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 JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of attempting to sabotage its growing opposition coalition by offering a bribe of three ministerial positions. The revelation was made on Tuesday during the ADC’s 99th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, where former Senate President…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports published by Sahara Reporters on June 25 claimed that Fidelity Bank’s MD, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was a party to an ongoing case involving fraud on Woobs Resources account with the bank. This is however not true. The charge sheet dated 12 May 2025 (sighted by this reporter) stated that the…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A former Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation has posited a new theory on the cause of the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 earlier this month that killed 271 people. Mary Schiavo, a transportation expert and lead attorney in the aviation department at law firm Motley Rice,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United States National Transportation Safety Board has attributed the helicopter crash that killed former Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son, and three others to pilot error caused by spatial disorientation. The NTSB report, released on Wednesday, further indicted the helicopter company, accusing it of “inadequate oversight of its safety…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2021, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa…
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 AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded…
