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Google has revealed its self-driving car and has said that it is ready to hit the road in the New Year.
The driverless car looks a lot like the early prototype that Google unveiled in May. But that didn’t even include working headlights, while the new version is ready to drive around.
The car is going to be driving around Google’s test track over the holiday period, before taking to the roads Google’s homeland of Northern California in the New Year. While it does so, the car will be controlled by safety drivers, who have access to temporary manual controls when the car needs it.
The steering wheel and pedals will eventually be removed, Google said when it announced the project in May. It hopes that eventually the inside of the car will just be two seats, seatbelts, a place for luggage, buttons to start and stop the car and a screen that shows the route.
Since the car was first unveiled earlier in the year, the company has been working on both typical car parts, like steering and breaking, and the engineering required to make the car able to drive itself, such as the sensors inside and the computer that will power it. All of those systems have come together in the first working version of the car to be unveiled.
An artist's impression of the Google car, released when it was unveiled in MayDriverless cars are set to begin trials in the UK in January, as part of a scheme run by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. But safety experts have warnedthat the cars could be hacked by terrorists and hackers bent on creating chaos and crashes on Britain’s roads.

SHOCKING NEWS: THE EX-
MUSLIM PRIEST SAID THAT
”ALL MUSLIM MUST CHANGE
TO CHRISTIAN TO AVOID HELL
FIRE”
Posted by: Linda Ikeji's Blog in NEWS
HEADLINES
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While I was working in a muslim mosque as an
imam, as a parish priest, I preach in my parish
that
Jesus Christ is not God, for me, God was only
Allah, and I believed Allah never got married,
so no
sons for Allah. So I preached there that Jesus
is
not God. Then somebody ask me, who is
Jesus?’’
from the crowd. Maybe a muslim, but he
asked me,
who is Jesus?’’ I was preaching he is not God,
but
the question is who is he? To know who is
Jesus? I
read the entire Koran once again: 114
chapters,
6666 in the Koran when I read it, the name of
prophet Muhammad. I found it in Koran 4
places,
but the name of Jesus I found in 25 places.
There
itself, I was a little confused. Why does the
Koran
give more preference to Jesus? And second
thing, I
could not see any woman’s name in Koran: the
Prophet Muhammad’s mother’s name, or wife’s
name, no, in the Koran, there is only one
woman’s
name that i found is Mariam, the mother of
Jesus
no other woman’s name. And in the holy Koran
chapter 3, the name of the chapter is family of
Mariam,’’ and holy Koran chapter 19, the name
of
the chapter itself is ‘’MARIAM’’ one chapter is
‘’MARIAM’’ so I was very curious to know why
does
Koran says all these things about MARIAM,
holy
Koran chapter 3 verse 34 onwards says that
Mary
was born without original sin, she never
committed
any sin in her life, she was ever virgin.
Koran chapter 50 verses 23 say that she went
to
heaven with her physical body. Even the
assumption is writing in the holy Koran and
then
about Jesus, when I read chapter 3 verses 45
to 55
verses, there is 10 point which the Koran
makes
about Jesus. The first thing Koran says
(kallimatulli) the arabic word which means
‘’the of
God’’ and second thing is ( ahimokuli ) which
mean
spirit of God and the third (isa masi) which
means
Jesus Christ so Koran give the name for Jesus
WORD OF GOD, SPIRIT OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST.
And then Koran says that Jesus spoke when he
was
very small, like 2 days old. after his birth he
began
to speak , Koran says that Jesus created a live
bird
with mud. He took some mud, he formed a
bird;
when breathed into it, it became a live bird. So
I
think Jesus can give life because he gave life to
mud, clay, and then Koran says that Jesus
cured a
man born blind and a man with leprosy, e.t.c
Curiously, the Koran says that Jesus gave life
to
dead people; Jesus went to heaven; he is still
alive
and he will come again. When I saw all these
things in the Koran I taught of what Koran says
about Muhammad, according to the Koran,
prophet
Muhammad is not the word of God, not spirit
of God
he never spoke when he was 2 days old, he
never
created any bird with mud, he never cure any
sick
people, he never raised any dead people, he
himself
died, and according to Islam he is not alive
and he
will not come back. So there is a lot of
different
between these two prophets. I didn’t call Jesus,
God, you know my idea was ‘’He is a prophet
but he
is a prophet greater than Muhammad; so one
day I
went to my teacher, the one who taught me 10
years in Arabic college, and I ask him, teacher,
how
did God created the universe? Then he said
God
created the universe through the word,’’
THROUGH
THE WORD. Then my question is: ‘’WORD’’ is
creator or creation? He must clear this, my
question
is whether the WORD of God is creator or
creation.
Koran says Jesus is WORD of God. If my
teacher
says word of God is creator, which means
Jesus is
the creator, then muslim must become
Christian
suppose if he says the word is creation he will
be
trapped. You know why? He said everything
was
created through the word. Suppose if he said
the
word is creation, then how did God created
the
word? So he cannot say that the word is
creator, or
creation, so he was quite angry he push me
out of
his room and said word is not God, not
creator or
the creation you get out of here, ‘’he said
The reason why Muslim doesn’t accept to be
Christian is because they are blinded with the
wrong teaching of their priest, Imam. They
said that
the word is creation they try to prove it
wrongly……
they say the word is not creator, not the
creation,
but not God. And no creation also. They don’t
equal
with God, that all their problem. So when he
said
that I told my teacher, word is not the creator
or the
creation.’’ So, that is why Christian says the
word
is son of God. Then he told me if there is son
for
God, I must show him the wife of God. That
without
wife no chance of having a son then I showed
him a
portion from the Koran. Koran says that God
can
see without eyes, God can talk without tongue,
God
can hear without ears. It is writing in the
Koran. I
said if that is the case, so God can have a
child
without a wife. I took my Koran, I put it on
my
chest, and I said ‘’Allah’’, tell me what I should
do
because your Koran says Jesus is still alive, and
Mohammad is no more. Tell me whom should
I
accept.’’ after my prayer I opened the Koran, I
didn’t asked anyone, I asked only my Allah.
When I
opened Koran, I saw chapter 10 verses 94. You
know what Koran says? It says if you have any
doubt in this Koran which I give to you, go and
read
the Bible, or ask the people, those who read
the
Bible. The truth is already revealing that.
I beg all muslim to give their life to Christ
because
he is the only way to the kingdom of God.
Please
don’t perish like other muslims that is serving
the
god they do not know. I welcome you into
Christ
Jesus as you change your mind to accept him
today. God bless you

