FOR FOLK IN ABUJA AND PARTS OF THE NORTH, YOU WILL SEE THIS IN PEOPLES DAILY TOMORROW

For Kevin, massive, prideful, patriotic support from Nairalanders
Inside the Big Brother Africa Revolution house, there was Kevin “Jostified” Chuwang Pam - 27-year-old, English graduate, entertainer and proudly diminutive (“simple and short with guts”) native of  Jos, Plateau State. Outside, there were hundreds of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria from around the world, who converged daily on the social networking site called Nairaland (www.nairaland.com), owned by another young Nigerian, Seun Osewa (“armchair entrepreneur and part-time software developer and a reasonably competent Linux administrator”) and toasted, campaigned, mobilised for votes, voted, voted, voted, and voted for Kevin. Never mind that there was some roasting of the young man, whenever his swagger appeared staggered.
By press time, the Big Brother Africa 4 (The Official Thread) on Nairaland had notched 170 pages and  50,236 views.
The first post on the thread, on 6 September 2009, at 8:46pm was by a Nairalander (as members of Nairaland are called) based in Port-Harcourt, named Ogagusps3 , with a unique signature -“I’m the don, I’m the don, so its done, when I say its done (sic).”
His opening post on the thread was simply “The Revolution” apparently in reference to what MNET tags the BBA4.  Strangely, he showed up sparingly, thereafter: he had only 16 postings on the thread. He is a regular on Nairaland’s Computers/Internet, Gaming and Technology Market forums.
The diadem for the Most Regular Contributor/Commentator/Analyst on the thread would be a keen contest between Naijagal, who showed up first on 8 September at 10:26am and GTay, a self-described Big Brother Watcher, whose entry, on 13 September, at 10:33pm, looking back, promised a regular interactive presence. He was the first to show the mug-shots of all the 24 housemates.
Other regulars include: Lindabon, Ziggy mama, Dominique, Lawyerchap, Soloqy, Tampico, Mannylex, Soki2ng, BlueDiva., Ambber, Gunnergal, Ponytail, TEE ZERO, Honeric01, Mykali, Aladunni, Osuide4, Omohwummy, Salsera, Sultan003 and df2006.
Someone like Kaydee came in saying “it’s Big Brother’s turn to watch me,” but the lure of the thread was irresistible; he kept posting.
Quite a number depended on the thread to follow the show, because they were sure they would get detailed live reports, analyses, updates, and answers to all sorts of questions. Pity, videos cannot be uploaded on Nairaland.
Although there were three Nigerian housemates, Kevin was clearly the favourite of the Nairalanders. The first sole endorsement of Kevin (sometimes erroneously called Kelvin) was by Janeobi2, on 8 September, at 5:48pm:  “The 9ja guy KELVIN is a flavour, intelligent and energetic. I think our guy will go far. Watch out!!!!!!!!!”
Ambber concurred, sort of:  “With 3 reps in the house, naija votes will be split and that may mean early exit for all 3. am sticking with Kevin for now.” How wrong she was. Two Nigerians – Nkenna and Kevin – were in the Top Five. Nkenna was an exact opposite of Kevin and the other Nigerian, Geraldine, a law student.  Nairalander Fellis was the first, on 13 September, to voice disapproval, with a hiss to boot, of Nkenna:  “I don’t like Nkenna, why is she so hyperactive?” (Somewhere else, Fellis howled: “To say na only Nkenna dey rep naija, I for vex tire.”) Nkenna, in truth, on BBA4, was hyper-everything. If she reads all the things said about her on the thread, she would have to go for what the Pentecostals – which she claims membership of – call Deliverance. Never mind that Nkenna’s banner was:  “Nice, friendly, creative, entertaining and funny.” Geraldine was The Silent One. Want to laugh? In a collection of Quotable Quotes contributed by GTay, this is what is attributed to Geraldine: “Hmmm!”
A large number of thread-mates felt she should not have been picked as a Nigerian rep. She is not the one to blame, really. It was her identical twin sister, Jacqueline, who had applied to be a housemate. Then fate determined otherwise. Jacqueline had to go face matters of marriage, and then persuaded Geraldine to take her place. Geraldine, it turned out, had hardly lived her life without her twin: they did a lot of things together. She may not have won the big prize, but she got her independence through BBA4. She left the show more confident to, walk alone.
But then she had defenders, like Reptyle, who posited, early in the show:  “All of you saying Geraldine is boring should remember the fact that she was selected for her character traits. She definitely cannot come into the house and be something she isn't. Some are loud; some are quiet; others are somewhere in between. Overall, the diverse characters either complement each other and get along or antagonise each other and cause sparks to fly. That is the whole essence of the game.” Hear Ziggy mama: : “i think i prefer Geraldine to Nkenna now. . . she doesn't talk much n so does not say embarrassing things that seem so untrue lik NKENNA!” Some wondered why the cameras were panned away even when some of the housemates were semi-nude; even as the show was rated 18NL (N for Nudity and L for Strong Language).
A number also wondered why the thread was not migrated to Nairaland’s homepage, instead of being atop the TV/Movies forum.
Different folk, different strokes: that is really how to describe the trend of contributions to the thread. Opinions, counter-opinions; attacks and counter-attacks. Ambivalence writ large. Sometimes some of the posters wondered if they were all watching the same show. It was, after all a game, a study in psychology.
But the fulfilment, for the guys and gals on the thread, is summed up by another regular, Mannylex: “It would be a thing of joy to know that we have contributed to someone’s (read: Kevin’s) fame, to someone’s success, to someone’s breakthrough and that we have put a smile on someone. Yes we can, yes we will and God helping us definitely we would deliver. You all are the best, I've been to different sites, but there's none like u guys, how wonderful it would be if a Nairalander should participate in BBA cos u all deserve it, I can't start mentioning names cos it's so numerous, u've all done well. U guys are the best. All I can say is well done.”
The deed was done, to say it like Itai, the Zimbabwean male housemate, who was the last evictee before the Final 5. And, remember the first poster on the thread, Ogagusps3, its done when i say its done (sic). Give it to him.

