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  • Seun Kuti speaks out on altercation with police officer, welcomes investigation

    Seun Kuti speaks out on altercation with police officer, welcomes investigation

    Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has provided an explanation for his recent altercation with a police officer, captured on video, stating that he welcomes the investigation and will cooperate fully.

    According to Seun, the officer had allegedly attempted to harm him and his family, and he claims to have evidence supporting his accusations.

    While he has accepted the officer’s apology and decided not to press charges, he has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to hold accountable anyone found to be at fault.

    The incident occurred when Seun was filmed assaulting a police officer in uniform, leading to the IGP ordering his arrest.

    IGP orders Seun Kuti’s arrest after video captured him assaulting a policeofficer on third mainland bridge on Saturday 13th May, 2023.

    In the video, Seun can be seen shoving and slapping the officer, who remained calm throughout the altercation. When a female passenger from Seun’s vehicle attempted to intervene, he instructed her to return to the vehicle, and she complied immediately.

    In response to the incident, some Nigerians have criticized Seun for his outburst and called for him to offer an unconditional apology for his actions.

    On social media, users expressed their opinions on the matter. @MrFresh_ibk tweeted, “Apologize Seun. You really need to tender a genuine apology, not for the sake of anything but for the sake of history and sanity in this country. We cannot continue to give any hint that this behavior is acceptable in any way if we are advocates of REAL democracy.”

    Similarly, @Onuohafayz commented, “If the video wasn’t a skit, then baba, you should be in jail. There is no justification whatsoever for slapping an officer of the law.”

    However, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, came to Seun’s defense, suggesting that the altercation may have been politically motivated due to Seun’s affiliation.

    Sowore tweeted, “There is nothing wrong if you admit that you want Seun Kuti summarily executed because he did not support Peter Obi for President during the 2023 presidential election.”

    Assaulting a law enforcement officer is considered a felony under Nigerian law, punishable by up to three years in prison, as stated in section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act.

    The IGP has ordered a swift and thorough investigation into the incident to determine the underlying causes and prosecute the suspect accordingly.

    Baba assured Nigerians that acts of contempt or disdain towards symbols of authority will not be tolerated, and those responsible for such crimes will be brought to justice.

  • Just In: Why I slapped policeman -Seun Kuti

    Just In: Why I slapped policeman -Seun Kuti

    Afrobeat artist, Seun Kuti has revealed why he slapped a police officer in a recent viral video.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls the afrobeat crooner was captured in a viral video assaulting a police operative on duty.

    Reacting via his Instastory on Saturday, Kuti said the officer attempted to kill him and his family members.

    He said the policeman has apologized and he has forgiven him.

    He warned those saying he was chasing clout to mind their business and not let the police officer lose his job.

    Kuti wrote, “He tried to kill me and my family. I have the proof but I no dey chase clout. He has apologised and I have agreed not to press charges.

    “Make una mind una business make the poor guy no lose him job”.

  • BREAKING: IGP orders arrest of Seun Kuti

    BREAKING: IGP orders arrest of Seun Kuti

    The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate arrest of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports IGP Baba ordered the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command to arrest Seun Kuti.

    According to a statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Kuti was captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform.

    “The IGP has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly.

    “IGP Usman Alkali Baba assures Nigerians that acts of contempt/disdain for symbols of authority will not be tolerated while offenders of such hideous crimes will be surely brought to book,” the statement reads.

    TNG reports a video which went viral on social media shows Kuti assaulting the police officer, resulting in many condemning the Afrobeat singer.

    However, Kuti has alleged that the unidentified police officer attempted to take his life and that of his family, stressing that he has proof.

    “He tried to kill me and my family. I have the proof but I no dey chase clout. He has apologised and I have agreed not to press charges. Make una mind una business make the poor guy no lose him job,” Kuti wrote on his Instagram story.

