Does Nigeria have world’s highest unemployment rate? Several newspapers quote unreliable social media source
In August, a spate of media reports brought bad news for Nigerians – that they now had the highest unemployment rate in the world.
In August, a spate of media reports brought bad news for Nigerians – that they now had the highest unemployment rate in the world.
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