Austin Emielu, University of Ghana The news of the death of Nigerian musician Onyeka Onwenu on 30 July 2024 hit me, as a musician and popular music scholar, like a thunderbolt. I have listened to and appreciated Onyeka’s music since I was in my 20s. Onwenu was aged 72 – and video clips of her last performance at a birthday ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter, broadcaster and actor, Ms. Onyeka Onwenu, describing her death as a great loss to Nigeria, particularly the creative industry. Sanwo-Olu also extends his heartfelt condolences to the Onwenu family and the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of the singer and social activist, who died ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The sonorous songstress Onyeka Onwenu has just passed, but my duty here is to add the human angle to the legend of the goddess. Onyeka Onwenu, inimitable singer, ace broadcaster and classy actress took no prisoners in all her undertakings. Back in 1986, in the early days of the defunct THISWEEK magazine, Onyeka was billed to feature ...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, says Onyeka Onwenu’s death has devastated him. “I watched as doctors battled to save her life in vain yesterday after her elegant performance on stage. “She left us with a striking song in her last performance on earth ‘One Love Keep Us Together’,” Obi said. Writing ...

Legendary Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, is dead. She died at the age of 72. Ms Onwenu died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. An eyewitness said, “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The sonorous songstress Onyeka Onwenu is 70, and the world is celebrating her, but my duty here is to add the human angle to the story of the goddess. Onyeka Onwenu, inimitable singer, ace broadcaster and classy actress takes no prisoners in all her undertakings. Back in 1986, in the early days of the defunct THISWEEK magazine, ...

Former Senate President and 2023 presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, has congratulated lady of songs, Onyeka Onwenu, on her 70th birthday describing her as an inspiration to young people. In a personally signed letter of felicitation on Monday, Anyim who is contesting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries also told the celebrant that she is a woman of worth. Anyim ...

The Igbo women in Nigeria  have lamented the near pogrom in the South-East part of the country and called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to stop the wanton killings of youth in the region by the government security forces and unknown gunmen. The women who spoke in Lagos on Thursday at a press conference lamented the manner ...