BY AGENCY REPORTER
Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, has been reported dead.
Her passage was announced by Fathia Balogun, a popular actress. According to her, Oniga died of COVID-19 complications.
In a Facebook post, Balogun wrote, “Rachel Oniga died from COVID-19 complications. May her soul rest in peace.”
A versatile and dispassionate personality, Oniga, who featured in several Yoruba and English versions of the Nollywood movies, passed on at age 64.
The screen goddess passed away at the age of 64 on Friday. Oniga, born on May 23, 1957 in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, was blessed with a daughter.
She got into acting 1993 shortly after her divorce. Report had it that the veteran actress had only a few days ago shot some scenes in a movie in Mowe, Ogun State, before her demise on Friday night.
She worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company before her first movie, Onome, hit the screen.
