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Nigerian economy contracted contracted by 0.52 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2017, much better 1.21 per cent than deeper -1.73 per cent recorded in fourth quarter of 2016. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stated this in first quarter 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report released on Tuesday released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) According to the report, the oil sector saw a boost in its fortune as it contributes 8.9 percent of the country’s GDP, as against the 6.75 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016. The non-oil GDP grew by 0.72 percent to record the best performance in four quarters, when compared to -0.33 percent in Q4 2016 and -0.18 percent in Q1 2016. The non-oil sector to GDP declined by nearly two percent from 93.25 percent in Q4 2016 to 91.10 percent, despite this contribution. Transport services GDP contracted by 4.01 percent in Q1 2017 from -2.63 percent in Q4 2016 and 2.23 percent in Q1 2016. According to Yemi Kale, the statis...

Amal bin laden, fourth wife of al-Qaeda terrorist, and mastermind of 9/11 attack, Osama Bin Laden, has recounted, for the first time, how it felt to watch her husband die in a gruelling US military gunfire. Osama Bin Laden died at the hands of SEAL special forces on May 11, 2011in their 'safe house' in the mountains of Abbottabad in Pakistan Amal bin Laden told the story of the night to Cathy Scott-Clarke and Adrian Levy for their book, The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden, which has been excerpted in the Sunday Times UK. By 11pm on May 1, 2011, after dinner, the dishes, and prayer, bin Laden was fast asleep while his fourth wife lie next to him. Outside, the streets were dark due to an electricity shortage, something that was a common occurrence in the area, but Amal awoke uneasily just past midnight. She heard a chop chop chop sound and thought she saw shadows dancing on the windows. Bin Laden sat up, looking frightened. 'Americans are coming,' he sai...

Mr. Adamu Kamale a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, has defected to the All Progressives Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives. Kamale, an Adamawa State native, defected on Tuesday morning. Until his defection, Kamale was the only PDP member of the House from Adamawa State. Only last week, Mr. Edward Pwajok, SAN, also defected to the APC.