Way to go senate. 12 GOSA to you guys for a job weldone. I dont see anything with Big brother Africa. If i were in senate i will vote yes. Thanks for your action,

Why so much hysteria about the senators' decision to ban BBA frm being on Nigerian tv if thats the only way to restore sanity and moral standards in the society so be it. This is Africa for crying out loud, not the western world where there is little or no respect for morality and values, our cultures and values should not be compromised  for a million bucks!
@ D Senators biffers
The lawmakers are elected to mke laws and rep the interest of the pple, If they make a law to regulate the kind of programmes aired on tv which hitherto check moral decadence in the society, such gesture should be applauded rather than the condemnation its receiving frm some bunch of misinformed individuals. If the senators go about chasing campus girls, that doesnt mean every Dick and Harry should throw caution in the wind by airing on tv live sex- we must realise that BBA is not a movie where Actors and actresses do it in the make-belief world, this time around its real and thats why its called reality tv show. With the rate of nudity and porn on BBA, the organisers may have gone far beyond the positive impact the show is meant to have on youths. Once again I give kudos to senators for checking this menace and calling multichoice to order. If u love porn so much you can go and buy it and watch it in ur room and not on a tv station where there is a general view.

Naija and their hypocrisy:


And what if these same senators order Seun to take down all the threads where BBA was discussed and ban us from discussing such issues on this forum?


I wonder how those voting yes would react


Clearly, if this story is indeed true. which i suspect it is. The senators involved are jobless.

If they make a law to regulate the kind of programmes aired on tv which hitherto
check moral decadence in the society, such gesture should be applauded

Where's the fun in life without a little bit of the harmless things that religious extremists refer to as "decadence"?

BB is an imported show and the place where we imported the idea has more respect for privacy and less for nudity, what on earth is camera doing in the bathroom? immorality in a monumental scale!! anybody that finds fun in watching people bath is a pervert and is still unrecovered from the sickness of peeping from the key holes, but i assure you that bba is not going to cure your lust for naked people

Seun:

Where's the fun in life without a little bit of the harmless things that religious extremists refer to as "decadence"?

So basically, we should throw away centuries of tradition cause you are afraid of those whom to refer to as religious extremists getting some point scored even if it is for the good of the kids in the country and even your own kids How would you like it if your own daughter or sister happens to be one of those being watched by millions of googling eyes in the name of fun?? I hope you will not complain.

Anyway, this is a move in the right direction for Nigeria and I hope for africa. Thanks romeo for stressing how silly that show is.


Yes, back in the days, maidens had their breasts hanging, but today, would you encourage your daughters to do so today?? So why then encourage such shows BBA deciding the rating for Parents is ridiculous. What has BBA's rating to do with actuallity. These people are looking for ratings and will even push it to 12 if necessary to get their way. We see people try to do there every now and then here in the USA but parents fight to keep such stuff away from children by setting the bar high. I mean let us think, If even the Oyinbos do not encourage their 16 year olds to watch such stupidity, why should we be the one's to accept such trash?? Why don't we go a step further and allow 16 year olds watch their mothers take a bath then??

never had the time to watch the show anwyay but from what i hear from my bros them i think more flesh than neccessary are being exposed for crying out loud,what are cameras doing in the bathrooms?continuation of the peeping game for the keyhole loving folks

mellow:

The banning of BBA is a little belated. I am grossly disappointed at the way some folks

reason here. If I had had my way I would have banned it since. imagine going to see

my friend the other day only to see their 3 years old female twins giggling. I was baffled

so I aske them: Franka and Fransisca why are you girls giggling and all they did was to point

to the screen and lo and behold there was nekadness on the screen and the younger twin said

see hair there and they were the only ones at home with the house girl who was in the Kitchen.

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I thin the parents should be blamed and BBA if kids get to watch. It's an adult thing and everyone has the right to and not watch.

Like medicine, keep out of the reach of children. The Senators should be concerned about combating corruptions, inflation of contracts and other evils they don't see wrong than infringe on the rights of Nigerians.