blemon44:
GEJ forever

I don't knw when idiots like u will knw when to hold ur stupid comment,just behave as if u Weren't born with brain

Nigeria is always getting funny to me everyday,lots of issue to be settled in this very country of ours,our anti-corruption agency is a joke,A person who stole 10billion will be asked to pay 10million after dragging the case for several years,a person who stole 10million will pay 100thousand,if u steal small money Wey u no get money to settle some mouth,na jail u dey go,our people don wise now them no dey steal small money again,lots of crucial case to be settled are out there,cases that worth billions of naira fraud,they are running after land fraud case,the only way this ppl can be effective is when they are totally independent,and when nobody is totally above d law,even the Mr president,I knw with that statement,some nairalander will begin to raise stupid comment as if the president is paying for their MB,that's all

Am so sorry for some so called christain,especially christain of nowadays,if ppl of Jerusalem,which are the genesis of Christianity can live with this ppl,I see no reason why some asshole while come on internet and make student comment abt there religion,am a christain and it doesn't give me d right to conderm other ppl's believe,is that how to evangelise,a lot of christain nowadays don't read bible,all they read is nairaland,am so sorry for u if u're a christain and u still continue to make Stupid comment

Abeg,if u won show picture,upload it here,no dey direct us go other site,no finish my remaining 2MB Wey I won manage b4 I qualify for another one 4rm MTN.

reknownedmarsk:
m sure dis trafficking issue will stop wen d yeye otuoke man leaves aso villa....jona get ready to go to otuoke,,i promise u BUHARI/OSIBANJO will construct a ZOO for u to supervise....

lets all be happy...freedom at last...BUHARI/OSIBANJO all d way.
jona nd his wife shud get their bicycle ready...otuoke to abuja no
b small journey o...
BUHARI/OSIBANJO

this is not a campaign centre,so get d hell out of her,I don't knw when ppl like u will be reasonable enough to knw when to take matter serious,if ur hope is in any politician what till he get elected into d office and if what u are expecting doesn't happen,u change ur story to another,afterall they are still d same set of people since 1960 cross from one party to d other,youth are leaders of tomorrow since 1960 and those old men never want to leave office,I knw people like u don't have any job at hand so u take a lot of time to type stupid things on internet without reasoning,And there lots of people like u out there,dumbass

