Eurozone Records Longest Ever Recorded Recession

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The Eurozone’s economy has hit a record high after new figures showed it contracted for the sixth straight quarter.

Falling output from France to Finland meant that the 17-nation economy shrunk 0.2 percent in the January to March period, its longest recession since records began in 1995, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday.

INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) statistics agency also issued figures on Wednesday which showed that Germany, which generates almost a third of the eurozone’s economic output, unexpectedly recorded only 0.1 percent growth, barely skirting the recession that France succumbed to.

6 dead and at least 100 injured as hail storms and tornadoes hit Texas

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Multiple fatalities and 120 homes destroyed as storms and powerful tornadoes struck Texas Wednesday.

Matt Zavadsky, a spokesman for MedStar Mobile Healthcare says about 100 people were injured as tornadoes touched down several times in Hood, Tarrant, Dallas and Parker counties. Hardest hit were two neighborhoods, Rancho Brazos Estates and DeCordova Ranch, in the southern end of the town of about 8,000 residents.
"With these types of tornadoes, they touch down; they lift up; they touch down. They tend to hopscotch," he said.

Ipaja Power Transmission Station Gutted By Fire

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A power transmission station based in Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, was gutted yesterday morning by fire which raged on for hours heightening fears of likely power outage in Ikeja and its environs.

Eyewitnesses said the cause of the fire which began around 11: am was unknown. The inferno consumed a massive transmission station belonging to Transisco Power Company.  “We don’t know the cause of the fire but it started shortly before the rains began. The fire was so massive that even the fire services were unable to bring it under control,” an eyewitness said.

It was also gathered that efforts of the Lagos State Fire Service (LSFC) at taming the fire was unsuccessful forcing the team to withdraw after 30 minutes. The heavy downpour also could not stop the inferno which eventually subsided around 3pm.

Bad News: Six Die, Four Injured In Bauchi Auto Crash

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Six people have been killed while four others sustained injuries in a fatal auto crash that occurred at Badaromo village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State along the Bauchi-Maiduguri road.

An eyewitness said the accident happened when the army vehicle which was in a convoy on high speed on its way to Maiduguri, Borno State rammed into the car, leading to the death of five persons while others sustained injuries.

“The vehicle fell under a bridge while the victims were rescued by security operatives and other sympathisers and were taken to the hospital,” the eyewitness said.

Witches Cannot Fly Above 150m Altitude In Swaziland

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Witches’ broomsticks are considered similar to any heavier-than-air transportation device, reports The Star.  “A witch on a broomstick should not fly above the [150-metre] limit,” Swaziland Civil Aviation Authority marketing and corporate affairs director Sabelo Dlamini told the newspaper.

No penalties exist for witches flying below 150 metres.

The report said it was hard to say how serious he was, but witchcraft isn’t a joking matter in Swaziland, where the people believe in it. The statute also forbids toy helicopters and children’s kites from ascending too high into the country’s airspace.

Man found cooked to death inside sardine can factory

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A man was found cooked to death in a sardine can factory, according to reports in the news media. Authorities said a male employee about 62 years old, was cooked to death in a seafood plant in Southern California for Bumble Bee Foods tuna manufacturer.  The local newspaper reported that Jose Melena was found Thursday just before 7 am at the plant in Santa Fe Springs. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says it is not clear how the man ended up inside a cooking device called a steam engine.

The State Department has launched an investigation into the accident. In a written statement, Bumble Bee Foods spokesman Pat Menke expressed condolences to the family of Melena and said that operations at the canning plant will be suspended until Monday.

Health: Painkillers Can Kill Your L-îbîdo

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The average Nigerian is a doctor, even if he never went beyond the elementary school. To get a free and unsolicited drug prescription, just complain of one ailment and the drug referrals begin to flow like a deluge.

People don’t just prescribe drugs or home remedies for others, they also “treat” themselves whenever what they consider manageable health issues crop up. Consequently, by the time many people finally think of seeking professional help, they are almost ready for the morgue.

