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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DpwpCSqg3E

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history to give the federal government temporary powers to handle ongoing blockades and protests against pandemic restrictions.
"It is now clear that there are serious challenges to law enforcement's ability to effectively enforce the law," Trudeau told a news conference Monday afternoon.

"It is no longer a lawful protest at a disagreement over government policy. It is now an illegal occupation. It's time for people to go home."

Trudeau said the measures will be geographically targeted and "reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address."

The unprecedented deployment of the Emergencies Act gives police more tools to restore order in places where public assemblies constitute illegal and dangerous activities, such as blockades and occupations, he said. Trudeau said the act also will enable the RCMP to enforce municipal bylaws and provincial offences where required.

"This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people's jobs and restoring confidence in our institutions," he said.

The government is also designating and securing critical areas such as border crossings and airports. Invoking the act will also allow the government to make sure that essential services — such as towing services to remove trucks — are rendered, said Trudeau.

Massive financial implications
The federal government is also going after financial support for illegal activity associated with the convoy protest.

Convoy organizers have raised millions of dollars. They raised money first through the GoFundMe crowdfunding site. When GoFundMe shut the fundraising campaign down, organizers pivoted to the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said that under the Emergencies Act, crowdfunding platforms and the payment service providers they use must register with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the national financial intelligence agency. They must also report large and suspicious transactions to FINTRAC.

"The illegal blockades have highlighted the fact that crowdfunding platforms, and some of the payment service providers they use, are not fully captured under the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act," she said.

"We are making these changes because we know that these platforms are being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity which is damaging the Canadian economy."

Canadian financial institutions can now temporarily cease providing financial services if the institution suspects an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations, said Freeland.

"This order covers both personal and corporate accounts," she said.

Measures still subject to Charter of Rights
The Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in the 1980s, defines a national emergency as a temporary "urgent and critical situation" that "seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it."

The act gives special powers to respond to emergency scenarios affecting public welfare (natural disasters, disease outbreaks), public order (civil unrest), international emergencies or war emergencies.

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It grants cabinet the ability to "take special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times" to cope with an "urgent and critical situation" and the resulting fallout. It is still subject to the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Ottawa police have said they are outnumbered by crowds protesting vaccine mandates in the capital. Despite a provincial state of emergency, protesters ignored the threat of arrest and jail time and flocked to the city's centre over the weekend.

Demonstrators have erected tents, a stage, a large video screen and even a hot tub on various streets — including Wellington Street, which runs in front of the Parliament Buildings and the Prime Minister's Office.

Ottawa police said "safety concerns" — including "aggressive, illegal behaviour" by demonstrators — are to blame for the "limited police enforcement capabilities."

A blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., a key supply link between Canada and the U.S., was dispersed by police earlier Sunday, with 12 arrests.

"Occupying streets, harassing people, breaking the law. This is not a peaceful protest," said Trudeau, who added there are no plans to deploy the military.

Once cabinet declares an emergency, it takes effect right away — but the government still needs to go to Parliament within seven days to get approval. If either the Commons or the Senate votes against the motion, the emergency declaration is revoked.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday that while he sees the prime minister's decision to turn to the Emergencies Act as "proof of a failure of leadership," he will support the declaration — which should secure its passage through a minority Parliament.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-premiers-cabinet-1.6350734

Iyaebe:
Yes I know but God provided us shelter against the rain,so it's carelessness on his part.

Well done you that is faithful.
You better face your life and let others deal with their problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvN45WJrwBs

Cutecharlz:
Is it a must to watch the match in stadium? In as much as i can be a patriotic fan of a nation or club, I can't risk my life for them abeg.....

It's a rare opportunity when a contest like AFCON meets you at home.
Some of these youths would be grandpa already before Cameroon gets to host it again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq4k2oVBn_s
The stampede happened as crowds struggled to gain access to Olembe Stadium in the capital, Yaounde, to watch the host nation play Comoros in a last 16 knockout match.

A regional governor, Naseri Paul Biya, said there could be more casualties, as a hospital in the area reported at least 40 had been injured in the stampede.

"Some of the injured are in desperate condition," said Olinga Prudence, a nurse.

"We will have to evacuate them to a specialised hospital."

Officials said about 50,000 people had tried to attend the match.

The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but it was not meant to be more than 80% full due to COVID restrictions.
President of Confederation of African Football to visit supporters

In a statement, the Confederation of African Football said that it is "aware of the incident" at the Olembe Stadium and are "trying to get more details on what transpired".

"We are in constant communication with Cameroon government and the local organising committee," CAF said.

"Tonight, the CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe sent the general secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, to visit the supporters in hospital in Yaoundé."

In a tweet Cameroon's Minister of Public Health, Manaouda Malachie said: "I have just visited the hospitals that received the victims of today's incident at the Olembé Stadium, to show them all the compassion of the Presidential Couple. Everything is in place for their free care and optimal support. Stay strong!"

Premier League club Everton paid tribute to those who lost their lives outside the stadium.

In a tweet, the club wrote: "The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Everton are with the families of those fans who have lost their lives and anyone affected by the tragic events at today's #AFCON2021 match between Cameroon and Comoros in Yaounde. RIP."

Tight match overshadowed by off-the-pitch incident

On the pitch, Cameroon won the game 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals.

Strikers Karl Toko Ekambi and Vincent Aboubakar had given Cameroon the lead by the 70th minute against the tournament newcomers, who are ranked 132nd in the world and played with a defender in goal due to a coronavirus outbreak in the squad.

Comoros also had to cope with playing most of the match with 10 men after Jimmy Abdou was sent off in the seventh minute for stepping on the back of Moumi Ngamaleu's ankle

But Comoros midfielder Youssouf M'Changama gave his side hope, scoring from a free-kick from 30 yards in the 81st minute.

