LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Actors Guild of Nigeria has reacted to a derogatory statement allegedly made by the diminutive governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Ruffai, referring to one of the presidential candidates as a “Nollywood Actor”. Reacting to the Governor’s remarks which he made in an interview granted to a private television news station […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Continental Broadcasting Service Limited, owners of TVC and owned by Bola Ahmed Tinubu for airing inflammatory, derogatory and unfair comments of campaign rallies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In separate letters addressed to chief executive officers of […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday said its Lagos Zonal Command has taken over the probe of an actress and cosmetologist Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin for alleged new naira notes policy violation. The anti-graft agency said items recovered from Omoseyin at the point of arrest include a Range Rover and iPhone mobile […]
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned a song released by Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable. The song is entitled ‘Kuku Do Ritual’. According to MURIC, the song has the potential to encourage ritual killing and mislead Nigerian youths. Ritual killings are common in […]
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- As the 2023 general elections inches closer, Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede has pitched her tent with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. In a post on her Instagram page, the actress noted that times are hard and tough. “As one born in the early 80s, I have vivid memories […]
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were killed and 29 injured at Calabar Carnival on Tuesday when a car lost control and rammed into a crowd of onlookers, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan, confirmed the number of casualties to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, son of musician Stephen Marley and the grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley, has died. He was 31. A rep for the singer confirmed Marley’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not give a cause of death. The Jamaican American reggae artist was allegedly found unresponsive in a vehicle, according to an […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of skit makers is on the rise in Nigeria, where 63 percent of its over 200 million population are living in multidimensional poverty. Many young people are using their talents and the digital space to make people happy while also earning a living amid high unemployment rate, which the National […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lambeth Police has confirmed that many people were seriously injured and some have been hospitalised after a large crowd tried to get into a concert in London last night without tickets to watch Nigerian singer Asake perform. Police were called to the Brixton O2 Academy at 9.35 pm on Thursday following reports […]
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Vietnamese Authorities Intercept 600 kg Of Ivory Smuggled From Africa
12,000 Nigerians Petition INEC For Removal Of Lagos INEC REC, Agbaje Over Alleged Bigotry
Govs Sue FG Over New Naira Notes As Cash Vanishes From Circulation
Over 1,500 Dead As 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Turkey, Syria
Books, Magazine On Peter Obi For Public Presentation On Tuesday
Oshiomole Laments Scarcity Of Fuel, New Naira, Says He Paid N1,000 For Litre Of Fuel
Vietnamese Authorities Intercept 600 kg Of Ivory Smuggled From Africa
12,000 Nigerians Petition INEC For Removal Of Lagos INEC REC, Agbaje Over Alleged Bigotry
Actors Guild Of Nigeria Reacts To El-Rufai Referring To Presidential Candidate As ‘Nolly Actor’
NBC Sanctions Tinubu’s Television For Broadcasting Hate Speech
EFCC Seizes Ranger Rover Of Actress Seen Spraying New Notes On Viral Video, To Face Prosecution
Why Islamic Group Advises FG To Ban Portable’s New Song, ‘Kuku Do Ritual’
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Skit-Making Booms In Nigeria Despite Rising Hardship
Scores Injured, Hospitalised After Stampede At Asake’s London Concert
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