, that has nothing to do with you. Continue staring at your screen with love-struck eyes.

    Make fan cams

    https://twitter.com/zikokomag/status/1623381802592116741?s=20

    The only thing better than watching your ship exchange quick glances and shy smiles in real-time is watching a recording of it over and over again. Trust us, we know this. 

    Vote for them 

    While you’re planning for money bouquets and hampers, don’t forget to vote for your ship. If they leave the house now, who would you aww at? How would they eventually become a thing? 

    Defend until you’re tired

    Don’t let anybody shame you or your ship, please. If they are cute, they are cute.

    Turn a blind eye to their rubbish

    The chances of one or both members of your ship acting like the bottom of a pot are high. When they do this it’ll be best to put on your rose colored glasses and ignore the bad character they’re exhibiting in front of the world.

    Be rich

    This is the most important because how are you a shipper without money? Who’ll vote to save your ship? Who’ll spoil them when they leave the house? 

    Beg them

    While you go about shipping in full force, don’t forget to beg your ship to actually begin their romance, so they don’t make a mockery of you in the streets.

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans: This Weekend’s Drama Was Proudly Sponsored by Big Brother’s Girlies

    #BBTitans: This Weekend’s Drama Was Proudly Sponsored by Big Brother’s Girlies

    After the dramatic weekend the housemates had, it’s safe to say, city girls are up 50%…

    …and Biggie’s liquor suppliers need to tell us what they put in those drinks.

    RECOMMENDED: #BBTitans: Biggie, What Did You Add to Your Stew?

    Here’s a recap of all the drama that went down.

    Ipuleng’s win?

    At the beginning of week four, Yvonne got disqualified from the head-of-house games for stepping on a line, and spent the week wearing a tail and sewing pillows. Meanwhile, Ipuleng breaks the same rule during the Friday games and wins a thousand dollars? 

    Favour over labour

    Khoyemi, please

    It’s always something with these people. Where do we start? Yemi’s still kissing Blue Aiva behind Khosi’s back, while Khosi’s flirting with Thabang all over the house. Then instead of them to do ojoro cancel, Khosi Twala went on bended knees and tried to apologise to Yemi. It took a point off the city girl scoreboard, but we’ll live.

    Mmeli the scorned 

    Sometimes, honesty is not the best policy. Because if Olivia had kept her feelings for Mmeli and Thabang to herself, maybe Mmeli won’t have gone round the house dragging Olivia’s name in the mud. He was acting like she’d picked his heart out of his chest and shattered it simply because she looked at Thabang’s face when he interrupted their conversation.

    Ebuka, the breaker of tables and ships 

    Obviously, Ebuka saw our list. He went into the house on Sunday night and revealed EVERYTHING. From Yemi and Blue Aiva’s midnight kisses to Khosi and Thabang’s fake siblingship to Yaya and Marvin’s weird partnership. 

    Thalissa 

    After Ebuka’s eviction show revelations, Thalissa seem to have understood each other, choosing to move forward with their situation.

    Mmelivia, the ship we never got 

    After the mess Mmeli dragged Olivia into on Saturday night because she paid a little attention to Thabang, we won’t lie and say we’re not happy this ship never sailed.

    The couples fight

    Between Juicy Jay and Yvonne’s ridiculous five-minute fight on Saturday and Kanaga Jr and Tsatsii’s five-second fight on Sunday, we need all the couples in the house to shift to one side so we can see road. Because why are they turning the house upside down with their spats if they’ll still reconcile before the day is over?

    Jenneli exit

    Goodbye Mmeli and Jenni O. The evil you’ve done is enough. Mmeli rubbished Nelissa and Olivia because they kept their options open, and Jenni O never kept Juicy Jay and Yvonne’s relationship out of her mouth, so their exit is much appreciated.

    This weekend’s chaos was sponsored by Olivia and Yvonne’s inability to hold their liquor, Khosi’s need to have Yemi where she wants him and Blue Aiva’s “give everyone attention” operation. We absolutely love it, and we need them to continue showing everybody shege this week.

    READ: 9 Things the Men of #BBTitans Should Do Instead of Gathering Like Ants

    Brought to you by LOVE LIFE

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans: Biggie, What Did You Add to Your Stew?

