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First SolarNetOne Deployed at Katsina State University.

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SolarNetOne Equipments arriving at Katsina State University Site. For Universities in the 21st Century to achieve its goal in research and Development, Internet connectivity plays a vital role in that. The video Blow discusses how the whole thing started, how it works and its future challenges. A most watch Video for all on the Project! Having access to the Internet is becoming a necessity in today's world, especially in the education sector. SolarNetOne Project is a collaborative effort spanning several continents, organizations, and technical disciplines, with the goal of developing a feasible, sustainable solution for providing public and private Internet access and related services to areas that do not have the benefit of a reliable power or communications grid. With experts in open source software, photo-voltaic electricity, internet infrastructure, and true internet pioneers on the SolarNetOne team, we have endeavored to design and implement systems capable of bridging the d

President Ummaru Yaradua is Back!

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It all started with a chest pain complain by the President to his Personal Physician Dr. Salisu Banye, hours later, he was flown to Saudi Arabia for Medical Treatment and there, he was diagnosed and result was that, he is having a heart ailment, President Yaradua was put in an intensive care and Politics play began back home in Nigeria. The president returned home today aboard the Presidential Jet. Nigerian and Foreign Media was full of the news of the Presidents Return. Click on the Newspaper name to read their reports on President Yaradua's Return to Nigeria. Vanguard Nigeria Leadership Dailytrust Guardian Newspapers Thisdayonline People's Daily Tribune BBC News New York Times TIME Magazine Aljazeerah Reports from Katsina State, the Home of Mallam Ummaru Yar'adua's home state said that people jubilated and celebrated the return of the Nation's Number 1 citizen back home, If I were to be in Katsina, I will also join them in celebrating and wishing him well in his f

Gov Shema: Two years after!

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Since the time Governor Shehu Shema of Katsina state assumed office as the chief executive of the state two year ago, he has executed a number of developmental projects that have direct bearing on the lives of the people of the state. Indeed he has followed the steps of his predecessor, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua, in providing the dividends of democracy to the people of the state. Gov. Ibrahim Shema With the physical developments in Katsina state, the governor’s posture in delivering dividends of democracy to his people, and its efforts to uplift the lives of the people in the state, the people of Katsina state are now enjoying the real democracy dividends. Governor Shema has so far completed the state university project which was commissioned by the President himself, the Katsina International Airport, the completion of the 169- bed maternal and child international hospital in Katsina named after the First Lady and some ofthe on going

Nigeria's Real Problem!

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Many of us see corruption as the bane of development in Nigeria , after 50 years of Independence, there is no stable Power in Nigeria , healthcare is still not accessible to all Nigerians, Education is still the syllabus our Parents had during their University days, we never had a free-and-fair elections, multiple Cultural and Religious crisis, Unemployment is increasing rapidly, Infrastructures are not enough to cater for the daily needs of the country and many Nigerians are living under a $1 daily. This is a daily discussion of Nigerians all over the world. How to make Nigeri a work!, Map of Nigeria I engaged in this kind of talks because I totally have interest in seeing my country compete globally. Nigerians are boarding flights daily to study elsewhere, while our Universities are left to decay. I always talk about how and what should be done, but recently, I began to ask questions that very few could answer, one of them is "What is Nigeria's main Problem?". It took m

How Dato' Sri Idris Jala transformed Malaysian Airlines.

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I happened to listen to one of Malaysia's best CEOs in the person on Dato' Sri Idris Jala. He was the MD/CEO of Malaysian Airlines , he was invited to Deliver the Keynote address at the Toastmasters International District 51 Convention in Kuching, Sarawak - Malaysia. He spoke about how he applied management skills and transformed the Company many have lost hope in. During the Speech, he told the audience about his stay in Shell Malaysia and how he was chosen to Lead the Airline Industry. Dato' Sri Idris has never worked in an aviation industry but he managed and transformed the company as if he has been there for a very long time. Today's economy is witnessing alot of changes, many businesses are applying alot of management and business strategies to transform their businesses, Dato' Idris also did thesame, by applying what he call "6 secrets of business transformation". For those aspiring to be business architects, Managers and entrepreneurs, you will o

Katsina 2011: The storm gathers!

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Barely two years away, precisely in 2011, Nigeria will hold another general election. As it appears, only God knows what will happen before then. But given the nature of Nigeria, politicians are already strategizing, and re-aligning ahead of the period. Among political watchers, activities ahead of the election are gradually gathering momentum. Politicians across the states have entered into a period of late night meetings and formation of all manner of political cleavages. As is common with the nation’s political culture, not even churches or mosques are spared the ordeal of political activities. In the recent past, Sunday Sun served you analysts’ perspectives from the South-West, South-East and South-South. Here, Sunday Sun captures events in the North-West, a zone that produced the President, Umaru Yar’Adua. Katsina State Katsina is arguably, a centre of what can be regarded as a titanic battle, as 2011 draws near. This is so, not necessarily because President Yar’Adua is from there

Blackberry Notes 02: Got Problem with your blackberry Device?

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The era of Blackberry is now, 4 out of 10 people own a blackberry phone! Many people are using a blackberry phone, due to daily usage of blackberry, you tend to face some problems with your device, having spent big on it, you might not just give it to a GSM phone engineer to unscrew it and diagnose it for problems! If your device faces hardware problems, here comes a quick guide on how you can diagnose your device yourself, its called DIY. I have a number of very helpful Blackberry Blogs that addresses most common hardware and software problems any version of your device faces. The Official Blackberry Blog is owned by the parent company that produces the device, and they said, "We have Sean who is our social applications expert, Sanjay who is our IM guru and Mark who is everything email. We also have Andrey who is the desktop software pro, Mike and Riz who are our handheld software specialists, and Annu who works on handheld hardware." Secondly, the RIMARKABLE BLOG talks ab