LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the huge boost to his campaign earlier in the day with the endorsement of the Ijaw nation, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, on Thursday stormed Abuja for his campaign. Obi declared to the people that he and his running mate, Yusuf Datti-Ahmed, are just tools…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the May 29 handover to the next administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council. The development was announced on Thursday in a statement by Willie Bassey, director of information in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). The presidential…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued two major multiple accident victims and several others on ‘Kara’ bridge outward Lagos. The multiple accident which occurred around 7am today involved a fully loaded 40fts containerised truck with 5 other private vehicles. A male hawker died instantly during the…
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…