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  • BBNaija All Stars: Whitemoney, Neo, Alex evicted

    BBNaija All Stars: Whitemoney, Neo, Alex evicted

    Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Alex, Neo and Whitemoney have been evicted from the reality TV show.

    All three were evicted on Sunday.

    Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the show host, announced their  eviction on Sunday evening.

    The housemates up for possible eviction were: Alex, Ceec, Whitemoney, Adekunle, Neo, Mercy and Ilebaye.

    Whitemoney was the 9th housemate to be evicted from the show, Neo Energy, the 10th and AlexUnusual being the 11th.

    As Ebuka announced Whitemoney’s eviction, himself and the housemates looked shocked. Being a former winner of the reality show, they were probably expecting he would get into the finals but what is this edition without a surprise??

    Neo Energy was the least of the 3 evicted housemates, he garnered 4.36% votes. White money had 8.06% and Alex 13.41%.

    Last week, Doyin and KimOprah were even evicted from the show.

    The winner of the BBNaija reality TV show will go home with a prize money of N120 million.

     

  • Mercy Eke under pressure to quit BBNaija All Stars

    Mercy Eke under pressure to quit BBNaija All Stars

    BBNaija All Stars housemate, Mercy Eke has expressed her feelings to voluntarily exit the show if she’s allowed.

    Mercy made this decision during her diary session with Biggie on Wednesday,

    According to her, she would love to exit the show following her altercation with fellow housemate Alex, on Tuesday night.

    Recall that Mercy had on Tuesday night after the Guinness game engaged in a verbal argument with Alex resorting to name-calling,

    Revisiting the incident during her diary session with Biggie on Wednesday, Mercy explained how the words Alex had used affected her, especially when Alex told her to “Go and die”.

    Expressing her desire to voluntarily exit the house, she said: “When Alex said ‘go and die,’ I felt like it wasn’t a big deal, even though she claimed not to remember saying it.

    “However, as I thought about it more, I realized I would never tell anyone to ‘go and die.

    “I felt incredibly sorrowful after the argument. Engaging in a quarrel with Alex, of all people, was unexpected. Now, I’m at a loss. And I feel like I’m ready to go home.”

  • BBNaija All Stars: Ceec, Alex settle their differences

    BBNaija All Stars: Ceec, Alex settle their differences

    Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Cynthia Nwadiora, popularly known as CeeC has revealed that she has settled her dispute with her age-long beef with colleague, Alex Unusual.

    Recall that the duo began their rivalry during the BBNaija Double Wahala edition in 2018.

    However, CeeC announced to fellow housemates in the ongoing all-star edition recently that she has “settled” with Alex.

    Speaking in Pidgin, she said, “Alex people we don settle o. You know say we don tay, we no be new cats o.

    “All these our old fanbases, dem go chew all these new cats wey fresh wey dey give dem content. I no get content to give o.”
  • BBNaija All Stars: CeeC speaks on reconciling with Alex

    BBNaija All Stars: CeeC speaks on reconciling with Alex

    Big Brother Naija All Stars housemates, Cynthia Nwadiora, popularly known as CeeC, has noted  that she is not ready to reconcile with her age-long  rival, Alex Unusual, “even in the next 100 years.”

    According to her, Alex hasn’t changed frpm whom she was five years ago when they both featured in season 4 tagged Doube Wahala edition.

    Ceec made this revelation while chatting with head of House, Adekunle Olopade.

    She said Alex thinks she can make her life “uncomfortable.”

    CeeC said, “As far as I’m concerned, I don’t like her [Alex], and I don’t think I will ever like her even in the next 100 years. I don’t want to f*ck with her. It’s that simple. Even here, I told myself that whatever energy you bring, that’s the energy I will return. I will just act like I don’t know anyone anymore here.

    “And I have seen that she is still the person she was in 2018…Alex is someone who just thinks that she can make my life uncomfortable.”

    Recall that both  Alex and CeeC had heated argument on Tuesday   over the wager task on Wednesday.

  • Ex-Chelsea defender undergoes heart bypass surgery

    Former defender, Alex has revealed that he has undergone heart bypass surgery to clear four blocked arteries.

    The 39-year-old footballer retired in 2016 after a long and successful career playing for Chelsea, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, and AC Milan.

    Alex’s former club, Santos shared a video of the former defender at a hospital in an undisclosed location as he recovers.

    ‘I came here to deny reports saying I had a heart attack. I found a (health) problem a few days ago, doctors decided to give me a bypass surgery. I had four blocked arteries,’ Alex said.

