A 14-year-old boy killed in the London sword attack did not hear a warning about the assailant because he was wearing headphones, a neighbour has claimed.

Details of the horror in Hainault yesterday continued to emerge this morning as it was also revealed that the boy - named locally as Daniel Anjorin – attended the same school where Nottingham stabbing victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar was a pupil.

Daniel went to the £24,990-a-year Bancroft's private school in Woodford Green, where Miss O'Malley-Kumar - who was killed last June - was also a former student.


The chaos in Hainault saw a man armed with a sword go on the rampage, killing Daniel and injuring two other members of the public as well as two police officers.

Neighbours recalling the scenes yesterday morning said the attacker first spoke to a woman, asking her to confirm his location, before she saw the weapon and fled. She tried to warn Daniel, who is said to be a Nigerian boy, but it was too late.

Witness Aiste Dabasinskaaite told ITV of the moment she saw a man fatally stab the teenager. She said the man asked her for the address of the area they were in, then put his foot on her foot so she 'couldn't back off'.

She said: 'Once I told the address, he sort of moved closer towards me, he put his foot on my foot so I couldn't back off and then that's when he like drew out the sword. It was arm's length. It was honestly petrifying. I just ran down the road, I didn't even look back to see if he was chasing me.'

Ms Dabasinskaaite said she tried to warn the teenager, adding: 'My instinct was to shout and wave at him, which is what me and another neighbour did but because he had just his headphones on I don't think he heard either of us.

'It was sort of a moment where we just went from shouting to just blankness, just felt empty. You wouldn't think that would happen on your doorstep, you know.'


Daniel's mother works at Holy Family Catholic School, which published a statement on its website addressed to parents and carers that said: 'It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of the death of the child of one of our staff members.

Mrs Anjorin's son was taken from this life suddenly this morning on his way to school. Please keep Mrs Anjorin, her husband and their other children in your prayers.'

The O'Malley-Kumar family are from Woodford Green, which is about three miles away from Hainault, and offered their support to the Anjorin family today.

Speaking on ITV'S Good Morning Britain (GMB) today, Miss O'Malley-Kumar's parents Sinead O'Malley and Dr Sanjoy Kumar offered to meet the boy's family and said they 'empathised' with them following yesterday's attack.

It had chilling echoes of their daughter's murder 11 months ago – with both incidents seeing suspects go on a knife-wielding rampage and crash a van, before being tasered by police and arrested.

Mrs O'Malley said: 'I don't think there's anything that anybody can say to alleviate their heart and their pain so we wouldn't try to minimise that, but all we can do is empathise and hope they will heal with time.'


Her daughter was repeatedly stabbed to death after she came to the aid of her friend Barnaby Webber, also 19, instead of fleeing the scene.

Dr Kumar told GMB: 'It seems every day something like this is reported in the press. It's absolutely appalling, you can't even imagine what the parents are going through. This is the most difficult thing for any parent to endure.


Miss Kumar, an England under-18s hockey player and University of Nottingham student, died a hero as she bravely tried to fight off Valdo Calocane, 32, during a city-wide rampage in Nottingham on June 13 last year.

Caretaker Ian Coates, 65, was fatally stabbed by Calocane and left for dead.

Calocane was sentenced to detention in a high-security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

But there will be a hearing on May 8 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for a sentencing review.

Miss Kumar's 'astonishing bravery' was recognised during a previous court hearing in which Dr Kumar praised his daughter as a hero who shunned the opportunity to run away.

MPs and senior police officers have called for her to posthumously be given the George Cross - the highest civilian award for acts of 'the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger

Her parents both support the call and told GMB they were 'humbled' by the suggestion she should be recognised for her bravery.

Also today, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said a female police officer suffered 'horrifically serious' arm injuries in the Hainault attack.

He told LBC that the officer had undergone several hours of surgery yesterday and faces 'a long journey of recovery' after nearly losing her hand.


He said: 'The surgeon spent many, many hours basically putting her arm back together.'

A male officer also suffered serious hand injuries and is recovering in hospital.

