LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission has barred Nigerian radio and television stations from airing the trending song “Tell Your Papa” by veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, citing its “objectionable nature.” In a memo dated April 9, 2025 and issued by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, the commission declared the track Not…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan has given Nigerian singer, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, 21 days to appear before it to answer charges of intellectual property theft, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The lawsuit was filed by a group of four Nigerian…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 27 people, including a provincial governor, were feared killed and 134 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, collapsed. Head of the Dominican Republic’s Emergency Operations Centre, Juan Manuel Mendez, said rescue crews were working to…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four popular Nigerian gospel singers lost their lives when they were involved in a fatal car accident along the Ikorodu/Sagamu Road in Ogun State. Ogun State Commander and Public information Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okupe, in a statement unveiled the victims as Evangelist Ayodeji Kekerejesu, Evangelist lyanu…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was U.S. ambassador to Mexico…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 people were killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia in the early hours of Sunday, according to the state news agency citing the interior ministry, Reuters reported. The fire broke out in North Macedonia’s southern town of Kocani, killing 51 people and injuring over a 100 more,…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian content creator, Chibuike Gabriel, popularly known as Untouchable Comedy, has been rushed to the hospital after he was involved in a severe automobile accident. This comes shortly after the content creator announced the passing of his father, who had battled a stroke for years. The comedian, who recently visited veteran actor…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Netherlands is returning 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking one of the largest repatriations of the looted artifacts to date. The bronzes, plundered by British forces in 1897 and later acquired by Dutch institutions, will be transferred following an agreement signed by Dutch and Nigerian officials, as momentum for restitution efforts…