Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Popular Yoruba actress Temitope Osoba has died.

She was 40.

Her colleagues, Oladipupo Okanlawon and Foluke Daramola-Salako, announced her death in separate Instagram posts on Wednesday, revealing that she died on Tuesday.

Although they did not disclose the cause of her death, Ms Osoba battled breast cancer and underwent several surgeries as part of her treatment. Her death came after her prolonged fight with the illness.

Daramola-Salako wrote, "Tope is gone, my baby is gone. Ha, iku doro."

Okanlawon said Ms Osoba was more than a colleague; he described her as a kind, humble and caring person whose presence brightened every room.

He wrote: "In loving memory of my dear colleague, Temitope Osoba. It is with a heavy h...