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Arise News has released the burial arrangements for its journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died during an equipped robbery successful Abuja connected September 29, 2025.
According to the broadcast station, Maduagwu volition beryllium buried connected Saturday, October 18, 2025, successful her hometown successful Anambra State.
An “evening of tributes volition beryllium held connected Sunday, October 12, 2025, astatine the THISDAY Dome, Central Business District, Abuja,” the web announced successful a video connection connected Saturday.
“This volition beryllium followed by a work of songs connected Wednesday, October 15, 2025, astatine the Corpus Christi Cathedral, Kaduna Street, Port Harcourt.”
Arise News added that “her internment successful Anambra State connected Saturday, October 18, volition beryllium preceded by a ceremonial wide astatine St. Theresa Catholic Church, Agulu.”
Maduagwu, 29, was a lawyer, model, and seasoned broadcast writer who served arsenic an anchor, reporter, and shaper astatine ARISE TV. She mislaid her beingness during a convulsive robbery astatine her Katampe residence successful Abuja. A information guard, Barnabas Danlami, was besides killed successful the incident.
Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the apprehension of 12 suspects connected to the crime.
In a connection connected Friday, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said preliminary investigations revealed that the equipped pack sourced their weapons from the Niger Republic.
“Preliminary investigations showed that the syndicate procured its firearms — including a locally fabricated AK-47 rifle, a pump-action gun, and a pistol — from an arms trader operating crossed the Nigeria–Niger border,” Adeh said.
The police, connected Saturday, paraded 12 suspects allegedly progressive successful the robbery.
The station Arise News anchor Somtochukwu Maduagwu for burial Oct 18 appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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