{"id":268257,"date":"2024-12-19T22:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T22:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:05:04","slug":"former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has shared more details about her estrangement from her family.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TVC NEWS Entertainment reporter, Theophilus Elamah, the actress spoke about the issues that led to her dropping her family surname.<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has shared more details about her estrangement from her family. Speaking to TVC NEWS Entertainment reporter, Theophilus Elamah, the actress spoke about the issues that led to her dropping her family surname. See More \u276f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has shared more details about her estrangement from her family. Speaking to TVC NEWS Entertainment reporter, Theophilus Elamah, the actress spoke about the issues that led to her dropping her family surname. See More \u276f\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"364\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":59,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nollywood\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/\",\"name\":\"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":364},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/19\\\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has shared more details about her estrangement from her family. Speaking to TVC NEWS Entertainment reporter, Theophilus Elamah, the actress spoke about the issues that led to her dropping her family surname. See More \u276f","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":364,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname","datePublished":"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/"},"wordCount":59,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png","articleSection":["Nollywood"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/","name":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png","datePublished":"2024-12-19T22:05:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ec0c9f11ba46db9a0a632e0f41b04641.png","width":720,"height":364},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/former-bbnaija-winner-phyna-speaks-out-on-why-she-ditched-her-family-surname\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former BBNaija Winner, Phyna Speaks Out On Why She Ditched Her Family Surname"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}