Arise News has announced the final burial arrangements for its late anchor, correspondent, and producer, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in an armed robbery attack in Abuja on September 29, 2025.
According to the network, Maduagwu will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in her hometown in Anambra State.
In a video released on Saturday, the station said an “evening of tributes will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the THISDAY Dome, Central Business District, Abuja.”
“This will be followed by a service of songs on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at the Corpus Christi Cathedral, Kaduna Street, Port Harcourt.”
Arise News further disclosed that “Her internment in Anambra State on Saturday, October 18, will be preceded by a funeral mass at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Agulu.”
Maduagwu, 29, was a lawyer, model, and broadcast journalist who made her mark as a reporter and presenter at Arise TV. She was killed during a robbery at her home in the Katampe area of Abuja. A security guard, Barnabas Danlami, also died during the incident.
Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has apprehended 12 suspects linked to the attack.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, revealed in a statement on Friday that the gang obtained their weapons from a supplier in 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 dealer operating across the Nigeria–Niger border,” Adeh said.
She added that “all the suspects are from Kaduna and Katsina States and have confessed to obtaining their weapons from a yet-to-be-identified supplier in the Niger Republic.”