By Rotimi Ige
The fifth season of the Big Brother Naija show kicked off on Sunday, July 19, 2020, and in keeping with tradition, the new season was aptly named after prevailing social circumstances, Big Brother Naija Lockdown.

Since it began, non-stop conversations about the show have been trending on social media. According to Keyhole, a digital media monitoring tool, Big Brother Naija related conversations reach an audience of 370 million online every day, and that in the last five days, over 760,000 users around the world have published content about the show on the internet. This is in addition to the 40 million TV audience watching from all over Africa.

Besides talking about their favourite housemate, social media users found a new conversation starter in the first few days of the show – the aesthetics of the house. Long time followers of the show commended the new look of the house, praising its ambience and attention to detail.

The new decor of the house was put together by Olajumoke Ogunnaike of Lefteye’s Signature and feeds into some new elements introduced into the show this season: the Heads of House now enjoy a personal suite comprising of a private bedroom, fitted bathroom, and a personal lounge/sitting area. Additionally, a salon has been introduced to help the housemates maintain their personal grooming.

While the new look of the house was lauded, not many have stopped to think about how much would have been invested to achieve all that we see on our screens. However, investigations from sources close to the organisers of the show recently revealed that it cost about N2.5 billion to set up the BBNaija Lockdown house.

This figure includes construction costs of over N300 million, N2 billion spent on production equipment such as consoles, cameras, microphones, cables, lighting, audio, and so on. Hundreds of millions also went into the provision of utilities, information technology and safety systems, building modifications, COVID-19 adaptations to the house, etc.

It was further revealed that the company had spent an additional N1 billion or more, on the actual production of the show, including the engagement of over 300 full-time employees and talent involved in the production of the show, in and outside the BBNaija House

Earlier in the year, Accenture released a report measuring the socio-economic impact of MultiChoice in the Nigerian economy. The report revealed that in the past five years, MultiChoice had contributed about N634 billion to the Nigerian economy, investing in Nigeria’s creative sector, content and production infrastructure, and contributing tax and regulatory fees to the coffers of the government. MultiChoice was also shown to have created over 12,000 jobs within the time period in review.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/big-brother-naija-house-cost-n2-5-billion-to-complete/

This dilapidated place cost 2.5B, iranu

EcoBrick:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/big-brother-naija-house-cost-n2-5-billion-to-complete/



Mynd44
Lalasticlala

If na Nigeria govt run am for instance, na 700 billion we go dey hear for minister mouth

billion what? and there is still rat there

if you believe this, I can only say sorry to u

What?


What is then 85m prize?

That's the total production cost not the house alone. Naira is useless but not that useless.

Outrageous, A large four star hotel won't even cost this smuch

extol1:
billion what? and there is still rat there

Rats can be anywhere. Even the English have to employ the service of diplomatic cats in the state house. White house and all periodically go through fumigation et all to check all this cases too 'cause pests are always everywhere; particularly rodents and roaches. So, it ain't got nothing to do with the beauty, worth or class of the house in particular.
The organiser goofed here though. Things like that should've been put in check before the new season get underway.

Odingo1:
This dilapidated place cost 2.5B, iranu

Perhaps you check the meaning of dilapidated again. It ain't by force you have to contribute when you have nothing meaningful to say. Or do you believed the use of such word would suddenly change the class the house denotes?
Besides, read through the article again. The money did more than setting up the walls and roofs of the building but also providing, the decors, equipments and some services.

The way Nigerians mention huge sums these days, even the devil is marvelled. Thieves!!

I hear you!

2.5 trillion ni

Una just dey quote numbers anyhow. No privatebuilding in Nigeria costs 1bn. The land is what is always expensive and not the building

2.5 billion? Haba make una de lie small small na

Money contributed by youths that keep shouting there is hunger in the land.

Money that can change their lives for the better.

Misplaced priorities in life.

Lazy Naija youths, which way

Tueeh!!!

What a mess!!!



If you think you are Stupid, no you are not all that stupid,

Just think of youths like you,
who stay awake to Watch BB9ja house mates sleeping and snoring with saliva running down on their pillows for over 6 hours........EVERY NIGHT!!!.

Watching TV all night to see who is gonna refuse someone else's smelly kisses or who's gonna dance kerewa!

Now, that is what STUPIDITY is.

trueguy573:

I couldn't agree with you more. The show is outrightly irrelevant and foolish.

YOU'VE SAID IT ALL True Guy!!

Iffa hear

Righteousness89 has something to say.....

Oh he wasn't' fast enough today. No space in FP for him.

Definitely Dammn niggarrr will say something or that Buhari's personal griller

That's good for the economy, Nigerians should accept that though their shows is erotically disposed to the public.

This bbn end is coming, it might not survive next season


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Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

even if it cost 1 trillion, iyen o kan aiye

Haba!!

Mey una dey Lie small small

OMG.. Really. but they will make profits higher than that shall....
But wait ooo Wat abt that of Cameroon....

Even though naira nor get value make una dey call am with respect. 2.5billion gini, ahah. Make una dey call naira with small respect o

I know the price is inflated but not so much especially if you know what it costs to provide steady power supply for just 1week in a small house, Or you guys think they didn’t add the cost of generating power

so wetin consign them?

Tribune, no wonder no one takes them seriously again. 2.5B indeed.

2.5 what?? Please tell us another lie.