{"id":66303,"date":"2025-05-22T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66303"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:29:13","slug":"monalisa-stephen-for-private-burial-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/22\/monalisa-stephen-for-private-burial-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Monalisa Stephen for Private Burial in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The family of late Nollywood actress and social media influencer, Monalisa Ayobami Stephen, has announced plans for her private burial following her sudden death on May 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The burial will take place on Thursday, May 22, at noon in Lagos, according to a statement made public by Seun Oloketuyi, CEO of Best of Nollywood (BON).<\/p>\n<p>He posted, \u201cIn honor of her wishes and the family\u2019s, this will be a private ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>We ask for continued prayers and respect for her memory during this time. Forever in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monalisa reportedly died from complications related to low blood sugar and internal bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>Her immediate younger sister also confirmed the loss, describing her as \u201cthis hardworking and beautiful soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well known for her bold takes on body image, self-love, and mental health, Monalisa Stephen had frequently stirred conversations online.<\/p>\n<p>Though full details of her health remain uncertain, her passing has sent shockwaves across social media, especially among fans who followed her courageous openness about depression and mental struggles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo The family of late Nollywood actress and social media influencer, Monalisa Ayobami Stephen, has announced plans for her private burial following her sudden death on May 13, 2025. The burial will take place on Thursday, May 22, at noon in Lagos, according to a statement made public by Seun Oloketuyi, CEO of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66305,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66303\/revisions\/66305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}