    #BBTitans: Biggie, What Did You Add to Your Stew?

    Big Brother, what aren’t you telling us? 

    We get that you only choose the most dramatic people ever to enter the house. But these new housemates are a different breed. They spend every second of every day acting like an unseen force is moving them, and we need to know what exactly is going on.

    Throughout the week, we’ve seen fights, secondary school love, romantic declarations, hospital visits and dramatic returns.

    Here’s a recap of every chaotic thing that happened this week.

    Jenny and Nana vs Khosi and Miracle 

    After a week of enduring Nana’s snide remarks, Khosi decided the best way to sort out their issues was to fight it out. But Jenni, Nana’s in-house big sister, said over her living, breathing body and went all Hulk Hogan on Khosi and everyone (Miracle) who tried to standup for her.

    Juvonne are tails of the house… AGAIN

    At this point, Biggie might as well dash that tail to Justin and Yvonne because they’ve been wearing it for three weeks straight.

    A general warning?

    It looks like he’s getting soft because the Biggie we all know would’ve sent somebody packing after the multiple infringements and broken rules during the Jenna vs Khosicle battle.

    Juiovla, the hot cake 

    The partners seem to be bubbling like hot stew. 

    After shaking the foundation of Biggie’s house with his public declaration of love to Yvonne, Juicy Jay seems to be in demand. Because Ipuleng and Jenni O have remembered how close they used to be with Juicy Jay and would like to continue their friendship.

    On the other hand, Olivia is stuck between two men. Her casual talks with her crush, Thabang, are happening more often now, and Mmeli’s swapped beds with Yvonne just to be close to her.

    Yemi, there’s no monopoly of madness

    The association of Yemi’s wives — Blue Aiva and Khosi — seem to have finally gotten the memo. If he won’t make his choice, they don’t have to either. They’ve gone around the house Yemi style, flirting and frolicking with whomever they please. 

    Khosi and Thabang, her brother

    These two need to figure out what they’re doing. We get playing the game and doing your thing in the house, but if you want to go about calling someone your sibling, the least you can do is tuck your feelings for them away and not try to kiss them.

    We won’t lie and say we’re looking forward to the weekend. The game just started, and key players might be kicked out before we get to see the end of some things, like who would Thabang choose? And how long do we have to wait for Jenni O and Miracle to fight directly?

    Fingers crossed, Biggie has a good twist for us that’ll help the drama unravel faster.

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans Olibang Is Giving Secondary School Love, and We’re Here for It

    #BBTitans Olibang Is Giving Secondary School Love, and We’re Here for It

    Big Brother has given us toxic love, pensioner love, regular love, passionate love, and now for the first time, we’re getting secondary school love. We don’t even know how to explain it, but it’s just ridiculously cute and looks so pure it makes us cheese and blush every time we see it.

    Olivia and Thabang have turned a large portion of the Big Brother audience into shippers off mere crumbs — a smile here, a look there, Thabang’s hand around her neck every now and again. They walked into Big Brother’s house acting like two secondary school students with the hots for each other, starting with Olivia’s gigantic crush…

    …their weekly afterparty rendezvous where she confesses her feelings to him…

    …and back to her ignoring him when the cock crows, stressing everyone out. 

    Every week, we wait for Thursdays and Saturdays like we’re waiting for beans to done, just so we can see these two stare deeply into each other’s eyes. And every week, they give us ela while Thabang sends a tipsy Olivia off to bed. 

    This week, Thabang reeling off his near eviction on Sunday, decides to talk to Olivia in the day… when she’s sober. But somebody, please, tell us why the boy kept hesitating?

    We all thought Olivia was the shy one, but apparently, they both are because he’d say a line of rubbish about egusi soup then walk away without even looking at her. 

    Then came Blue Aiva, her bestie. You know when you like someone in secondary school but can’t talk to them, so your friend has to call them for you after night prep, and now, you’re both swaying back and forth, holding hands at the back of the cafeteria? That’s what finally happened last night.

    We can’t confirm or deny we didn’t completely lose it and proceed to make a fan cam of these two. What we can say is Olibang is insanely cute. Everyone should experience love like this at least once in their life. Thank you.

