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'Space flight' for Nigerian girl
Stella
Stella is top of her class at physics and chemistry
A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.

Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.

"I feel like an ambassador," she said before leaving Lagos for Florida. "I feel so happy to be the first."

She will fly at an altitude of 10km (6 miles) on G-Force One, before dropping, giving a minute of weightlessness.

These parabolic flights on board a Boeing 727 are used as a training exercise for astronauts - and have been given the nickname the "vomit comet". They do not leave the atmosphere but simulate the experience of being in space.

Stella is top of her school in science subjects. Her parents earn a living selling second hand clothes.

"I'll be looking up in the sky for her," her mother Eunice told AP news agency.

The trip is organised to coincide with the United Nations' Space Week.

"The goal of the programme is to use space to inspire education on a global basis while promoting international understanding among the youth," said Robert Boroffice, director general of the National Space Research and Development Agency.

In 2001, the Nigerian Government formally adopted a National Space Policy and launched its first satellite in 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5364722.stm

jason123:
did the poster ever mention igbo you are the one that got igbo involved. you are showing signs of inferiority!!! I AM JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH!!!


you are right!!! btw, he does not represent anybody! igbos are hardworking industrious people without an ounce of inferiority but this is a lost soul

So there is no place in the thread that the poster mentioned Igbo? And did I mention Igbo/Yoruba first before him? Did you read or not read the article from BBC (where South East was mentioned)? I know you and your people are hypocrites, but please do it with style. Don't be an eternal mo-ron.

smithll:
@omongbati,there is no doubt that your ethnocentric attitude towards other ethnic groups outside yours is as a result of psychosis that was reported to be afflicting your side of the country, keep it up cos I am very sure that very soon it will turn to an epidemic that will have no cure cos it has eaten deep into your system that successes being made by others will cos you further breakdown you dumbo. You are a disgrace to yourself and the people you claim to represent.

smithll
Posts: 12

Same persons making same posts
Number of post 12 (new wine in old skin)
Meanwhile, the bolded suggests bigotry of the first order+ the fact that you overlooked fstrangers' comments

That will be all for now, hypocrite.

jason123:
[s]You talk too much! No other person behaves like you! You reek of inferiority complex! I am sure other ethnic groups have made similar strides if not better, yet they do not make as much noise as you. You are being consumed gradually with your hate. Keep going,  [/s]

Ask the op why he created the thread. Foolish Yoruba people, both of you.
+ you, JASON, are a first-class hypocrite too

This thread was created to demonstrate to fstranger that Igbos are always one step ahead. He wanted to show Yoruba superiority here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-578036.0.html and I beat him (as I always do) to it.

klas:
^^^ I was about saying that. In any case, @omongbatic, was her region of origin emphasised in the report? Why not also emphasised that her school was Moremi High School Ile-Ife. Osun State.

Yes it was. Can you read?

Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.

Also
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/nigeria/agency.htm

fstrangest:
just wanted to know if there are astronauts of Yoruba extraction out there. That said, i do know that Yorubas run the African space research whatever.

Yoruba run what? Yes, there is one centre at OAU but also one at UNN. Most likely the one in Ife will be run by Igbo-Yoruba combo (as usual with most things in the SW, while the one in UNN will be 100% Igbo run


The Space Research Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
P. N. Okeke
Space Research Centre
University of Nigeria at Nsukka
misunn@aol.com

1. Origins and membership
The Space Research Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (SRC-UNN), was founded in 1972 by Prof. S.E. Okoye - a Cambridge-trained radio astronomer and former student of Professor Hewish. Prof. Okoye established this group as a research unit in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Nigeria. Since then, and until recently, it has remained the only space research centre in Nigeria and, in fact, one of the few places in Africa where astronomy teaching and research is carried out at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Prof. Okoye continued to pilot the group until he took ill in 1989, which necessitated that he should be based in the U.K. However, the group still consults him from time to time for valuable advice andassistance.Other members of the group include: Prof. P.N. Okeke - the new leader of the group, Dr.(Mrs) L.I.Onuora - a cosmologist who recently transferred to the U.K, but who is still very helpful to the group, both as an adviser and a consultant, Dr. A.A. Ubachukwu and J.O. Ogwo - cosmology/radio astronomy, Dr. (Mrs) F.N. Okeke and A.B. Rabiu - solar-terrestrial interactions, geomagnetism and radio propagation, J.O. Urama and M.O. Asogwa - pulsar observations and solar flare energetics, Dr. A.G. Warmate, S. Sigalo and M.W. Anyakoha - plasma and particle Astrophysics (collaborators in other Nigerian Universities). In addition, the Centre currently has two PhD and four MSc students. In the past 10 years, the group has graduated a total of seven PhD and ten MSc students in various areas of astrophysicsandspace science. Three former students of the group are currently continuing their research in USA, and five others have taken appointment as lecturers in other universities in Nigeria. These lecturers are now making efforts to establish teaching and research in astronomy for the first time in these institutions.

