New Tested Robot pizza Delivery

Domino’s new trial pizza delivery robot in New Zealand is just under a metre (three foot) high and contains a heated compartment that can hold up to 10 pizzas. (AFP Photo/)
Fast food giant Domino’s is to trial pizza delivery robots in New Zealand, it said Friday, describing the hi-tech, driverless units as a world first.
In a move enthusiastically backed by the New Zealand government, Domino’s said it was working with authorities on plans to roll out its DRU (Domino’s Robotic Unit).
The four-wheeler, developed in Australia, is just under a metre (three foot) high and contains a heated compartment that can hold up to 10 pizzas.
It is battery powered and uses on-board sensors to avoid obstacles, with Domino’s saying it can deliver pizzas within a 20 kilometre (12.5 miles) radius of a store before returning to recharge.
Customers are given a code when they order, which they enter onto a keypad to unlock the compartment containing their pizza.
“DRU is cheeky and endearing and we are confident that one day he will become an integral part of the Domino’s family,” the chain’s New Zealand general manager Scott Bush said.
“He’s a road to the future and one that we are very excited about exploring further.”
While a date for the trial is yet to be finalised, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said the government working with Domino’s on the project and was keen for it to proceed.
“This is an exciting opportunity for New Zealand… over the last 12 months I’ve been actively and aggressively promoting New Zealand as a test bed for new transport technology trials,” he said.
New Zealand is still working on regulations relating to driverless vehicles such as the DRU, which is designed to operate on both roads and footpaths.

Agatu Genocide:Lawmakers blast President Buhari

– Some members of the Benue parliamentary caucus in the House of Representatives raised alarm over bloody attacks of Fulani herdsmen
– They also blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for downplaying the “genocide” happening to the Agatu people
– The lawmakers wondered why the federal government has not made public the report of the investigative panel
Some lawmakers raised alarm over the “genocide” happening to the Agatu people in Benue state.
Some members of the Benue parliamentary caucus in the House of Representatives have raised alarm over bloody attacks of Fulani herdsmen and strongly criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for downplaying the “genocide” happening to the Agatu people in the state.
Vanguard reports that 11 lawmakers condemned Buhari and Abdulrahman Danbazzau, the minister of interior, while briefing journalists on Thursday, March 17.
“A genocide that typical of the Nigerian state has been downplayed or ignored until it spirals out of control. After the Agatu mass massacre, a few headlines were recorded, a few sympathetic comments in high places but concrete moves to stop the killings have not been made.
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“We decry the lukewarm attitude of the federal government towards this ‘jihad’ being waged against our people by the herdsmen. We condemn the belated reaction of President Muhammadu Buhari and his minister of interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau (rtd) who broke their unholy silence a week after over 500 people were killed and 10 villages razed in Agatu area of the state,” they said.
The lawmakers wondered why the federal government has not made public the report of the investigative panel and has not inaugurated it in the first instance.
They lamented that every planting season is heralded by serial attacks by Fulani herdsmen who also return during the harvesting season.
Earlier this week, Dambazau promised to deal decisively with the perpetrators of the killings in Agatu community. He also ordered the inspector general of police, Solomon Arase, to carry out an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the communities.
Meanwhile, Senator David Mark visited some parts of Benue state in the aftermath of the Agatu killings.
He called on local people to refrain from any form of reprisal attack on herdsmen in any part of Benue south district to prevent an escalation of the crisis between Fulani herdsmen and Agatu farmers. He also urged the state and federal governments to intervene by rebuilding the war ravaged communities as well as rehabilitating the survivors to resume their routine farming business.
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Illegal CBN

– CBN’s secret recruitment of 909 staff comes under scrutiny
– Reps says the process which brought in the workers is against recruitment laws
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Federal Character and, Banking and Currency to investigate the alleged secret recruitment 909 staff by Central Bank of Nigeria into various cadre of the bank without the required authority.
The committee is to submit its report to the House within three weeks for further legislative action.
The House faulted the alleged recruitment by the apex bank saying the exercise was in violation of the Federal Character principle.
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While moving the motion, Rep. Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC-Kano) told the green chamber that the alleged recruitment had generated a lot of negative reaction from a good number of Nigerians.
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Madaki said that although the bank had the power to recruit, other laws of Nigeria stipulates that such recruitment must be subject to approval by other relevant authorities.
He said there was a clear case of non-adherence to the principles federal character as enshrined in the country’s constitution, a conclusion he said was predicated on available data on the recruitment exercise.
“This recruitment was done secretly without due advertisement carried out. The principles of fairness, equity and justice as enshrined in our constitution was not respected in the recent exercise by the CBN.
“Sometimes last year when members of the public got wind of the secret recruitment exercise, the CBN came out and, outrightly denied any such recruitment or planned recruitment.”
The move by the House of Representatives comes on the heels of discovery showing how the CBN unlawfully hired a daughter of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari and many others relatives of top officials.
The leaked document shows a list of people tied to powerful or highly placed Nigerians, who were recently proposed appointments.

Reps Member Dies

– Lawmaker in the 7th and 8th assembly dies
– Dogara says the House has just lost a hardworking, committed and dedicated colleague
– Musa Baba Onwana dies at the age of 50
Hon. Musa Baba Onwana, lawmaker representing Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency of Nasarawa state under the platform of the All Progressives Congress is dead.
According to a report on Leadership, Onwana died on Thursday, March 17 at the age of 50.
In a tribute to the late Onwana, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Yakubu Dogara, says the House has just lost a hardworking, committed and dedicated colleague.
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Hon. Musa Baba Onwana, lawmaker representing Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State under the platform of the APC is dead
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Dogara expressed deep shock at the sudden death of a member of the House.
A statement issued by Turaki Hassan, Dogara’s spokesman, quoted the Speaker as describing the late lawmaker as calm, peace loving and a good family man.
“Hon. Onwana was a patriot and a true Nigerian who was always championing the cause of his people in the House. We have lost a hardworking, committed and dedicated colleague and our hearts go to his immediate family, constituents, government and people of Nasarawa State.
“I pray that almighty God grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
As at the time this report was prepared, the cause of Onwana’s death is still unknown.
The late Owana was elected to the House of Representatives in 2011 and re-elected in 2015.
He was senior manager, General Services/Logistics at MTEL between 1997-2010, and a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, between 1993-1997. Before then, he was a tutor at Government Secondary School, Nasarawa between 1991-1993.