    Chioma Munachi

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  • 9 Things the Men of #BBTitans Should Do Instead of Gathering Like Ants

    9 Things the Men of #BBTitans Should Do Instead of Gathering Like Ants

    Dear Big Brother,

    We understand there’s not much to do in your house, but the men you’ve put there have decided the best they can do is come together to talk about all the ways they’re playing the girls who like them. 

    We won’t stand for this, so we’ve decided to compile a list of more profitable pastimes they can engage in.

    Fight

    What’s reality TV without a sprinkle of intense gidigbo here and there. Please, lift your no-fights rule for one day, so these men (Miracle and Yemi) can fight once and for all.

    Do monologues

    They need to channel their inner creativity and turn all that side chat into a reputable form of art. Make them perform for their fellow housemates. Let the owner of the gist receive it and act accordingly. 

    Jangolova

    Turn your house into a playground for 30 minutes. Give them permission to tie their sheets together and swing left and right like Tarzan.

    Become handymen

    Someone broke their bed, and they want you to fix it? Biggie, give them tools and let them sort themselves out.

    Give therapy

    Come on, you’ve done it before. Make them play dress up and talk to each other about their feelings. 

    Play lover boy

    Half of them are already treating your house like their marital home. They might as well play Romeo and Juliet, Big Brother style.

    Clean the pool

    Biggie, they don’t even have to drain it. Give them soap and sponge, and make them spend their day figuring out how to wash the pool you so graciously provided them. 

    Do storytime and tell us their life history

    The men in your house need to hold a roundtable discussion with other housemates to explain in detail who they are and why they’re moving the way they’re moving in your house. The first time around wasn’t enough, please.

    Ask how they can help you

    For starters, they’re obviously bigger than you because one single respect for you, they don’t have. Maybe tell all of them to keep quiet and pick pin to remind them that you’re their big brother. 

    Please, take this letter in good fate. We’re just trying to help you help us.

    READ: #BBTitans Recap: Biggie and His Ships

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans Recap: Biggie and His Ships

    #BBTitans Recap: Biggie and His Ships

    We’re three weeks in, but the Big Brother show’s clearly just started. Ships are shaking, the housemates are rattling, and Big Brother is as petty as can be.

    The end of Lukeng

    Lukay and Ipuleng have gone their separate ways, literally. Lukay and his partner, Jaypee, walked out the Big Brother doors after their Sunday eviction as Ipuleng remained in Biggie’s house.

    Captain Biggie

    Overall best in stirring the pot unprovoked. Big Brother made sure the housemates knew he was all seeing as he made them participate in the Friday games in order of their ships, triangles and squares.

    Mmelisa fight … again

    At this point, Mmeli and Nelisa need to tell us the actual reason for their weekly WWE smackdown. Because if they fight because of a game one more time, Big Brother would have to send his ninjas to drag them out of his house for our sanity.

    Blue, the head shipper

    Blue Aiva and Olivia have become friends since Sandra’s exit, and JayVonne’s perpetual gum body started. This means she knows about the crush and has decided to play matchmaker with Olivia and Thabang.

    That exclusive vibe

    The first official unofficial couple in the #BBTitans house, Tsatsi and Kanaga Jr, have defined their relationship and are now vibing exclusively, whatever that may mean.

    Juicy the trapped

    First, I blame Big Brother for acknowledging Jenni O’s involvement in Juicy Jay and Yvonne’s situationship.  Now she and Nana believe that Jenni is the one Juicy wants, and he’s only with Yvonne because he’s “trapped” there. 

    This makes sense when you think that Juicy most likely broke his bed just so he could share a bed with Yvonne, even though there are several other free beds and sleeping spots in the house. Definitely trapped.

    With the exit of Lukay, and Ipuleng’s newfound freedom, I hope all the shippers have lit a candle for their ships because no one is safe.

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans Gidigbo Take On Truth or Dare and All the Wild Things That Happened This Weekend.

    #BBTitans Gidigbo Take On Truth or Dare and All the Wild Things That Happened This Weekend.

    We’re two weeks in with the #BBTitans housemates, and between the endless sailing and sunken ships, silly tasks and unnecessary gbas gbos, they’re showing us their readiness to work for Biggie’s $100,000. 

