LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly turned down Nigerian music superstar Burna Boy’s offer to host a free concert in the West African country. According to reports by Burkina Faso-based media outletTrulilgramon Instagram, Burna Boy had proposed the concert via his secondary Instagram account, expressing a desire to perform for…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom government has reportedly barred the Channels Television crew from the government house press centre in Uyo, the state capital. The barring of Christopher Moffat and Kufre Ikpe — Channels TV’s reporter and cameraman, respectively — from the centre followed the broadcast of a video in which Umo Eno, the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment. As the matter is still before the…
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 APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia has rejected a Ukraine war peace deal proposed by Donald Trump, the US president, because it does not grant international recognition to territory seized by Moscow’s troops. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, also suggested the plan did not satisfy the Kremlin’s demands to oust Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, and…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Man Utd and Chelsea have reportedly dropped Osimhen chase due to €12M salary, character concerns. Saudi likely destination, say Ornstein, Romano. Premier League heavyweights Manchester United and Chelsea have stepped back from pursuing Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen this summer, despite his remarkable 30-goal season at Galatasaray. Transfer experts David Ornstein…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points in five years to 2027. The World Bank made this projection in its Africa Pulse report released on the sidelines of the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC. The report, among…
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…