The Managing Director of the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT), Jane Egerton-Idehen, has announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved two additional communication satellites, NIGCOMSAT 2A and 2B, for Nigeria’s space programme.

The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) is set to host the second edition of the Nigerian Satellite Week (NSATWK 2026) on 30 and 31 March 2026 in Abuja.

According to an expert, Nigeria's 2025 broadband target is at risk unless it adopts satellite connectivity due to the prohibitive cost of installing fibre optic infrastructure in remote, underserved areas.

NIGCOMSAT: More than Just Monitoring Satellites, by Fom Gyem   At an inter-governmental summit in Addis Ababa in 1976, the then head of the state of Nigeria informed member nations of the Economic Council of Africa/Organization of Africa Union (ECA/OAU) about the history of satellites. The Federal...

FG Seeks AfDB’s Intervention In Developing NIGCOMSAT, Building ICT Infrastructure   The federal government has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to intervene in building the trans-saharan optic fibre backbone/national broadband backbone and develop ground station for Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) and other critical national...

The recently approved 2017 national budget finally gets the nod of the Presidency by way of asset, then the ministry of communications and its two affiliate agencies, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat and the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, respectively, they would actually be...