Top Nigerian celebrities suffering from kidney related ailments

Kidney related ailment seems to be prevalent in the Nigerian entertainment industry.

A couple of Nigerian celebrities have been lost to this ailment and this should cause for concern among stakeholders. Among the celebrities lost to this now dreaded ailment is OJB Jezreel, Muna Obiekwe, Fred Ekata, and others. At the rate at which this  ailment is claiming our celebrities, proper  awareness should be given to celebrities on their lifestyle. The toil of the nature of their work also contribute to this and as such, celebrities should take time to seek proper medical check up from time to time.

Emma Ugolee

Emma Ugolee undergoing dialysis Christmas day 2015

TV personality, Emmanuel Ugolee popularly called Emma Ugolee has been battling with chronic kidney ailments for four years now. He is the producer and anchor of TV show on HipTv, The Gist, which strictly discusses issues around the entertainment industry with key players including musicians, actors, writers, and sportsmen among others.

Ugolee has taken it upon himself to create awareness about early detection of kidney related ailments and also care of the kidney.

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Leo Mezie

Leo Mezie

Popular Nollywood actor Leo Mezie is down with kidney related ailment. Sickness is said to have reached an advance stage and needs urgent financial assistance to forestall the worst. It was gathered that the actor has been battling the ailment for several months on his own until things got to a head that when his second kidney was alleged to have collapsed.
Mezie is known for his princely and armed robber roles among other roles.

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Prince James Uche

Prince James Uche

Veteran Nollywood actor, Prince James Uche has being battling with hypertension, kidney and heart related ailment since 2007.

In 2012, Uche’s wife was forced to leave their matrimonial home because she could no longer cope with the burden of taking care of him and their three children. Shortly after, he was served an eviction notice from his landlord to vacate his residence at 45, Yetunde Brown Street, Gbagada, Lagos. Uche needs N11 million to undergo kidney transplant abroad.

Though the Filmmakers Welfare Organisation of Nigeria has inaugurated a “Save a Soul” intervention campaign, it has yielded little or no result to save the life of this actor.
Uche was a former Vice President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).

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