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Rail Britannia?

Today at 22:15 PM, via BBC News

Labour announce plans to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services

Education

Nigeria: ASUU Threatens Strike Over Attacks On Lecturers in Uniben

Today at 19:33 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] The University of Benin chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not resume academic activities next Monday, citing concerns about increased violence and insecurity on the Ugbowo campus.

Education

Nigeria: Low Turnout As Schools Resume in FCT

Today at 19:33 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] There was low turnout of pupils/students of both secondary and primary schools across the six area councils of the FCT as schools resume for 3rd tern academic season on Monday.

Education

Nigeria: Unilag Begins Award of Double Certificates

Today at 19:33 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has introduced a new programme called the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Business Incubation Certification (EIBIC), which will lead to students receiving double certificates upon graduation.

Science/Tech

Twilio Founder Buys Satire Site ‘The Onion’

Today at 22:50 PM, via Slashdot

Jeff Lawson, the cofounder of cloud computing company Twilio, appears to have purchased the satirical news website The Onion from G/O Media. Business Insider reports: A trust linked to Lawson is behind a San Francisco-based company called Global Tetrahedron, which shares the name of a fictional evil megacorporation in a long-running Onion gag, business records show. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller...

Science/Tech

Stripe To Start Taking Crypto Payments, Starting With USDC Stablecoin

Today at 22:32 PM, via Slashdot

Fintech giant Stripe announced on Thursday that it would let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon. TechCrunch reports: This will be the first time that Stripe has taken crypto payments since 2018, when it dropped support for Bitcoin due to it being too unstable. Stripe in 2022 tried its first reentry into the...