Chukwuebuka OBI-UCHENDU

education at Christ The King College Abuja, graduating in 1997, before getting his university education at the University of Abuja, up until 2004. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bwari, Abuja finishing in 2005 and then returned to school after a 5-year working gap, graduating in December 2010 from the Washington College of Law of the American University Washington DC, with Master of Laws degree specializations in Intellectual Property as well as Communications law from the Law and Government program. In 2006, he went in as one of an eventual 14 housemates on the first season of the popular reality show Big Brother Nigeria, finishing in eighth place.[6] To date, he is one of the most visibly successful BBN 2006 cast members.[7][8] In January 2017, he was announced as the host of the second season of Big Brother Naija[9] as well as the third season.[10] After the reality show in 2006, he signed endorsement deals with a major telecommunications brand as well as a popular brewing company and as such hosted Friend or Foe[11] on NTA, the GLO Show,[12] also on NTA, as well as Guinness' Greatness TV.[13] He also maintained a weekly column called Contrast with a Nigerian national daily newspaper, This day[14] for upwards of 4 years and has written for other publications including What's New & Ace Magazines. In the run up to the 2011 general elections in Nigeria, he hosted the first ever presidential debate focused on youth issues, which was broadcast live across Nigeria.[15] He also freelances as an MC for events[16] He has gone on to be a contributor to several online publications including the Y! FrontPage on the youth oriented YNaija, general lifestyle inclined 360Nobs, Breaking Times which deals mostly with current affairs, and Style Vitae a fashion and style portal.He was nominated in the On-Air Personality category of The Future Awards for 2007[20] and 2008[21] consecutively. As well as Outstanding TV Presenter of the Year (Male) at the Nigerian Broadcaster's Merit Awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015 which he won.[22] In 2011, he was selected as a Global Shaper – an exclusive group of young emerging leaders across the world – with the World Economic Forum. In 2013, he was honored by the Federal Government as one of the Best 100 Young Nigerians in one of the events to mark Nigeria's 100th anniversary as a union. On 15 April 2015 Ebuka got engaged[23] to HR manager, Cynthia Obianodo in Lagos. They got married on 6 February 2016 in Abuja. On 8 November 2016, they welcomed a daughter. In 2018 they announced they were expecting another child via Instagram