Overview
- Ifunanya Nwangene, 26, known as Nanyah, died on January 31 at Abuja’s Federal Medical Center after being bitten while asleep in her apartment.
- Friends told BBC Africa she woke in severe pain, struggled to breathe, and could only gesture as a choir director raced to obtain a specific antivenom.
- Reports say one of two required antivenoms was unavailable, while the hospital said it delivered resuscitation, IV fluids, intranasal oxygen, and a polyvalent antivenom.
- CNN-based reporting cited concerns that acquaintances were asked to source antivenom themselves, a claim the hospital disputes as it maintains staff acted promptly.
- Local handlers later captured two cobras in her apartment, and colleagues and fans shared tributes for the 2021 The Voice Nigeria contestant who had planned her first solo concert.