Popular gospel singer and Nollywood soundtrack artiste, Onos Brisibi<\/strong>, has died at the age of 55.<\/p>\n Her family confirmed her death in a statement released on Thursday, revealing that she passed away on March 23, 2026, after a prolonged illness.<\/p>\n In the statement, the Brisibi family described the late singer as a devoted Christian who used her music to inspire and uplift many.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Brisibi family announces with deep sorrow the passing of Esteemed Sister Onos Nancy Brisibi, who transitioned to glory on 23rd March 2026 after a protracted illness,\u201d<\/em> the statement read.<\/p>\n The family also paid tribute to her personality and contributions to gospel music.<\/p>\n The statement added, \u201cOnos Nancy Brisibi was a devoted Christian, a gifted songstress, and a passionate praise and worship leader whose angelic voice touched many lives as she spread the gospel through music.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cShe will be remembered as a beautiful, fun-loving woman with a heart of gold, whose faith, warmth, and kindness left lasting impressions on all who knew her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The family said details of her funeral and burial arrangements would be announced later.<\/p>\n She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Brisibi, her mother, siblings, extended family members, friends and her church family at LoveWorld Ministries.<\/p>\n News of her death has triggered reactions from members of the Nigerian entertainment industry.<\/p>\n Actress Stella Damasus expressed grief over the loss, saying the singer\u2019s death \u201churts\u201d and praying for her peaceful rest.<\/p>\n Veteran broadcaster, Emma Ugolee, also described the development as \u201cdevastating.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, he had only just received news of her critical condition while preparing a tribute to celebrate her contributions to the industry.<\/p>\n Born on November 20, 1970, in Aladja, Delta State, to Ambrose Oproze and Mary Koko Brisibi, the late singer began her music career at the age of nine.<\/p>\n She later became one of Nollywood\u2019s most sought-after soundtrack artistes, lending her voice to several popular films, including Domitilla, Mortal Inheritance, Deadly Passion, Blood Money, Deadly End, and Shame.<\/p>\n Her distinctive vocals also featured on the hit song Gra Gra by Lagbaja.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Popular gospel singer and Nollywood soundtrack artiste, Onos Brisibi, has died at the age of 55. Her family confirmed her death in a statement released on Thursday, revealing that she passed away on March 23, 2026, after a prolonged illness. In the statement, the Brisibi family described the late singer as a devoted Christian who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":242020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Popular-Gospel-singer-Onos-Brisibi-e1774576767107.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}