b1327:
I c

yea

b1327:
Op I know u are opposite of wat u call urself

am what I call myself

Research made it knw that there a various type of people on nairaland
1.people who will never sign up for a nairaland account,all they do is to read post,read comment laugh alone and hmm.....that's all
2.hardworkers;These set of people no get work that to look for topic,@least 3 topics per day
3.Political activist,they are to defend politician of their choice even if they will do that with they life
4.they are people Wey no get work than to like other people's comment
5.Super hero;they are experts in insulting other,they that pleasure in insulting others with different type of grammar.
6.Spectators;they will never comment nor add topics,all they do is read others write,and check people's profile
7.You can't believe they really exist but they do,they don't think in the right direction,with their stupid comment
8.Funny dude;just wanna post funny comment to receive more comment and likes
9.they last but not the least,this is where I belong,the easy going type,but very discipline,these type of people,never insult them cuz you will never win ........................................................................U are free to add yours

silvermania:
pls get away. empty barrel

dumbass

silvermania:
so you r quoting a mad man. then what r u? I don't want to insult you because you are an old fool. ur ancestors are mad . aye e ma baje.agbero like u.unclad mugu

u just acted like I said,I just confirm d degree of ur madness

Mad man,u Wey suppose cover ur face,chai,fashola get work on top lagos street o,so this kind ppl still dey around,abi Dem don compulsory use of phone for psychatric hospital

silvermania:
don't know why Yoruba women r too promiscuous.one almost destroyed me thank God am good Christian. if not I would have been bleeped by her.

ireneony:
just try and copy the link with my tutorial help

chai!,as I just dey,I dey observe,I notice say u get problems gan o,chai

ireneony:
am just saying the truth from what i have witnessed. I know of some tribe in the south that don't allow their wives to cheat, because the day they cheat either the man or the woman will die....
please don't hate me, am only saying the truth

common,lots of ur ppl they count sex as exercise,what do u wanna say abt that,I wonder how many sex partner u have,if u will be sincere enough to tell d world,idiot

Nairaland app for blackberry doesn't notify at all,those who did the software did a very good job but they really need to improve on it,without notification,it is even better to use blackberry phone browser,it doesn't make any difference ,I stand to be corrected

D guy don cheat,na so he dey beg her,so many guys out there have no reason to do these to a lady except when caught in d act.................................................................

Allureoftheseas:
lame.

u need to check urself,so sure that something is totally wrong with ur brain

Allureoftheseas:
dumpest??

yes,call it whatever.it is d degree of ur stupidity

Allureoftheseas:
Dumbass.

dumpest idiot trekking across d surface of the earth,I think u really have a problem,u really need to check urself with ur attention seeking mode,otondo

I will rather see oyinbo movie,that nollywood movie Wey I don knw d end 4rm d beginning

What a pity she finally freed herself from this world to the world of no pain nor sorrow,R.I.P

What a pity she finally freed herself from this world to the world of no pain nor sorrow

Bro, too much bad eegs in NPF,it won't take a longtime b4 they teach him there ways

Vivly:
For real? That guy should come back home and join the Nigerian Police Force.

Maybe u have to ask orunmila

Cuz most beautiful ladies got there temple destroyed when they got to knw how beautiful they where,and Am sure every guy want a decent girl

Oyo state[quote author=Mprex post=28830998]Which state is this town located?

The Land Of Twins
It's a curious, but little-known fact that the rate of twin births in West Africa is about four times higher than in the rest of the world. The centre of this twin zone is Igbo-Ora, a sleepy southwest town in Nigeria.
More twins are born here than anywhere else on earth, but nobody is quite sure why this town should be more twin prone than any other.Outlookreports from the 'twin
town' with a difference.
On the road going into the town of Igbo-Ora, there's a large stone plinth, which proudly welcomes visitors to 'the land of twins'. Here there are few households who do not have at least one set of twins.
Nigeria is the most highly populated nation in the world with an estimated 110 million people and population experts say that the country, particularly the southwest, has the world's highest twinning rate.
Whilst recent accurate figures do not exist, a study conducted by a British gynaecologist, Patrick Nylander, between 1972 and 1982 recorded an average of 45 to 50 sets of twins per 1000 live births in the southwest.
In the predominantly rural community of Igbo-Ora, multiple births are celebrated and have, over the generations, been regarded as special gifts from God. Twins are a blessing, with many pregnant women wishing for multiple births.
'Whilst twins could be considered the result of providence, other local people attribute the predominance of twins to tradition. Meanwhile, others believe it to be diet.'
Yam Births
Central to the Yoruba people's diet is the cassava, a plant with a tuber root, which can be eaten in addition to the leaves and flowers.
Research into multiple births carried out at Lagos's University Teaching Hospital has suggested that a high level of a chemical found in the Yoruba women and the peelings of the tuber could account for the high level of multiple births.
A consultant gynaecologist at the hospital explains:
'These substances are usually linked to the release of more than one egg, which usually leads to twin pregnancies. That means that there is possibly an environmental factor that encourages the high level of this chemical substance.'
The doctor, who has witnessed many multiple births at the run-down hospital, continues by linking the staple diet of the women to the prevalence of the chemical:
'Numerous works has shown that the tuber food of the Yoruba women, especially the peelings, contains a very large amount of these chemical substances. These women have a disproportionately large amount of these chemicals in their system and this encourages the release of more than one egg. There is enough reason to believe in this theory.'
So, could it be that eating tuber peelings leads to multiple births? The International Institute of Tropical Agricultural is uncertain.
Following research into the reputed high oestrogen content of a yam like vegetable called agida, Robert Asiedu is sceptical of the tuber link. Citing the specific cultivation of yams in regions of Asia for their contraceptive qualities, in an article forScience In Africamagazine, he commented:
'Nobody has provided any scientific explanation or evidence that could prove that yam consumption can cause multiple births.'
A Special Breed
Igbo-Ora is not a wealthy town, many families rely on farming for their income and resources are scarce.
Bringing up large numbers of children can be a struggle, but in many families the arrival of twins continues to be warmly welcomed as one townsman explains:
'Being a father of twins is a joy. It is a sort of honour, because you know they are a special breed from God.



