LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Singer Davido was arrested in the early hours of today after stabbing one Michael aka Dream Chaser, who is the younger brother of Abu Abel, the CEO of Obimzy Records in Dubai. According to multiple reports, the incident happened inside an elevator at Crab Market, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai. It was gathered […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some musicians in South Africa under the aegis of Tshwane Collective have sent a petition to the minister of arts and culture, kicking against the inclusion of Burna Boy in the ‘Africa Unite’ concert scheduled for 23 and 24 November. The Africans Unite concerts, a response to recent xenophobia in the country […]
2019 Big Brother Naija contestant, Seyi Awolowo has emerged ONE Ambassador. Seyi won the ONE health advocacy challenge on Huwe at Big Brother Naija on October 6th. A statement made available to NewsRangers stated that Seyi will travel to New York with ONE for the 2020 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and will join ONE […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lizzy Evoeme, one of the stars of the 80s TV sitcom, ‘The New Masquerade’, has passed away. Lizzy Evoeme plays the submissive wife of Chief Zebrudaya (played by Chika Okpala) in the sitcom that also has several characters. Evoeme’s death was announced on Twitter by Churchill Ebhodaghe on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, has faulted Edward Ijah, the sidekick of popular musician, Davido, for handcuffing and parading the two women who accused Davido of impregnating one of them. Davido’s hype man, known as Special Spesh, had posted a video on Instagram showing the two women, Helen […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty angry strippers marched to a police station in Thailand’s Pattaya on Tueday to complain that they had not been paid for the last two weeks. The women from the Walking Street strip of clubs in Thailand’s ‘Sin City’ of Pattaya – dubbed the sex capital of the world – were furious […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bear in a Russian circus turned on its trainer during a show this week and was subdued with a stun gun, adding to the argument that wild animals shouldn’t be used for entertainment. The 660-pound brown bear and handler Ruslan Solodyuk of the traveling Anshlag circus were doing a routine in […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Seun Kuti, Afrobeat musician and youngest son of legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti, pulled off an electrifying performance with his band, Egypt 80 at the New Afrika Shrine for Felabration on 20th of October, 2019. The venue of the annual event, which was tagged, ‘From Lagos With Love’, the New Afrikan Shrine, Ikeja, […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In March 1993, four editors of TheNEWS magazine were sent to Ikoyi Prison by Justice Olugbani of the Lagos High Court, where they spent one week over an alleged ‘criminal libel case’. A dividend of the detention was being incarcerated in the same prison space with Fela, who was then facing a […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British drummer, Ginger Baker, renown for his collaboration with Fela Kuti and others, has died at the age of 80. Baker’s Facebook page said he “passed away peacefully” on Sunday morning. His family had previously announced that he was critically ill and asked fans to “please keep him in your prayers”. Baker […]