'Find Sommie’s Killers’ — Family Urges FG

'Find Sommie’s killers’ — Family urges FG

The family of slain ARISE News anchor and reporter, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to urgently unravel and prosecute the killers of their daughter. This was the emotional appeal made on Tuesday during a condolence visit by Senior Management of the ARISE Media Group to the Maduagwu family residence in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. Somtochukwu, fondly called Sommie, was murdered in the early …

The Tragic Death of Sommie and Nigeria’s Failing System

Nigeria has once again stolen a life too soon. Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, just 29 years old, was a young woman full of light, talent, and promise. A broadcaster, news anchor, lawyer, and producer, she had become a trusted face on television screens. Her career still unfolding, her future very bright, yet in the early hours of Monday, September 29, her life was violently cut short. The details are as heartbreaking as they are familiar. Armed …

Doctors Tried To Resuscitate Her – TheNGblog

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed that Arise News correspondent, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, lost her life after jumping from the top floor of her Katampe residence during an armed robbery on Monday, September 29, 2025. The clarification comes amid earlier reports suggesting that the journalist’s de@th was linked to alleged hospital negligence after she was taken to Maitama General Hospital. In an interview with Arise News on …

Sommie Maduagwu: Who will save us from marauding and blood-thirsty gangsters? By Ehi Braimah

Instead, under the watch of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and our security agencies, the city is turning into a hunting ground for marauders.

*Somtochukwu, Silenced, One Death Too Many: When a Nation Fails to Value* *Human Life* - Security News Alert

By George Ozalla My heart bleeds, my eyes are swollen, my voice is cracked, my head aches. I am totally dumbfounded by the sad news of Somtochukwu’s tragic demise! But let’s get this fact embedded in our collective mindset that any nation that does not value human life cannot make much progress. The tragic death […] The post *Somtochukwu, Silenced, One Death Too Many: When a Nation Fails to Value* *Human Life* first appeared on Security News Ale…

Ndigbo Young Professionals Caution Sowore Over Comment On Deceased Arise TV Anchor - Swift Reporters

The Ndigbo Young Professionals have faulted the African Action Congress (AAC) Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over a statement in which he accused the Nigeria Police Force of failing the late Arise Television anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, during the armed robbery incident that claimed her life in Abuja. In a press release signed by its National Coordinator, Ambassador Chukwuemeka Chinonso, on Tuesday, the group described Sowor…