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Ferdinand Marcos Jr., popularly known as “Bongbong”, announced his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election in a five-minute long Facebook video, urging Filipinos to “join me in this noblest of causes and we will succeed.””Unifying leadership … can lead us through this crisis, get our people safely back to work, for all of us to begin to live our lives once again,” the 64-year-old Marcos Jr. said.The late dictator’s widow, Imelda Marcos, returned to the Philippines and was elected four times to the House of Representatives, despite controversies over the huge sums of money she and her husband plundered from…

play videoTwene Jonas is a New York-based government critic Hopeson Adorye, a member of the New Patriotic Party, has disclosed why he reported government critic, Twene Jonas, to authorities in the United States.Adorye, who had earlier last month authored a viral video alleging that Twene Jonas had lost his job and had been sacked from his place of residence said, he acted when accusations started on social media that he had a hand in Jonas’ disappearance after he published the video. In an interview with Accra-based Okay FM, Adorye said the need to clear his name formally in the issue…

China under President Xi Jinping have grand plans to become a leading football power, with ambitions to host and even win the World Cup one day. But the country of 1.4 billion people has reached the World Cup only once, in 2002, and Li Tie’s side were soundly beaten 3-0 by Australia in their opening match of this final round of Asian qualifying for Qatar, then lost 1-0 to old rivals Japan. Despite boasting Espanyol’s Wu Lei and Brazilian-born Elkeson in attack, the side failed to register an attempt on goal in 180 minutes of football and the pressure is…

Ghana and Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew Misfiring Ghana and Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew should not be judged by goals, Ayew family spokesman Fiifi Tackie has stated.The 30-year-old forward has come under intense criticism for his recent struggles to score, particularly at club level in over 40 matches.Over the course of last season until now, he has netted just once in the Premier League for Palace.“Jordan Ayew is more of a team player than an individual player,” Tackie told Happy FM.“He doesn’t see anything wrong if he tries to assist than to score. Assess Jordan Ayew by his contribution…

Nollywood Actress, Mary Remmy Njoku has revealed that she will prefer to be a Nigerian in her “next life”. The movie mogul said that though Nigeria breaks her heart, however she would still prefer to be from this country in another life. See her post below. NIGERIA BREAKS MY HEARTIN MY NEXT LIFE AS AN AFRICAN, I STILL PREFER TO BE A NIGERIAN.WE ARE FIERCELY COOLIt will get betterwhen, but someday. RECOMMENDED ARTICLES Source link

The Nigerian Union of Teachers in Yobe State have identified the shortage of teachers as one of the has many challenges in the education sector of the state. Yobe State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Ado Idrissa stated this at an occasion marking the 2021 Teachers Day in Damaturu. “Government in its wisdom should look into this issue immediately by the replacing retired teachers as it was done before, the extension of service years or age or immediate employment of young competent and qualified one”, he appealed. According to Idrissa despite the security challenge that has lasted for more than…

Queenslanders have been urged to increase their Covid vaccination rate as the premier and chief health officer warned a serious outbreak of the Delta variant in the state was inevitable and would be uncontrollable when it arrives.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk once again warned ‘Delta will come here’ once the nation’s borders are re-opened, as she announced no new community cases of transmission were recorded on Wednesday.’We have walk-ins so there is no excuse,’ she said. ‘We need to get our vaccination rates as high as possible before we have those outbreaks here.’Her comments were backed up by Chief Health Officer Dr…

A senior State Department official described Blinken’s official encounters as “very productive” and forward-looking, but both the US and the French agreed that work remains to mend the relationship rocked by the Biden administration’s new defense partnership with the UK and Australia. Bitterness about that deal and the Biden administration’s treatment of the French punctuated an appearance Blinken made on France 2 TV, where the interviewer raised France’s anger, incomprehension and sense of betrayal — and then got personal. “We expected better, especially with the change of administration, and especially with you,” journalist Anne-Sophie Lapix told Blinken. “You speak French.…

An Accra Circuit Court has admitted Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, General Overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, to GH¢100,000 self-recognizance bail.Two other accomplices, Mensah Ofori and Bright Berchie, have also been admitted to GH¢100,000 with two sureties to be justified.Rev Bempah and the two are being held on two counts of offensive conduct to the breach of the peace and two counts of the threat of death.They are accused of threatening Evangelist Patricia Oduro Koranteng, aka Agrada, with words to wit “Nana Agrada, we give you 24 hours, watch out, we will kill you.”The three persons have denied…

The UK has one of the highest overall virus death tolls in the world, at more than 137,000, but more than 82 percent of over-16s have had two doses of the vaccine, according to the latest government figures. The rapid rollout has enabled the easing of restrictions on large gatherings, with a welcome return of supporters to football grounds. However, although no official figures have been offered by the Premier League, reports suggest only seven of England’s 20 top-flight clubs have more than 50 percent of their squad fully vaccinated. “It’s low, not just in the Premier League but in…