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 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, better known as Hilda Baci, made it to number 1 on this week’s Africa Social Chart released by Top Chart Africa. The Social Charts uses Social Media and Google analytics to determine the most talked about personalities in Africa for the week. The May 8-15, 2023 data…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos has granted bail to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti. The court also ordered the Nigerian police to finish their investigation into the alleged assault of a policeman in 48 hours and allow Kuti to go home. “The court grants police 48 hours to complete ‘their investigations’…
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,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the lawyers of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, has slammed the Nigeria Police force for not Interrogating his client before they decided to handcuff him and also display his pictures on the internet It would be recalled that the Mugshots of the musician surfaced online on Monday and…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The PUNCH has exclusively gathered that following the incident that led to the arrest and detention of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti on Monday, the suspect had apologised and given the sum of ₦12,000 to the assaulted officer to repair his damaged vehicle on Saturday. Impeccable sources privy to the incident confirmed the…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s late Afro Beat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s son Seun Kuti has obviously offended the gods and has bitten more than he can chew as the authorities of the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday ordered for his immediate prosecution for slapping an on duty police man. The Inspector of General Police…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seun Kuti, the Afrobeat singer, is of the opinion that Lagos is a “European satellite slave port” owned by the Portuguese. In a series of Instagram posts on Tuesday, Seun argued that people who think Lagos is a “no man’s land or a Yoruba land are wrong”. According to the singer, Lagos…