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…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police on Thursday said it had arrested a comedian, Augustine Valentine, popularly known as `MC Fine’, over alleged spread of fake news. Mr Biodun Makanjuola, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the force in Bwari, FCT, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that Valentine posted a false report on Facebook alleging…
By Michael Eli Dokosi LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s been 22 years since Nigerian pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre and human rights activist, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, passed away on August 3, 1997, but his musical legacy lives on, as well as, his music temple named the Shrine. Fela was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Serial Entrepreneur and Businesswoman, Jaruma has announced a cash prize of 50 million naira to the Port Harcourt based Big Brother housemate, Tacha who was recently disqualified from the reality show. The Entrepreneur made the announcement of the donation of 50 million naira on her Instagram page. She said “Sweetheart @symply_tacha come…
