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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Veteran Nollywood Actor Olumide Bakare Down With Heart Disease

Sad news. Veteran Nollywood actor Olumide Bakare is down with a heart disease. The 60 year old actor has been absent from the movie scene for quite a while now because his condition has become critical according to family sources. He even had to relocate to his home town of Ibadan in Oyo State a few weeks ago to continue his treatment.

Some of his colleagues are not even aware of his current health situation.

Tiwa Savage Shows Off Sexy Bikini Body With Her Husband Teebillz

ROMANTIC is the name for it, lol

Daughter Of Former President Obasanjo Writes Father, Says He's An Hypocrite And Doesn't Own Nigeria

"Dear Daddy, you don't own Nigeria... I pray Nigeria survives your continual intervention in its affairs... I found that nothing gets done; every public official in Nigeria is working for himself and no one really is serving the public or the country.... The whole system, including the public themselves wants oppressors, not people working for their collective progress. When no one is planning the future of a country, such a country can have no future..."

"This is the end of my communication with you for life..."

Is this not rather too much to write to the person you call DADDY no matter the beef between you two- Jezz! , To rubbish your own father like this in public is not too good. This is very unfortunate and she knows it.

OOPS!!! Read Mandela's Last Message To Nigerian Leaders Before His Death

Mandela's speech to Nigerian Leaders

"You know I am not very happy with Nigeria. I have made that very clear on many occasions. Yes, Nigeria stood by us more than any nation, but you let yourselves down, and Africa and the black race very badly. Your leaders have no respect for their people. They believe that their personal interests are the interests of the people. They take people’s resources and turn it into personal wealth.

"There is a level of poverty in Nigeria that should be unacceptable. I cannot understand why Nigerians are not angry than they are...

“What do young Nigerians think about your leaders and their country and Africa? Do you teach them history? Do you have lessons on how your past leaders stood by us and gave us large amounts of money? You know I hear from Angolans and Mozambicans and Zimbabweans how your people opened their hearts and their homes to them. I was in prison then, but we know how your leaders punished western companies who supported Apartheid.

“What about the corruption and the crimes? Your elections are like wars. Now we hear that you cannot be president in Nigeria unless you are Muslim or Christian. Some people tell me your country may break up. Please don’t let it happen.

“Let me tell you what I think you need to do. You should encourage leaders to emerge who will not confuse public office with sources of making personal wealth. Corrupt people do not make good leaders. Then you have to spend a lot of your resources for education.

"Educate children of the poor, so that they can get out of poverty. Poverty does not breed confidence. Only confident people can bring changes. Poor, uneducated people can also bring change, but it will be hijacked by the educated and the wealthy...give young Nigerians good education. Teach them the value of hard work and sacrifice, and discourage them from crimes which are destroying your image as a good people.”

******* The Great Nelson Mandela (RIP) in an interview with Nigeria’s Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s in 2007 excerpted from an article, first published in Peoples Daily.