Rachel Oniga, Veteran Nollywood actress, is dead

Rachel Oniga, a highly respected Nollywood actress, is dead. Reports of her death filtered in on Saturday morning and Bimbo Oshin, also a notable name in the movie industry, posted the news on her Instagram page. Inside Gombe cemetery where at least 10 infants are buried daily PODCAST: Human Trafficking: ‘Nigeria Must Ditch Its Infamous […]

Rachel Oniga, Veteran Nollywood actress, is dead

Rachel Oniga, a highly respected Nollywood actress, is dead.

Reports of her death filtered in on Saturday morning and Bimbo Oshin, also a notable name in the movie industry, posted the news on her Instagram page.

“Heaven has just gained another beautiful soul. Aunty Racheal. Ha!” she wrote.

Samklef, a music artiste, also posted the about the death of the actress but did not go into details.

Born on 23 May, 1957, in  Ebute Metta, Lagos, She began her acting career in 1993.

Before she made her major acting debut in Nollywood with “Onome,” Oniga worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultancy firm.

She hailed from Eku  in Delta State.