{"id":71551,"date":"2025-07-28T12:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71551"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:46:15","slug":"nollywood-veteran-chinwe-owoh-lays-husband-to-rest-in-emotional-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/28\/nollywood-veteran-chinwe-owoh-lays-husband-to-rest-in-emotional-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood Veteran Chinwe Owoh Lays Husband to Rest in Emotional Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_c24d40932b210add\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>By merciful Omoba <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veteran Nollywood actress <b>Chinwe Owoh<\/b> laid her husband, <b>Frank Owoh<\/b>, to rest on <b>Saturday, July 26, 2025<\/b>, in an emotional burial ceremony held in their hometown of Udi, Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p>Heart-wrenching footage from the solemn event surfaced online the following day, capturing the profound grief of the actress. The footage showed Chinwe visibly overwhelmed with emotion as her husband\u2019s coffin was lowered into the ground and covered with sand, a moment that left many mourners struggling to hold back tears.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral was attended by several notable figures in the Nigerian film industry, underscoring the strong support from colleagues and loved ones during this difficult time. Among those present were renowned actors <b>Bob Manuel Udokwu<\/b> and <b>Nkem Owoh<\/b>, the latter being Chinwe\u2019s brother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Frank Owoh had passed away in April, leading to this final farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Chinwe Owoh, who began her acting career in 1999, rose to prominence with her compelling performance in the 2001 film <i>Mothering Sunday<\/i>. <span class=\"citation-122\">Over the years, she has featured in numerous Nollywood productions, including <\/span><i><span class=\"citation-122\">Royal Tears, Town in Danger, Sister Faith, Wisdom of the Gods<\/span><\/i><span class=\"citation-122\">, and <\/span><i><span class=\"citation-122 citation-end-122\">Mummy Why?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>In a separate but related development within the entertainment industry, Big Brother Naija host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu recently paid homage to Chinwe\u2019s brother-in-law, Nkem Owoh, by wearing an outfit inspired by the veteran actor at the premiere of the show\u2019s tenth season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By merciful Omoba Veteran Nollywood actress Chinwe Owoh laid her husband, Frank Owoh, to rest on Saturday, July 26, 2025, in an emotional burial ceremony held in their hometown of Udi, Enugu State. Heart-wrenching footage from the solemn event surfaced online the following day, capturing the profound grief of the actress. The footage showed Chinwe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71551","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71553,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71551\/revisions\/71553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}