Where is Dwain with the envelope o!

Kevin wins this. Take out your bets now, if you haven't

Teased my wife now: why did they show he hghlights in this order: Kevin, Emma, Eddie. Hope the next person to go is Kevin. I didn't bother to look at her face to see what kind of eyes she had used for me. (That na da transliteration!) But, come to think of it, why were the Highlights shown like that?

Brought out my red wine. At this time, it is not only Mzamo that knows how to drink

Achure Adumba, ex-Silverbird, now on Studio 53, was sighted among the ex-housemates.

If I were IK, I would welcome here with a drink. Smirnoff Ice or something

@ Funkybaby: You took those words from my wife's mouth

The next housemate, Nkenna

@GTay: It is called Murphy's Law. Even my Internet Modem just acted up.

May be am too old, but that Bow Wow didn't wekk for me!

How of many you really watch the commercials within the show. Talk true o

The Deed is DOING!
Itai ha the DANG

Yeah, Soloqy, and that is the final answer!

K'nan: he was there live, I think in the beginning.
He is an African - Somalian? - based in the US.
Had been featured on CNN's Inside Africa once

Trust MNET to make it a great FINALE.
And, hey, the Managing Director of MNET-Africa is a Nigerian, Mrs Biola ALABI (nee Adekambi). Yes, We Can

The moment of TRUTH

, I will go with mannylex,

@ Sology: Is that your final answer - I can't help, at this time

Can anyone (who knows) guess what Kevin's height is: in feet and centimetres.
Thanks much

Wonders: the fellow who started the thread - Ogagusps3 - just showed up. Before his re-appearance, he had only 16 postings.

@ GTay: How many people really have you heard bearing Nkenna? When the name was first mentioned, I thought it was a mistake; that the name is Nneka. I have heard of Ikenn (Ndaguba) but Nkenna!
BBs are supposed to be studies in psychology. That's why in the early BBAs, they brought some psychologists to analyse the behaviours of the housemates.
So, guys, beyond the thread, you can run with a BBA 4: The Post-mortem.
We can get M-Net to acknowledge the efforts of this thread. (It's doable).
There are several possibilities, trust me.

The tap has burst again.
Nkenna is on the floor, yakking about her boyfriend, her boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, and ex-ex-girlfriend (who liked his money).
"I like him, because of his positivity"
Thankfully, BigBrother has gone on Commercial Break.

Missed that

Can ou imagine Nkenna calling Kevin a talkative.
That's so off-point.
Wonder why she didn't get the Worst Liar Award

Swagga King of Swag, Eddie crowns Kevin

Pour cold water on your seat!

Many thanks.

Someone help me: what is Kevin's full name?

Splendid

You guys, GTay, naijagal, will make CNN's i-Report producer green in the eyes.
If you don't mind, kindly text your email addresses to me on 07041315535. Let us discuss some possibilities

It was indeed awesome.
And that was not fake.
Unlike Obama, he was not reading from a teleprompter.
He may have jotted some notes, but he moved away from the podium and spoke from the heart.
I was indeed proud of him. Yes, I was