LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian afrobeat multi-instrumentalist Omorinmade Anikulapo Kuti, known professionally as Made Kuti, has opened up about the complicated weight of legacy, privilege, and personal purpose as he continues the musical dynasty of his grandfather, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. “Music is one of the worst professions where nepotism can succeed, because it’s brutally honest. If…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 flight – a seat the flight manifest shared by…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle. Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.” The politician’s cause of…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned, according to a joint media report published Tuesday through Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit media organization. In February, Russia returned Roshchyna’s emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Olabisi Ajala reputedly toured 87 countries on a scooter, meeting political leaders and celebrities until he returned home to die lonely and poor at 65 Even if conventional history ignores Olabisi Ajala, the phrase “Ajala the traveller”, a nickname in Southwest Nigeria for the footloose and the adventurous, means he would never…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly died following a stampede that occurred at the university’s convocation square on Friday. The convocation square was the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government. A source within the university told PUNCH…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of mourners paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, ahead of his funeral in the nation’s athletics heartland. Kiptum, 24, was killed on February 11 in a road accident near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, leaving Kenya and the world of athletics reeling. On…