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BBNaija: Liquorose Wins Head Of House Challenge, Picks Saga as Deputy
For the fifth Head of House challenge on Monday night, the BBNaija housemates were all gingered to bring their ‘A’ game seeing how last week’s game played out.
Following a grueling battle among the housemates, Liquourose emerged as the winner, slightly edging out Pere and was crowned this week’s head of house.
Her win automatically earned her immunity from this week’s eviction as well as the chance to enjoy a movie night in the executive lounge with four housemates of her choice, courtesy of Showmax.
After almost an hour of deliberation, she decided on Saga as her deputy. But because she was barred from the HoH lounge by Big Brother two weeks ago, she won’t be enjoying the luxury of the lounge during her reign. As a result, her deputy, Saga, had to pick his love interest, Nini, to stay in the lounge with him.
As usual, the HoH challenge was to be followed by the nominations, but Biggie took out a couple of minutes to address some issues from the past week including microphone infringements by Pere, Maria and JMK.
The three of them were issued one strike each by Big Brother as a result.
Pere, Queen, Peace, Sammie, JMK, Maria were then put up for possible eviction having gotten the highest number of nominations from fellow housemates.
HoH, Liquorose used her veto power to save Peace replacing her with Cross.
At least one of the five nominated housemates will be leaving the house come Sunday.
The voting lines opened on Monday at 8pm and will close on Thursday, 26th August at 9pm.
Voting will be on the Africa Magic website and via the MyDStv and MyGOtv apps. 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.
For GOtv customers on Max, they get 350 votes and GOtv Jolli customers get 200 votes.
Abeg is the headline sponsor of Big Brother Naija season 6, and the associate sponsor is Patricia. To find out more about this and other information on the sixth season, visit www.africamagic.tv/bigbrothernaija.
You can also follow the official Big Brother Naija social media pages for news and updates with the hashtag #BBNaija on Instagram @bigbronaija and Facebook www.facebook.com/bigbrothernaija as well as all verified social media pages of DStv Nigeria, GOtv Nigeria, and Africa Magic.
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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