Speaking about the victim, Sir Mark said: 'The first thing you have to say is for the parents involved, who've lost their 14-year-old, that is just horrific, and it's everyone's worst nightmare. I'm sure we're all thinking about them.'

Terrified residents hid as the swordsman climbed over garden fences, before police managed to Taser and arrest him.

The 36-year-old suspect remains in hospital after being injured when he crashed his van into a house.

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, of the Metropolitan Police, said he did not believe it was a targeted attack, and it is not believed to be terror-related.

Teenage boy killed in London sword attack
By Reuters



LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.
Police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related and there was no ongoing threat to the wider community.
Police tasered and arrested the man after the incident near Hainault in east London. Video footage showed a man wielding what appeared to be a sword.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/london-police-arrest-sword-wielding-man-after-reports-stabbing-2024-04-30/

Nigeria is a very wealthy Nation. Poverty stricken people aren't going to complain about cushy train chairs, the width of railway tracks of the efficacy of coastal highways versus beach front retreats....

The great entrepreneur that he is, I expect that with the coastal highway and Eko Atlantic at his doorstep, Mr Onwuanibe could, if he wanted , pivot his business to take advantage of the new opportunities these projects may present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTZbMq0g48?si=UkHmOfC-NDFYL24f

Incidental fun with ChatGpt:



Litmus:
What does a Nigeria gazetted land title mean?

ChatGPT:
In Nigeria, a gazetted land title refers to land that has been officially registered and documented in the government's gazette, which is a public record of official notices and announcements. Gazetted land titles provide legal recognition and protection of land ownership rights.

Litmus:
How does the C of O relate to Gazetted land?

ChatGPT:
The Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) is a document issued by the government in Nigeria that certifies the legal ownership of land. When land has a C of O, it means that the government has granted the holder the right to use and occupy the land for a specified purpose, usually subject to certain conditions.

In relation to gazetted land, the C of O often follows the gazetting process. Initially, land is gazetted to establish its legal status and boundaries. Subsequently, individuals or entities may apply for a C of O to obtain formal recognition of their ownership rights over the gazetted land. So, while gazetting establishes the status of the land, the C of O provides specific documentation of ownership rights.

Litmus:
I thought the process is the opposite, therefore when you obtain a C of O you then register the land ( i.e gazetted) with government


ChatGPT:
You're correct, and I apologize for any confusion. The process typically begins with obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for the land. Once the C of O is obtained, the landowner or holder can then proceed to register the land with the government, which involves gazetting the land. Gazetting involves publishing the details of the land in the government's official gazette, thereby formally recording the ownership rights and legal status of the land. So, in summary, the C of O precedes the gazetting process when registering land with the government in Nigeria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T4ZGvn4TIk?si=rP-RYPsSeHgu6Oqy

BTW,

in my research on the rate of EV adoption worldwide, I could find nothing on Africa. What Africa Nation is leading in EV adoption? What are the percentages...

We the world's people should no longer wait for the acknowledgement of climate change by the influential business and political people in power since business and political interest both blind and safeguard them from the consequences. Embrace the transition to clean sustainable energy. More solar, wind, wave, and even nuclear energy. Wherever you live, if you have the means to consider a personal vehicle, do not quickly disregard Electric ones. They are now attainable with a little effort, even near your local third-world garbage heap. If you're amone the Unable masses in terms of the ability to acquire personal transport, encourage those in power to seriously consider electrifying public transport or and speed up the rate of adoption if some effort is already being made. No community is now too primitive for such considerations.


May the Kenya casualties RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqUkWXBZfGk?si=sUA7sTTD7FBpjPUf

Papa USA to whom every bush man and woman pretending to be political sophisticate runs, pointing at Nigeria

Good development. And in addition to all the hopefully achieved economic benefits, Nigeria can leverage credit scores and history in its drive to document and record Nigerians in database.

A project to repair 1000 roads offers more opportunity to embezzle money than a project aimed at constructing one single 1000 mile long road. Besides, a legacy project such as the Lagos Calabar road has social values in addition to the economic one.

