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Making headlines: Nigeria's Buhari wins second term as president, Magashule says the ANC will continue respecting black professionals And, NMB Mayor Bobani 'not even shaken' as another motion for his removal looms

 

Nigeria's Buhari wins second term as president

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa's largest economy and top oil producer, the electoral commission chairperson said today, following an election marred by delays, logistical glitches and violence.

He defeated his main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar, a businessman and former vice president. Buhari secured 56 percent of votes, compared with 41 percent for Atiku, a candidate for the People's Democratic Party.

Buhari faces a daunting to-do list, including reviving an economy still struggling to recover from a 2016 recession and quelling a decade-old Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands of people in the northeast, many of them civilians.

 

Magashule says the ANC will continue respecting black professionals

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule says the party respects black professionals in the country.

Speaking to a news agency on the sidelines of a media briefing on Tuesday, Magashule said the party met with black professionals on Monday.

This comes after the ANC offered an "unreserved apology" to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordan and NEC member Senzo Mchunu after it issued a statement criticising the two for allegedly attacking black professionals.

It was alleged that Gordhan and Mchunu blamed "black professionals" for the dire situation that Eskom was in.

 

NMB Mayor Bobani 'not even shaken' as another motion for his removal looms

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Mongameli Bobani says he is neither shaken by, nor worried about the looming attempt to remove him.

On Tuesday, the Patriotic Alliance’s councillor, Marlon Daniels in NMB filed an urgent notice of intent to lodge a motion of no confidence against Bobani.

Daniels said Bobani has done very little to none to the betterment of the lives of the poor communities.

However, Bobani said the motion was "incompetent" and had no substance.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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