In America where rights are obeyed don't they banned stuff?[/color][color=#990000][color=#990000][/color]

mellow:

In America where rights are obeyed don't they banned stuff?[/color][color=#990000][color=#990000][/color]

Here is the thing about Big Brother America,

1) It is aired on CBS, CBS happens to be a FAMILY CHANNEL, ie, they push no nudity, infact, this same got into trouble a couple of years ago for airing the Victoria's secret Fashion Show. Parents called and complained that it was too much for kids and CBS had to pull the plug. After that, Victoria's secret had to clean up it's show a bit more. And Mind you, this show was not about naked women esposing private parts but women wearing bras and panties to show off the line. It was a Big deal and many people sit to watch that show every November until that one year, the cuts were too much for parents and they screamed and that was it for Victoria's secret on TV that year.

2) Big Brother America never shows things like that. I am sure you saw the Hoopla about Janet Jackson exposing her nipples on tv and how they went after her, fined her and her people for such stupidity ( even though it may have been an accident). Even the stations that aired it were fined. Since then, all Live shows have been on 5 second delays to make sure there is not a repeat of such.

3) Stations that want to air trash like that have to have special licenses and in that case, parents/adults have to sign up specially to have those channels, they are not freely available on cable line ups, you have to sign up for those channels on your own and many of them are tagged MA = Mature Adults ONly.

4) Same thing is applied to video games and many other movies and more.


Even Big Brother AfterHours does not Do to the contestants what these people are doing to these people in Africa. I mean come on, why do we always have to be the idiots?? Allowing such nonsense to fly People in Africa do not all have TVS with V-chips so calling for parents to block such from their kids is immature, banning such is the best move until we get to where we can say parents can vchip such shows.

Where's the fun in life without a little bit of the harmless things that religious extremists refer to as "decadence"?


I dnt get it, you call Uncensored porn harmless! perhaps u dnt know the magnitude of its psychological effect, And who says there is no fun in life without ur so called 'harmless things'

BBA is a show of shame as far as I am concerned. the housemates( or inmates) especially Richard and his shameless cohort tatiana or something, would have made alot more money  if they acted porn movies, that way they get paid as professsionals.

lonelypal:

Where's the fun in life without a little bit of the harmless things that religious extremists refer to as "decadence"?


I dnt get it, you call Uncensored porn harmless! perhaps u dnt know the magnitude of its psychological effect, And who says there is no fun in life without your so called 'harmless things'

Don't mind him,  He himself removed the show pictures from his Forum Site and then he claims the Religious EXTREMISTS are the ones trying to deprive him of his PORN. I just searched the Entertainment posts and could not find the pictures of the naked women that someone felt to post on one of the Big Brother threads. Yet he claims the RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS are after his idea of fun. "BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE BUT I WILL NOT CONDONE THE SAME ON MY SITE"!!!

To ban the show in total to me makes no sense. if you want the porn out. ban the packaged uncut show (which really is pure porn, they even went to the extent of including slow motion. haba)

skyope:

To ban the show in total to me makes no sense. if you want the porn out. ban the packaged uncut show (which really is pure porn, they even went to the extent of including slow motion. haba)

SHows HOW MUCH they RESPECT you africans then, adding slow motion so you all can see well that they intend to make sure you see every inch of it. Nice!!!! BBA is an All AFRICAN show,  I am sure husbands, brothers, Mothers and grandparents all over africa are proud!!


Banning the show will force the producers to work with the NBC to come up with a rules so they can understand what they can serve the african people and what they can not. Banning the show will force other producers out there thinking to come make money with such filth in Africa know that it won't fly. Even our own Nigerian movies do not go so far and we have thousands of Nigerian movies to prove this. Why then do we allow some stupid production team somewhere with no scrupples to tell us what we ought to see?? I suspect the NBC banned the show in response to the people's call for such, positive sign.

@Kobojunkie
Life is all about choice here. people in that house are all above 20 and they made a logical, rational choice to enter the show for money.
As i said before, the show is rated 16NL. For God's sake why would a parent allow his/her kid to watch something rated 16NL? Why isn't there as much furore about movies? Haven't Saw 2 and Hostel been shown on TV before?

Nearly every movie out there has scenes inappropriate for children, yet there's no furore over it. Maybe it's because Nigerians find it more difficult to get self-righteous about violence in movies. Go find out how many of us watched Chuck Norris slit throats and break necks as 7-8 year olds.