    I just left the intensive care unit, I will stay at the hospital for another six days.’ he added

  • Why I wrote WAEC, JAMB four times-Alex, BBNaija star

    Why I wrote WAEC, JAMB four times-Alex, BBNaija star

    Reality Tv star, Alex Asogwa has opened on why she wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and also the Joint Admissions and matriculation board(JAMB) exams four times

    Alex made this known during a chat with Glazia Magazine.

    Recounting her experiences, Alex said: “When I was younger in secondary school, I was in science class and at some point, I needed to change school because my parents were worried I wasn’t very serious at school and still came tops in class so they changed my school and I had to drop one class because of that change,” she said.

    “I was supposed to go to SS2 but I was put back in SS1 and that really affected me psychologically. I am not sure if my parents understand how much of an effect that had on me. I stopped loving anything that had to be with the sciences and I just loved to be free. That was when I realized how much freedom meant to me.

    “If I was just going to make my own decisions, I won’t be changing school. So, I started to love the arts. All my friends were in art class and I started going for their classes. When I left secondary school and went to university, because I had done science in secondary school I couldn’t pursue my love for art in the university, it was a lot.”

    Speaking further, the filmmaker noted that she did her fourth WASSCE as a 300L undergraduate to retrace her steps in terms of the required subject combinations of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) towards the arts before she got into BBNaija.

    “It was stressing me and I had to write WAEC and Jamb four times. I think I wrote the fourth WAEC shortly before the reality show. In school, I actually helped people from the art class with their assignments. Then in university, people studying theatre arts and mass comms would come to meet me to help them with assignments,” she added.

    “These were people in 400 level while I was in 100 level studying Agriculture. I was basically studying something I had no interest in, and helping people do their own assignments. So, when I wrote my fourth WAEC exam, I was hoping to pass and move. I didn’t mind starting from the beginning because I was already in 300 level Agriculture.

    “I had just two more years to graduate but I didn’t mind starting afresh for theatre arts as that was what I wanted. I wanted to write stories and see those stories come to life. I was also working with a friend of mine, I was the dance coordinator in my theatre group and I was helping the drama coordinator to create stories and all that.

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    “I just felt like it was my calling. When I went for the reality show (Big Brother Naija) and I came back, I was like what is the need waiting? Why not pursue what I need because I’m not going back to study agriculture that I was planning to change from before I left. So, that’s why I had to go study filmmaking.”

     

  • YouTube appoints Nigerian Okosi MD of Europe, Middle East, Africa

    YouTube appoints Nigerian Okosi MD of Europe, Middle East, Africa

    YouTube on Tuesday appointed Nigerian Alex Okosi as Managing Director of Emerging Markets for YouTube in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to further drive expansion and fuel growth in these areas.

    Okosi will be responsible for running YouTube’s business and partnership teams across emerging markets in EMEA including Russia, the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa.

    The Head, YouTube EMEA, Cecile Frot-Coutaz. based in London office, said Okosi would be responsible for running YouTube business and partnership team across emerging markets in EMEA including Russia, middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Frot-Coutaz said that Okosi would resume in April 2020 and will be reporting to her to the London office.

    “I look forward to welcoming Okosi to our YouTube EMEA leadership team.

    “He brings a wealth of experience in the content industries and has a track record for building businesses and audiences in established and new markets.

    “Okosi will be leading our existing teams in Russia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa (MEAN) to drive further expansion in these key markets,” she said in a statement.

    According to her, Google and YouTube have long invested in growing its business across its EMEA emerging markets with some recent milestones.

    She said that the milestone included most recently at the annual Google for Nigeria event in July 2019, YouTube announced its commitment to support emerging talents across Nigeria.

    Frot-Coutaz said it was by teaming up with Mr Eazi and the emPawa initiative to support 10 emerging Nigerian music artists to build their craft, increase their fan base and connect with the world through YouTube.

    She said throughout the years, YouTube had played an essential role in the discovery and development of African sound and exporting African music to listeners worldwide.

    According to her, in fact 70 per cent of the views from the 25 most-watched Sub-Saharan African artists come from outside the continent.

    She said that in September 2019, YouTube successfully launched YouTube Music and YouTube Premium in MENA which further exemplified the opportunities offered by this high-growth region.

    She said that Russia was one of YouTube EMEA’s highest growth markets with the number of YouTube channels with more than one million subscribers growing by more than 70 per cent in the last year.

