BREAKING: Legendary Nigerian Singer, Onyeka Onwenu Dies At 72Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Ms Onyeka Onwenu is dead. According to reports the iconic singer Tuesday night after performing at an event at Banana Island, Lagos. Onwenu was said to have slumped after performing at the birthday ceremony of Stella Okoli, owner of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She was later confirmed dead at a hospital in Victoria Island, The Guardian Newspaper reported. Onyeka Onwenu was born in 1952, in Obosi, Anambra State, Nigeria.