Nollywood actress and entrepreneur Lilian Esoro has announced the death of her father, according to reports published by P.M. News and PUNCH on 24 August 2026. PUNCH described the death as sudden, while both reports said the loss had left the actress in deep grief.
Esoro shared the emotional impact of the bereavement and also referred to her faith as she mourned, PUNCH reported. P.M. News similarly said she was grappling with a profound sense of grief following her father's passing. No direct quotation from her announcement was included in the supplied reports.
Further details about the circumstances of the death remain unclear. The reports did not provide her father's name, his age, the exact date or location of his death, or a cause. They also did not indicate whether funeral or memorial arrangements had been made.
Esoro is identified in the reports as a Nollywood actress, with P.M. News also describing her as an entrepreneur. Beyond confirming her announcement and her response to the loss, the available accounts offered no additional information from relatives or representatives.
It is also not yet known whether the family intends to issue a fuller statement. For now, the publicly available information is limited to Esoro's disclosure that her father has died and the reports' description of her grief and reliance on faith during the bereavement.