Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Nigerian game show)

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Logo of Nigerian Millionaire.jpg
Logo since 2022
Created byDavid Briggs
Mike Whitehill
Steve Knight
Presented by Frank Edoho
Country of origin Nigeria
Original release
Network NTA
Africa Magic
Silverbird TV
Release8 October 2004 (2004-10-08) 
25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)
Release20 March 2022 (2022-03-20) 
present

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Nigerian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . It first aired on 8 October 2004 and stopped temporarily on 25 June 2017. On 29 August 2017, a deal was secured with Airoplaycare behind the new sponsor after MTN Nigeria pulled out from the game show.

Contents

Lifelines

Current

Three lifelines were presented at the beginning of the game in order to aid contestants:

Former

Top prize winners

Top prize losers

Biggest winners other than top prize winners

Final question right

₦10 million (15 of 15)
Professor Maathai Wangari won the Nobel Prize for which of these?
⬥ A:Literature⬥ B:Economics
⬥ C:Peace⬥ D:Medicine
Aroma's ₦10,000,000 question

On September 11, 2009, a contestant named Aroma Ufodike became the first person to win the 10 million, and he is the only winner of the top prize on the Nigerian Millionaire. [1] One of the questions related to celebrated Nigerian football referee Linus Mbah. Just like in Slumdog Millionaire Mr. Ufodike was able to answer the question from his personal experience. Mr. Mbah lived in the apartment above him or, as Mr. Ufodike put it – "He lives on top of me!" [2]

Special editions

The Nigerian variation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has special editions which are recorded and broadcast at certain times of the year. The Valentine Special, which comes up around February, features couples being placed on the hot seat to answer questions for the money prize together. The Children Special edition is used to commemorate the Children’s Day celebrations. It has featured children between the ages of 8–14 years of age from different backgrounds who came to play for 10 Million Naira in scholarships. [3]

Money trees

Here are the money trees that have been used on Millionaire throughout the years.

Payout structure
Question numberQuestion value
(Yellow zones are guaranteed levels)
2004–20062007–20172022–present
1₦5,000
2₦6,000₦7,500₦10,000
3₦8,000₦10,000₦15,000
4₦10,000₦15,000₦20,000
5₦15,000₦20,000₦30,000
6₦20,000₦30,000₦50,000
7₦30,000₦45,000₦100,000
8₦45,000₦70,000₦150,000
9₦80,000₦120,000₦250,000
10₦150,000₦250,000₦500,000
11₦250,000₦500,000₦1,000,000
12₦500,000₦1,000,000₦2,000,000
13₦1,000,000₦2,000,000₦5,000,000
14₦2,000,000₦5,000,000₦10,000,000
15₦5,000,000₦10,000,000₦20,000,000

References

  1. "Best winner of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". YouTube .
  2. "15 Questions, 10 Million Naira! Chimuanya 'Aroma' Ufodike slays Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". News by BellaNaija. 14 September 2009.
  3. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire rewards children". The Guardian. 20 June 2017.