2. Research activities
The group has wide interests in various areas of astronomy and space science: high-energy and particle astrophysics, cosmology, radio observations of pulsars and active galactic nuclei, optical observations of binary stars, astrophysical spectral studies and analysis, solar flare energetics, solar-terrestrial interactions and geomagnetism, and radio propagation.

The group made an initial attempt in 1984 to install and operate a 10-metre radio dish, unfortunately due to lack of infrastructural facilities, power supply, communication network and financial support the project could not be sustained. Subsequent efforts made in recent years by the group to have its own observational facilities, all met with similar problems of lack of financial support from the Government and absence of infrastructural facilities. Since then the group resorted to international collaborative ventures with more advanced countries in order to contribute effectively to international astronomical research.

3. International collaboration and support
The Space Research Centre at Nsukka maintains strong links with: Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in Krugersdorp, South Africa, the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape Town and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in USA. Within the past 10 years the group has been able to publish a total of over fifty articles in reputable journals of astronomy and astrophysics. This has been possible as a result of assistance received from various organisations and institutes, particularly the International Astronomical Union (IAU), HartRAO, and SAAO, who have rendered valuable assistance with travel grants and subsistence allowances to our members as well as donations of journals and preprints. The group acknowledges the valuable support and assistance it has received from the Institute of Astronomy Cambridge, U.K, the National Astronomical Observatory Japan, Otacamund Radio Astronomical Observatory, India, the German DAAD, and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, U.S.A, for assistance offered to our members. The group is unable to afford journal subscriptions, but is kept abreast of developments by a number of institutes who provide regular reprints. In this regard, SRC-UNN is particularly grateful to the Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Prof. Rod Davies, for recently donating a large number of astrophysical journals.

Figure 1: Members of the Space Research Centre at Nsukka.
Back: A.E. Chukwude, J.O. Urama, M.O. Asogwa, R.N. Eze.
Front: Dr. A.A. Ubachukwu, Prof. P.N. Okeke (Dir.), Ms J.N. Ogwo

4. Funding
The greatest problem retarding the progress of the group is that of complete lack of funds to solve any of its problems. The group currently depends on charity. It has no specific financial support either from the University of Nigeria Nsukka or theGovernment. Our group plans to continue its efforts to promote within the Nigerian Government recognition of the impor

Lagbaja:

What did you have in mind when you created this thread? I thought you wanted to surprise us with a Yuruba-man-in-space news.
Then I hit you with an Igbo bombshell. lol
And you began your Ife, moremi, Yoruba blah! blah!! blah!!!

[/quote]Ijebu Igbo you mean.lol[quote author=fstrangest link=topic=578036.msg7449288#msg7449288 date=1293990695]Whatever!

All I know is that without the Yorubas, Igbos are nothing academically, politically, and in everything

That is my stand!

In your dreams.

Be reminded that a blind/deaf/dumb/cripple Igbo is better than a complete-bodied Yoruba. It has been proven time and time again. God made it so.

Lagbaja:

Can you stick to one thing?

It is either the Ife teachers are good (in which case all the students, and not just one of them, should be good)
Or
They dash marks to non-Yerubas (in which case Ife is a fake, certificate dashing place)
Or

Stella is the best (in which case an Igbo student beat Yoruba students in their own domain)

fstrangest:
Ode@
WHo is talking about OAU? I am talking about Moremi high School, one of the shyytiest secondary schools in Ife.

You had written:

Moremi high school is on the campus of OAU, a very shitty school

Is this school not affiliated with OAU?

fstrangest:
From what I heard from friends, they give her top marks to make her feel welcome and comfortable in Ife. And also, Ife is a peace loving town, we wouldnt want you crying tribalism and marginalization, like Emeagwali did, suing his professors for racial discrimination after failing his Ph.D exams. You know, we Ifes are really  nice people. Also, we love smashing 'nna' nyanshes.

For the first time, I must admit your comic potential. We should in fact crown you the clown-in-chief of Nairaland.
Anyways, so Uni-Ife (and affiliated institutions) dey dash marks? No wonder this man here http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200902223264739 got his dashed degrees there.

fstrangest:
Felix is the top student in her favorite subjects — physics and chemistry — at Moremi High School in the southern town of Ife. Most of her class of 60 are lucky to have one book to share between two students.



That is my hometown

Moremi high school is on the campus of OAU, a very shitty school

It just shows you that Yorubas rule. What can you do without us. The best of your people come to us to be schooled by the worst amongst us.

It is the supreme art of her Yoruba teachers that awaken joy in her creative expression and knowledge


UP YORUBA teachers.    .    .  innit?