Perhaps after sleeping pills, the next commonest drug of abuse is pain relief medication. People take over-the-counter-drugs for the relief of pain in various parts of the body and also for various health challenges. Many people are even unaware that certain pain medications are better suited for certain ailments and are therefore better prescribed by a competent professional, who will also monitor the effects, especially when such drugs are to be used for extended period, as in the treatment of chronic pain conditions like arthritis, cancer, etc.

Sunny Ade's guitarist sentenced to 3yrs in prison for drug trafficking

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King Sunny Ade's ex-guitarist, Fatoke Abiodun, was yesterday May 14th sentenced to three years imprisonment at a Federal High Court in Lagos for drug trafficking.

The 62 year old veteran guitarist was arrested on Tuesday January 1st 2013 with 1.575kg of cocaine while trying to board an Air France flight to Italy at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The drug was discovered in the false bottom of his luggage during the screening of passengers to Italy. Fakoke pled guilty to one count of unlawful exportation of cocaine.

He played for King Sunny Ade for 30 years before he was unceremoniously retired in 2007.

6 Pregnant Teenagers Nabbed For Intending To Sell Babies

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The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday arrested six pregnant young girls in a home where they were allegedly being prepared to deliver their babies for sale.

He alleged that the girls, aged between 16 years and 17 years, had negotiated with people who would buy their babies after delivery.The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement that the girls were arrested at No. 7, Anyansi Lane, Ogui in Enugu.

Amaraizu confirmed the arrest of three other persons in connection with the incident, saying that investigations are in top gear on the incident.

‘Why Soldiers Were Excluded From Nasarawa Operation’

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The security operatives on Tuesday broke the silence on the puzzle surrounding the shocking massacre of an estimated 103 security operatives in the country.

The Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations, State Security Service, Mrs. Marylyn Ogah, explained that the operation to fish out the members of the Ombatse Cult was not planned to be a tactical operation which explained the decision to exclude soldiers from the operation.

The Eggon people who own the Ombatse cult are based in Nassarawa-Eggon and Akwanga local governments of the state.

3 Reasons why You must Buy Facebook Fans

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To buy Facebook fans come with several gains. One of the most things is that the audience that will swarm your page. if you listeners from Nigeria, whenever are real, not fake ones or imposters.
The goal of any business is to improve revenue. In today's world this is done in most cases by growing traffic to your site. You can lift your site traffic with PPC (Pay Per Click) campaign through companies like Google (AdSense), AdBrite, also others. For Sure the problem with PPC is that it could be acutely expensive, very fast, also conversions are in most cases low.

Check Out Top 7 Confraternities in Nigeria and their History

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In Nigeria, a confraternity is a group that is nominally university-based, though 'street and creek' confraternities began in the 1990s. The first confraternity, the Pyrates Confraternity was created as a social organization for promising students.

However, as new confraternities were formed, they became increasingly violent through the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, many confraternities largely operated as criminal gangs, called "campus cults" in Nigeria. Besides normal criminal activity, confraternities have been linked to political violence, as well as the conflict in the Niger Delta.

OMG!! Man Awakes From The Dead At Funeral

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Mourners at a funeral in Zimbabwe were stunned when the dead man woke up as they filed by his coffin, state media reported today.

Brighton Dama Zanthe, 34, was being laid to rest inside a coffin last Monday after he apparently died at his home following a long illness.

But the next day Mr Zanthe’s friends and relatives scattered in disbelief when he started moving as they filed past to say their emotional goodbyes.

The dead man’s boss Lot Gaka told the Herald of the moment he realized his employee was still alive.

2,000 Soldiers, Fighter Jets Deployed To Borno

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About 2,000 security operatives and military hardware, including fighterjets have been deployed to Maiduguri ahead of yesterday’s declaration of State of Emergency.

neighboring Yobe State, it is not clear how many soldiers were deployed but residents said shortly after the declaration of state of emergency, stop and search operations have been intensified in the state capital while movement have been restricted in other places. Residents said the deployment of the federal troops, including the army, navy, air force and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) began at the weekend.

