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Nigerians React To Jeff’s Exit From 2019 BBNaija …As Viewers Say Last Saturday’s Party “The Best Ever”
On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the 2019 Big Brother Naija eviction show, Jeff became the eighth house mate to be evicted from the house. He was shocked to have been evicted from the house, but he took the eviction with grace and left the house saying his good bye to other housemates.
He talked about his experience in the house with host Ebuka Uchendu. While chatting with the host, Jeff expressed that he would like to live his life after the house one step at a time. He also expressed his hopes for Omashola to emerge as Big Brother Naija winner.
Nigerians twitter shared their thoughts about Jeff’s eviction, some users stated that they were not surprised about this eviction; others thanked God for his eviction, while many of them who are Tacha’s fans noted that he was always nominating her for eviction.
It would be recalled that the 19 remaining house mates of the 2019 Big Brother Naija took their Saturday night party to a new height as they were joined with DJ Sose for the fifth Saturday night party which was described as the best so far. It was held on Saturday, August 3, 2019. The party has been rated as a better performance and improvement over the four previous parties that held since the “Pepper Dem edition of the reality TV show began.
After 35 days in the Big Brother house, the remaining housemates who included the five newly admitted members threw caution in the air when they rocked to the DJ’s expertise behind the wheel of steel.
The following are the highlights of what happened at the Saturday night party that you must have missed.
DJ Sose matched the abilities of the house mate: DJ Sose made it to the BBNaija Saturday night party as the fifty DJ since the commencement of the reality show on June 30, 2019 like those before him that included DJ Exclusive, DJ Big N, DJ Lambo and DJ Kay Wise who also made the housemates danced their hearts out.
DJ Sose was in his best element as he dished out several tunes from Nigeria music stars, the housemates marked the rhythms from DJ Sose’s wheels of steel with erotic and great dance styles.
Embelishments from Esther, Mercy, Cindy and Tacha: The Saturday night party would have been incomplete without the embellishments from Esther, Mercy, Cindy and interestingly, Tacha. These female housemates gave the viewers reasons to look forward to another interesting night bash this Saturday.
From Elozonam to Omashola and Joe, these female rocked their dance partners who changed with the change of songs throughout the party. As always, Mercy didn’t fail to serenade the viewers with her booty dance and she got support from Esther, Cindy and Tacha.
Male housemates go shirtless: the male housemates that included Frodd, Elozonam, Omashola, Mike and Joe appeared shirtless as the club became too hot after DJ Sose kept serving hit songs upon hit songs giving delight performances to their viewers with their dance steps. The male housemates decided to flaunt their ripped bodies as the party swung into full mode. Omoshola, Mike and frodd seemed to Flaunt the most salacious body frame after going shirtless.
Joe, Omashola took turns in rocking Mercy: From Elozonam to Omashola and Joe, these male housemates took turns in rocking Mercy who couldn’t help but shake her booty to the admiration of many housemates. The guys who couldn’t take their eyes off Mercy’s behind took turns in dancing with her in the full glare of Ike who was watching throughout the party.
Ike got so angry and he told Mercy he was going for Joe who probably hadn’t gotten the memo of his relationship with Mercy. Mercy begged him not to create a scene as it was only a harmless dance and nothing to worry about.
Gedoni and Khafi, Ike and Mercy steal kisses at the party: The lover birds in the house, Geodic and Khafi, Ike and Mercy enjoyed the Saturday night party with other housemates, but also took out time to steal kisses. The lover birds ensured they found some quiet time out of the noisy club house for fun. Ike and Mercy sneaker out to steal some kisses and cuddle before joining other housemates to continue rocking the party.
Geodic and Khafi couldn’t leave each other for a split second except on one or two occasions; they were always together cuddling or rocking each other on the dance floor.
Ike picks fight with Seyi to defend Mercy: More drama ensued on the fifth Saturday night immediately after the party. Mercy had calmed Ike down and prevented him from fighting Joe for dancing with her and grinding on her during the party.
However, Seyi got angry that his drink and ice cream were stolen and went on rampage; he visited his anger on Mercy over meat. Mercy couldn’t understand, but apologised to Seyi who wouldn’t hear any of it. Apparently Mercy had told Ike what happened and the Texas returnee went to the garden to rain abuses on Seyi, calling him a ice cream Nigga.
As the argument went on, Ike went into a fit of rage and lurched at Seyi, but they were separated by Sir Dee, Frodd and Omoshola who held him back.
Tacha defends Seyi’s honour to fight Frodd: Tacha came for frodd to defend Seyi’s honour shortly after the heated situation in the house Seyi left the garden after the incident with Ike but frodd decided to bring up the issue he had with him, in his absence, he went about bad mouthing Seyi and Tacha. She went into a shouting match with frodd insisting he should go meet Seyi and sort out issues he has with him rather than talking behind his back.
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“French Up Your Career” PH, 2025 :Consul General Of France Harps On Proficiency In French
The Consul, General of France in Nigeria, Laurent Favier has encouraged French Learners to improve their skills on the language, as there are lots of opportunities up for grabs on the job market with fluency in French Language, saying that there are many other career paths which are often less well known to learners of French.
Participants at the “French Up Your Career” event held in Port Harcourt.
