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A group of prominent Nigerians, yesterday in Lagos, said Nigeria’s democracy was in deep crisis on the questions of the state of the social contract between the people and those in government.
It also said Nigeria needed a few referendums at this time and that if government was accountable to the people it ought to consider this now.
The prominent Nigerians, under the aegis of Concerned Professionals in a statement by Prof Ebere Onwudiwe, Olutola Mobolurin, Prof Pat Utomi, Dr Usman Bugaje, Femi Falana, SAN, Dr Muiz Banire, SAN, Prof Anthony Kila and Dr Isuwa Dogo, said, “IF one lesson comes clear from 2020, it is that democracy is in deep crisis in Nigeria where questions abound about the state of the social contract between the people and those who lead and personify the state.
The Enigmatic ‘Climate Chancellor’ Pulls Off a Grand Finale
A new EU climate target cements Angela Merkel’s global legacy, but many in Germany say she has often been an obstacle to progress.
December 31, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel throws her voting card into the ballot box during passage of sweeping climate legislation in December 2019. Credit: Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images
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Inside a council building on Brussels’ Rue de la Loi, a landmark climate deal was hanging in the balance. Angela Merkel was in her element.
It was past midnight, the negotiations extended into the early hours of Dec. 11. By the time the sun rose, Merkel and the other European Union leaders emerged to say they had an agreement to cut carbon dioxide emissions in their countries 55 percent from 1990 levels by 2030.
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https://www.afinalwarning.com/485695.html (Natural News) When the coronavirus crisis emerged in Wuhan, journalists were on the scene reporting on the crisis as hospitals overflowed with patients and authorities tried to manage the situation.
Shanghai lawyer Zhang Zhan was one of those on hand who filmed the crowded hospitals, empty streets and a top-security lab that was carrying out experiments using bat coronaviruses.
She documented what she witnessed on the city’s streets and hospitals in essays and live streams. And when a Wuhan communist official said that city residents needed “gratitude training” to thank the Chinese Communist Party for its “efforts” to get the pandemic under control, Zhang took to the streets to ask fellow citizens if they truly felt grateful.
A BREXIT trade deal has finally been agreed between the UK and the EU. Here’s what some of Ireland s and Europe’s politicians had to say following the announcement.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney posted on Twitter: “Deal Done! 4yrs work to protect #Ireland & #EU through #Brexit. Certainty at last; No return to hard border; The GFA & Peace Process is protected; The single market is safe & #Irelands place in it; No tariffs or quotas on trade; A fresh start for U.K. relations.”
Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, wrote: “Before the spin starts, it’s worth remembering that Brexit is happening against Scotland’s will. And there is no deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes away from us. It’s time to chart our own future as an independent, European nation.”
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U.S. leaders could learn from Europe’s austerity. Noting the lessons of the continent’s flubs and fixes would help either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney tackle the policy and politics of a debt load that just surpassed $16 trillion. Waiting too long might give investors time to make a new choice.
European nations have been coping with two types of busted budgets. Greece, Portugal and Ireland require aggressive fiscal reforms to try and stop the drift toward default. Their gross debt-to-GDP ratios are ominously high. According to the IMF, Greece’s could hit 165 percent next year.