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A woman alongside her accomplices have been apprehended by the EFCC over an alleged N179 million fraud.  The Suspect, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe A woman, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe alongside two companies, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited, were on Monday arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged N179 million fraud. EFCC arraigned them on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act. The woman was said to have used the sum of N139,704,097 of the N179 million to play sport betting and also paid a tithe of N1 million to a church in Port Harcourt. One of the counts against the defendants read:  “That you Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe, Elites Finance Investment Limited and Efinc Global Investment Limited som...

Nigerian TV presenter, Uti Nwachukwu has insinuated that Big Brother Naija housemate, Laycon will emerge winner of this year’s edition.  Uti Nwachukwu, Laycon Popular Ex-BBAfrica housemate, TV presenter and model, Uti Nwachukwu has predicted that BBNaija Laycon will emerge winner of the 2020 Lockdown edition of the reality TV show. Backing his opinion, Uti said the first week of Big Brother Naija usually points out the winner. He said a particular kind of ‘grace’ usually follows the housemate, leading to eventual victory. In His Words; “Usually in the first week of #Bbnaija a certain kind of grace follows a particular Hmate. The masses inexplicably like, have empathy/sympathy for and unshakably start the support/ ‘stanning’ of that Housemate leading to their eventual VICTORY. This year that housemate is LAYCON”. It looks as though Laycon is the only housemate many Nigerian celebrities are supporting. Just yesterday, celebrities like Skiibii, Reminisce, Dotun and many others showed ...

Fans of the BBNaija show watched as a housemate went memory lane about her rough beginning.    Lucy   A Big Brother Naija housemate, Lucy couldn't hold back tears as she went down memory lane speaking about her family, her father and what life felt for her after she lost her mother.   The emotional housemate spoke at length as fellow housemates watched.   The incident caused reactions online.   Here’s how some fans reacted below: Adeola wrote:  All these details are so unnecessary LUCY Tutu wrote:  Lucy with the super story…   Nneka wrote:  Lucy dis won’t work oh once u re up for eviction we send u home sharply to go face ur family problem biko   Precious wrote:  We can already write a movie from all lucy been saying. We are not buying pity card ! No girl , you will now tell us your 30 years story in a day why #BBNajia  

As COVID-19 cases surge in Madagascar, public hospitals said they have reached their full capacity and may not be able to accept more patients.  Panic As Madagascar Hospitals Reach Full Capacity As Covid-19 Cases Surge Public hospitals in Madagascar have reportedly reached full capacity and will only admit patients with severe symptoms of Coronavirus as cases surge in the Indian Ocean island nation. The Bloomberg news portal reports that five public hospitals in the capital Antananarivo had already announced that they could no longer cope with the influx of patients. The government has opened a 400-bed treatment center for people with mild symptoms and is importing about 1,000 oxygen machines. Earlier this month, President Andry Rajoelina reimposed a lockdown on the country’s central region following a spike of new cases. The measure extends till July 26 with further directions expected.   As for those who don’t get tested and eventuallly die at home, they will not be included...