NAM Satellites Five satellites have been launched by the Nigerian government into outer space . Early plans to launch a national satellite in 1976 were not executed. The NigeriaSat-1 was the first Nigerian satellite and built by a United Kingdom-based satellite technology company, Surrey Space Technology Limited (SSTL ltd) under the Nigerian government sponsorship for $30 million. The satellite was launched by Kosmos-3M rocket from Russian Plesetsk spaceport on 27 September 2003. Nigeriasat-1 was part of the worldwide Disaster Monitoring Constellation System. [ citation needed ] The primary objectives of the Nigeriasat-1 were: to give early warning signals of environmental disaster; to help detect and control desertification in the northern part of Nigeria; to assist in demographic planning; to establish the relationship between vectors and the environment that breeds malaria and to give early warning signals on future outbreaks of meningitis using remote sensing technolog
Quick facts to know about Buhari as the President marks his 78th birthday by Shalom's updates . Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari clocks 78 years on Thursday,17th December 2020. Buhari first became Nigeria leader at about 30 years of age. Vanguard has gathered some interesting facts about the 78-year-old Nigeria leader; Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who has been president of Nigeria since 2015. He is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and served as military head of state from 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'รฉtat. The term Buharism is ascribed to the right-wing policies of his military regime. Buhari has said that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a "converted democrat". Buhari ran for president of Nigeria in 2003, 2007, and 2011. In December 2014, he emerged as the nominee of th
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