Jammeh stops Buhari ECOWAS mediation team
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: THE planned visit by President Muhammadu Buhari-led high level Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediation team to meet the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia has been shifted to Friday. The 51-year-old dictator Jammeh, who lost to the opposition candidate, Adama Barrow, in the last presidential election […]
Rise in unemployment in Africa worries Obasanjo
NIGERIA: EX-PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that with the high number of unemployed youths, African nations are sitting on a keg of gun powder. Obasanjo said that a situation whereby over 50 percent of the youths in the continent are unemployed could be dangerous. “On the issue of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, I have […]
Buhari meets African leaders on Burkina Faso, condoles Itsekiri
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday host fellow African heads of governments to a meeting to deliberate on the political situation in Burkina Faso. The extraordinary summit is to hold at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The president, who also commiserated with the Itsekiri people on the demise of the Olu of Warri, […]
