Driverless cars to hit British roads for the first time EVER

The future has officially arrived.
Britain has today given the nod to driverless cars being trialed for the first time ever in a £19 million government-funded project.
And it means that if you live in either Greenwich, Milton Keynes, Coventry or Bristol you could be seeing one of the test vehicles as early as summer time this year.
Here are a few of the vehicles:

One of the driverless cars expected to hit the roads in Milton Keynes 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And one driverless ‘shuttle’ that will be hitting the roads in Greenwich

The decision today follows a government review showing there is no legal barrier to the testing of automated vehicles on public roads.
Despite the trial cars being given the green light, it could be several years before driverless cars are available to consumers.
First the government must publish a code of practice – expected this spring – and then it will be summer 2017 before domestic regulations are reviewed and amended to accommodate the new technology. this could see changes to the MOT test and a possible review of the Highway Code.

Jega not under threat of sack, to conduct 2015 elections”

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, is not facing any threat of sack, and will lead the Commission to conduct the now rescheduled general elections, his office said Tuesday.
There had been speculations that Mr. Jega might be removed by the Presidency months to the expiration of his five-year tenure.
The Presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party are allegedly plotting to remove the INEC Chairman over claims that he had not only become too independent-minded, but had openly blamed the military for the postponement of the elections.
Mr. Jega had last Saturday attributed the postponement of the elections to security challenges in the North East region.
He also said the military and security agencies had informed the commission that they would not provide security if the polls were to hold February.
However, in a telephone interview on Tuesday, Mr. Jega’s media assistant, Kayode Idowu, denied knowledge of moves to ask his boss to proceed on terminal leave preparatory to his exit in June, insisting that the chairman would conduct the rescheduled polls.
“I’m not aware that he is going on terminal leave,” Mr. Idowu told PREMIUM TIMES. “He has an election to conduct. You don’t go on terminal leave when you have an election to conduct.”
Mr. Idowu said the commission regulates its service procedures.
According to him, “INEC shall not be regulated by any other law”.
Under Section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, the chairman of INEC can only be removed by the President “acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause) or for misconduct”.
The independence of the electoral body is also provided for under the Constitution.

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Witness: Boko Haram Kills 7 of 20 Cameroon Hostages

Suspected Boko Haram militants from Nigeria have killed some of the passengers they seized from a bus in Cameroon on Monday.
A witness tells VOA that the kidnappers killed seven of the 20 hostages and dumped their bodies on Cameroon's northern boundary with Nigeria.
Chetima Ahmidou, the principal of a government school in the area, said his brother, who was driving the bus, was found with one of his arms and one of his legs chopped off.
He said the kidnappers freed three elderly women and are still holding 10 hostages, including eight girls ages 11 to 14.

 Cameroon military spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck and local governor Midjiyawa Bakari confirmed the dumping of the bodies but said they were waiting for information on the casualty total.

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Deformed piglet born with a ‘penis on its head’

The animal survived its birth but died after being rejected by its mother

A deformed piglet with a human-like face and a penis on its forehead has been born, a farmer has claimed.
Tao Lu, from southern China, said the strange piglet even survived his birth, however he was rejected by his mother and therefore died shortly after, even as Tao tried to feed him from a bottle.
Tao, 40, put images of the piglet online where they quickly went viral before being brought by a Chinese news agency.
He said he was inundated with calls almost immediately from wealthy people offering large sums of money for the piglet thinking it had survived.

‘It is a shame it died, I could have got more money for it then for the rest of the family put together based on what people were offering me on the phone,’ he said.
The piglet’s 18 siblings were all reportedly born without any defects.
Taod says he now hopes to put the piglet’s corpse on display for visitors.

‘Feminist’ says she aborted baby because it was a boy

the story adds that the blogger was dissapointed, by the fact that her body betrayed her, in giving her a man, that why she killed the baby

A blogger has claimed that she aborted her baby when she discovered it was a boy because of bad experiences with men.
In her blog, the author, known only as Lena, wrote that she found out she was pregnant in 2012 and describes the father as ‘the donator’.
Describing the pregnancy as a ‘diagnosis’ she said that she was ready to have a child.
She also claims to be a feminist, fighting women’s rights ‘to the point of eschewing a career’.
But from her writing – if what she’s saying is actually true – she appears to be something of a misandrist.
She wrote: ‘One of the more prominent themes that I saw in these places was that men generally would look down on us, refuse to help us, or hardly even lend an ear so that we could air our grievances.’

