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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... these are now dashed, say analysts, who claim the satellite may not even have covered its expenses.Ahmed Rufai, managing director of Nigeria Communication, which runs the satellite management company, claimed the satellite was powered down this month after it was discovered that the batteries were failing faster than expected.But Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper claimed that the satellite...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Act of 1999.But in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Professor Ahmed Rufai Alkali, PDP said, "there is no provision in the 1999 Constitution, especially Section 225, which covers finances of political parties, prohibiting fund raising through donation by a political party."The obligation of the party is to submit to INEC at such times and in such...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... in the dark until it finds its way back.However, when the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Ahmed Rufai, appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, last Tuesday, it was confirmed that the satellite was lost and could never be recovered. Bad business for the company, as it was about to seal a deal to provide satellite backbone services for...
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... to 33 and finally hitting 18 amps, necessitating a shut down. NigComSat Managing Director, Mr. Ahmed Rufai, foreclosed the possibility of recovering NigComSat-1, saying, "the chances are slim," last week. NigComSat-1 was the 18th of the 19 satellites that have so far failed this year alone. The visit of the Chinese delegation is a follow-up to an earlier letter to President Yar'Adua...
