LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the recent ban placed on a song by Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem, describing the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. In a statement issued from New York University, Abu Dhabi, on Sunday, Soyinka…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has strongly criticised the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s latest track, “Tell Your Papa,” which is critical of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking with Punch on Thursday, PMAN President, Pretty Okafor, argued that the NBC’s decision to ban the song could backfire…
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 Macedonias southern town of Kocani, killing 51 people and injuring over a 100 more,…