    As we go into the third week, here are some things you missed from Biggie’s house this weekend. 

    BBTitan’s Tiger Woods

    We don’t know how Big Brother arrived at this description, but after making it through the Friday games in fifty-one seconds, Kanaga Jr has won a thousand dollars and earned the title of Big Brother’s Tiger Woods.

    Umunna meeting

    The council of #BBTitans elders, Juicy Jay, Yemi, Marvin, Kanaga Jr and Thabang, came together to gossip talk about their numerous relationship woes and why Theo Traw was moving mad weird to the girls.

    The night of the Unravelling

    Jim Iyke and Muna Obiekwe no do pass like this. After what can only be described as a gidigbo game of truth or dare, Miracle and Yemi almost came to blows to defend their egos and retain the love of their combined lives, Khosi baby peperempe. 

    If they really meant it, they should have done like our forefathers and actually entered the ring for Khosi’s heart, Big Brother’s money be damned. 

    Jayvonne, the lovers

    Juicy Jay and Yvonne’s relationship seems to be in full swing after sharing their first public kiss at the gidigbo truth or dare game. #Jayvonne spent the entire weekend in each other’s arms, with head shipper, Olivia, not too far away.

    Xclusive don do freedom?

    https://twitter.com/Nne_dynma/status/1619440508606242817?s=20&t=bsaFCfliDLNbAkMA_mzcug

    The answer is no. After a trail of poor performances in the Big Brother House, Dj Xclusive came in determined to give the housemates the time of their lives. Now, did they have a great time? Yes, but streets are saying after the first Dj of the season came in like he didn’t care about the housemate’s happiness, Xclusive’s mgbeke feeling funky transitions might as well be the best thing since sliced bread. 

    Olibang take 2

    After spending the better part of the week gushing about her shakara baby to #JayVonne, a tipsy Olivia moved to Thabang once more. At this point, this ship is on a bi-weekly subscription, once every Friday and Saturday. Fingers crossed, someone does something to speed things up and give their shippers something to work with.

    Santheo’s exit

    Sandra and Theo Traw’s stay in the Big Brother house has come to an end. After their ill-timed back-to-back fights right before nominations, Sandra and Theo got evicted from the house a week after their entrance.

    Khoyemi with a side of Blue

    Once again, the Khoyemi ship is faced with steep tides in the form of Yemi’s wandering eyes, mouth and hands. After yet another chat about faithfulness, Yemi, the UNSHAKABLE, crawled out of Khosi’s arms and into Blue’s, acting like long-lost lovers. At this point, we need the people in their house to come and set them straight. Because the way it’s going, if Yemi doesn’t sit up and stop moving to Blue Aiva, people will definitely leave Big Brother’s house, some in an ambulance, others in a black maria. 

    RECOMMENDED: 7 Must-Haves if You Want To Ship The Big Brother Housemates This Season

    I would suggest a drinking game for every time Yemi lies to both his wives or Thabang chokes Olivia, but we’ll end the week as drunkards in a ton of bad debt. So all I can say is, hopefully, by this time next week, someone’s pushed our Olibangers together and Khoyemi apart … for our sanity.

    Starting tomorrow (January 31st, 2023)

    Chioma Munachi

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  • #BBTitans Week 2: All That Went Down in Biggie’s House of Commotion

    #BBTitans Week 2: All That Went Down in Biggie’s House of Commotion

    It’s just week 2, but shout out to Big Brother and his children for acting like top bond and keeping us glued to our screens with their messiness.

    HOH Games

    After twerking and tugging like their lives depended on it, paired-up housemates, Blaqboi and Ipeleng, now known as Blaqleng, were crowned the heads of house for the week.

    Southey vs Naija

    Between Jenni O and Theo Traw’s fight that went from zero to a hundred real quick, and Thabang, Nelissa and Khosi’s egusi complaints, it’s a surprise Biggie hasn’t split the house according to nationality.

    Inappropriate love nwantinti

    We should come together as a community and beg Khosi and Yemi to leave each other alone so that we can all collectively REST. #Khoyemi broke up last week, but now they’ve somehow managed to find their way back into each other’s arms, wrecking chaos all over Biggie’s house.

