Nigeria has lost a legendary actress and a theatre icon in the death of Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia, of the popular Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) sitcom, The New Masquerade. Aged 81, she died on May 5, 2024, in Port Harcourt, after a brief illness. She was born on December 1, 1942 in Calabar, though she hailed from Akabo in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.