Veteran Nollywood Actor, Olumide Bakare Is Dead

Olumide Bakare

Veteran actor, Olumide Bakare is dead. Confirming the sad incident, former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, NANTAP, Mufu Onifade  said that he passed on early Saturday.

“He had a successful surgery and after the surgery, he talked to people and told them he was fine. But two hours later, he passed on. It is very painful because I had actually been wishing him a quick recovery.

“Olumide Bakare is someone who was a hundred percent committed to the theatre profession. He started on stage and then from there, went on TV, did radio and then film which was where he settled. Of course he became much more popular for his stint of TV in Oluwa Langbe Lodge.  That was what brought him to limelight. You can’t fault him as a professional. He is someone who was very discipline.  I see him as the last of the second generation of actors in Nigeria,” Onifade said.

Earlier in the year, the veteran was rushed to University College Hospital, UCH in Ibadan, Oyo State after suffering from cardiac arrest. He reached out to well meaning Nigerians for financial help to help him deal with this ailment.

Narrating his ordeal then, the late actor said that it started since 2013 but it wasn’t so bad. Although he had treated it but the ailment resurfaced and he was rushed to the emergency unit of UCH, Ibadan where he was admitted.

SA-based Nigerian Pastor, Tim Omotoso Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Over 30 Girls

Tim Omotoso

A popular Nigerian pastor in Durban, South Africa, Tim Omotoso of the Jesus Dominion International has been arrested over allegations of sexually abusing teenage girls in his church.

He was apprehended at the Port Elizabeth Airport in the restroom yesterday minutes after his flight from Durban landed.

Tim Omotoso was earlier declared wanted by South African police for allegedly abusing young girls at his Umhlanga home. A large crowd trooped out to ask if the allegations of human trafficking was true after his arrest.

Hawks spokesman, Lieutenant- Colonel Robert Netshiunda said the pastor, Timothy Omotoso, 58, had been charged with human trafficking and would appear in Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court today.

“There is a possibility of us adding more charges,” he said.

He said Omotoso had allegedly trafficked women and girls from various branches of his church to a house in Umhlanga Rocks, Kwa- Zulu-Natal, where they were sexually exploited.

Omotoso, will be represented by Port Elizabeth attorney, Alwyn Griebenow and Advocate, Terry Price SC.

Flavour Allegedly Expecting Baby Number 3 With Another Woman

With two baby mamas who are beauty queens, it has been alleged that high life singer, Chinedu Okoli who goes by the stage name, Flavour, 33, has got a new baby mama, who is said to be madly in love with the singer.

According to an anonymous social media user, the U.S based Nigerian lady, who has been identified as Onyinye, was reportedly same the lady who had a social media fight with Flavour’s ex-girlfriend, now turned singer.

Onyinye, who is alleged to be 4 months pregnant with the singer’s baby, is also reportedly the lady behind the famous “Mr. Flavour on the Microphone”. The source who disclosed this, said he/she is 100% sure of the report.

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Nigerians React As Wizkid Slammed MTV Base For Comparing Him With Dbanj

Drake’s ‘unavoidable’ disappearance in Wizkid’s “Come Closer” video has caused Nigerians Twitter users to go as far as comparing Wizkid to Dbanj with reason that Dbanj was able get a ‘god’ like Kanye West to star in his video whilst Wizkid could not get Drake.

This went viral as MTVBase got involved by asking fans to vote between Wizkid or Dbanj via a twitter post which Wizkid replied the tweet saying “So disappointed in y’all for bringing this up. After everything king Dbanj done in the game?!! Pls show respect!!”

MTVbase has since deleted the tweet.

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PHOTO] Two Female Suicide Bombers Killed In Failed Mosque Attack In Maiduguri,

At least two bodies were recovered outside a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, early Saturday, April 8 after two female suicide bombers attacked worshippers there, officials said.

The attackers struck as worshippers observed early morning prayers in an area called Jiddari Polo.
Five people were injured in the attack, officials said.

Police said the girls could not gain much access into the targeted mosque. One of the suicide bombers later detonated an explosive that killed her fellow attacker too, police spokesperson, Victor Isuku, said.

Mr. Isuku, a deputy superintendent of police, said the incident happened “at about 0520hrs, today, when two female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies attempted to enter a mosque at Juddumuri village, after federal high court.

Body of one the female suicide bomber

“They were intercepted and prevented by the Muslim worshippers. In the process, one of them detonated her vest, killing both of them and injuring five others.

“The injured were rushed to specialist hospital, while the remains of the suicide bombers were equally evacuated by state emergency management agency (SEMA).”

A second blast was heard from the same location at about 6.37am

[PHOTOS] Drama As Kenyan Pastor Storms Mortuary To Resurrect His Dead Wife

A pastor caused a stir at the Gakwegori Funeral Home in Kenya when he stormed the mortuary to resurrect his dead wife.

Pastor Robinson Karumba of Eagle Wings Prophetic Ministries, arrived at the mortuary with his members in the early hours of Wednesday, demanding the body of his wife released to him, Nairobi News reports.

The deceased, Ms. Polly Rosa Ng’ endo who died following an undisclosed illness on Sunday, was released to his husband, who then took her into a secluded room, laid her naked body on a table and applied anointing oil.

Sources say after the pastor applied anointing oil on his late wife, he and his members started singing praise songs accompanied with a guitar and keyboard.

According to the pastor, who brought along clothes and shoes for his wife, he was following the teachings of Jesus which, he claimed, directed the believers would be raised from the dead after four days.

‘We believe she is not dead, but merely resting. She is a believer like me and has preached in many places and with prominent preachers. I had to do what I have always preached. Jesus was called to Lazarus home after he had died for four days.’ he said.
Explaining while he brought along musical instruments to the Mortuary, he said:
‘Even Daughter said my mother will come back on Wednesday and that is why I came today. We are playing guitar and other instruments because she was a musician.’

The preacher also said people are preparing for her burial scheduled for Saturday, but if she resurrects before then, he will stage up a thanksgiving ceremony instead.

‘Back at home, people have been preparing for the burial. If she resurrects, Saturday would be a thanksgiving ceremony. We will be marking her resurrection,’ he said.

Ibori Weeps As He Visits Alamieyeseigha’s Family, Graveside

Ex-convict and former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori paid a condolence visit to the family of his long-time friend and political ally, former Bayelsa State Governor, late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha on Wednesday, April 5.
Recall Ibori was still serving his jail term in United Kingdom for fraud when Alamieyeseigha died on October 10, 2015, of a high-blood-pressure-related ailment at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State.
The ex-Delta governor was accompanied on the visit by political leaders and stakeholders from Delta State, including the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Monday Igbuya.
Ibori described Alamieyeseigha as a patriotic leader who was very courageous and outspoken and stood on the side of his people at all times.
He said he was devastated when the news of the death of the Bayelsa ex-governor got to him in the United Kingdom as they both shared a common ideology and relationship, which he noted was very deep.
He added that Alamieyeseigha, until his demise, fought against oppression and evil which ultimately led to his untimely death.
While sympathising with the late governor’s family, Ibori urged them to take solace in the fact that he (Alams) was a good man, who would forever be remembered for his legacies.
Ibori, who equally took time to visit the graveside of the departed Alamieyeseigha, assured the family that he would always remember and stand by them as their father and son would have done same for his family.
The former Delta State governor also shed tears at the graveside of the late ex-governor of Bayelsa State.