Radio presenter, comedian and author Howard Stern has found his presidential running mate just two days after announcing that he will be running for American president in the 2024 elections. And it is none other than actor Bradley Cooper. During his daily Sirius XM radio show on Monday 27 June, …
Read More »Fortune Charumbira elected as Pan-African Parliament president
Zimbabwean Member of Parliament (MP) Fortune Charumbira has won a one-horse race to become the president of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). Charumbira was elected on Wednesday 29 June – 161 votes out of the 203 votes cast with 31 abstaining and 11 spoilt papers. The African legislative arm of the …
Read More »Ferdinand Marcos Jr sworn in as Philippine president
The son of the Philippines’ late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as president Thursday, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country’s highest office. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, 64, won last month’s elections by a landslide, securing the biggest victory since his father was ousted by …
Read More »DA slams Danny Jordaan’s re-election as SAFA president
The Democratic Alliance has called Danny Jordaan’s re-election as SAFA president “bad for local football”. WIN | ANSWER THESE 5 EASY SOCCER QUESTIONS AND YOU COULD BE R1 000 RICHER! Jordaan won retained the top position in South African football at the organisation’s elections over the weekend. In a landslide win, …
Read More »University Workers’ Strike: President Buhari to receive negotiation update Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will be briefed on the state of negotiations between the government and striking university workers on or before Wednesday, Nigeria’s labour ministry has said. A statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Olajide Oshundun, said the president will, after the briefing, make decisions on the contentious issues of payment …
Read More »President Ramaphosa leads condolences for 22 victims of Eastern Cape tavern tragedy
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the families of the 22 “teenagers” who died in a tavern in the Eastern Cape in the early hours of Sunday morning. In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Ramaphosa said: ”My deepest condolences go to the families of the 22 teenagers who …
Read More »President Biden Signs Biggest Gun Control Bill In Decades Into Law
President Joe Biden said the landmark bill would “save a lot of lives.” It has been one month since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas resulted in 19 dead student and 2 dead teachers. The tragedy once more ignited the debate over gun control in the United States, …
Read More »Jordaan insists this will be his last term as Safa president
Danny Jordaan has confirmed that his third term as president of the South African Football Association will be his last. ALSO READ: Jordaan retains Safa presidency “I will not be here from 2026 to 2030,” said Jordaan, after being re-elected by a landslide majority at the Safa elective congress on …
Read More »Former President Jacob Zuma calls graft report ‘unlawful’ and ‘irrational’
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, accused of being a graft enabler, on Saturday rubbished as “unlawful” and “full of gossip” a judicial report detailing how rampant corruption gutted state coffers during his nine-year tenure. He plans to challenge sections of the report, a product of a marathon four-year probe …
Read More »Nigeria’s 2023 elections: Health priorities for the country’s next president, By Adaeze Oreh & Ifeanyi M. Nsofor
First, there should be increased funding for universal health coverage, by expanding the federal budget for healthcare to meet the Abuja Declaration of a minimum of 15 per cent of the total budget, by tapping into the private sector to support healthcare delivery. Funding universal health coverage to address the …
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