LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki. According to the statement,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Telecommunication and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG), a consortium of key stakeholders and professionals synergising to promote sustainability in the sector, had an annual end-of-year meeting for its members and other stakeholders in December 2022 in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event, tagged ‘Sip and Tech’, provided the opportunity for networking, bonding,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The waiting list for Tomorrow Biostasis, a cryopreservation startup based in Germany, is in the hundreds. And the company already has about 10 bodies preserved in a lab. What comes next is the real issue. According to a report from Tech.Eu, the company’s “standby ambulance” has already been busy, with cofounder Emil…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men, parading themselves as journalists, for allegedly defrauding a rice trader of N33,000. The 30-year-old suspects, Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, were alleged to have, on February 2, 2023, generated a fake bank transfer alert of N33,000 to buy a bag of rice at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A journalist with an online news platform, Swift Reporters, Adewole Kehinde, last Saturday sued the Independent National Electoral Commission over the denial of access to his voter card. Printouts and text messages exchanged with the commission’s official sighted by our correspondent show that Kehinde, a publisher with the news agency, transferred his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Enugu State has said it has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing Permanent Voter Cards to their owners. This was contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives serving in the…