Nigeria, May 31 -- In the afternoon of Tuesday, 26 November, 2024, the following announcement appeared on the Internet: "With profound gratitude for her life, her achievements and her contributions to the struggles for equality, justice and dignity for all, I hereby announce the transition early this morning of Comrade Benedicta A. Madunagu, known universally and affectionately simply as 'Bene'. She was aged 77 years and passed away peacefully at the Madunagu residence in Calabar. Although this is not a tribute but a formal announcement made on behalf of the family and the Nigerian Left, I wish to state here that my sense of profound loss in Bene's passing is matched by an equally profound celebration of her life and achievements. Further...