Court Strikes Out Case Against Igp Over Death Of Police Armament

A Federal High court sitting in Kaduna has struck out a case brought before it by family of the late Kaduna state police armament officer DSP Nanbol Audu while in police custody   because of lack of

jurisdiction. The presiding judge, Justice Evelyn  Anyandike while delivering the judgment over the jurisdiction said her court  lacks the authority to hear the matter subsequently strike out the matter.

The Counsel to the Family Barrister Edeoga Ogbu said the battle  to seek justice for the late police officer continue as  his family are filling another suit at the kaduna High Court as directed by the Federal High Court.

It would  be recalled that the Kaduna Police Commands Armament Officer DSP Nanbol Audu,  was arrested during an attempt to steal firearms from the Commands Armory  and was latter said to have

committed suicide in detention. The suspects and two others according to sources came to the Armory

with two unknown persons in a private vehicle, parked behind the Armory and loaded some firearms into the vehicles.

The Policemen on guard suspecting a  foul play  immediately stopped the vehicle from leaving the premises.

"Upon interrogation, the State Armament Officer could not give satisfactory account of his action which led to his arrest and the two other occupants of the vehicle one Zingkur Joseph of Trade Centre Jos and Samuel Adamu Of Kuru Jos-South Local Government Area of Plateau State, respectively.

'During search at the spot, 11 G3 Rifles already concealed under the vehicle seat were recovered," the CP said.

Ambursa added that, further investigation revealed, one of the two civilian suspects is a blacksmith who specialize in manufacturing locally made firearms.

"The two suspects came from Jos, Plateau State on arrangement to purchase the said firearms from the Armament Officer at the cost of N400,000," CP said.

Other exhibits recovered are:N400,000 cash,Yellow Mercedes Benz 230-E with Registration number LGT 588 RJ used in concealing the arms.

 The family of the deceased quickly came to his defences saying he was innocent and his killing was a plot to eliminate him to cover some atrocities.

Polls shift: Security must not be political – EU Chief Observer

By Ochiaka Ugwu

The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation mission, Mr. Santiago Fisas has said, though security was critical to successful polls in the country, but it must not be political.

Mr. Fisas stated this in a press statement released in Abuja yesterday by the Observation Mission. He noted that the body was seriously concerned on the elections postponement noting that elections must be held to make government accountable.

His words, “We are seriously concerned at this delay and the reason given. Security is critical but must not be political. People have to be able to vote, elections have to be held so that government is accountable”.

The Spanish born parliamentarian informed that they are looking unto the security agencies to give full support to INEC and all the people of Nigeria in the holding of polls on 28 March and 11 April.

He said the Observation Mission will continue observing the elections in Nigeria despite the recent development.

Fisas said the team acknowledges the different views about INEC's postponement of the general elections to 28 March and 11 April, following statements by respective security chiefs who unanimously reiterated that safe elections could not be guaranteed at this time.

Continuing, he informed that the EU EOM commends the peaceful reaction so far to the postponement and will continue observing the electoral process, while encouraging all political parties, candidates, supporters and other stakeholders to consider the extra time as an opportunity to further prepare for the election days.

“More voters can collect their Permanent Voters Cards, candidates can elaborate on their proposed policies”, said Chief Observer.

 He further advised that the polls should not be delayed again in order to rekindle electorate hope in the political arrangement.

Fisas emphasized “For citizens to have confidence in the electoral process, the polls should not be further delayed. People need to know this and to see what is being done by the different authorities to make this happen. We will be here in different parts of the country observing the next crucial weeks in the run up to the election and beyond.”

It should be recalled that the European Union was invited to deploy an observation mission by the Nigerian authorities and has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The EU EOM is independent from any EU institutions or Member States and is committed to remain neutral and abide by the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct, as well as the laws of Nigeria.