Just as we trained Achebe, we will help open Stella's brain and imagination.  We will continue to act as big brother to[b] humble[/b] Ibos

Talk about clutching at straw. If it is about the teachers, why did Yoruba class mates of Stella not make it then like her? CLEARLY, it is about Stella and not her teachers (teachers who also have Yorubas as their students). Loser! Loser!! Loser!!!

^^^^^^
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-578073.0.html#msg7449018

Space flight' for Nigerian girl
Stella
Stella is top of her class at physics and chemistry
A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.

Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.

"I feel like an ambassador," she said before leaving Lagos for Florida. "I feel so happy to be the first."

She will fly at an altitude of 10km (6 miles) on G-Force One, before dropping, giving a minute of weightlessness.

These parabolic flights on board a Boeing 727 are used as a training exercise for astronauts - and have been given the nickname the "vomit comet". They do not leave the atmosphere but simulate the experience of being in space.

Stella is top of her school in science subjects. Her parents earn a living selling second hand clothes.

"I'll be looking up in the sky for her," her mother Eunice told AP news agency.

The trip is organised to coincide with the United Nations' Space Week.

"The goal of the programme is to use space to inspire education on a global basis while promoting international understanding among the youth," said Robert Boroffice, director general of the National Space Research and Development Agency.

In 2001, the Nigerian Government formally adopted a National Space Policy and launched its first satellite in 2003.

'Space flight' for Nigerian (from South East) girl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5364722.stm

'Space flight' for Nigerian (from South East) girl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5364722.stm

fstrangest:
But you have no evidence to substantiate that, do you?

Common, don't be an ostrich. Even the blind/dumb knows that EVEN  Abacha/IBB are lesser evil than MKO when it comes to stealing. MKO only added style to his own thievery while the others, especially Abacha, were crude.

Ileke-IdI:
Oh dear
Why do you wish to "know him personally" so bad?

Where did I express such a wish?

You are the one talking about knowing and not knowing anyone. Wetin concern me with your Mr. B?
Now tell me what you do abroad.

Ileke-IdI:
Because he didnt push drugs

Now you complicate matters. So why was he wasted, as a drug pusher who crosses the part of other drug pushers, would be? Plus, you conveniently skipped your own part of the deal. Since you also reside abroad, how does your statement in the quote below affect you? Only a naija girl who is into [b]something [/b]will be this ''bold'' and ''daring'' (note the quotes), even on cyberspace.

Why wouldnt you? What do you ppl do abroad again? Grin

^^^^^^
And how do you know that he does not know me personally? Are you are a seer?

Ileke-IdI:
Nah, he didnt know you personally

And you know that how? You think my name is omongbatic outside of nairaland? Don't be daft.

Ileke-IdI:
Why wouldnt you? What do you ppl do abroad again?

Does that include you and your friend, Mr B, too?

olabukola:
Ibo people using Yoruba name to do what they best. If she is yoruba why going through ibo airport?

Stop the tribal bashing. This is new year. And dont be daft; the woman most likely resides in PH and has to do her stuff from the closest airport.

BTW

A Nigerian based in Netherlands, Mr. Samson Popoola, was named by Akande as her sponsor,

So na drug this man dey do for Amsterdam? I know him personally. Na waoh!!!!

Kini big deal? HIV-infected woman; might be dying soon anyways, because the prison won't provide her medication. So just relax in prison and wait out your life. While at that, can as well infect all those RANDY inmates and prison wardens with the virus

NDLEA arrests 59-year-old HIV-positive widow in PH
Bisi Olaniyi, Port Harcourt 01/01/2011 02:27:00


A 59-year-old HIV-positive widow, Mrs. Fati Akande, has excreted 99 wraps of a substance believed to be heroin at the Port Harcourt International Airport, after she was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The substance, which weighed 1.408 kilogrammes, has a street value of N15 million. Akande, a mother of three from Oyo State, was paraded before reporters in Port Harcourt yesterday.

She said her HIV status made her to embrace drug trafficking in order to get money to manage the health challenge.

A Nigerian based in Netherlands, Mr. Samson Popoola, was named by Akande as her sponsor, stressing that her status was confirmed through a test conducted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba.

NDLEA Commander, Port Harcourt International Airport, Mr. Julius Parah, disclosed that Akande was arrested at the airport during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 3051 to Paris.

He noted that the suspect had Nigerian international passport with number A01392379 and was arrested on December 27, 2010 on her way to the United States of America (USA).


http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news-update/23411.html

Ola edo:
No atiku is your slave master and daddy.

I care less about Atiku, much the same as Jonathan. If it makes you happy, you can go suck Jonathan's big black Ijaw pee-pee instrument.

Ola edo:
Ok now according to what you said, lets assume enugu and anambra do with atiku,the SE votes would be split would it? and where would it leave the igbos? Complaining and crying over marginalization after atiku becomes president.

So Jonathan is the messiah Igbo have been waiting for? I laugh in Yoruba.

Igbos are free to vote for anyone. I do not see any strategic difference btw Jonathan and Atiku