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Ebuka Obi Uchendu (1)
Date of Birth:
1982-07-14
Place of Birth:
Benin City

Chukwuebuka Obi-Uchendu popularly known as Ebuka is Nigerian renowned media personality known for hosting Channels TV's long-running Rubbin' Minds discussion program and also the reality series Big Brother Naija. He was born in Benin City on July 14, 1982.

Ebuka won the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards' Outstanding TV Presenter of the Year award. He has been nominated for other awards.

He entered the inaugural season of the well-known reality show Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) in 2006 as one of the final 14 housemates and placed eighth. He is currently among the cast members of BBNaija 2006 with the greatest visible success. Ebuka was revealed as the host of both the second and third seasons of Big Brother Naija in January 2017.

He moderated Nigeria's first-ever presidential discussion on youth-related problems, which was shown live throughout the country in the lead-up to the 2011 general elections. In addition, Ebuka works as a freelance event MC. He has since continued to contribute to a number of online magazines, such as the youth-focused Y! FrontPage on YNaija, the broadly oriented 360Nobs, the current affairs-focused Breaking Times, and the fashion and style portal Style Vitae.

Ebuka currently hosts the live-eviction show of the reality show Big Brother Naija. He got engaged to his wife Cynthia Obianodo in Lagos on April 15, 2015 and they tied the knot in Abuja on February 6, 2016. The couple welcomed their first daughter on November 8, 2016.

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