Igbo Ora town of twins, Nigeria Twins, Oyo State
Hardly could one get to a household at Igbo Ora, Oyo State, without seeing a set of twins. The indigenes believe that a kind of okra leaves, locally known as ewe ilasa, is capable of making women who use it give birth to twins. Taiwo Abiodun who visited the town writes on this phenomenon
Welcome to Igbo Ora, The Nation’s Home of Twins
At the mere mentioning of Taiye or Kehinde in the public place could trigger a simultaneous response from more than four people. In other words, the names, being what twins are called (the former for the one who came first and the latter for the one who followed) in Yoruba land, unusually have more than one claimant in this land.
“If you gather about 200 people, 70 per cent of them is likely to be twins,” Taiwo, twin, told The Nation. “I am a twin and my twin brother’s wife is also a twin and she has a set of twins. My younger sister, Idowu, has two set of twins too but I don’t have twins yet. I believe that my new wife will deliver twins by God’s grace,” he said as he thumped his chest.
Chief Isaac Olurinmade Olapegba [JP],73, described the town as a unique town where God blessed the people with twins and triplets, saying “every time our women deliver babies they always give birth to twins and at times triplets. You can go and ask the medical doctors as the record is there for everyone to see. In fact, people from all walks of life do come here for research.”
Elated, the septuagenarian further told The Nation that the signs that the town is blessed with twins are everywhere. “Go to the entrance of the town and to the roundabout where we have the statue of the mother of twins and her babies on her chest and her back. Delivering twin babies is our industry here. We are the ones producing more twins than any other towns in Nigeria, and that is what our study reveals because of the symbolic reason that we prepare okra leaves as soup more than any other soup,” he said.
He noted further that: “There is no man or woman in this town who does not know how to eat okra soup. We cook the leaves called ewe ilasa (ilasa leaves) more of which we consume than any other soup. If you go to the market on market days, you will see how twins’ mothers carry their twin babies and dance around demanding for money. Hardly will you go to any house without seeing at least a set of twins. In fact, you could see three sets of twins in a house. Therefore, if you are calling Taiye, you need to be specific so that we can know whether it is the senior or junior one, or else all of the twins could rush to you to answer. It is a funny thing and we shall soon have twins fill the town. It is God’s gift; it is just blessing we cannot explain. It is incredible.”
In order to convince this reporter of his claim, the old man took him round the town, visiting about 20 houses where they have a set of twins, triplets, or two sets of twins of different age, similar and different sexes. Again, it is not uncommon to hear that a Taiye or a Kehinde is away to Lagos to buy clothes when asked about their whereabouts. The import of this metaphoric journey is simply that the person in question is dead. In some of the houses visited, such euphemistic rendition was not wanting.
A mother of twins simply called Iya Ibeji (a mother of twins) observed that the nursing of twins is quite hectic, especially at infancy. She said, “Feeding the twins and taking care of them is not easy at infancy, but it only gets better when they are growing up. When they become big men and women, say medical doctors or engineers, one can now be proud of them because they have become big men and women – important personalities in the society. Then you will appreciate them as people will envy them and you would have forgotten the stress you have gone through.”
She spoke on the idiosyncrasies of twins: “Their best foods are beans and corn meal. While growing up, they wear the same clothes and put on the same shoes. The fact is that some mothers die while taking care of them because of the rigour of stress and many other things they undergo while the children are very young. Breast-feeding them is a very tasking for the mother. Hardly does the mother have time for herself. Twins always cry at the same time and fall sick again at the same time, or one after another. And the mother has no choice but to take care of them sometimes to the detriment of her health.”
Similarly, Olapegba revealed that twins, according to the town’s traditional belief, are regarded as special creatures and therefore should be treated like gods. Hear him: “We have our own traditional way of taking care of twins. We buy them the same clothes, shoes, bangles, and do same hairstyles for them. We equally treat them like gods and therefore build a shrine for them in the corner of the living room where we use the items like palm oil, tubers of yam, and dry beans (ekuru) for ritual everyday, especially when one of them is sick or dead. When one of the twins dies, an effigy which will serve as a replacement of the deceased is carved and placed in a corner where some rituals are carried out on it everyday so that the living one is not dragged along to the grave.” According to the town’s spokesperson, this is compulsory, for many twins had been snatched by death just because the rituals were neglected.