1) it creates a discussion point

2) it will provide years of content for those that have created work or extra revenue streams for themselves by vloging on social media. Some of these Vlogers are also indirectly going to advertise Nigeria to international investors.

3) it can provide society a sense of progress and optimism. Note how the Lagos Rail project, energised many sections of Nigeria. It excited Nigerians, largely, regardless of tribe or social status. The Lagos transport revolution also empowered the citizens of other states, providing them with direction to channel thire frustrations, which was at thire own state governments.

4) it can, if handled well, provide a sense of inclusivity for all sorts of neglected groups.

Good. At last, one initiative news from Delta State.

Rude, mannerless guys

DeLaRue:


But if the Nigerian government made that same statement, people like you would be up in arms and claim the Nigerian government is evil and authoritarian. Some would even demand that the military should take over.

Arise TV would run programs upon programs over at least 2 weeks bringing a long line of publicity-hungry 'experts' to denounce the government and proclaim we are under the most anti democratic government since 1872.

However, if a foreign government (especially if they have a lighter skin than you) makes such statement, you will praise that foreign government as you did in your statement.

Inferiority complex.

You forgot the self accredited metrics czars that would then populate the web with dubious statics listing top ten Nations in the world for Social Media Vlogers restrictions and placing Nigeria in first position. The page would then miraculously end up on Niraland where the usual suspects would then respond with "Nigeria is always top at bad things".

In Nigeria's position, a European nation would exploit something like this to deprive certain individuals citizenship. They would target those that badmouth thire Nation on social media, labeling them enemies of the state in secrete dossiers, while publicly placing obstacles in thire path to applying for passport.

They would supply those places where people go to apply for passport a list and photos of individuals that are to be denied passport at all costs after first frustrating them financially and bureaucratically.

BTW

I'm refering to "Nigerians" abroad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQcsCX-6D8?si=rDxvVl3A297PfVB_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBlFFEdfVVQ?si=W1vcdVgDkG8CXUFK

EV Charging Stations Are Now Busy Enough to Make Money in the US
As electric car sales pick up in the US, the average utilization rate of many of the country’s fast-charging stations nearly doubled last year.
ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations in Lamar, Colorado.
When it comes to electric vehicle charging in the US, the cars are finally catching up to the cords.
Last year, the average utilization of a US fast-charging station not operated by Tesla Inc. doubled — from 9% in January to 18% in December, according to new data from Stable Auto Corp., a San Francisco startup that helps companies place EV infrastructure. Put another way: By the end of 2023, every fast-charging cord in the country was plugged in for an average of nearly five hours a day.
“There’s been a noticeable increase,” said Brendan Jones, chief executive officer of Blink Charging Co., which operates about 5,600 charging stations in the US. “We’re heading into 9% and 10% market penetration [for EVs]. Even if we stay at 8%, we’re still not going to have enough charging.”
Rising usage isn’t just an indicator of EV uptake — Stable Auto estimates that a charging station must be pumping electrons around 15% of the time to turn a profit. In that sense, the surging utilization numbers represent scads of stations climbing into the black for the first time, said Stable CEO Rohan Puri.
It’s “a threshold that truly makes my spirits soar,” Cathy Zoi, former CEO of EVgo Inc., said on an earnings call in September. “We believe the go-forward picture on network profitability is stronger than ever.” EVgo operates about 1,000 stations in the US; in September, almost one-third of them were humming at least 20% of the time.
Average Utilization of US Fast Chargers
America's fast-charging stations for electric vehicles got twice as busy last year, as more than 1 million EVs hit the road for the first time.

EV charging has long been locked in a kind of chicken-and-egg standoff, particularly in the US, where vast swaths of interstate and a conservative approach to government subsidies have limited the pace of expansion. Charging networks struggled for years due to slow EV adoption, even as many drivers avoided EVs because of a dearth of charging options. That disconnect spurred the development of the National Electric Vehicle Formula Infrastructure program (NEVI), which is just starting to dole out $5 billion in federal funding to ensure a public, fast-charging station at least every 50 miles along the nation’s major travel corridors.
What on Earth?The Green Daily newsletter is your guide to the latest in climate news, zero-emission tech and green finance.But even with little of that money distributed to date, America’s electric ecosystem is starting to reach parity between cords and cars. US drivers welcomed almost 1,100 new public, fast-charging stations in the second half of last year, a 16% increase, according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of federal data. By the end of 2023, there were almost 8,000 places to quickly top up an EV (28% of them exclusive to Tesla). Put another way: The US now has one quick-turn EV station for every 16 or so gas stations.

