Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
Nigerian music legend, singer and actress, politician, Onyeka Onwenu, is dead, age, 72.
She was said to have slumped after performing at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli and she immediately taken to the Reddington Hospital in Lagos where she was certified dead.
According to a witness who confirmed the news, said “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, 2024), and after performing, she slumped.
“She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it,”.
However, the deceased’s family has yet to announce her death as of press time.
Truth Live News Media reports that Onyeka Onwenu is a Singer/Songwriter, Actress, Television Journalist and Social Critic and Politician.
She is the immediate past Director General of the National Center for Women Development in Abuja, Nigeria.
This Government Parastatal, which she managed for two and a half years, is responsible for Advocacy, Promotion, Research on issues concerning Women in Nigeria, as well as Training and Skills Acquisition Programs in such areas as ICT, Small Business Start-Ups, Catering, Dress Making, Knitting, etc.
In 1981, with the release of her first Album, Endless Life, she had described her MUSIC As “African Pop”.
Decades later, that description is still apt. You will hear traces of Highlife, Afrobeat, Blues, Jazz, Igbo Spiritual and even Juju, a typical Yoruba beat.
Her Music speaks to the listener about the central and humanistic values of love, unity, peaceful coexistence, respect for the rights of all as well as pride in oneself.
The “One love, keep us together” crooner will be greatly missed by Nigerians particularly in this critical stage of our nation.