Committed Nigerian fans of the reality dating show Love Island USA are all primed to watch the coming reunion of the couples six weeks after the Fiji finale.

"Nigerians love drama. We love 'wahala'," says 20-year-old Nigerian student Ashimi Olamiposi, using the Nigerian Pidgin word for trouble. And there is plenty of that in Love Island.

But the on-screen drama was also matched by off-screen tensions among some in the global fanbase.

Nigerian viewers were often caught in the crosshairs with some branding them "toxic" - and others wanting them to be banned from watching the show.

This all stemmed from accusations that some in Africa's most-populous nation were trying to manipulate the outcome of the public vote as well as interfere with the social media accounts of some of the participants.