US EditionNigeria: 'How Arise TV Presenter Died'
President Tinubu condemns the killing of Arise TV anchor Somtochukwu Maduagwu and orders security agencies to swiftly investigate and apprehend those responsible for the armed robbery attack.
- On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered a swift probe following the death of Somtochukwu 'Sommie' Maduagwu at her Katampe, Abuja residence.
- Armed robbers invaded the six-flat apartment complex in Katampe, moving from flat to flat and reportedly numbering up to fifteen, while Somtochukwu Maduagwu tried to escape by jumping and sustained fatal injuries.
- Despite alerts, police in Abuja arrived minutes after Somtochukwu Maduagwu fell alive and she was rushed to Maitama District Hospital where relatives say delayed treatment contributed to her death.
- Ordering a manhunt, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President, also vowed to intensify law enforcement while Ajao Adewale, Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory , launched a discreet probe deploying intelligence assets.
- The tragedy adds to a pattern of threats to journalists, as IPC's 2024 report recorded 45 attacks and 3 on media outlets, and the Federal Government of Nigeria faces calls for urgent investigations.
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Tinubu orders probe into Arise TV anchor’s killing
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed grief over the death of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a news anchor and producer with Arise Television, who was killed during an armed robbery incident at her residence in Katampe, Abuja, on Sunday. In a statement issued Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President described Maduagwu as “a promising professional journalist whose life was cut short in a cruel …
Suspected armed robbers kill ARISE TV journalist in Abuja, Tinubu mourns
"Ms Maduagwu was a promising professional journalist whose life was cut short in a cruel and condemnable manner,” the president said in a statement signed by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.
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The Nigerian Association of Social and Resourceful Editors (NASRE) has strongly condemned the killing of Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, a news anchor with Arise News Television, who was reportedly murdered by suspected robbers at her residence in Katampe, Abuja. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Femi Oyewale, NASRE described the incident as “barbaric and senseless,” lamenting that the slain journalist was a promising professional w…
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