Ifunanya Nwangene, a 25-year-old Abuja-based classical, jazz, RnB, and soul singer, popularly known by her stage name Nanyah, has reportedly passed away after suffering a snake bite at her residence in the early hours of Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at her home in Abuja when a snake attacked her, inflicting a bite that later proved fatal.
According to information gathered, Nanyah reportedly made frantic efforts to save her life after the incident, rushing herself to two different hospitals for urgent medical attention.
However, she was said to have been turned away or left untreated due to the unavailability of anti-venom at the facilities she visited.
Ifunanya Nwangene’s brother, Emy Kaybaba, has narrated how his talented sister died.
Emy Kaybaba stated that she called him at 8:30am on Saturday, January 31, to tell him she had been sleeping when she felt pain and woke up to see a snake.
She immediately tied a tourniquet to prevent the venom from spreading.
He added that she told him she was taking herself to the hospital and he stayed on the phone with her all through.
The first hospital in Lugbe, Abuja, said they didn’t have anti-venom so she went to another hospital.
At the second hospital, they untied the tourniquet, not minding Nanyah’s protest.
Emy Kaybaba said he was on the phone with her and she told him the hospital staff had untied the tourniquet and was giving her drip. When she complained about the removal of the tourniquet, they asked her to calm down.
He said at that point, his sister stopped speaking well, so he ended the call just as an uncle in Abuja arrived at the hospital to be with Nanyah.
Nanyah’s condition immediately deteriorated and she died just a few minutes later.
Kaybaba accused the hospital of negligence as he mourned his sister.
He stated that the hospital is now claiming his sister was not speaking well when she came in. He slammed that as a lie and stated that she came into the hospital by herself and was speaking clearly to him on the phone.
He said she even did a video showing the hospital administering drip and sent to him, which he shared as he continued to slam the hospital.
Meanwhile, according to reports, this was not the first time a snake had been sighted in or around the late singer’s residence.
More facts have emerged regarding the death of upcoming singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, who reportedly passed away after being bitten by a Cobra inside her Abuja home.
Ifunanya, aka Nanya_music or Soprano Queen, was a popular chorister in Abuja.