  • ‘Obasanjo was really a CIA stooge’ – Seun Kuti reveals

    ‘Obasanjo was really a CIA stooge’ – Seun Kuti reveals

    Seun Kuti, son of Afro-Beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has revealed that former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, was a stooge of Central Intelligence Agency, CIA while serving as Nigeria’s military ruler.

    Obasanjo served as a military ruler between 975 and 1979.

    Seun Kuti made the revelation in a recent interview.

    According to him, the invasion of his late father and afrobeat pioneer, Fela’s Kalakuta abode on the 18th of February 1977 by Nigerian soldiers was influenced by the United States.

    He explained that the attack was primarily targeted at his late grandmother, Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome Kuti because of her socialist stance during the cold war.

    He said, “I believe also like because 1977 this was in the height of the cold war. And she was Africa’s only surviving leading socialist at that time with any kind of real political power and clout. So, I think the attack was really 30 percent on Fela and 7p percent on her because [Olusegun] Obasanjo was really a CIA stooge. He was really a Jimmy Carter’s boy.

    “I think that woman [Fumilayo Ransome Kuti] was really the target because why would you throw a seventeen-something-year-old woman? How could she be resisting that you need to throw a seventeen-something-year-old woman out of the window if you have not been told by some superiors that you have to do that?”.

  • Seun Kuti speaks on the emergence of Bola Tinubu as President-elect

    Seun Kuti speaks on the emergence of Bola Tinubu as President-elect

    One of the sons of late Afro Beat King, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who is known on stage as Seun Kuti has again given his words following the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in the country.

    Seun Kuti took to his instagram page, to address the people of the country on the recent outcome of the presidential election in the country.

    The singer, who had earlier stated that he was a fool when he campaigned in 1999 for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, noted that Nigerians wanted the lesser of three evils but got the best of the evil.

    Seun wrote: “When you realize all your actors, musicians, politicians, business leaders, influencers, comedians are using your support and resources to become American and British citizens, so their children don’t exist with yours, maybe you will have sense enough to stop allowing them to direct your life. You wanted the lesser of the three evils, but you got the best.”

  • “Remove Kuti from your name and test your relevance”-Peter PSquare tells Seun Kuti

    “Remove Kuti from your name and test your relevance”-Peter PSquare tells Seun Kuti

    Obviously, the clash between Peter Okoye of PSquare and Seun Kuti has not come to an end as the former extended their feud to IG with him asking Seun to remove the Kuti name just to test his relevance.

    "Remove Kuti from your name and test your relevance"-Peter PSquare tells Seun Kuti

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Peter, also known as Mr. P, had criticised Seun for his remark against Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

    Mr. P, one-half of the renowned combo P-Square who has officially endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, did not hold back when addressing Seun Kuti, an Afrobeat artist, performer, teacher, and social critic.

    Recall that Seun recently spoke out against Obi’s bid for the presidency, branding him an “opportunist.”

    In his words: “He hasn’t had the time because he started too late. You can’t be telling me that just because you lost PDP primaries 18 months before the election, you suddenly started a movement, and you have a plan for the country.

    No, that’s opportunism. And it’s not an opportunist that will deliver Nigeria—not jumping on Labour Party. The Labour Party has a socialist structure. Peter Obi is a capitalist. Where are they going?”

    "Remove Kuti from your name and test your relevance"-Peter PSquare tells Seun Kuti
    Peter Okoye

    Reacting to the interview on popular blogger Tunde Ednut’s page, the furious Mr. P slammed the son of late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, telling him to keep quiet.

    Stating that he is disappointed in the father of one, Mr. P went on to claim that Seun Kuti had erased his father’s history.

    He wrote: Dude just keep quiet! So so disappointed!

    “Dude just erased his fathers History! You said only the people of Nigeria can save Nigeria! Is PO and the rest candidates not the Nigerian people?…. SHAME! SHAME!! SHAME!!!