    The soft-launching of Jayvonne

    Juicy Jay has finally moved past his confusion from last week and made a decision. After sharing their first kiss on Tuesday, Yvonne and Juicy Jay have moved from their throuple with Jenni O, soft-launching their ridiculously cute situationship in front of the entire house. 

    Mummy and daddy yard

    I mean that, literally. Lukay and Ipeleng have spent more time in the garden this week than in their combined and individual beds.

    The case of the scorned

    A week of confrontation. Khosi had enough of Yemi and Blue Aiva’s canoodling and decided to go to her as a woman. As expected, that went down horribly. Blue Aiva became a clearing and forwarding agent overnight, and the entire altercation opened up a can of worms in the Khoyemi/Khosicle triangle, which led to Miracle preparing himself for a possible battle with Yemi.

    Clearly, Biggie’s children have all come together to star in their broadway production: The Case of the Scorned. 

    The end of J.O.Y

    All glory be to Juicy Jay’s unique brand of confusion. The J.O.Y squad is no more. After Jenni O went on a house-wide tour carrying face for Yvonne and Olivia and discussing her flirtatious interaction with Juicy Jay after Saturday’s party, the girlies have finally decided to be friendly from a distance. 

    The word for the season is Disrespect.

    If I had a naira for every time these housemates went on about disrespect. I would be able to buy like two coaster biscuits by now. The housemates have built at least twenty-five ships in the space of eleven days, that even breathing around each other can now be termed as disrespect. I need Big Brother to ban that word so we can all hear word.

    Saturday night is almost here, hopefully Big Brother and his Djs fix up, and the housemates make it to next week without burning the house down.

    Starting next week (January 31st, 2023)

    Chioma Munachi

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  • How to Watch BBTitans and Retain Your Sanity

    How to Watch BBTitans and Retain Your Sanity

    To stay entertained and unmoved by the bs, these are the only trusted, effective ways to watch BBTitans.

    Don’t have a fave

    Go in blind, come out blind. If possible, don’t even take note of their names. Give them nicknames, or better still, call them contestant 1 to whatever number they came in as. Detach yourself from Big Brother’s children lest they carry you go where you no know.

    Make a deal with nepa

    Go to their office with a big fat hamper and beg them one by one. We don’t care how they’ll know when you’ve watched enough. Just beg them to cut your light off when it’s enough.

    Watch it only on your TV

    Watch big brother only on your tv. Do not, and I’ll repeat it, do not watch it via Twitter. Agendas will rise. You’ll want to see what’s happening in real-time. Next thing, you’re awake at 3 a.m. watching your fave like a witch watches their calabash.

    Wear a rubber band around your wrist

    It’s going to get heated. The housemates will get into fights, but you have to remember, it’s their fight, not yours. So every time you feel like standing on your sofa and swearing for the poor TV that hasn’t done anything to you, snap the band around your wrist to snap yourself back to reality.

    Hire a slapper

    Pay your slapper well oo, so they can slap you just enough to reset your brain if you start doing the most for the housemates, but not enough to give you temporary amnesia.

    Don’t ship 

    I know they’re cute, I know you love love, but remember, human beings cannot be trusted. If you ship, they’ll do as they please, and you’ll have to defend them on Twitter. Bye bye sanity.

    Japa

    Pack your load and leave the country. Get as far away as you can. That way, you can’t just turn on your TV and see them. Problem solved.

    Chioma Munachi

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  • BBTitans and Other Possible “Distractions” from the 2023 Elections

    BBTitans and Other Possible “Distractions” from the 2023 Elections

    These are exciting times for young Nigerians. Unless you’ve been disconnected from the modern world, you’d know that a lot of activities — or what some people would term “distractions” — stand in the way of voters as we approach the 2023 general elections. 

    On January 15, 2023, we were treated to the latest of them, the Big Brother Titans. The reality show which is hosted by Multichoice on DStv has found popularity among young Nigerian audiences, especially within the Gen Z age bracket. Without much ado, let’s get into the gist of these so-called distractions.

    Football

    The beautiful game is loved by millions of Nigerians. Lots of us follow the big European leagues like the Italian Serie A and the English Premier League. As title challenges get tougher, so does the decision to select Nigeria’s next President. 

