Entertainment

Veteran Comic Actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ Passes On

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 […]

Jan 15 2023 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Car Rams Into Calabar Carnival Onlookers, Kills Seven, Injures Twenty Nine

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). […]

Dec 28 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Bob Marley Grandson, Jo Mersa Marley Passes On At 31

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 […]

Dec 28 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Skit-Making Booms In Nigeria Despite Rising Hardship

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 […]

Dec 23 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Scores Injured, Hospitalised After Stampede At Asake’s London Concert

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 […]

Dec 16 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,International,National | Read More »

DJ Cuppy Announces Her Engagement To British Boxer, Ryan Taylor

LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disc jockey DJ Cuppy has officially announced her engagement to British boxer Ryan Taylor. This is coming weeks after the news already stormed the internet, as seen in a video that surfaced on social media. Cuppy has been mute about the engagement news since it got widely reported, but yesterday, December 12, […]

Dec 13 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

MC Oluomo’s Ex-Babe, Ehi Ogbebor Accuses Maid For Stealing Her $11k

LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Interior designer and ex girlfriend of MC Oluomo, Ehi Ogbebor has exposed one of her maids for allegedly hacking her safe and carting away $11k. In a series of posts on her Instagram page, the celebrity designer narrated how she stole her money, which is about N8 million. Ehi Ogbebor said she […]

Dec 11 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Nigeria Female Singer Yemi Alade Robbed In Cote d’Ivoire

LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade, was robbed in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where she went to perform over the weekend. Alade took to her Instagram page on to lament how thieves got into her hotel room, ransacked her belongings and stole all the money they could find. She wrote: “A few minutes after I […]

Nov 30 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,International,National | Read More »

Nearly 50 Years After, Researchers Trace Bruce Lee’s Death To Drinking Too Much Water

LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It has been nearly 50 years since Bruce Lee’s death. The actor and martial arts icon suddenly died on July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong, with officials ruling at the time that the cause was cerebral oedema — brain swelling, amid much speculation. However, a new research paper proposes that Lee’s death […]

Nov 23 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »

Veteran Nollywood Actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo Joins The OBIDIENTS

LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 60-year-old joined other celebrities who have thrown their weight behind the former Anambra State Governor in his presidential bid. Kanayo declared his support during a radio interview he shared on Instagram on Wednesday, According to Kanayo, Obi embodies qualities worthy of a true leader, adding that the LP presidential candidate is […]

Nov 9 2022 | Posted in Entertainment,National | Read More »