There are only two celebrities – Tosyn Bucknor and Aisha Abimbola, who made the list of most searched Nigerian Celebrities in 2018 as released by Google.
The obvious reason we have those two celebrities on this list is that we sadly lost them to the cold hands of death in 2018.
Here are the two most searched Nigerian celebrities for 2018.
1. Tosyn Bucknor
Tosyn Bucknor passed away at the age of 37 on November 19, 2018. Tosyn Bucknor was a renowned multi-talented On-Air personality. The University of Lagos trained lawyer aside from being a radio host, was a writer, singer, songwriter and had featured in soaps like, “Now We Are Married”, “Tinsel” and a couple of others.
She has won many awards including the Nigerian Broadcaster’s award, Future Awards, Exquisite Lady of the year and others. According to her sister and event planner, Funke Bucknor, she died due to complications from sickle cell anemia.
2. Aisha Abimbola
Aisha Abimbola passed away in Canada on May 15, 2018. Aisha Abimbola is a popular Yoruba Nollywood actress who was popular for her role in the Bola Igida movie “Omoge Campus.” Her sophomore movie was “Eje Adegbenro,” a film produced by Jide Kosoko. She was also popular for her roles in Papa Ajasco, “No Pain, No Gain,” “Awerijaye,” “So Wrong So Right” and “T’omi T’eje.”
She passed away after a battle with breast cancer.