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Job: Nigeria, Britain partner to combat unemployment

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The Nigerian government has expressed its willingness to partner with the British Government in tackling unemployment and creating job opportunities for young persons in the country. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, with the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams. PHOTO: NAN The Minister of State for  Labour  and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, stated this when the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “We are ready to collaborate with our partners all over the world to open up avenues for job creation. We are open to all kinds of suggestions and levels of co-operation,” he said. He disclosed that the Government has opened up other sectors as part of efforts to diversify the economy from oil, which would, in turn, create room for employment. According to him, part of the efforts of Government to diversify the economy and boost job creation...
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Obasanjo lacks 'good sense of judgement,' says Gen Alani Akinrinade

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A former chief of Army staff, Lt-Gen Alani Akinrinade (retd.) on Thursday described former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo as a man that lacks a good sense of judgement and should be ignored. “Some of us who knew him in the military and were privileged to see him operate during the civil war know if there is one thing Obasanjo is not blessed with, it is a good sense of judgment,” Akinrinade said in an advertorial published in at least three national dailies – The Punch, The National and the Nigerian Tribune – on Thursday. Akinrinade was Nigeria’s chief of Army staff from October 1979 till April 1980, and then Chief of Defence Staff until 1981 during the Nigerian Second Republic. The ex-service chief criticism of Obasanjo came as a result of his fallout with Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari, which led to him endorsing his former vice president and presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar. Obasanjo’s fall out with Buhari...