LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, refused an application by the police to formally arraign afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti, who was released from custody on Tuesday night, had been on remand for six days on the orders of the court. The police had on May 16 applied…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tina Turner died after a long illness in her home near Zurich in Switzerland, her publicist confirms Tina Turner, whose volcanic voice and dynamic dance moves earned her the Queen of Rock crown over the course of a 60-year career, has died at age 83. The legendary singer died Wednesday, May 24…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seun Kuti, the Grammy-nominated afrobeat artist, has spoken out for the first time since his release from police custody. According to Gistlover, the singer was granted bail on Tuesday after being arrested at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Motunrayo, a sister of Grammy-nominated afrobeat artist, Seun Kuti, has said the music star is not wrong for assaulting the police officer in the viral video. Recall that Seun Kuti was arrested and detained after he was captured in a viral video assaulting a police operative in uniform. But reacting via a…
By AZUH AMATUS LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)I still can’t believe that Obinna Nwafor globally known as Saint Obi is dead. In fact, I’m still in tears and shock over his painful and sudden demise. Obi, a true and thoroughbred Nollywood giant reportedly died on Sunday, May 7, 2023, after battling a protracted illness…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, will be unable to attend his concert in Majorca Island, Spain, today (Saturday) as the Nigeria Police Force continue to detain him, all in a bid to find incriminating evidence on him. SaharaReporters had on Friday reported that the Lagos State Chief Magistrate in Yaba, Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun,…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Sabo-Yaba, yesterday, ordered that afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, should spend four more days in police custody, over alleged assault on a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun made the order sequel to a motion ex-parte brought by the police,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti has refused to grant Seun Kuti bail after their futile attempt to trick him into writing a statement that would implicate him in the case of an alleged assault on a police officer. SaharaReporters learnt that his lawyer, Adeyinka Olunide-Fusika,…
