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Israel to launch world’s first nanosatellites in 2018

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The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) and the Israel Space Agency on Wednesday said Israel will launch a group of three nanosatellites into space in 2018. The launch, which is the first of its kind in Israel, will be carried out by Dutch company Innovative Solutions In Space, which specialises in launching nanosatellites on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), as part of the Adelis-SAMSON Project. The project was initiated by a team of researchers led by Pini Gurfil, director of the Asher Space Research Institute and member of the…

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DPR seals 80 petrol stations in Delta

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More than 80 petrol filling stations have been shut in Delta state for selling above official price and hoarding. The stations were sealed by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, since fuel scarcity begun in December, 2017. Mr Antai Asuquo, the Warri Zonal Operations Controller, said on Wednesday in Warri that the filling stations were sealed in Warri, Ughelli, Sapele, Isoko and Asaba. Asuquo, who led a group of surveillance team to Asaba, said that aside from selling above the government approved price of N145 per litre and…

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2019: We’re not bound by your prophecies on President Buhari – APC replies Fr. Mbaka

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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday said it is not bound by the prophecies of any individual as regards the forthcoming presidential election in 2019. Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, while responding to a statement credited to Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the fiery preacher who advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election, said the APC as a political party is not run based on prophecies, which, according to him, “is a personal conviction or belief”. Abdullahi, however, said anyone who feels the prophecies are true…

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Donald Trump blasts ex-aide Steve Bannon

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Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on former chief strategist Steve Bannon, ahead of the release of an unflattering book. The US President distanced himself and his administration from Mr Bannon in a statement, saying: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” Mr Trump went on to accuse his former ally of “spending his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more…

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Diego Costa back in the old routine with a debut goal for Atlético Madrid

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Diego Costa had been back for only five minutes when he scored his first Atlético Madrid goal in three-and-a-half years but no sooner had he started than he stopped again. As the supporters behind the goal celebrated, Costa sat on the turf, looking at his right leg. He had stretched to turn the ball into the net, diving in where the studs were, and he had paid for it. The game – his first for almost eight months – kicked off again while he limped round the touchline with the doctor and…

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Mary J. Blige’s husband blames divorce for hospitalization

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There’s no shortage of drama in Mary J. Blige‘s divorce. The “Family Affair” singer is in the midst of a spousal support battle with her estranged husband Martin “Kendu” Isaacs recently filing court documents alleging that he “has experienced physical manifestations of stress and emotional distress” from the case “which has caused him to become hospitalized,” according to The Blast. Isaacs also claimed that he is “unemployable” so it is “impossible” for him to pay his rent without Blige’s help. He currently receives $30,000 from Blige each month and wants a judge to…

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Nigeria to get $550m new satellites from China

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The Minister of Communication, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the approved procurement of two new satellites from China at the cost of 550million dollars. Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the president in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Shittu said the China EXIM bank had agreed to pay the entire 550million dollars for the procurement of the satellites. The minister explained that the initial agreement was that the China EXIM bank would provide 85 per cent of the total cost ($550…

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Etefe community lauds DanDani Farms over school uniforms donated to Anaka school

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*Govt cannot do it alone- MD By Joseph  Igbunu THE chairman of Etefe-Agbarha-Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Adayusu Onokurhefe, has applauded the management of DanDani Farms Nigeria Ltd for donating school uniforms, sandals and renovating a 3-classroom block of Anaka Primary School, Etefe. Management of DanDani Farms, as part of its social responsibilities has renovated 3- classroom block, donated school uniforms, School sandals, notebooks, toiletries, and Noodles worth thousands of naira to Anaka Primary School, Etefe-Agbarha-Otor to mark the closure of the academic year.…

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Scientists unravel link between alcohol and cancer

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Think twice about that frothy, bubbly alcohol you consume as scientists have issued a new warning about its health effects by unravelling the linkage between it and cancer. Alcohol damages the DNA of stem cells responsible for producing new blood, according to a mouse study which may explain the link between drinking and cancer, scientists said on Wednesday. Health watchdogs have long warned that alcohol consumption contributes to seven types of cancer — of the mouth, throat, larynx or voice box, oesophagus or food pipe, breast, liver and bowel. What…

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President Buhari didn’t address Niger Delta concerns in New Year message – Agitators

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Niger Delta agitators, yesterday, picked holes in President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year speech, saying he did not show signs of seriousness, action plan and responsibility to really implement the agreement reached with the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and even the 25-point palliatives of the Federal Government. Under the auspices of 21st Century Youth of Niger Delta, the agitators, in a statement by the spokesperson, W O I Izon Ebi said: “We want to warn that the days of rhetorics and empty promises are over in the Niger Delta because…

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