The foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela on Tuesday blamed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma for the “wheels coming off” Africa’s most industrialised nation and urged a change in political leadership. Since coming to power in 2009, Zuma has survived a string of corruption scandals almost unscathed. But South Africa has had to bear …

“This victory means a lot to me, that I can still become African champion, despite my age. It shows that nothing is impossible.”

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the state, Nigeria’s most populous and its economic heartbeat, remains a prime destination for foreign investors, considering its improved infrastructure and secured environment. Obasa made the assertion when a delegation of German parliamentarians paid a courtesy call on him in his office at Ikeja on Monday, 31 …