    In another tweet, Mr. P wrote; “Dude,I understand your frustration. But realize that the sky is big enough for all birds to fly.

    “@burnaboy and other great artistes have climbed on our great Fela’s ladder to blow. Comport your self and pray to your god. My God has blessed my destiny & i’ll 4ever remain thankful. I’ll surely keep you in my prayers. Learn from your nephew @Madekuti cos he is well guided and clean.”

    "Remove Kuti from your name and test your relevance"-Peter PSquare tells Seun Kuti
    Seun Kuti

    See how Netizen reacted

    Yinka Jolaolu said: “This is a disappointing statement coming from Peter Okoye, he needs to apologise with immediate effect. We all have different political views and inclinations based on the truth we know not on your truth. He needs to learn to control his emotions and speak on issues without dragging Seun’s late iconic father into the fold. Seun chooses to be neutral and is within his right to do so.”

  • Seun Kuti spits fire over fraud allegation against D’Banj by ICPC

    Seun Kuti spits fire over fraud allegation against D’Banj by ICPC

    Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has reacted to the arrest of his colleague, D’banj, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that D’banj surrendered himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday following his invitation to answer on fraud allegation.

    The 42-year-old, whose real name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo,  is being accused of fraudulently diverting hundreds of naira earmarked by the Nigerian government for the N-Power project.

    Reacting to the development in the comment section of media personality, Daddy Freeze’s Instagram post, on Wednesday, Seun stated that the Nigerian entertainment industry is a scam for money laundering.

    He wrote: “We have always said there is no way they are doing anything as politicians without the active connivance of the leading blacks! So na today we know say Nigerian entertainment na scam for money laundering?”

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that D’Banj is a co-founder of Mo’ Hits Records with producer Don Jazzy. He has won several music awards, including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, Best International Act: Africa at the 2011 BET Awards, and Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards, Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music awards.

    He adopted the stage name D’Banj, a combination of his first name, Dapo, and his surname, Oyebanjo.

    D’banj is best known internationally for his 2012 summer hit “Oliver Twist”, an uptempo dance fusion of Afrobeats and electronic dance music that topped the African charts in 2011 and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in 2012 reaching No. 2 on the UK R&B chart.

    The Afrobeat singer said the year 2021 would be marked in Grand styles and he would release his album titled “Ikebe” before the end of the first quarter.

    He also shared a healthy rivalry with another Nigerian great artiste, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, which helped in keeping him on his toes to always create good music for years before he was signed to Kenya West G.O.O.D Music Record Label in June 2011.

  • Seun kuti calls Aisha Buhari “goat” if she fails to send DSS to him, says “you are fat” (VIDEO)

    Seun kuti calls Aisha Buhari “goat” if she fails to send DSS to him, says “you are fat” (VIDEO)

    Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, popularly known as Seun Kuti, the youngest son of music legend, Fela, has accused Aisha Buhari, the First Lady of Nigeria and wife of the current President Muhammadu Buhari, of being fat.

    In his words “You are fat and it is our money you used to get fat, send your DSS come this side. If you no send that your DSS come this side, you no get sense, you be goat. ”

    It will be recalled that Aisha had a student,  Aminu Mohammed, arrested a couple of days back, for criticizing her on Twitter.

    Muhammed, a student of Federal University, Dutse, was assaulted, detained and remanded for criticizing the First Lady.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that Muhammed was arrested for tweeting that Aisha was feeding fat on poor people’s money.

    The final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, in June 2022 posted on Twitter that Mrs Buhari had suddenly added weight after taking part in plundering the nation’s meager resources as the masses endured hardship under her husband’s regime.

    Following Muhammed’s arrest, though has been released, Seun, who is popular for always speaking his truth, stepped out to do the same and dared the president’s wife to get him arrested.

    While calling her out via the image-sharing platform, he stated that not only is Aisha fat, but she got fat through the money meant for Nigerians.