CAN’s Borno secretary killed minutes after Pres Jonathan's broadcast

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Just minutes after President Jonathan declared a State of Emergency in Borno State (and two other states), the Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, Reverend Faye Pama Musa was killed by suspected Boko Haram members. This happened around 7.30pm this evening.  Reverend Pama Musa, who was the head pastor of a pentecostal church in Maiduguri, was shot dead inside his GRA home by two gunmen who trailed him to his residence. The head quarters of Borno CAN have confirmed his killing.

Five Expatriates Kidnapped Off Bayelsa Coastline Freed

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Five foreigners kidnapped aboard a German ship off the Niger Delta region coast in Bayelsa have regained their freedom. Some yet to be identified gunmen abducted the five expatriates aboard an oil support vessel along Sagana waterways in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa on April 26 2013.

Kidnappings and killings carried out by pirates, and former militants have increased dramatically in the area until recent times. The deployment of 20 gunboats recently acquired by Bayelsa government by the security forces has failed to reign in the rampaging pirates even as Gov. Seriake Dickson rarely stays in the state to address the worsening insecurity in his domain, often traveling to Abuja the nation’s capital to see President Goodluck Jonathan.

CIA agent detained in Moscow (PHOTOS): Scandal to aggravate Russia-US relations and hamper all attempts at cooperation after Boston

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While after Boston Marathon attacks Russian and US intelligence services agreed to cooperate in the spheres of international security and counterterrorism, Tuesday detention of CIA agent Ryan C Fogle, who was sent to Moscow to recruit Russian citizens, seems to prove the contrary: The US is not yet ready to cooperate with Russia.  On April 27 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in an interview to the Russian media that Russian special services are already assisting their US counterparts in probing the deadly Boston attacks.

 Interrogation transcript
 "We invited you here for a routine formality that follows the detention by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of people who committed some crime. The case in point is that at 11:30 p.m., this man calling himself a U.S. diplomat phoned an employee and offered him to spy for the United States.
The employee is a trained staff officer engaged in counterterrorist activities in the North Caucasus. After the first call, he rejected the offer. But the man phoned again and insisted that they should meet. He offered him money – 100,000 euro – for espionage. At first, we didn’t believe that this thing could happen. You know well that the FSB is actively assisting in the investigation of the Boston bombings and providing other information that threatens U.S. national security.

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Nobody is safe: US drone launched from Navy carrier ( Must Read)

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A fight-sized drone was test-launched yesterday from a US aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, paving the way for America to launch unmanned aircraft just about everywhere around the world.
“As our access to overseas ports, forward operating locations and airspace is diminished around the world, the value of the aircraft carrier and the air wing becomes more and more important. So today is history,” said Rear Adm. Ted Branch, commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic.

The Reason Confidence Helps Your Er-éction

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Proud of what you’re working with?

Your s-éx life may prosper because of it: Men who feel positive about their g-énitals have less issues with é-réctile difficulties.  If you’re feeling somewhat anxious about your g-énitals, it’s going to have an impact on your s-éx life.

And although the majority of men felt good about their packagé, roughly one-in-five men are dissatisfied with their sizé. Want to ease some of your anxiety? Cutting back on p-ôrn could be a step in the right direction.

“When watching p-ôrn, the type of (male) g-énitals men see are typically the same.” The packages are bigger, the men last longer, and then they come when they want to come, she says.

Simply put: comparing yourself to pô-rn will always leave you feeling shortchanged. Especially when the average p-énis falls between 5.1 to 5.8 inches long when e-réct.

And just a word to the wise, fellas: Wom-én get hung-up on similar aesthetic insecurities.

Jonathan Meets Boko Haram Amnesty Panel

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President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo
 with members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue
and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, met with members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo with members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North
The Chairman of the committee, Karibu Turaki, said his team decided to call the meeting to ask President Jonathan the government’s position after speaking with different stakeholders and Boko Haram members.

“We feel that having interacted with most of the security agencies, we have come to the critical stage where we also need to hear what the government’s side is. That was what we came to discuss with Mr President,” he said.