Big Brother Africa is a REALITY show. it takes a sandbox approach to show the interactions and dynamics of people forced to live together for some time. The Cameras are actually to be on them at all times to stay true to the theme. naturally, gross scenes like toilet scenes are left out, it's not like you talk 2 someone when you're taking a shit.

I have no time or patience to watch Big brother but i dislike people forcing their choices on others.
After all, when our northern muslim brothers went on a rampage condemning the hosting of the Miss World beauty paegent, many people from the south were up in arms condemning them for trying to impose their beliefs on others. but here we are and the same people are now trying to force their ideas and choices on others.

As per the issue of parental guidance, BBA is shown only on DSTV ( at least the shower hour part). By default you can set parental guidance locks on each DSTV box, so you don't need no v-chip in your TV. Every household with DSTV can use this feature if they want. If you're leaving your kids at home, simply set the block to show stuff suitable for minors. simple! don't label something as 'immature' until you're absolutely sure you're on point with what you're saying

As for your janet jackson analogy, that was a poor analogy. BBA is rated 16NL. Superbowl is probably rated E for everyone, so families and kids were watching when she did the whole boob job. Ditto for shows like the Oscars and Music awards.

Don't y'all just like it when Nigerians go apeshit for songs that glorify crime (Yahoozee, I go chop your Dollar) yet become the soul and spirit of morality when they feel they can get away with being self-righteous?

I don't listen to crappy music and do not oppose those in the Big Brother house doing what they want to with their own bodies. I am more concerned about where we are going and what we allow, and the future of my own kids, more than I am of the future of those who want porn shoved in their face in the name of entertainment.

I say porn should be left to those who want it and so it should be that I should have to be made to specifically sign to get such porn channels for me to get them, not for me to get cable tv and have that added onto my bill whether I like it or not. Simple!!!

Trust me, a lot of the kids have seen people get killed right there in their own yards. This is no reason why we should continue to shove such in their faces and believe it is ok or say it is then right cause they have already seen it. Sure we saw chuck norris do all that as kids DOES NOT make it right. Fact remains, those movies had ratings that were not for kids in the first place, so we saw them when we should not have. Now we know better and we demand better and now we have seen the people's desires start up. If the Big Brother franchise wants to continue, they will have to play according to the rule of the people, Simple!!!

I have never heard the song, I go chop your dollar, neither do I sit listening to songs that glorify crime, not everyone does that, infact, there are persons out there who would be happy if all rap music and songs glorifying rap were canned. IT is Time for us to DO THE RIGHT THING ,  and STOP Going with the mentality that SINCE WE HAVE DONE IT SO LONG means it is RIGHT,  That LOGIC NEVER WORKS for any society.


I don't even care about the NBC people who banned it, I am more elated that for once they actually did something that to me benefits the people and I sort of believe they acted in response to letters or calls from people about the show. Which to me is a huge positive move for our democracy,

Big brother is a stupid show.

I have a problem with the level of ignorance displayed on Nairaland on the issue of BBA.

The producers and sponsors of BBA have a commercial agenda and the sexploitation of Africa did not start with BBA and we must condemn it without delay.

The NBC has the right to withdraw the licence given to MultiChoice and if the NBC fails to do so, the government can sack the board of the NBC.

MultiChoice will no longer abuse and misuse the privileges given to it by the NBC.

Nigeria is still safer than South Africa where rape is so rampant that even little girls are no longer safe.

A more informed poster said such sexploitation is not allowed on TV in America.
A TV network was slammed for even showing the bare breast of Jacket Jackson on TV.

BBA 2 was a pornographic reality show on TV, whether cable or not, the NBC must ban it.

If the senators are screwing your sisters or aunties in Abuja, your sisters and aunties are prostitutes and they did not screw them on TV before millions of viewers.

Any Nigerian girl or woman who is as desperate as Ofuneka, can even get paid $250,000 act in only three hours of a porn movie. I have American friends who are porn actresses and they can help the Ofunekas on Nairaland and elsewhere in Nigeria to become porn stars and you don't have to compete for 90 days to win of lose $100,000 for a porn reality TV show called BBA.

BBA 2 really showed me the true colours of many members of Nairaland and I thank God that the shameless prostitutes among them are now exposed.

