The Foxes are third from bottom in the Premier League and have not won any of their past six league matches.

Shakespeare, 53, succeeded title winner Claudio Ranieri in February, initially on a temporary basis.

After steering the Foxes away from trouble to finish in 12th place, he was given the job permanently in June.

Shakespeare won eight of his 16 games in charge last season, and led the club to the Champions League quarter-finals.

His departure follows a 1-1 draw with West Brom on Monday.

The last time Leicester went six league matches without a victory, Ranieri was sacked – nine months after leading them to the title.

Of their 10 matches, this season – eight in the league and two in the EFL Cup – Leicester have won three and drawn three, losing four.

But they have won only once in the league – a 2-0 victory at home to Brighton on 19 August.

Their four defeats have come against Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.

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Source: BBC Sport

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Eight West African Heads of state converged on the Ghanaian capital, Accra to discuss important issues affecting the sub-region including the Boko Haram threat in Nigeria and the security situation in Mali.

The eight leaders who made it to the emergency Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit included the Presidents of, Nigeria [Goodluck Jonathan], Mali [Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta], Côte d’Ivoire [Alassane Ouattara], Senegal [Macky Sall], Sierra Leone [Ernest Bai Koroma], Niger [Mahamadou Issoufou], Togo [Faure Gnassingbé] and Burkina Faso [Blaise Compaoré].

President Mahama who doubles as the chairman of ECOWAS in his opening address called on the sub-regional leaders to see the situation in both Mali and Nigeria as a threat to the region’s economic progress and act swiftly to end it.

“Terrorism is not solely a West African problem. It is a world problem.  It is in fact becoming an undeniable problem of the world in which we live today.  To ignore our responsibility towards the eradication of terrorism is to risk the economical and developmental potential of our individual nation and indeed of our sub regions. Far more important of that is to risk the lives of our citizens. Far more important of that is to risk the lives of our citizens.”

President Mahama took the opportunity to welcome efforts by the international community to aid the sub-region deal with the emergence of terrorism.

“Other foreign nations have offered support in different forms and we in ECOWAS welcome those supports,”  he said.

According to him, “in order to successfully fight against this cult of terrorism we must avail ourselves to all assistance that is offered we must also share information and resources,  we must as members of the community offer one another protection that comes with solidarity.”

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Nigerian President, Dr. Ruben Abati  in an exclusive interview with Citi News spoke about some measures being adopted by the Federal government of Nigeria to rescue the abducted 200 girls;

“Our security forces are working in collaboration with our international allies who are providing assistance in terms of logistics, surveillance, satellite imaging. They are careful, while searching for the girls they are trying not to do anything that will jeopardize the lives of those girls, because the terrorists have guns fixed to the heads of those girls.”

He also reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to fighting terrorism and hinted that Al-qaeda was supporting Boko Haram’s fight in the oil rich nation.

“President Jonathan is committed to make sure the girls are brought back home and safely to parents of the girls.  The government is committed to chase away these thugs and their Al-qaeda allies who are threatening the democracy and freedom in Nigeria.”

By: Benjamin Epton Owusu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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