{"id":34448,"date":"2026-05-13T19:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=lifestyle-ent&#038;p=34448"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:43:28","slug":"nigerian-actor-alexx-ekubo-dies-at-40","status":"publish","type":"lifestyle-ent","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/lifestyle-ent\/nigerian-actor-alexx-ekubo-dies-at-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian actor Alexx Ekubo dies at 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexx Ekubo has died at the age of 40, according to local media reports in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reports say the award-winning film star died on Monday night at a hospital in Lagos following a reported battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ekubo was widely recognised for his roles in productions such as Weekend Getaway and for appearing in Johnny by Yemi Alade in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, he received several awards and was also praised for his humanitarian work and contribution to Nigeria\u2019s entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have continued to pour in from fans, fellow actors and public figures across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34449,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"featured-post":[321,322],"class_list":["post-34448","lifestyle-ent","type-lifestyle-ent","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","featured-post-actor","featured-post-nollywood","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lifestyle-ent\/34448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lifestyle-ent"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lifestyle-ent"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"featured-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-post?post=34448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}