LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a long battle with ill health and recuperating, famous comic actor Babatunde ‘Baba Suwe’ Omidina has made a rebound and he’s back on movie sets. The 62-year-old actor was hired to play a role in Yomi Fabiyi’s latest flick, ‘Oba Shomolu’. Not physically fit like yesteryears, Baba Suwe still finds a…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akon’s cryptocurrency construction plans won’t be limited to Senegal. The artist-turned-mogul told Uganda’s NBS that he plans to build a futuristic city in the country. The Ugandan government announced on Monday that it has allotted Akon one square mile of land for him to begin planning an Akon City in the country….
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Toyin Lawani a Fashion artist, has lashed back at critics condemning her of the vulgar nun outfit. The fashionista sparked outrage over her controversial dress for the premiere of ‘Prophetess‘, a movie by Niyi Akinmolayan. Many critics who took to social media , professed the outfit as an slight to Christianity…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Berlin is planning to hand back its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, piling pressure on the British Museum to return its own world-class holdings. Germany is moving towards full restitution of its looted treasures, a foreign ministry official revealed yesterday. Hundreds of bronzes from the ancient Kingdom of Benin, located in modern-day Nigeria…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-VIRAL posts on Sunday, March 14, 2021, claimed that Nigerian artistes Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, otherwise called Wizkid, were the first Nigerians to bag Grammy Awards. A Twitter user, Ibe, with the username @meettheRichard, tweeted that Burna Boy was the first Nigerian artiste ever…
LAGOS MARH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Samuel Perry, a comic-actor better known as Broda Shaggi, says poverty made him consider a career in entertainment. The comedian brought the revelation to light during a movie premiere in Lagos. Shaggi said he left his hometown in Ikenne, Ogun state for Lagos after the demise of his father to stay with…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Afrobeats stars Burna Boy and Wizkid have both won awards at the 2021 Grammys. Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album. Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy was also a…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Already an Afrobeat superstar and this year a leading voice of his country’s youth protests, Nigeria’s Burna Boy is now hoping to add a Grammy to his growing list of accomplishments. Burna Boy has been nominated in the Best Global Music Album category at Sunday’s awards for his 2020 album “Twice as…