Please, Seun, create a Nairaland Board for Porn.
It is our human right to have a section of Nairaland to view videos of BBA with all the shower hours and sex scenes.

Orikinla:

I have a problem with the level of ignorance displayed on Nairaland on the issue of BBA.

The producers and sponsors of BBA have a commercial agenda and the sexploitation of Africa did not start with BBA and we must condemn it without delay.

The NBC has the right to withdraw the licence given to MultiChoice and if the NBC fails to do so, the government can sack the board of the NBC.

MultiChoice will no longer abuse and misuse the privileges given to it by the NBC.

Nigeria is still safer than South Africa where sex-attack is so rampant that even little girls are no longer safe.

A more informed poster said such sexploitation is not allowed on TV in America.
A TV network was slammed for even showing the bare breast of Jacket Jackson on TV.

BBA 2 was a pornographic reality show on TV, whether cable or not, the NBC must ban it.

If the senators are screwing your sisters or aunties in Abuja, your sisters and aunties are prostitutes and they did not screw them on TV before millions of viewers.

Any Nigerian girl or woman who is as desperate as Ofuneka, can even get paid $250,000 act in only three hours of a porn movie. I have American friends who are porn actresses and they can help the Ofunekas on Nairaland and elsewhere in Nigeria to become porn stars and you don't have to compete for 90 days to win of lose $100,000 for a porn reality TV show called BBA.

BBA 2 really showed me the true colours of many members of Nairaland and I thank God that the shameless prostitutes among them are now exposed.

Please, Seun, create a Nairaland Board for Porn.
It is our human right to have a section of Nairaland to view videos of BBA with all the shower hours and sex scenes.

Bull's eye Orikinla

Orikinla:

I have a problem with the level of ignorance displayed on Nairaland on the issue of BBA.

The producers and sponsors of BBA have a commercial agenda and the sexploitation of Africa did not start with BBA and we must condemn it without delay.

The NBC has the right to withdraw the licence given to MultiChoice and if the NBC fails to do so, the government can sack the board of the NBC.

MultiChoice will no longer abuse and misuse the privileges given to it by the NBC.

Nigeria is still safer than South Africa where sex-attack is so rampant that even little girls are no longer safe.

A more informed poster said such sexploitation is not allowed on TV in America.
A TV network was slammed for even showing the bare breast of Jacket Jackson on TV.

BBA 2 was a pornographic reality show on TV, whether cable or not, the NBC must ban it.

If the senators are screwing your sisters or aunties in Abuja, your sisters and aunties are prostitutes and they did not screw them on TV before millions of viewers.

Any Nigerian girl or woman who is as desperate as Ofuneka, can even get paid $250,000 act in only three hours of a porn movie. I have American friends who are porn actresses and they can help the Ofunekas on Nairaland and elsewhere in Nigeria to become porn stars and you don't have to compete for 90 days to win of lose $100,000 for a porn reality TV show called BBA.

BBA 2 really showed me the true colours of many members of Nairaland and I thank God that the shameless prostitutes among them are now exposed.

Please, Seun, create a Nairaland Board for Porn.
It is our human right to have a section of Nairaland to view videos of BBA with all the shower hours and sex scenes.

More than slammed. CBS suffered the sting for months. Janet Jackson suffered so much for that incident. People got fired for that and the station had to pay hundreds of thousands for that insult

Orikinla:

I have a problem with the level of ignorance displayed on Nairaland on the issue of BBA.

The producers and sponsors of BBA have a commercial agenda and the sexploitation of Africa did not start with BBA and we must condemn it without delay.


If the senators are screwing your sisters or aunties in Abuja, your sisters and aunties are prostitutes and they did not screw them on TV before millions of viewers.

Any Nigerian girl or woman who is as desperate as Ofuneka, can even get paid $250,000 act in only three hours of a porn movie. I have American friends who are porn actresses and they can help the Ofunekas on Nairaland and elsewhere in Nigeria to become porn stars and you don't have to compete for 90 days to win of lose $100,000 for a porn reality TV show called BBA.

BBA 2 really showed me the true colours of many members of Nairaland and I thank God that the shameless prostitutes among them are now exposed.

