ENTERTAINMENT : COVID-19 BBNaija winner, Mercy Eke reacts to testing positive, infecting celebrities

Brother Naija, BBNaija 2019 winner, Mercy Eke has reacted to rumours that she tested positive for COVID-19.

Report in some quarters had it that Mercy tested positive for the virus but partied in public places and infected the likes of Uti Uwachukwu and others.

However, Mercy took to her Twitter page debunking the rumour.

According to her, the rumour is out of hatred and jealousy to taint her image.

Her post read: “I can’t even fathom how people will be so wicked and blinded by hatred and jealousy to always try to tarnish my image.”

The BBNaija winner disclosed that she tested positive for COVID-19 and her result was negative.

“I don’t have COVID-19 and COVID is not a death sentence like you all are making it look. @VedicLifecare confirmed me negative lets spreed love.” She tweeted.

Mercy noted that she would make it public if she ever tests positive for coronavirus.

“If I have COVID-19 I will be the one to tell you what all, as we approach 2021 let us be more positive,” she added.

NEWS : Nigeria records 829 new COVID-19 cases

 

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 829 new coronavirus cases in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website on Saturday.

The new cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 83,576 which includes 70,495 discharged cases and 1,247 deaths.

The NCDC said that the country sadly recorded one additional death in the last 24 hours.

Also 256 patients were discharged after recovering from COVID-19 from isolation centers across the country.

The NCDC reported that the new infections were reported from 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory in the last 24 hours.

Lagos State recorded 296 new infections, while the Federal Capital Territory had 291 new infections, Kaduna, Rivers and Kano reported 79, 40 and 35 cases respectively.

Other states with new infections were Nasarawa-25, Bauchi-19, Benue-8, Borno-7, Edo-7, Oyo-7, Sokoto-7, Cross River-3, Jigawa-3 and Ogun-2.

NEWS : Shooting at Illinois bowling alley leaves 3 dead, 3 injured

 

A gunman opened fire inside an Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.

A “person of interest” was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said during a news conference. A subsequent tweet from the police department said a suspect was in custody.

Two of those who were shot were teenagers, O'Shea said.

O'Shea did not immediately release additional information about the victims or the person who was taken into custody. He described the scene as contained and said he did not think any officers fired their weapons while apprehending the person of interest.

NEWS : Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

 

Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans expired overnight as

 President Donald Trump refuses to sign an end-of-year COVID relief

 and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his objections

Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.

The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo Sunday as Trump continued to demand larger COVID relief checks and complained about “pork” spending. Without the widespread funding provided by the massive measure, a government shutdown would occur when money runs out at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

“It’s a chess game and we are pawns,” said Lanetris Haines, a self-employed single mother of three in South Bend, Indiana, who stood to lose her $129 weekly jobless benefit unless Trump signed the package into law or succeeded in his improbable quest for changes.

Washington has been reeling since Trump turned on the deal after it had won sweeping approval in both houses of Congress and after the White House had assured Republican leaders that Trump would support it.

Entertainment : says he’ll do full $300K sex change in 2021

 

Nigerian crossdresser Bobrisky, real name Idris Okuneye, 28, said he would go for full gender change next year.

In multiple posts on Instagram he mentioned a Dr Philip in “‘Colombia”, who will do the surgery at a cost of $300,000.

He said he had banked the money and was ready to go.

He also said he was not afraid to die, should there be complications from it.

Bobrisky revealed why he changed himself into a woman after being a man for almost 25 years of his life.

The socialite and brand influencer stated that he kept struggling even with a certificate as an accounting graduate from the University of Lagos.

According to Bobrisky, he noticed his female friends were cashing out, so he decided to join them by cross dressing, since he already has some existent female features.

He also started taking feminine body pills and robbing expensive creams, to maintain the lifestyle, which started paying off in cash.

“Dis message is for you all to read before you judge me. I was formally a man for almost 25yrs, nothing to show for it. I kept struggling even with my certificate as a graduate of accounting in university of Lagos, nothing to still show for it.

 I saw how all my females friends were cashing out back then. I went home and think about my life.

 If I join robbery they will end up killing me, secondly I don’t even have that heart  to think to that dimension or to even scam people of their sweat 

 while I was growing I have a little bit of female features in me, so I decide to try what cross dressing look like. Under one yr of cross dressing I started making money 

I was still surprise . So I gave my body more time, rubbing expensive creams, smelling good, using more of females body pills  and looking out for myself. Boom  more money keep coming… 

men admiring me, women giving me endorsements from right and left. Short story I fit in as a female to a man. 

God bless all d women around d world  many of you love me and accepted me, save me and I will always respect WOMEN”.

In a prior post, she posted the photo of someone who carried out sex change.

Bobrisky wrote: If she didn’t die during her sex change, trust me I won’t die. God forbid if I did no problem, I’m happy I did wat makes me happy. Period 

Have always loved to be a woman from child birth. Now that I have plenty money , let my wish come to pass. Colombia here I come. Doctor Philip is about to give some wet pusy” he wrote

Entertainment : Rita Dominic Finds Love At Age 45? – Photos

 

Nollywood actress and Film Producer & Co-founder of The Audrey Silva Company Rita Dominic has got a lot of people talking with her recent post.

Rita Dominic is one of the actresses who are yet to get married or have their own children. Rita Dominic was said to have dated her colleague actor Jim Iyke but their relationship didn’t end in marriage.

However, Rita Dominic has gotten people talking as she has shared a photo with an unknown man believing to be her fiance.

NEWS : Ekiti, Suspected herdsmen shoot travelers, abduct one

 

Gunmen kidnapped a traveler on Isan-Iludun-Ekiti highway in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Friday.

Amotekun State Corps Commander, retired Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe, confirmed the incident on Saturday.

He said Amotekun and police officers jointly engaged the attackers.

Komolafe noted that the kidnappers were suspected herdsmen.

“We got a distress call on Friday that some persons were abducted on the Iludun-Ekiti Road. We dashed down and were able to rescue one person from the kidnappers”, he narrated.

“The victims were ambushed at a bad spot and when they were trying to make a detour to escape, another set of gunmen came out from the bush behind and started shooting at the vehicle from both ends.”

Komalafe said the victims opened the vehicle and ran into the bush in different directions.

He assured that the corps and the police were on the trail of the assailants to free the captive.