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The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have asked the Chief Magistrate of Yaba Court to allow them forcibly draw Seun Kuti’s blood for testing. This comes as the police frantically search for evidence to nail the Afrobeat musician for another crime, SaharaReporters learnt on Friday. “Police have asked the Chief Magistrate of Yaba court to allow them to forcibly draw Seun Kuti’s blood after they did not find anything incriminating in his house and car,” a source said.

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A Sabo-Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Friday, sentenced a 31-year-old man, Sunday Ogoh, to two years in prison for stealing a phone and transferring money from the owner’s account. Ogoh was also charged with obtaining a phone under false pretences. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Salawu, sentenced Ogoh after he pleaded guilty to a three-count

Some human rights activists have unveiled #FREESEUNKUTI campaign to demand for the immediate release of the detained Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti from police custody. The group stated this in a press release on Friday, while noting that some officers of the Nigerian police had been deliberately aggravating the incident that led to the arrest of Kuti.

The Lagos State Chief Magistrate in Yaba Court, Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun, has amended her order and granted the Nigeria Police Force’s request to conduct a drug test on Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, all in a bid to find incriminating evidence on him. SaharaReporters learnt that the Chief Magistrate inserted a drug test order in her ruling while writing the order.

Musician Femi Kuti and his son, Made, were in court to support his brother, Seun, who was arraigned for assaulting a policeman. Made disclosed this on his…

Nigerian rapper, Falz has reacted to the arrest of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, who assaulted a police officer on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. KanyiDaily recalls that Seun…

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  Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have made attempts to search Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti’s car as they make frantic efforts to file fresh charges against him.   SaharaReporters learnt that the police in Lagos tried to search the Mercedes Benz car which was parked at the residence of one of Seun’s friends, but their attempts failed as they could not open it.  

Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, was on Thursday rushed back to the magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos by the police as they seek four days’ extension ‘to conclude investigations’.   Seun was arraigned in court on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act. But he was granted a suspended bail on Tuesday.   SaharaReporters earlier on Thursday reported that the musician could not return home yet due to a delay caused by...