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 outbrea...
The newly matriculated students of Edo State polytechnic panic and express how anxious they are, after receiving the information that they will be writing exam three weeks after matriculation. Some out of the 2300 newly admitted students of Edo State polytechnic have expressed their concern over the date of tests and examination newly released by the institution immediately after the matric. The students who were matriculated on the 17th of June for the 2020/2021 academic session doubted if they will be able to meet up with the short time given to them to quickly finish their syllabus. After interviewing some of them over the decision of the institution to have them sit for their exam three weeks after their matriculation, they pitifully express themselves, that, though it is not the fault of the institution, because ASUP strike has done a lot of harm to the students rather than good. They said, polytechnic students have been at home for over two months due to ASUP strike, and generall...
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