{"id":81455,"date":"2026-01-12T01:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81455"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:28:46","slug":"skit-maker-esther-sunshine-thomas-dies-after-surgery-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/12\/skit-maker-esther-sunshine-thomas-dies-after-surgery-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"Skit Maker Esther Sunshine Thomas Dies After Surgery Complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Popular skit maker Esther Sunshine Thomas has died following complications from surgery, leaving fans and colleagues in shock.<\/p>\n<p>The news was shared by fellow skit maker Chidera Madu in a social media video, detailing the events leading to her death.<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine had initially complained of stomach pain, prompting friends to take her to Orchid General Hospital in Eti-Osa, Lagos, on January 1, 2026, where she was placed on pain relief medication.<\/p>\n<p>Madu said that by the following day, Sunshine was still receiving minimal care, and further tests revealed a large fibroid.<\/p>\n<p>With doctors reportedly on strike at the hospital, she was transferred to Havilah Hospital in Lagos for surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Though the procedure was initially deemed successful, Sunshine later developed complications and was pronounced dead on Sunday, January 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Her sudden passing has left family, friends, and fans devastated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Popular skit maker Esther Sunshine Thomas has died following complications from surgery, leaving fans and colleagues in shock. The news was shared by fellow skit maker Chidera Madu in a social media video, detailing the events leading to her death. Sunshine had initially complained of stomach pain, prompting friends to take her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-81455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455","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=81455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81457,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81455\/revisions\/81457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}