    ‘’Alex’s appointment will only further fuel the development of our creative ecosystem in the region,’’ Frot-Coutaz.

    Okosi described YouTube is a game-changing platform that plays an increasingly important role in our lives today.

    He said that it was through the dynamic content and innovation that it delivered.

    ‘’I am very excited to be joining Frot-Coutaz’s leadership team to continue empowering creators and elevating value for viewers and partners across the region,’’ Okosi said.

    Prior to joining YouTube, Alex served as a long-time TV Executive.

    Most recently he was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Viacom/CBS Networks Africa & BET International.

  • Love more important than money- Alex Unusual

    Asogwa Alexandra, a Big Brother Naija star known as Alex Unusual has said love is more important to her in a relationship.

    The svelte dancer who gained prominence for her dance routines on the show noted that money will always come and go, but love will stay.

    She made this known in a chat with The Nation.

    When asked about her stance on love and money, she said: “It depends. There are some people who have a lot of money now but when you look at their lifestyle, you know that if they continue their life like this, in the next three years, they won’t have anything again or if no one is there for them, they are going to fall. So, if I see someone who is not financially buoyant, I am not going to take his burden into my life and I know that God will not send a burden to me. But I am not saying you should be able to afford all the cars in this world but be okay for yourself, at least you can feed yourself. It is love that matters and not what the person has.Love matters more than money because money will always come and go but love stays.

    Speaking further, Alex who has over 1m followers lamented over the difficulty of checking her DMs.

    “Yes I do. I check my DMs the much I can because I don’t like it when people say, ‘Oh Alex, I sent you a DM, you couldn’t even reply’ and I’m like, ‘if you are getting two DMs in maybe 5hours, I am getting like 500 in maybe three hours up-to like 1000 in a day’ and it keeps trooping it and I keep trying to keep up”.

  • I am not dating Tobi- Alex reveals

    I am not dating Tobi- Alex reveals

    Former BBNaija housemate and dancer, Alex has revealed that she is not in a romantic relationship with Tobi.

    Speculations has been rife about them being in romantically involved, ever since Cee-c alleged that Tobi had sex with Alex.

    Alex speaking during the finale of ‘DoubleWahalaReloaded’ on Sunday night with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu said she was not in any relationship with Tobi.

    According to her, Tobi is her very close friend but they were not emotionally involved.

    Alex said: “Tobi is my very close friend, we are not dating or in any relationship.

    “We fight a lot outside the house but there is nothing more.

    “Our fans should stop attaching relationship to I and Tobi.”

     

    Following their intense rift which set social media ablaze, former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Cee-C apologized and reconciled with Alex.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that an intense drama had ensued on recently during the ‘Double Wahala Reloaded’ show after Alex broke down in tears.

    Alex had during the show expressed anger that she had been trying to resolve her rift with fellow housemate, Cee-c but all efforts proved abortive.

    She recounted how she confronted Cee-c after the show at her hotel room but Cee-c’s sister slammed the door against her.

    However, Cee-C in her reaction revealed that she has no issues with Alex, adding that she was just surprised to hear that Alex and Tobi had sex in the hotel room after the show and ‘pretended’ to be best friends.

     

     

  • BBNaija Reunion: Alex, Cee-C reconcile after intense drama[VIDEO]

    BBNaija Reunion: Alex, Cee-C reconcile after intense drama[VIDEO]

    Following their intense rift which set social media ablaze, former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Cee-C has apologized and reconciled with Alex.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that an intense drama had ensued on Friday night during the ‘Double Wahala Reloaded’ show after Alex broke down in tears.

     

    Alex had during the show expressed anger that she had been trying to resolve her rift with fellow housemate, Cee-c but all efforts proved abortive.

    She recounted how she confronted Cee-c after the show at her hotel room but Cee-c’s sister slammed the door against her.

     

     

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    She also lamented about how Cee-c disregarded her severally in public places citing Nina’s birthday party as an example of such.

    However, Cee-C in her reaction revealed that she has no issues with Alex, adding that she was just surprised to hear that Alex and Tobi had sex in the hotel room after the show and ‘pretended’ to be best friends.

     

    The exposé made Alex to break down in intense tears and then walked out from the reunion show.

    Alex who couldn’t control her tears, threatened to break the camera of Big Brother Naija crew who followed her after she angrily stormed out of the show.

    She said “Take this Camera off my face or I will break it. Stop following me with this camera.”

    However on Monday night edition of the show, Cee-c apologized to Alex as they hugged one another.