In the words of Mrs. Kehinde Sakiratu Kehinde, her mother had three sets of twins and also built shrines for them when they were young. However, her twin brother, Taiwo, died recently and she feels his absence daily. In a quavering voice, she said: “Despite the fact we are not identical and of different sex, I still miss him.” Asked whether she has an effigy of her twin brother on which she pours libation or palm oil on so as to prevent him from taking her away to himself, the woman replied to the contrary, saying, “it was practised in the olden days but things have changed now. It is still practised by the illiterates. Not only this, Christianity has taken away all these things and education has changed many things too. But that does not mean some people are not doing it as some still believe in it. It has become personal belief for many. I cannot blame them over this.”
On why some of the twins’ mothers dance round the town, Kehinde said the mothers of these twins should not be blamed, for many are given the conditions by soothsayers or diviners called babalawo. According to her, twins are considered to be strange people who came to the world of their own and it is believed that they have different spirit that goes with them and that is why they cannot be harmed. She added, “Some of these mothers were informed before the children grow up that they must take them out and must dance round the town or market places or else they would die. I know a wealthy woman who is a trader and sells clothing materials in Lagos. But when her baby twins were falling sick everyday, she was instructed by the oracle to go and dance in the market places before they could recover. She refused and was ashamed to go so low and out of shame did not do it. But she would later regret that as one of the living twins fell sick again and was dying. She later went to the market place to dance.”
Mrs Kafaya Olawale, another mother of twins, was met breastfeeding her baby twins. Her twins, she said, are one year and two months old. She equally agreed breastfeeding a set of twins is a hard work to do. “It is not easy my brother,” she moaned pointing to them and adding, “You can imagine how they both cry for breast at the same time. Besides, they cry a lot if they find out that they are wearing different clothes. It’s like they are spirits, for one would cry if she sees her twin sister wearing clothes different from hers. So, you must wear the same clothes for them or else they will keep on crying and this could lead to sickness for them.”
To Kafaya, the claim that the eating of some special okra leaves also aide the birthing of twins in this town is not a myth. “Yes, it is true. If you want to have baby twins, just go for ilasa leaves. That is the way one can have twins. The leaves are cooked as soup and before you know it you will be pregnant with twins.”
When this reporter got to the market and requested ilasa leaves, the sellers all laughed and asked him whether his wife is aiming to have twins. The surprising thing is that most of the sellers are called Iya Ibeji. Displaying the leaves, one of the women, a mother of twins, declared: “I have three sets of twin and this ilasa leaf is the secret behind it here in this town, nothing else. That is our own industry here and people come here to ask for it even from overseas they do demand for it and take it out.”
Apart from being known for having twins, Igbo Ora is also known to be the sixth largest charcoal-producing town in Oyo State. Igbo Ora derived its name, according to an octogenarian, from verbal challenge posed to a friend. According to him, there were two friends; one lived in the town while the other lived in the forest. The latter occasionally did come to town to pass time there with his friend. He got so used to this that sometime he would not feel like going home. One day, his town-dweller friend asked him to go to the forest he bought (igbo o ra). Ever since, the saying became a household name with which the town is identified.. Those are the boldly written words that a first time visitor to the ancient town of Igbo Ora is bound to see as they course through its main entrance. A little further into the town at the roundabout is a sculpture of a woman, a mother of twins with a baby strapped to her back and another on her chest with a girdle, while the twins raised up their hands in an ecstasy of jubilation.

BackDatAssUp:
This must be one of those Ijaw girls that MEND and CAN alongside oritsejafor and Jonathan are using to target Muslims in the north.


Yeye dey smell.

chai,na now now I just believe say u no get sense,how u go dey think like say ur brain don freeze,chai u disappoint urself gan o,infact u get choco for head,muntula