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Africa @[email protected] · 2026-04-12 · 16:38 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/africa/184338/ Buratai Lauds VON for Promoting Peace, Regional Integration ##AfricanUnion ##Burutai ##VoiceofNigeria #ECOWAS #Nigeria

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Shortwave Listening @[email protected] · 2026-03-06 · 22:43 UTC

HAM Radio Signals, probably from Lugbe, Nigeria

A German HAM radio operator under the callsign DF8DX and the Nigerian callsign 5N7QBR is reportedly active from Lugbe, Nigeria. He isn’t on a DX expedition; instead, he is said to be there mainly for work as a technician in a project to revive the Voice of Nigeria transmission site there. He was logged with morse signals in the 15-meter band on Tuesday (March 3), apparently using a VoN antenna after hours, given that the signals were remarkably strong.

According to the magazine "Funkamateur", there are several technicians at work at the Lugbe site, with the well-known rotational antenna plus several curtain antennas.

A company named Confax Nigeria Limited was reported as a contractor in the Lugbe Station recovery project last year.

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Shortwave Listening @[email protected] · 2026-02-23 · 09:16 UTC

Voice of Nigeria, “Milestones Recorded”

PR Nigeria reports a visit paid by Voice of Nigeria (VoN) Director General Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace to Governor Abdullahi Sule, "a blessing to Nasarawa State" according to this promotional video.

Ndace was appointed by President Tinubu (himself quite a believer in radio works) in October 2023, and has "recorded milestones" since.

He "expressed appreciation for the Governor’s consistent support and reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to projecting Nasarawa State’s policies, programmes, and investment opportunities to global audiences", and noted that the 250 kW shortwave transmitting station in Lugbe was "set to restore one of the most powerful broadcasting facilities on the African continent with modern, digitally compatible technology".

The article’s wording suggests that Governor Abdullahi was more interested in VoN plans to introduce a Mandarin service, "given the presence of Chinese-owned mining companies operating in the state".
If he will be a blessing for Ndace’s shortwave project remains to be seen.

Rebuilding the transmitter which has been "dormant for over a decade" doesn’t look like a piece of cake.

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