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Assault: Seun Kuti Gets Reprieve, Released from Prison after Eight Days

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1 year ago

May 24, 2023

Eric

Embattled Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, regained his freedom on Tuesday, after spending eight days in police custody.

He was taken into custody on May 16 after he submitted himself at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos State.

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, had ordered the arrest of the musician after he was captured in a viral video assaulting a policeman on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on May 13.

Seun’s elder sister, Yeni Kuti, told our correspondent on Tuesday that the musician had met the terms of his bail granted him by the magistrate and was released.

Yeni said Lande Ransome-Kuti and Funke Kuti stood as the sureties for Seun.

She said, “They have perfected his bail, the judge has signed and the sureties have been accepted.

“They have gone to the sureties’ houses to inspect, Lande and Funke stood as sureties for him.”

Seun’s attorney, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, (SAN), in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday night, confirmed the development.

He said, “Yes, Seun Kuti has just was released minutes ago.

“His bail conditions has been perfected since last Thursday, but the police asked for an extension of his remand until today (Tuesday).”

The police had on May 16 taken the musician before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, where the magistrate granted the police an order to detain him for 48 hours.

The magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, said at the expiration of the 48 hours, the musician should be released on bail in the sum of “ N1m with two responsible sureties, a three years tax payment receipt that is verifiable; one of the sureties must have a landed property within the court jurisdiction.”

The magistrate ordered the police to forward the case file to the Lagos State Directorate or Public Proscutions for legal advice.

But on the expiration of the 48 hours, the police returned and obtained an order to remand Seun Kuti for additional four days to conclude investigations.

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Sowore Arrives Nigeria, Arrested, Detained

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1 hour ago

September 15, 2024

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Convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate if the African Action Congress (AAC) has been detained by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

Sowore was reportedly detained on Sunday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, upon his arrival in Nigeria.

Sowore’s arrest may be connected to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance protest which was held across the country in August.

The protest was spearheaded by the Take-It-Back Movement and several other civil society organisations.

Sowore is also the convener of the movement.

Another protest is being planned by organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest — scheduled for October 1.

In a post via his X page, Sowore said his passport was also seized by the service.

“I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA to the MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me,” he wrote.

“This is not un expected because i have always known that It is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime on dissent and their fear of the upcoming #FearlessINOctober revolt.

“In case this becomes another prolonged and protracted detention, I urge our citizens to ensure they ALL stop tyranny by all means acceptable and necessary, by engaging in the planned series of direct actions slated for October 1st and beyond.”

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Troops Neutralize Notorious Bandit Leader, Halilu Sububu

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1 day ago

September 14, 2024

Eric

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have neutralised a wanted bandits’ leader, Halilu Sububu.

He was reportedly killed on Thursday in an ambush by the troops in Kwaren Kirya, a community under Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State

Halilu Sububu was a citizen of Niger Republic but resident in a forest of Zamfara State, and often escaped to the Niger Republic after operating in Nigeria.

Sububu was notorious gunrunner who allegedly owned a thriving illegal gold mining operation in Bagega and other communities around Sumke forest in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Sububu had a camp on the western side of Bagega and controlled communities and all mining sites in the area.

He was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in May this year.

In a coordinated operation by the combined troops of sector one, Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji, the notorious bandits’ leader was killed alongside his 50 fighters.

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I’ll Never Support Fubara in My Political Life Again, Says Wike

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2 days ago

September 13, 2024

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By Eric Elezuo

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has declared that he would never again in his political life support his erstwhile political godson and incumbent governor of Rivers, Mr. Sim Fubara, referring to him as an ingrate.

The Minister made the declaration while fielding questions in a live television news programme on Friday.

He accused Fubara of taking advantage of the President Bola Tinubu’s intervention to insult everybody.