    Let’s face it, you won’t always watch your team play. Either because you’re unavailable or in some cases — like Chelsea fans will tell you — your team isn’t fun to watch.

    You can stream the highlights later while you dedicate election weekends to voting. Suspend watching football or even playing football so you don’t disenfranchise yourself as a registered voter.

    Netflix (and chill)

    2023 will see lots of great shows featured on your favourite streaming services like Netflix, Prime and Showmax. There’s also the chill component which should be more than enough to distract you from any pressing issues, including elections. 

    We ask that you take two days off — February 25 and March 11 — to exercise your civic duties. The elections come once in four years. You can always return to Netflix, so chill.

    TGIF

    Everyone looks forward to the end of a work week, which makes Friday everyone’s favourite day. Trouble is, you could party too hard on Friday and get completely hungover on Saturday which is election day.

    We’re not saying you shouldn’t be a baller, we’re only saying you shouldn’t forget to mark February 25 on your calendar. Let’s get out there and vote the right people in so we don’t become mechanics. 

    BBTitans

    BBTitans is a reality show that brings together housemates from two countries, Nigeria and South Africa. It’s the first time this is happening. The original shows in the respective countries are Big Brother Naija (BBN) and Big Brother Mzansi. This merger will see the best — and worst — of both cultures battle it out over 72 days for the grand prize of $100,000. 

    The show’s title alludes to the fact that the two countries are the continent’s economic titans vying for supremacy. 

    Meanwhile, Nigerians on social media have held interesting opinions regarding the show’s timing. One account referred to the organisers as part of an “organized crime syndicate.”

    Then there’s this guy below concerned about the “over 20 housemates” that will determine the outcome of the 2023 elections. An election with over 93 million eligible voters.

    While these are no doubt comical, there’s nothing that says you can’t have the best of both worlds. Go out and vote for your candidate during the day and then vote for your favourite housemate up for eviction in the evening. 

    Social media

    Twitter is a fun place to be for banter and the occasional dragging. It’s also a place to get lost in, same as other social media platforms around like TikTok, Facebook or YouTube. 

    While we’re all for having fun, don’t do it at the expense of missing out on voting on election day. It’s the least you owe yourself if you truly want Nigeria to get better.

    In summary, there are enough distractions to go around — those are unavoidable. You shouldn’t, however, use them as excuses to not exercise your civil rights. Big Brother, football, Netflix or Twitter will always be there. The polling booth on the other hand will be closed for voting by 4pm on the election days. 

    So the ultimate question is, would you rather trade a moment of inconvenience for four years of suffering? 

    We write the news and track the 2023 elections for citizens by citizens in our weekly newsletter, Game of Votes. Make the subscription of a lifetime here.

    Stephen Agwaibor

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  • Will BBTitans Affect Nigeria’s 2023 Elections?

    Will BBTitans Affect Nigeria’s 2023 Elections?

    Yesterday marked the beginning of another season of Nigeria’s most-watched reality TV show, Big Brother Naija. 

    Or should we say Big Brother Titans (BBTitans) since it is fused with both the Nigerian and South African franchises?

    As many Nigerians were excited to see what the collaborative season would hold, some patriotic Nigerians were not so happy about the Big Brother Titans’ timing. It clashes with a critical point in Nigeria’s history — the 2023 general elections. 

    There are also conspiracy theories about political parties sponsoring the show to distract voters, according to Labour Party spokesperson Yunusa Tanko. 

     Was launching BBTitans the right move? Could it really “distract” young voters? Here’s what four Nigerian youths had to say about this: 

    “The timing is alarming and gives money laundering vibes for the elections.” — Martha*

    Videographer Martha believes that while people are now more politically aware of the need to vote, the BBTitans may be funded by political opposition parties because of the timing. 

    According to Martha, “Why would they be having to run the whole show now? What happened to having to do a reunion for the last set? Before a new one begins? And they had to kickstart a new one by January? It doesn’t just feel right. 

    I also believe it’s a money laundering avenue for the elections. Any money that is moved at this point would be considered as “sponsor’s money”, and there will be no trace to find.” 

    On her thoughts of voting for the 2023 elections, Martha sadly can’t join the bandwagon of voters this year, as she could not catch up with Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) registrations.

