Angry militants in Bayelsa

 In Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, angry militants who are under the Federal Government Subsidy Scheme were seen protesting on the street. They were setting cars on fire. 
The militants are reportedly owed over two months’ salary, and their peaceful way of expressing their grievances to the government seemed to be ineffective. The militants seen on Otiotio road, towards Yenezue gene in the state capital are setting up barricades as they continue their protest.
One of the angry militants was quoted by an eyewitness as saying “I didn’t surrender my weapons to be treated like this. I know how much I dey make that time”.
Meanwhile, the Joint Task Force, JTF has been invited to control the situation before it goes out of hand.

Babies can hear syllables in the womb

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Scientists say babies decipher speech as early as three months before birth.

The evidence comes from detailed brain scans of 12 infants born prematurely.
At just 28 weeks' gestation, the babies appeared to discriminate between different syllables like "ga" and "ba" as well as male and female voices.

Policeman shot himself accidentally

One needs to be very careful when there is a gun in your pocket. A retired New York State Police investigator,  56-year-old Robert Talbot of Ballston Spa accidentally shot himself in the knee while trying on new clothes in a department store dressing room. He suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a .22 caliber pistol in his pocket. Although it examined that the injury is not life threatening.

Dead body in Cecil Hotel

Cecil hotel

  A dead body was found in a tank in which tourists  in Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles take water for bathing, drinking and brushing their teeth. The dead body was found to be Elisa Lam whose has been decomposing for more than two weeks.

 From the police report, the corpse was found by a maintenance worker at the hotel's rooftop water tank in which he was trying to figure out why the water pressure was low. The 21-year-old Elisa Lam was last seen in the hotel on January 31.

 The police are investigating the cause of her death.

Nigeria moved upwards

Super Eagles

After the glorious victory at the African Cup of Nations which was held in South Africa, Nigeria jumped 22 steps upwards from 52nd to 30th in the world. Nigeria claimed their third title in 19 years since they last won  the competition. In Africa, Nigeria is 4th best.
 Burkina Faso, the second best in the just concluded tournament, moved up 37 places to 55th in the world and 9th in Africa. Ivory-Coast, though beaten by Nigeria in the quarter final, moved 2 places upward to 12th in the world and remains number 1 in Africa. Hosts South Africa is 60th in the world and 10th in Africa.
 Click below to see first thirty ranked country in the FIFA ranking table for February

Oscar charged for murder

Oscar Pistorius

   On Thursday, this morning, South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was charged with murdering his girlfriend, a model, Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria. The police found at his residence, a 9mm pistol and Oscar was taken into custody.
  His girlfriend was shot in the head and arm, although the circumstances were unclear. It was reported that he mistook her for a burglar.
   The 26 year old Oscar Pistorius and 30 year old Reeva Steenkamp for a year and have been communicating through social pages.

 

U-turn in Stephen Keshi's decision

Stephen Keshi

After the decision to quit as the coach of the Super Eagles, the winning coach Stephen Keshin has taken a u-turn in his decision. He made this statement on Tuesday morning. His change of mind was due to the intervention of the presidency.
 Earlier on, it was learnt that the Nigeria Football Federation had planned to sack Keshi before the match against Ivory-Coast and the NFF had chattered a plane for the Eagles to come back home when they heard that the Eagles are playing against Ivory-Coast.
The NFF is owing Keshi eight months salaries and an official car and also some amount of money meant for the competition.
 His statement is as follow
"My attention has been drawn to reports in the media that I have resigned my appointment as the head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria," he said in a statement.
“While I have had cause to express my displeasure over some issues that happened in the course of our participation in the Afcon 2013, which my team won by the grace of God, especially concerning my relationship with the Nigerian Football Federation, I have since had opportunity to discuss the various issues with all concerned.
“I am therefore pleased to say that I have reconsidered my position and have decided to continue with my job. I want to thank the Honourable minister of sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, for his swift and kind intervention."
Keshi guided Nigeria to their first Nations Cup victory in 19 years on Sunday, and became just the second footballer to have won the trophy as a player and coach.

Salford crash

Scene of the crash

 In Greater Manchester, there was an ugly car crash involving seven vehicles in which two people lost their lives. 

 A red Audi was stolen during a burglary incident which took place at a house in Farnworth and was reported to the police. Few minutes later, the vehicle was spotted by a police patrol in the opposite direction and lost sight of the vehicle when they attempted to purse the car.
A few minutes later, police received reports that the Audi had collided with parked cars in Leigh Road, Boothstown, Salford, and that the vehicle had exploded in flames.

A number of homes on Leigh Road were also damaged during the collision.