Overview
- Amemuso Choir confirmed on Feb. 1 that Nwangene died on Jan. 31 at the Federal Medical Centre in Abuja after a snake bite.
- A friend told BBC Africa she was bitten in her sleep at her Abuja apartment, with two snakes reportedly found and a handler seen removing one in widely shared videos.
- BBC Africa reported she first sought help at a nearby clinic that did not have antivenom before being taken to the hospital.
- FMC Abuja said clinicians provided fluids, oxygen, and polyvalent snake antivenom, performed CPR after a sudden deterioration, and described severe neurotoxic complications.
- Tributes poured in from collaborators including Tbrass, who recorded with her on Jan. 28, as the choir noted burial arrangements will be announced and that she had been planning a first solo concert in 2026.