Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Kingsley Nwangene, a close friend of Abuja-based musician Ifunanya Nwangene, has narrated the singer's harrowing final hours following a snakebite.

Ifunanya, also known as Nanyah, was popularly known as Nanyah_music and fondly called the "Soprano Queen", died on Saturday after she was reportedly bitten by a cobra at her residence in Lugbe, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory.

She was 26 and rose to prominence after appearing on The Voice Nigeria, a reality TV show, in 2021.

The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, has since sparked intense public debate, with many Nigerians questioning how a preventable death could happen in the nation's capital due to the unavailability of life-saving anti-v...