The Director General of the Nigerian National Space Research Development Agency has said Nigeria will send it first astronaut to space by the year 2015 and launch an indigenous satellite from the country without foreign assistance by 2018.

Pakistan might have offered to share military assistance, including "nuclear power" with Nigeria, in defiance of counter-proliferation agreement with the U.S.

North Korea has offered to sell Nigeria advanced missile technology, the Nigerian government said yesterday, prompting the United States to warn its African ally that it might face sanctions if it strikes a deal with Pyongyang.
Nigerian officials yesterday issued vague and contradictory statements about their intentions and the missile type on offer, although they acknowledged seeking ballistic-missile technology for "peaceful" purposes.

Many developing countries have embarked on programs to build spacecraft
or launch vehicles in a bid to gain international prestige. Jeff Foust
reports on how some believe the money spent on those projects could be
better used for space technology applications that offer greater
benefits for those nations.

Nigeria has launched their a remote-sensing satellite aboard a Russian rocket, propelling one of the poorest nations on earth into space for the first time. The government plans to use the $13 million satellite to monitor water resources, soil erosion, deforestation and natural or man-made disasters.

The IAEA is going to Nigeria to help them track down radioactive material lost by an oil company.

Nigeria plans to use advances in remote sensing, weather forecasting and satellite communications \"for the exploration and exploitation of our mineral resources, and the development of information and communication technologies\" according to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Nigeria, one of the world\'s poorest countries, is to launch its own space program in the form of an agency that will develop rocket and satellite technology, Transport Minister Ojo Madueke announced on Wednesday.