Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- When beggars die, there are no comets seen/The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes"- Spoken by Calpurnia in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

The truism in these immortal words of the celebrated English writer, William Shakespeare, has been reflected copiously in the death of Comrade Abiodun (Biodun) Aremu aka Aremson, on Sunday, 12 October 2025; the entire Nigerian Left is gutted and every comrade is literally on fire. Rage is a mild word to describe the instant, nay, spontaneous reaction to the nature of death that snatched this priceless gem of a revolutionary activist away from us.

There is no one who has had anything to do with popular activism or the Nigerian Left that would not know or would...