Amazing things you should know about Rachel Oniga

Nollywood will miss another veteran actor Rachel Oniga. She was born on 23 May 1957 in Ebutte Metta, Lagos State. Rachel Oniga began her acting career in 1993, shortly after her divorce.

Rachel Oniga worked briefly at Ascoline Nigeria Limited, a Dutch Consultant Company before her first movie titled Onome and her debut Yoruba movie was Owo Blow.

However, Oniga has featured in notable Nigerian films such as Sango(1997), a movie scripted by Wale Ogunyemi, produced and directed by Obafemi Lasode and Wale Adenuga’s television series, Super story. Her latest features include Power Of 1, The Wedding Party, Cheif Daddy and My Village People

The news of her death is coming in a period when the entertainment industry is just barely waking from the tragic death of Sound Sultan.

Although the cause of Oniga’s death is barely known, to some reports, she died on Friday, July 30, 2021, from covid-19 complications.