Popular show host and broadcaster, Frank Edoho, has been announced as the host of the television game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Organisers of the game show unveiled Frank Edoho on Sunday night at an event held in Lagos.

According to the organisers, the ultimate prize to be won on the show is now N20m, and it would be broadcast for 52 weeks.

Tagged ‘The Rebirth’, another addition to the show will see contestants able to use a ‘lifeline’ of ‘asking the host’ whenever they get stuck.

Other lifelines on the show are ’50-50’, ‘Call a Friend’, and ‘Ask the Audience’.

The popular game show, originally a British show, was adapted and first aired in Nigeria on October 8, 2004, going off-air on June 25, 2017, due to a rumoured lack of funds after its major sponsor MTN pulled out.

Edoho was applauded by many for the way he handled the show, particularly his sense of humour and the suspense he employed, which usually left contestants and viewers glued to the edge of their seats.

However, in 2017, Edoho announced his departure from the show, citing disagreement on contractual terms with Ultima Studios.

The show is sponsored by UP, a payments and financial technology company, in collaboration with BLK Hut Media, producers of the Nigerian version of the show, under the license of Sony Pictures.

Past winners of the show include Osazuwa Osahon Daniels, who went home with N5m in 2009; Aroma Chimuanya, who got N10m in 2009; Babatunde Oladipo, who walked away with N5m in 2010; and Nnaemeka Ubaekwena, who left the show N5m richer in 2012.