“There’s a widespread belief in the industry that fast charging is not a profitable business,” Puri said. “But what we’re seeing is for many stations that no longer holds true.”
In a number of states, charger utilization rates are already well above the national average. Connecticut, Illinois and Nevada are among those states where fast-charging cords are now plugged in eight hours a day; at 26%, Illinois has the highest average rate of charger utilization in the country.

Critically, these stations grew far busier even as thousands of new fast-charging stations came online, meaning EV adoption is outpacing infrastructure gains. The increased uptime is more notable considering charging networks have long struggled to keep their equipment online and working properly.
There are diminishing returns, though. A charging station may not turn a profit until it’s in use about 15% of the time, but once utilization approaches 30%, the station is busy enough that drivers start to avoid it, according to Jones at Blink. “[When] you get to 30, you start worrying about whether you need another charger,” he said. “You start to get complaints.”
While the previous dearth of charging instilled a negative feedback loop on EV adoption, the opposite may be happening now. Charging networks, seeing their economics improve and in some cases backstopped by federal funding, will be emboldened to build more stations in more places. More charging stations, in turn, will tip more EV-curious drivers into battery-powered cars.
Stable Auto analyzes 75 different variables in determining whether a site would make a good home for a fast charger, chief among them how many other stations are nearby and how busy they are. Increasingly, its model is giving a green light. “Everyone should be seeing more attractive sites on our platform,” Rohan said.

Charging options will also increase this year as Tesla begins to open its network of Superchargers to vehicles made by other automakers. The company is responsible for slightly more than a quarter of all US fast-charging stations, though its sites tend to be larger, so roughly two-thirds of all cords in the US are geared for Tesla ports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6Ii61uiQE?si=oXRsGtA7XqFDAIaZ

Curious345:
Spot the scaaaam..

💥not upto 5lanes each


💥 Houses are close to the road

💥no centre concrete dividers

💥fake fake

💥bloggers should not deceive Nigerians again

I like skyscrapers close to the road, looks tidy and somewhat futuristic. Imagine many along the road in neat line with landscaping trees, bushes and flower vines. I even fancy the idea of flyovers weaving between skyscrapers. The evolution of cars to EVs should resolve some of the noise issues .....

Govt needs to free that Brisky transgendered individual and revoke or fine-tune the law as related to the Niara and abuses of it thereof. Heshe was acquitted of money laundering. As things seem now, executing the law is untenable given the magnitude of incidents Nationally. This is since Nira or Fiat money spraying is so widespread in Nigeria and historic, the practice is virtually an iconic Nigeria tradition. Fine-tuning the Niara disfigurement law may mean mandating that spraying, while not ideal is acceptable but trampling on the Niara underfoot contravene law and may result in prosecution.

So, yeah, law should be amended to be flexible on spraying, limiting prosecution to trampling, tearing , burning, defacing, etc . This means when spraying ensure there are people supporting the individual being plastered with money, people whose task would be to collect the money so that money doesn't fall or and lay on the floor where guests unavoidably march them under feet.

Knowing Nigeria leaders and thire seeming interest in the wellbeing of the people of other African countries more than Nigerians, the ultimate interest in extending the blue rail to Ogun is Benin Republic not Ogun people. They should instead, extend the Blue rail towards Delta State....




See Buhari's trains for the people of Niger Republic and Delta warlords universities for the people of Benin Republic then there's the people of Northern Nigeria ready to fight against Nigeria if Tinabu send troops to Niger Republic, and bridges to Cameroon, and .....our oil stolen by Delta rebels and given away to all the nooks and cranny of West African nations all the way to Togo... And planned highways to ivory coast when Nigeria needs every ounce of highway and byways possible.... Simone Ipka destroying the East while enjoying the prosperity of Finland.....Burna boy draping himself in Ghana flag, Davido investing in the young of Ghana...