    “The BBTitans are also at risk of losing viewership during the elections” — Isaac*

    Isaac as a media practitioner is highly anticipating voting for his favourite candidates in the 2023 elections and doesn’t see the show as a distraction. 

    However, he also wants people to realise that the 2023 elections are not the only program at risk of losing the attention it deserves. 

    In his opinion, Multichoice (the African broadcasting company hosting the show) would also be aware of the 2023 elections holding and might also be taking a huge business risk by organising the show at this time. 

    He also feels that the decision was made due to the two countries (Nigeria and South Africa) coming together to host one show. 

    “People arguing about the BBTitans timing is an agenda that is unreal.” — Yinka

    For upcoming music artist Yinka, he doesn’t see why an election process of 2-4 hours for 2 days will clash with BBTitans. 

    According to Yinka, “As a voter, I am not going to spend the whole day watching BBTitans. I am also not going to spend all day at the polls. Most of the BBTitan drama happens in the evenings from past seasons. This doesn’t coincide with voting which takes place in the morning. The fact that people are literally taking this agenda and running with it shows that Nigerians are bored and just looking for anything to talk about. It is an agenda that is unreal.”

    “Big Brother will not distract me from my tasks.” — Elizabeth 

    Big Brother is definitely not the hindrance that people think it is, according to Elizabeth. 

    In her own words, “I think there’s no one that was really going to vote that’d be distracted by BBN. I watch BBN and still deliver on my tasks, so this is not even that deep.”

    Sadly, Elizabeth can’t vote due to issues with recapturing her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). 

    So what do we think about their opinions? Let us also know your thoughts in the comments below. 

    Don’t forget to pick up your PVC and vote come February!

    We write the news and track the 2023 elections for citizens by citizens in our weekly newsletter, Game of Votes. Make the subscription of a lifetime here.

    Chiamaka Dike

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  • How to Shoot Your Shot Like a BBTitans Housemate

    How to Shoot Your Shot Like a BBTitans Housemate

    We’re all watching you BBTitans for the fun and drama, but there are life lessons you could use to up your dating game in there too. Here are a few surefire tips on how you can shoot your shots at your crush, BBTitans-style.

    Be mysterious

    They’ll be curious about you when they’re not sure who you are, what you are, or whether or not you even have sense. The best way to do this is to not talk too much.

    Flirt with them and stylishly ask if they have a partner

    Not because it matters to you or because it’s going to stop you anyway. But because you need to know early on if you have competition. So flirt with them a little and start dropping lines like “I don’t want anybody to come and beat me o”.

    If they do, snatch them

    If they say they do, go on the offensive and snatch them. Don’t worry about the relationship they already have. That’s just collateral damage.

    Become their listening ear

    You need to be the person they share their deepest secrets with. So they can let you in closer and closer until they’ve let their guard down completely.

    Then tell them you’re related to Kiddwaya

    You can get their attention by just randomly dropping it in a conversation that you’re related to Kiddwaya and you don’t really need the money.

    Be a little toxic dramatic

    Have someone else on the side and flirt with them in your crush’s face, so they can feel a little peppered and pay you some attention.

    But love-bomb them with food

    You already have Big Brother’s kitchen to yourself. Love-bomb them with food till they forget their sense and start following you up and down. Confusion is your primary agenda.

    Do their laundry

    Offer to wash everything they own. Yes, everything including their underwear. That way, they’re sure you’ll do anything for them.

    Give them your duvet

    Even if they already have one, give them your duvet so they can stay warm when it’s cold. Yes, we know it’s blazing hot these days but that doesn’t matter. Cold is coming and they’ll need more than one duvet. Love is all about sacrifice.

    Or just watch BBTitans on GOtv to learn all the other tips yourself

    There are just too many tactics for shooting your shots and we can’t just release all of them to you like that. So, watch the BBTitans show yourself so you can learn more and have fun. It’s showing on GOtv. Don’t say Zikoko didn’t do anything for you.

    Sheriff Alimi

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  • QUIZ: If Your Soulmate Was Food, What Would They Be?

    QUIZ: If Your Soulmate Was Food, What Would They Be?

    Sheriff Alimi

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