Please, Seun, create a Nairaland Board for Porn.
It is our human right to have a section of Nairaland to view videos of BBA with all the shower hours and sex scenes.

For someone open-minded enough to start a post on Nairaland called 'Talk to Your Vagina' it shouldn't be a great leap of faith to accept that people seek different forms of entertainment and their tastes might differ from yours. So what?
I don't watch big brother, and i consider it a waste of my time. But there are always people who are ready to dump on what you do for entertainment. I watch cartoons like The Simpsons, Johnny Bravo and i play video games occasionally. I've had people walk by and make some crappy remark. That doesn't make it right.

I gave a useful analogy of the cancelled Miss World beauty paegeant. So why was there so much furore in the south about the Northern muslims imposing their beliefs on us? Afterall, to many of the guys up north a beauty competition like that is just shy of pornography. But that THEIR view and it's wrong to impose your views on others.

I'm tired of repeating this over again. Responsible parents can prevent their children from watching nudity. And Orikinla, i find it odd that a proponent of sex education like yourself is harping on and on about nudity.

Also amusing is you and kobojunkie's resolve to use the US as an analogy for how broadcasts should be run. Yes, NBC et al ban showing off too much flesh on live television, if you will. That makes them a good model to follow, right? Yet in the US homosexuals and lesbian are given free rein in society, yet it's a semi-crime here in nigeria to be gay. So how do you benchmark what standards to be aped here in Nigeria from the US?

As long as your preferred choice of entertainment does not bring harm to others, why should it be a bother to a censor? why are we applauding when the House of Reps choose an utterly non-essential topic to show Nigerians their seriousness after ettehgate?

Orikinla, i'm not too sure who your 'sisters and aunties' comments were directed at, but i need you to clarify i'm not included in that. It's not worded like a general analogy and it appears that was directed at some specific people. I know you're not a kid so i'm shocked at the immature tone your article drifted to at times. while i know you took a lot of flak on the BBA thread, it still does not excuse this.

And just for the record, i'm also strongly against any planned anti-gay legislation. i say this because it seems like the next step these jobless guys in the House will take, and it'll still be met with the same level of support on NL. because. . .

"It's not in our culture!!"

Right.

perverts

texazzpete:

And just for the record, i'm also strongly against any planned anti-gay legislation. i say this because it seems like the next step these jobless guys in the House will take, and it'll still be met with the same level of support on Nairaland. because. . .

"It's not in our culture!!"

Right.

You advocate for parents controlling what their kids watch. If it turns out that the parents and many single adults out there are the ones who demanded the ban, then what happens to your argument and your calling the senators jobless folks @Texazpete

you cant call for the ban of something u dont like to watch, thats just simply selfish, i f u dont like it, dont watch it!!! its rated 16NL for crying the f, ck out loud what the hell do u think the n and l stands for, nice and light

reginol:

you can't call for the ban of something u don't like to watch, thats just simply selfish, i f u don't like it, don't watch it!!! its rated 16NL for crying the f, ck out loud what the hell do u think the n and l stands for, nice and light

Yes you can do such. That will force those who made it freely available to reconsider how they will want to share their information with the public. If the public are against it, then you have to find a way to reach those who do not at the cost of those who do not care for it. That is what the right to vote is about!!

@Kobojunkie
very many parents and single adults watch BBA. And i dare say they even enjoy it too.
banning BBA in Nigeria is just gonna leave a gaping hole in the broadcast bouquet that someone is shelling his hard earned cash for.
Me, i detest home videos but i don't go around crapping on people that watch 'em.

i support that becos na rubbish them just dey do .all the money wey them they using to do that rubbish why cant dey bring the money to AJ so that me wey dey eat 1 0 1 go dey eat 111 as an average man.senator kudo to u

texazzpete:

@Kobojunkie
very many parents and single adults watch BBA. And i dare say they even enjoy it too.
banning BBA in Nigeria is just going to leave a gaping hole in the broadcast bouquet that someone is shelling his hard earned cash for.
Me, i detest home videos but i don't go around crapping on people that watch 'em.

In Nigeria A gaping whole well, we have so many producers out there with more descent shows to offer. And I am sure the Nigerian people will not die cause of the Ban. BBA on the other hand can now get a clue and maybe work to clean up their act if they really value the Nigerian customers.