{"id":668554,"date":"2026-05-14T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668554\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:52:07","slug":"alexx-ekubo-nollywood-actor-dies-aged-40-in-nigeria-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668554\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexx Ekubo: Nollywood actor dies aged 40 in Nigeria &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE55UHQ3S2ZGQ2JwNWp3elA2allYbEpDNGUxQjRKNUM2V3dEbVU2SnhGUzBadHlfbkIya09ZdVpudEhvVXBNZjNHdTN4MzQ4cWNTLWVaZ2ZpaGxXdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexx Ekubo: Nollywood actor dies aged 40 in Nigeria<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxOWTJPaGM2WFNPa01fZDF1a0JESEtTOUpNbEFCc3ROTWJSM0dEVnFIU2FXX3p0anJCelV0TGgwWm5DR2pQVzl6dEdQWFZQalJJeFg0dlJhbVpoRkZsMDlRMTVrd3gwNlpWaS1mRkpBLVE4a1JvRzBneTZPZjNKeU1PaER5Q3F1am1PeUQ5czVwZDczd052OWJaOG0wZ1pIOTRReUs1NERPV3RobWJFdGNTbkdFbWZHRDhYZjFkMnBXcV9rSk9JZVVyWDkxZS1tWUwyN3pzYVhBaEN3R0ZRV1dZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I was there&#8217; &#8211; AY Makun recounts heartbreaking final moments with late actor Alexx Ekubo<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GhanaWeb<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPeEdsS2Q1S3FaRU5XX1BMaWVWUkVUX20wLWpuTkJjakt2Q3Zwc3dJeFZIeGt2UlFsLVlOTXFyVXpDM0JzalRHR1lvWk9ETUhwdWdOR0xONmY2aVNJMG05MzM2TTdoNjE3VDNLZHlyWjZhckh1V1BTSlpPZjljazk3ZDBB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mo Abudu, Omoni Oboli, Kunle Remi, others mourn Alex Ekubo<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Punch Newspapers<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNZUtFN1lNVXE0VmVRcDdEOTM0M3RWQXBRaFJJdjFMb3lmOW1rbXRGWWVRUFR2MG1TS0hSaFB4ZFNfMG1EWkFvMWdlQW1JMVRyWUdFZG1STFdfRjg2a01pRzM2WXRsTlV2OEg2QXRhUGlyTFVnU0xCM2ZFWHQyajdFLVI2QTdscEprc0ZBeE5SWU9jVEhzRG400gGcAUFVX3lxTFBqOFlIaTAxM1JsdGpIcDUwS1ZLelhrbkdMbFFDeE9jRHNfWlZZcE5Cd004UUx2TXJodzRObnRrQ08zZk5UY05ZWExicm9nYmRvU0htTTdpUjA1d0oxWnZYR0FoZlNoX0RXX2ZUYTNZNktlak5LZ0c4OVE3X3p1b1U1RDJKTEdyMlpTc0FhN2tYRFVvUjZQeFB4dmNhWg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nigerian actor Alexx Ekubo dies at 40, industry mourns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;africanews.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1FMGdPMUZiNDFWRzZISk4xSFNLdVBVdXpqTVRSbHdZRmswcktxZnk5VWNxR0p6dDlKUTB1bHRiVWxWdURQMVloV3AtNVEtOENpOXR5dk4xQV9VTWlR0gFiQVVfeXFMTjRfenZfTDRMWEU5NDlNTmI4TGpQZndLUTNXN1Q1V2dnNXF2dFVLUUs0OW1PX2hTVFBUbjBpbFVDY0JUNDdCTHhvWDhZSEVoQVdsZ1VlVTlBYkJRUS1VaExSdnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metastatic kidney cancer: Alexx Ekubo family reveal wetin kpai di actor and wia e die<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexx Ekubo: Nollywood actor dies aged 40 in Nigeria&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC&#8216;I was there&#8217; &#8211; AY Makun recounts heartbreaking final moments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-668554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}