LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Actor Kenneth Jideofor aka Aguba has stated his ‘real’ citizenship, claiming he’s certainly not a Nigerian. Aguba, who was recently rescued from the streets of Enugu and given a home by General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, in one of the church’s free estates in Port-Harcourt, raised eyebrows…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Trans women and men and non-binary people in Nigeria are nervously eyeing a parliamentary proposal that seeks to criminalise cross-dressing. It aims to amend the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (SSMPA) and defines cross-dressing as the “practice of wearing clothes usually worn by a person of the opposite sex”. Anyone found guilty could…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Legendary Juju Singer Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi has lost one of his sons, Olayinka Olalekan Obey-Fabiyi. According to sources, the late Olayinka died on Friday. The 48-yr-old Olayinka was interred on Saturday. . The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. The death of…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For being the subject of an investigation relating to criminal activities, organisers of The Headies awards on Tuesday evening disqualified singer Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, from its 15th edition scheduled to hold later this year. The organisers also cited a claim that he’s the founder of ‘One million Boys’, a suspected cult…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered an investigation into the comments by controversial artist, Habeeb Okikiola also known as Portable that he founded a cult group. Portable had in a viral video boasted to have formed ‘One Million Boys’ cult group. The group had caused unrest in many parts of…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran actress Joke Silva has announced that her husband, Olu Jacobs, who has been off the movie scene for years now, will feature in a stage play come December as part of his 80th birthday celebration. Disclosing the information on her Instagram page moments ago, Joke Silva stated that the stage play…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Hip Hop Czar, Social Crusader and Rights Activist, Eedris Abdulkareem of “Nigeria Jaga Jaga” fame needs the sincere and unalloyed prayers of all Nigerians and his fans around the world in this hours of his travails. Statement signed by Hon. Myke Pam For Lakreem Entertainment disclosed that the Lakreem Entertainment…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imagine a style of music that combines funk, jazz, R&B, soul — a fusion that becomes powerful enough to create a political movement and inflame a nation’s authoritarian leadership. That’s the West African genre of music known as Afrobeat. Afrobeat was pioneered in Nigeria during the late ’60s by the late multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who used music…