Authority figures of Nigeria tend to think of either thire own wellbeing or that of themselves and foreigners.....

opamoses1:
What manner of lawlessness is this.

In a lawless state the EFCC wouldn't for one second be restrained by that local court.

The Role of a Humanoid Robot
This latest iteration of the Atlas robot builds on a long history of innovation and R& pushing the limits of whole-body mobility and bimanual manipulation. From PETMAN testing protective clothing to the recently retired HD Atlas performing parkour, we have spent over a decade moving the state of the art forward with humanoid robotics.

Traditionally, we have focused on legged robots because we wanted to build robots that could balance and move dynamically—robots that could navigate unstructured, unknown, or antagonistic terrain with ease. The humanoid form factor is a useful design for robots working in a world designed for people.

However, that form factor doesn’t limit our vision of how a bipedal robot can move, what tools it needs to succeed, and how it can help people accomplish more. We designed the electric version of Atlas to be stronger, more dexterous, and more agile. Atlas may resemble a human form factor, but we are equipping the robot to move in the most efficient way possible to complete a task, rather than being constrained by a human range of motion. Atlas will move in ways that exceed human capabilities. Combining decades of practical experience with first principles thinking, we are confident in our ability to deliver a robot uniquely capable of tackling dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks in real applications.

Commercialization takes great engineering, but it also takes patience, imagination, and collaboration. Boston Dynamics has proven that we can deliver the full package with both industry-leading robotics and a complete ecosystem of software, services, and support to make robotics useful in the real world.

Read full article: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/#:~:text=The%20Role%20of%20a%20Humanoid%20Robot&text=The%20humanoid%20form%20factor%20is,can%20help%20people%20accomplish%20more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M?si=LDnevTwZbg9nP9pS

Artscollection:


They just want to service their private business which are located in that axis which includes eco atlantic, that coastal road will end in Lagos, we understand their maniac game but what they don't understand is that power is transient. They can loose all these in future

Louder voices than yours cried that the second Niger bridge would never be constructed. Even when it was being constructed and individuals visited the site, filmed and uploaded video evidence, the denying voices cried louder and labeled the video uploaders, traitors or Unity Beggars....

ACRI:
Hold your Governors accountable !!!!


Nigeria should go back to regions. We need to annex non-performing states and merge them to productive ones


While some Governors are busy sponsoring pilgrimage with no economic benefits, Lagos and Oyo has shown true leadership...

Ironically, indigens of non-productive states will be lecturing the productive ones on Good governance. Pls hold your leaders accountable!!

Out of curiosity, what position do you believe Ghana's regional capitals would place - in terms of infrastructure and economy - added to a list of Nigeria's state system capitals? Also how in-depthly or comprehensively has Ghana Regional system enabled Ghana to develop compared to Nigeria's state system?

omowolewa:
Said it

Foreigners understand Nigeria more than Nigerians themselves expecially the Asians

They don't understand Nigerians natting, they understand criminality because they invented the worst type of criminality and wrote the manual script. In the West, and miscellaneous foreignclimship, this type of activity is called Protection Racket. Essentially, protection racket is a form of business whereby criminals demand you pay them not to attack you. Protection Racket was and probably still remains a major part of Mafia business.

Hope this, Protection Racket, does not initiate a trend.....

Kenochi:


In Fact I call Nigeria the only country in the world that runs it's entire economic activities on Diesels. .

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jan 24 2023

A study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours.

The peer-reviewed findings, published in the journal Environmental Health, show that just two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust causes a decrease in the brain's functional connectivity – a measure of how The study provides the first evidence in humans, from a controlled experiment, of altered brain network connectivity induced by air pollution.



Ref: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230124/Brief-exposure-to-diesel-exhaust-can-affect-human-brain-function.aspx#:~:text=The%20peer%2Dreviewed%20findings%2C%20published,experiment%2C%20of%20altered%20brain%20network

richie240:

What of elon musk?? I thought he's a south African?

He's Indian