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BBNaija Level Up: Eloswag Becomes Head of House for the Second Time
The mood for the fourth Head of House games varied across both levels. While Level 1 housemates seemed a bit relaxed for the upcoming challenge, for good reasons, Level 2 housemates were on the tense side of the spectrum.
In line with the head of games tradition, all the housemates except the incumbent HoH, Adekunle, participated in the games. As usual, only the top three housemates from the first game would participate in the second and final challenge, while the worst performer from the first game, as determined by Big Brother, will be crowned the tail of the house with rewards announced later.
The first game got underway, and the challenge was to fix a jigsaw puzzle within seven minutes. Each participant was assigned a table bearing their name and a cup with pieces of the puzzle. To help with the puzzle, Biggie provided a picture of the correct puzzle on the floor beside them. The housemates were only allowed to go to the reference picture as often as possible but not touch it.
If there were no winners at the end of the seven minutes, Biggie would choose the participants closest to the correct order of the puzzle to proceed to the next challenge.
Bryann, Daniella, Diana, Hermes, PharmSavi, and Eloswag were determined by Big Brother to have the closest resemblance to the reference picture, while Deji was disqualified. They were given one minute to complete their puzzles and indicate with the pink paper when they were done.
Eloswag, Hermes, and Bryann completed the puzzle and qualified for the next game to determine the number of broomsticks in a bunch given to each housemate.
Timed at two minutes only, each participant could either count or guess the number of the sticks. Whatever number they guessed or counted was to be written on the paper beside them.
The housemate with the most accurate number would be declared the winner of the challenge. Similar to the first game, the buzzer indicated the start and end of the game. At the sound of the second buzzer, each player revealed their numbers. Eloswag guessed 390, Bryann wrote 105, while Hermes wrote down 260.
Ninjas revealed the number of sticks written in the envelope as 450. The housemate with the closest guess was Eloswag, who was declared the winner of the game and the new Head of House. He was allotted 30 minutes to come up with housemates for possible eviction. After some deliberation with his level mates, followed by a tension-soaked wait at the Level 2 house, Eloswag announced Chizzy, Daniella, Kess, Modella, PharmSavi, Amaka, and Groovy as his nominees for possible eviction this coming Sunday, giving a new twist to the usual five eviction nominees.
With these Level 2 housemates up for eviction, only the fans and the audience can save them from leaving the Big Brother house. Voting is officially open on the Africa Magic website, mobile site and via the MyDStv and MyGOtv apps and will close Thursday at 9 pm WAT.
Viewers will get 100 votes on the website and mobile site, while DStv and GOtv customers with an active subscription will get even more with Awoof Voting. DStv Premium customers will get 2,500 votes; Compact Plus will have 1,500 votes; Compact customers will get 750 votes, while Confam and Yanga customers will get 500 and 200 votes, respectively. GOtv Supa customers will get 500 votes, Max will get 350 votes, and GOtv Jolli customers will get 200 votes.
For more information about Big Brother Naija season 7, visit https://www.dstv.com/africamagic/en-ng/show/big-brother-naija. Fans can also catch the show anywhere they are across Sub-saharan Africa, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland on Showmax. Visit www.showmax.com to get started right now.
BBNaija Season 7 is headline sponsored by Pocket by Piggyvest (formerly Abeg) and associate sponsored by Flutterwave.
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has announced the postponement of its maiden annual Public Relations, Reputation, Ideas, Concepts and Excellence (PRICE) Awards and Prizes to January 25, 2026.
NIPR
The event, earlier scheduled for December 7, 2025, was deferred to accommodate stakeholders whose observance of Christmas festivities had commenced earlier than expected.
Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. Israel Opayemi, urged stakeholders to note the new date and prepare to participate in the ceremony.
He said the awards would motivate professionals, practitioners and scholars, while enhancing Nigeria’s global competitiveness in the public relations ecosystem and strengthening brand equity for all stakeholders.
Opayemi reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to delivering a best-in-class award administration and ceremony, describing the PRICE Awards as a credible and enduring platform to identify, celebrate and elevate outstanding individuals, campaigns and organisations shaping the public relations landscape across sectors.
The development of the PRICE Awards peaked in September 2025 when the NIPR President and Chairman, Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku, inaugurated a 12-man committee to organise the maiden edition. The inauguration followed the Council’s adoption of the report of a technical team tasked with establishing the awards.
Netflix has announced a landmark agreement to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max in a transaction valued at $82.7 billion, a move analysts say will reshape the global entertainment industry.
Netflix
The deal, which includes Warner Bros.’ film and television studios, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Games, was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies. Under the terms, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders will receive $23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix shares for each WBD share.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos described the acquisition as “a defining moment” for the streaming giant, noting that the company intends to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations while expanding its production capacity.
“By combining Warner Bros.’ incredible library of shows and movies with Netflix’s culture-defining titles, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling,” Sarandos said.
The transaction is expected to close within 12 to 18 months, following the planned spin-off of WBD’s TV networks division, Discovery Global, in 2026. Netflix projects annual cost savings of $2–3 billion by the third year after completion and expects the deal to be accretive to earnings per share by year two.
Industry groups, including the Directors Guild of America and Cinema United, have raised concerns about the impact on movie theaters, while regulators are expected to scrutinize the deal over antitrust issues. Netflix has pledged to continue supporting theatrical releases, with Warner Bros.’ cinema commitments running through 2029.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hailed the agreement, saying it “combines two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love.”
Observers note that the acquisition comes 15 years after former Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as “the Albanian army,” underscoring the dramatic shift in the entertainment landscape.
A major shake‑up rocks viewers and subscribers of DSTV/GOTV as many channels are set to shut down and be removed on January 1, 2026.
The trigger for the upcoming shut‑down is a breakdown in negotiations between the owners of multiple global channels and the pay‑TV operator.
As of December 2025, the deal between Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and DStv/GOtv has expired and the two parties have not reached a renewal agreement.
Without a new carriage/distribution agreement, the channels belonging to WBD risk being pulled off the DStv/GOtv line‑up.
This is the most significant content cutback the service has seen in years.
The affected channels are:
Discovery Channel
TLC
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
CNN International
Food Network
The Travel Channel
TNT
Investigation Discovery
Real Time
HGTV
Discovery Family
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