LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iranian court has reportedly sentenced tattooed pop star Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death for blasphemy. The 37-year-old singer has been in detention in Iran since December 2023 after being extradited from Turkey. Multiple Iranian media sources, including the Iranian newspapers Etemad and Jame Jam, reported on Sunday that…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei, who founded the Afro-rock band Osibisa, has died aged 88. The talented drummer and vocalist passed away in London on Tuesday. He was “an important voice in music and culture, and he will be missed, but never forgotten,” the statement read. Osei rose to acclaim…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On 1 November 2021, Queen Dami, the estranged wife of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi, publicly apologised to the monarch on her official Instagram account in what appeared to be a desperate move. In her apology, the mother-of-one who left her marriage shortly after her co-queen, Aanu, left in November…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An actress known for her roles in Blues Brothers, Lady Sings the Blues, and The 10 Commandments, Dalyce Curry has tragically passed away at the age of 95. Her remains were discovered after her home in Altadena was destroyed in a wildfire, according to TMZ. The devastating incident occurred as the Eaton…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Actors Guild Of Nigeria (AGN) has debunked media report of the arrest and detention of its National President, Dr Ejezie Emeka Rollas by the police in Umuahia, Abia State. Disputing the arrest, Presidential Spokesman of AGN, Cornel Udofia in a statement made available to NewsRangers maintained that AGN National President was…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian gospel artiste, Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to perform at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast of US President-elect Donald Trump. The prayer breakfast, a non-governmental and non-political gathering, heralds Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC on January 20. The prayer breakfast which will be hosted by Reverend Merrie Turner, is billed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When former California Highway Patrol officer turned stay-at-home dad Gregg Musgrove started “treasure hunting,” the 56-year-old certainly never imagined he’d end up with a king’s bounty — the King of Pop, that is. A trove of cassette and DAT tapes containing unreleased Michael Jackson tracks were found in a storage unit deep…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kannywood industry is in mourning following the death of popular Hausa singer, El-Mu’az Muhammad Birniwa. The news of his passing was confirmed early Thursday by Abba El-Mustapha, the Executive Secretary of the Kano State Censorship Board, via a Facebook post. El-Mu’az reportedly collapsed on Wednesday while playing football in Kaduna and…