{"id":296704,"date":"2026-02-22T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/296704\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:56:09","slug":"imisi-says-she-named-her-three-dogs-after-bbnaija-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/296704\/","title":{"rendered":"Imisi says she named her three dogs after BBNaija colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imisi further claimed she named the dogs after the ex-BBNaija housemates as a gesture to appreciate their friendship.<\/p>\n<p>By Kehinde Okeowo \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 winner, Opeyemi Ayanwale, popularly known as Imisi, has claimed that she named her three dogs after three of her former housemates as a rare gesture to appreciate their friendship.<\/p>\n<p>She shared this during a recent appearance on the Drink Or Spill podcast, alongside fellow reality star Kola Omotosho.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>According to Imisi, she named her pets after Kola, Kaybobo, and Isabella, who were her close friends during their time on the reality show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI named my three dogs after my friends from BBNaija. I have Coco, Bella, and Bobs. That is Kola, Isabella, and Kaybobo,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/thenicheng.com\/saga-says-work-colleagues-encouraged-him-to-audition-for-bbnaija-after-noticing-his-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Saga says work colleagues encouraged him to audition for BBNaija after noticing his talent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Responding to the claim, Kola remarked: \u201cDon\u2019t be unfortunate. You can\u2019t name your dog after me. Anyway, my name is not Coco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2026\/02\/22\/i-named-my-three-dogs-after-bbnaija-housemates-imisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kola<\/a> also discussed his current relationship status, disclosing that he is still single.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>He added, however, that he is ready to change his status when he eventually finds the right person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imisi further claimed she named the dogs after the ex-BBNaija housemates as a gesture to appreciate their friendship.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-296704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}