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Author: Obiechina Obba

Obiechina Obba has been a science journalist since 1989 when he started with NTA Network News in the headquarters and rose to become NTA Network News Producer. He is an alumnus of University of Ife, Nigeria and Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He also have certificates in Voice Training from FRCN, Lagos, and in Editorial Writing and Analysis from University of Ibadan among others. He specialised in Science Programmes in DW, Berlin, Germany, and was the only Nigerian journalist to cover the launch of NigeriaSat-1, Nigeria's first national satellite, live, in Pletsesk, Siberia, Russia, on 27 September, 2003. His 164-page book, NigeriaSat-1 the Full Story, on that was assessed by National Universities Commission, NUC, and placed in libraries of all government-owned universities in the country. He has been on a nation-wide tour twice for NTA before moving on to head the Information Office of Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, from 2008 to 2012. An award winner of "Outstanding Corps Member" in his NYSC service year of 1983/84 in Rivers State, he is a member, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and Associate Member, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, ANIPR.

The ban of Twitter by Nigeria

Posted onJanuary 15, 2020January 25, 2022Leave a comment

The Nigerian government lifted the ban on Twitter on 13 January, 2022 after talks between it and the micro-blogging platform in the country. A pre-condition however, was that Twitter had to register to operate in Nigeria so that it can Read More …

Electricity from Nuclear Energy in Nigeria

Posted onJanuary 10, 2020November 22, 2023Leave a comment

A Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) applies heat from a controlled nuclear chain reaction – in the Core of its reactor – to produce steam which drives its turbine and generates electricity. The government of Nigeria approved a nuclear framework for Read More …

UK’s first home satellite launch fails

Posted onJanuary 10, 2020February 15, 2023Leave a comment

The first attempt by the United Kingdom to launch satellites from home suffered a setback on 9 January, 2023 as all the nine small satellites failed to reach orbit. A Virgin Orbit modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, named Cosmic Girl, Read More …