2014, like every other year, has been a year full of ups and downs, marriages, childbirths and sadly celebrity deaths.
Below are some of the famous Nigerian women who made an impact in the lives of others and the country before their deaths in 2014.

AMAKA IGWE

Amaka Igwe was an award winning acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker and broadcasting executive.
She was the owner of Amaka Igwe Studios and Top Radio 90.9 Lagos.
She was a stakeholder in the Nollywood industry. She died on 28 April 2014

KEFEE

She was an award winning gospel singer who graduated from the University of Benin with a Business Administration degree.
She was awarded the International Young Ambassador for Peace in 2009.
She died of lung failure in the United States on the 12th of June 2014.

DORA AKUNYILI

Dora was the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
She gained international recognition for her work in public health, pharmacology and human rights.
She also ran for election as a Senator for Anambra Central for APGA in April 2011 but lost. She died in an Indian hospital on the 7th of June 2014 after a battle with cancer.

AMEYO ADADEVOH

She was the great grand daughter of Herbert Macaulay who was one of the founders of modern Nigeria.
She curbed the wide spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria by placing Patrick Sawyer in quarantine. She tested positive for the virus on the
4th of August 2014 and passed away on the 19th of August 2014.

TAIWO OSHADIPE

Taiwo who was the second half of the Oshadipe twins was an inspirational singer with her twin sister Kehinde.
Not only were they musicians, they were also actresses as they had featured in a couple of TV shows.
Taiwo passed away on the 3rd of October
2014, following complaints of chest and heart pains.

PAMELA OFOEGBU

She was the head of programming at EbonyLife Tv.
Pamela also worked as the commissioning editor for Africa at MNet. She died at age 44 from breast cancer on the 4th of November 2014.

ZARA GARETTI

Margaret Mary Joseph known as Zara Gretti was a singer and an on air personality on Rhythm 93.7 fm,
Lagos and also a singer and songwriter.
Zara died on the 28 of March 2014 after battling multiple sclerosis.

OLUREMI OYO

Oluremi Oyo was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she was also the spokesperson for former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Government from 2003-2007.
She died in the UK on the 1st of October 2014 after loosing the battle to cancer.

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May their souls Rest In Perfect Peace. Amen

Great loss.

may we nor experience same this year.

AMEN

This Op get brain!

RIP 2 a sister,wife,mother..

ShakurM:
This Op get brain!

How oga?

Dani4tech:

How oga?

meaningful thread...

May rest in Peace

ShakurM:
meaningful thread...

Thanks bro

RIP

May their souls rest in peace Amen.

i wish them eternal peace

R.I.P

RIP

RIP 2 dem

all so young,
in their prime of life.

chei death is wicked oo

Cancer here and there

Very scary shyte!

R.I.P to the death. We miss u dearly.

May God sustain their families. Great women indeed.







* Looks right and left, sees no one is looking. TRIES TO SQUEEZE THREAD AND USE IT TO WIPE BUTT BUT REALIZES IT IS A THREAD DEDICATED TO THE DEPARTED ONES.*

sad exits indeed.....we all should live a life that such when we leave this world we will leave an indelible mark behind
R.I.P

may their soul rest in peace.....i miss kefee and dora

That of Ameyo Adadevoh .... Brought tears to my eyes! ......... I hope she finds eternal rest where ever she is right now!!

Such is life

RIP all


sai Jona.....

Aiyaaaaaaah it is well

I smeell fp

This post aught to make FP, not how WizKid sneezes or tonto yawns or every selfie these people take that seems to be news these days. nice one @OP

I pray they move on to a better place

RIP to these Amazon.

Taiwo Oshadipe is dead?? ....like seriously That's scary o! Rip to them all!

Rest in peace...Awomen.