    His comments have set a couple of tongues wagging on social media.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Seun leads his father’s former band Egypt 80. He became interested in music at the age of five, and by the time he turned nine, he had started playing with his father’s band, Egypt 80.

    Fela died in 1997 and Seun took to the role of leading Egypt 80.

    In 2008, the band released an album called Many Things. This was the first album released under the moniker Sean Kuti & Egypt 80.

    He is featured in Calle 13’s song “Todo se mueve” (Everything Moves), on their 2010 album Entren los que quieran.

    In 2014, Seun was given an honorary invitation to perform live for the first time at the Industry Nite.

    In 2019, he was a featured guest on 85 to Africa; the second album by American rapper Jidenna. In June, Kuti was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalogue, under the Polaris series, he was interviewed on Pan-African awareness, his country and music.

    Fela’s youngest son participated actively in the Occupy Nigeria protests against the fuel subsidy removal policy of President Goodluck Jonathan in his country Nigeria in January 2012. Seun Kuti is an atheist.

    In 2019, on Jidenna’s 85 to Africa album Seun voiced an outro of a song with the words:

    According to him, “I believe it’s time for an African peoples powered highway. A highway that will connect the Diaspora and Motherland. A global highway for African people all over the world to rediscover themselves. To remember that the only thing that unites black people, globally, the only thing we all have in common is that we are from Africa”.

    In November 2020, Seun led the revival of his father’s defunct political party – Movement of the People- with the intention of registering it with Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

    Watch the video below

  • I’m not surprised Chrisland’s female student had s3x at 10yrs – Seun Kuti

    I’m not surprised Chrisland’s female student had s3x at 10yrs – Seun Kuti

    Outspoken Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has shared his thought on a viral video of Chrisland’s 10-year-old female student, saying young people now engage in sex faster than before.

    He said everything in Nigeria is centred around sex and children are inundated with sexual images from songs to sex tapes online, therefore parents should stop “forming saints” and teach their children about sex.

    He added that: 14-year-olds had sex in his own generation and that it was no surprise that the age for indulging in sexual activity has now dropped this generation.

    His post on Instagram read: “ Everything in Nigeria is centred around sex. Children are inundated with sexual images. All the songs the media feeds them everything is hyper-sexualised. Sex tapes of their media role models are everywhere coupled with the internet.

    “Just start sex education early instead of forming saints. In my generation, most 14-year-olds were already doing it or planning to do it. I am not surprised the age dropped.”

  • #EndSARS: LASU students shun Falz, Mr Macaroni, Seun Kuti; promise to walk with Sanwo-Olu for peace [Photo]

    #EndSARS: LASU students shun Falz, Mr Macaroni, Seun Kuti; promise to walk with Sanwo-Olu for peace [Photo]

    Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received an assurance from students of the Lagos State University (LASU) to join him on a peace walk in December.

    They spoke on Thursday after the Governor commissioned the newly built students arcade LASU main campus in Ojo.

    The LASU students Arcade is the largest Student Union Building in any Nigerian tertiary institution.

    Sanwo-Olu, while reacting to the recent findings of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality in the State as well as the tragic shooting of protesters at the Lekki toll gate on the 20th of October, 2020, had invited key campaigners to join him on a peace walk for some time in December.

    But musicians Falz, Seun Kuti and comedian Mr Macaroni rejected the offer for varied reasons.

    However, the LASU student union president, Comrade Oladipupo Badmus announced that all students of the State- owned tertiary institution have resolved to walk with the Governor for peace and prosperity of the State.

    Badmus, who led hundreds of students to welcome the Governor to the institution with Speaker of the Students Union Representatives, Rt. Hon. Mustapha Adejuwon, to welcome Babajide, described him as a youth-centric Governor.

    They commended the Governor’s giant strides in Lagos State, especially in the education sector.

    Governor Sanwo-Olu donated two big buses to the Students Union as well as other gadgets and equipment for students’ use.