LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Following the successful launch of the DFM Content Shop at the 2020 Durban FilmMart the DFMI is pleased to announce that 2021 submissions are now open. The DFM Content Shop is a curated digital catalogue of film projects that aims to create opportunities, engender inclusivity and champion access to markets for African filmmakers….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran musician and producer, Pa Chris Ajilo has dead. The musician died on Saturday morning after he was rushed to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha According to his friends, musicians Orlando Julius and Latoya Aduke, Pa Ajilo was hale and hearty when they visited him on Thursday. “It is a painful loss to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jamaican reggae icon Ewart Beckford, more popularly known as U-Roy, has died. The veteran toaster reportedly died in his native Jamaica on Wednesday night after ailing for sometime. He was 79. Tributes flowed freely on social media Wednesday night as musicians expressed sorrow at the death of a pioneering godfather of Jamaican music….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naira Marley’s concert which was scheduled to hold in Cameroon on February 14, reportedly failed to hold as it was allegedly disrupted by the country’s Special Forces Soldiers. Music journalist, Joey Akan who raised an alarm of a “struggling comedian” named CY International leading an anti-Nigerian movement in the country and many…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-four years after his demise, the works of late Afrobeat founder, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, better known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, still resonates deep emotions and meaning in the global space, as his rebellious song lyrics established him as political dissident. As a result, Afrobeat, which he created, has come to be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The late Afrobeat legend, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti popularly known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti could be set for a posthumous honour after he was nominated for the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The late musician was nominated alongside international artistes like JAY-Z, Dionne Warwick, Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Iron Maiden…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Dolly Parton was twice offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the Trump administration, but turned it down, she revealed on Monday. “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill,” she told “Today” in an interview set to air on Tuesday. “And then they asked me again about it and I…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Afro Juju musician, Sir Shina Peters, has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The legendary singer was ordained at a ceremony in a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday. The singer shared a video and photo of his ordination on his…