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I love this thread, if i ever catch jim ike ,hmmmmm, i will slap the taste out of his mouth. The idiot just tinks he is so cool, cant even stand his movies for 1 min.

The Federal Government has said Nigerian Communi-cations Satellite (NigCom-Sat) is not missing but packed up “due to loss of energy”.
Briefing State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, in Abuja yesterday, the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Zaku, said the satellite actually developed a technical fault that resulted in the inability of the operational batteries to be charged by the solar panels.
THISDAY had reported yesterday that the N40 billion satellite had developed technical problems and gone missing from the orbit.
Zaku said the fault was detected by the Nigerian and Chinese engineers stationed in Abuja and China at about 4.00 am on Tuesday.
He said immediately the manufacturer was contacted, repairs could not be effected on time, hence the decision to pack it in order not to cause damage to other satellites.
The minister said if repairs could not be effected on the satellite, a new one would be built and launched, adding that the cost would be born by NigComSat’s insurance company.
Zaku assured customers of NigComSat that their loads would be migrated to another transponder at no extra cost.
According to him, “At about 4am yesterday (Tuesday), our engineers who are manning the ground station here in Abuja, noticed that the satellite in the orbit was not being recharged.
“Usually, this is suppose to happen via solar energy. Usually, when it is not being recharged, it losses energy very fast. So when they noticed, they quickly reported to the managing director. About the same time, the station in China, of course the satellite was built and launched in China, noticed and also called to communicate what they have noticed but assured that they were working to see what they could do. Immediately they summoned their engineers including the president of the company that built the satellite and they tried to see what they could do about the power being lost.
“When they found that it was becoming a bit difficult for them to manage, they contacted us to ask what they should do since it is our own. At around 9am, I met with the MD and we looked at the options and decided that the best thing to do was to pack it like you park a car.
“Because if it is not packed there will be no energy left to move it but because there was still some energy left, we decided to move it aside and pack it in a safe place. Because if it is not done, it will lose all the energy and become like a lose canon which will keep rolling about and hitting other satellites in orbit. And of course almost all satellites are carrying loads that are paid for and once you make that damage you are liable. So we decided that they should pack it while repairs continue.
“However, we have also told them that in the event that it cannot be repaired, our insurance companies have to replace it. It is insured, so it will be replaced either they give us another one which is already in orbit or they built another one.
“Meanwhile, all the customers whose pay load we are carrying have been assured that we will migrate whatever we are carrying for them – TV, radio into another transponder so they need not fear at all. Of course they are not going to pay anything. The cost will be born by our own satellite because they paid for it and in fact the last amount they paid for it has not even be taken to the treasury, of course they pay in instalments quarterly. So the last money they paid has not even been banked yet. We are still trying to collect all, so we will just take that money and pay for another transponder for them to use now until ours is repaired or replaced.”
Also reacting to the missing satellite, the management of the NigComSat1 said it noticed a service disruption on November 10, 2008.
In a statement by the organisation’s Marketing Manager Bimbola Alale, it said: “Contrary to the statement in the media, NigComSat 1 is not missing but rather power down at about 10 am Monday morning when observed abnormal battery discharge in anon-eclipse situation.”
Alale said the Satellite had been put in an emergency mode operation in order to effect mitigation and repair.

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Thats the height of racism

please, could anybody help me identify this song i hear hear it on cool fm but i don't no the artist name it goes like this
"if you know say u know want to see me again"
"i would understand"
"if u know say u know gbadu my style again"
:i would understand"

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pls what is the lagos address of visafone

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Well as for me i think LNI has settled EFCC because i dont think he can hide anywhere. If EFCC really wants to catch him they would have called him since but nothing.Lucky Igbinedion is probably still in edo enjoying his loot with his ashi's(prostitutes). This has clearly shown that our so called ECONOMIC AND FINANCAL CRIMES COMMISION is a big scam.

Its so funny,i was reading this post and for awhile i tot i was the one who sent it cos i am in a similar situation rite now
But i think i will follow yewa-man's advice and give her some space.Like the popular saying goes"when you love sumtin let it go,it will come back to u if it is yours".

Please fellow nairalanders, can any please let us know the whereabouts of chief lucky nosakhare igbinedion the former governor of edo state.As far as i am concerned and i know my fellow nairalanders  from Edo state will agree with me,lucky igbinedion was the worst governor we ve ever had in Edo state and nigeria as awhole. EFCC is busy chasing governors who at least when you get to their states you can see at least some work done. chief lucky nosakhare igbinedion, if i am nt exargeratting,didnt do a thing through out his 8 years.
1.where did all the money that was sent to Edo state go? 
2.Why is EFCC suddenly not after   lucky nosakhare igbinedion.
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november 22

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where r u based