Favier who disclosed this during the just concluded third edition of the seminar tagged “French Up Your Career” organized by Alliance
Française, Port Harcourt explained that learning French doesn’t mean adding a language to your resume. It rather provides learners with new opportunities. Irrespective of their area of interest, be it diplomatic and International relations, international development, translation and Interpretation or journalism.
According to the Consul General, it was important to create awareness for young Nigerians in Port Harcourt who desire to have better understanding of how been fluent in French can create diverse career opportunities for users of the languages in Nigeria and the world at large, emphasizing that proficiency in French could possibly make learner a bridge between Nigeria and fast-developing regions.
“You previously heard this morning about how you can improve your French skills. This afternoon you will discover how being fluent in French can provide a significant edge on the job market and lead to professional careers that you may not have even considered before,”
“This event comes at the right time, as it launches the celebration of the richness and diversity of French-speaking cultures, which will mobilize us for more than a month throughout Nigeria and alongside other French-speaking countries,” Favier added.
He further highlighted that French is spoken by over 300 million people across the world, saying that, it’s one of the official languages of the United Nations, the European Union, and the African Union.
“There are many neighbouring African countries to Nigeria ,who have French as one of their primary languages of communication including Cameroon, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. So, what does this mean for you as students here in Nigeria?” He asked
“These sectors in which the French Embassy is often mobilized are the business and marketing field for example, as French is often the preferred language in many multinational companies, particularly those in the energy, oil and telecommunications sectors. I’m thinking as well in technology and IT,” he said
He noted that French-speaking countries in Africa are investing heavily in tech, innovation, and infrastructure, revealing that companies in Tech are looking for bilingual professionals to assist with software localization, customer support, and managing projects in French-speaking regions.
“The French embassy is not only mobilized to help learners discover promising sectors. We are also providing our support and expertise in
training teachers and optimizing university programs,” he summed up
Also, the linguistics cooperation attaché, French Embassy in Nigeria, Magaly Losange, who also gave a lecture at the seminar, in an interview with Newsmen said that the main purpose of the seminar was to be more informative and supportive to those who want to make a skill out of French Language,saying that as the linguistics cooperation attaché of the French Embassy it is her duty to promote French language through culture.
She cited traditional stereotypes as a major challenge affecting the growth and development of French in Nigeria, as school, teachers at the primary and secondary level in most cases teach French using the traditional way, where students learn French, but could not put words and grammar together as a skill for communicate.
“French is important. I don’t see French as colonization, l see French as a key to embrace globalization, l hope that learners will be inspired and ready to embrace the global village,” Losange said.
She however said that the French Embassy is working to ensure that equipments to facilitate the learning of French is put in place to enable learners improve their skills fast, which in two to three years learners should be able to communicate with French, advising learners to be intentional with learning the language, through social media and other workable devices to advance their skills for certification and better opportunities.
Highlight of the event which had about 250 participants in attendance was the eloquence award ceremony where students were awarded for their eloquence in French language by the Director, Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs.Marina Lacal alongside the Linguistics cooperation attaché of the French Embassy in Nigeria, Magaly Losange.
After two edition of the seminar it was the turn of the Alliance Française, Port Harcourt to host the Third edition.
It would be recalled that the first edition of ” “French Up Your Career” event was organized at the Alliance Française Lagos on October 23, the second one at UNILAG on November 24, 2024 respectfully.
Popular Nigerian comedienne, Tomama has revealed how she waited for Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid outside the bathroom.
She shared this while recounting her encounter with the singer at a recent event with heavy security.
In a video posted on her Instagram page, Tomama explained that she waited by the bathroom in an attempt to have a one-on-one conversation with Wizkid.
She stated that she positioned herself near the restroom, hoping Wizkid would eventually use it, giving her the perfect opportunity to speak with him.
“Wizkid, I saw you, and I waited for you to pee, but you didn’t even stand up from where you were sitting. You just stayed there. All your crew members standing around got up to go pee. I was standing by the bathroom, waiting for you to come pee so that you would notice me,” she said.
Content creator and actor, Mr Macaroni has opened up about his financial struggles, saying he was both a victim of a scam and a failed investment in 2021.
He revealed that after losing all his savings, he resorted to borrowing to settle pending commitments and slipped into N500 million in debt.
He admitted that he is financially reckless and generous, impacting his financial stability negatively.
In lengthy post shared via his X handle yesterday, Mr Macaroni wrote, “Sometime around 2020/2022, I was a victim of a scam and simultaneously a failed investment that cost me all I had saved at the time. It shook me deeply but I told no one about it. If you know me well enough, you would know I do not like to share my problems. I could be going through the worst and at the same time helping others solve their own problems but I just would never share mine.”
“After I lost all the money I had then, Trouble started when I had to borrow money from different sources to settle all pending commitments and also fulfill certain responsibilities I have always believed were mine to fulfill. I make money in millions so I never thought borrowing money to pay back with interest could ever be a problem. But I got too comfortable and it took me a long time to realise that I was using the money I was earning to pay back interests. Also, my financial recklessness did not help. Please don’t borrow money! But if you must, please be responsible.”
The actor stated that 2024 marked a pivotal moment in his acting career but it was also the most challenging year for him as he faced over half a billion naira in debt.
Mr Macaroni revealed that his frustration grew worse after he was betrayed by someone he considered “a friend and sister.”
He added that with the support of family and friends who stood by him during his trying times, he now “feels better than I have felt in the last three years!”
The comedian stated that he decided to finally share his story to encourage others who are going through challenges.