Details of the tragedy outside the stadium were only confirmed after the game.

Cameroon is hosting Africa's flagship football tournament for the first time in 50 years.

The host nation is scheduled to face Guinea, another tournament debutant, on Saturday in the quarter-final.

https://news.sky.com/story/african-cup-of-nations-at-least-six-people-dead-in-stampede-outside-football-game-in-cameroon-12524662

Osinbajo as President, Moghalu as Vice President

philcz:
When will Africa be free?

Most of the evil perpetrated in Africa have foreign hands all over it, not without the support of Africans though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g9U7nB5__4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW6da_Wb71c

Organisers of anti-military rallies in Sudan’s capital Khartoum announced an escalation of protests after security forces used gunfire and teargas on Monday to disperse demonstrations against a coup and medics said seven people had been killed.

Security forces fired volleys of tear gas as they blocked thousands of protesters from advancing on Khartoum’s presidential palace, and several injured civilians could be seen bleeding heavily in the street, a Reuters witness said.

They also fired live ammunition and stun grenades, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a group of medics aligned with the protest movement, which reported seven deaths.

Medics told Reuters that many others were being treated for injuries at Khartoum hospitals.

“The military prepared a massacre for us today, and all we’ve done is ask for civilian rule and democracy,” said Mohamed Babaker, a 19-year-old student.

A police spokesperson said a statement would be released later.

Government sources put the death toll from Monday at three.

Huge crowds have regularly taken to the streets demanding a return to civilian rule since the military coup on October 25 ended a power-sharing arrangement agreed after Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir fell during a popular uprising in 2019.

Medics say at least 70 people have died in clashes with security forces since the coup.

A security and defence committee formed under the ruling council commended security services on Monday for their “restraint” and protection of civilians, paying tribute to a police officer killed in protests on Thursday.

It said in a statement that it would establish an anti-terrorism force to counter “potential threats”, but did not elaborate.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Twitter the United States is “concerned by reports of escalating violence against protesters in Sudan.”

He noted Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee and new Special Envoy David Satterfield “are headed to Khartoum and will reiterate our call for security forces to end violence and respect freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”

On Monday, protesters had gathered some two km from the palace, blocking a main road in the Al Diyum neighbourhood and burning tires before starting their march. Civilian political parties announced two days of civil disobedience in protest against Monday’s violence.

Resistance committees organising protests in Khartoum and in its twin city of Omdurman across the Nile called on people to blockade local streets.

Last week the United Nations began consultations to try to break a deadlock between military leaders and pro-democracy civilian groups and avert the risk of further instability.

After the coup military leaders reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in an attempt to safeguard economic reforms, but he resigned earlier this month

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/seven-killed-in-crackdown-on-rallies-in-sudans-capital-medics-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bj0jbplFb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjcPGkfJRPs

Nbotee:
I jus thought of Nigeria and I jus laughed

Nobody dear talk to our dear president like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmOnA_i4t8
London (CNN)There is never a good time for a sitting government to become consumed by a political scandal so severe that its leader faces daily calls to resign.

But as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is embroiled in a crisis over allegations of numerous parties held in Downing Street while the rest of the UK was in lockdown, sparking national outrage, the timing is particularly tortuous for the governing Conservative party.
For weeks, Johnson and his loyalists tried to wait out the scandal by refusing to answer even the simplest of questions related to some of the parties, as a steady drip of revelations emerged on an almost daily basis.
But news of a "bring your own booze" party held in the Downing Street garden at the height of the UK's first coronavirus lockdown forced the Prime Minister to apologize this week and admit he attended the event.
On Friday, the scandal worsened as it was revealed that a party was held in Downing Street the night before the funeral of Prince Philip. It was noted at the time that due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Queen was forced to mourn her husband at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle while sitting alone. The government apologized to the Queen, but more danger lurks on the horizon.
Johnson and the government have largely stuck to their line that further comment on the parties should be withheld until an investigation is completed by Sue Gray, a senior civil servant who has been tasked with producing a report on exactly what happened.
While the report itself cannot determine if any laws were broken, a detailed factual breakdown of what happened and why could pile further pressure on Johnson to resign. But the scope of the investigation could be narrow enough to avoid a smoking gun -- and might not even be published in full -- meaning Johnson may be able to ride out the scandal regardless of what the report says, even if that stokes further fury from his party and the electorate.
Despite his bad poll ratings, public anger at Johnson and his government, and the growing sense that the Prime Minister has become "so toxic he could drag us down with him," as one senior Conservative put it, it's likely that for the time being, his loudest critics within the Conservative Party are going to have to suck it up and continue supporting a man they resent.
A government minister told CNN that "he was an electoral asset in 2019 because he personified Brexit. But if it transpires he is no longer an electoral asset, they [Conservative lawmakers] might decide to get rid of him."
In just a few months, there will be a perfect opportunity for a check on Johnson's popularity when local elections are held across England, Scotland and Wales on May 5.
It is broadly accepted across the party that removing Johnson before this date would be extremely dangerous, as no one could be certain what the consequence would actually be.
"If the Conservatives are serious about removing Johnson, they must also be serious about replacing him with someone who can sincerely relaunch a party that has been in government since 2010," said Will Jennings, professor of political science at Southampton University. "If they do get absolutely hammered at the locals, which is not out of the question and quite common for sitting governments, it would put that new leader immediately on the back foot."
Multiple senior Conservatives told CNN that they are looking at the long summer recess as a potential window to get rid of Johnson, if the local elections truly are a disaster for Johnson.
That, one minister said, "would be the cleanest option as politics shuts down for the summer."
A senior Conservative official said that any new leader would need "time to explain a project which would (have to) be more complicated than 'Get Brexit Done,'" the slogan that helped Johnson win a landslide victory in 2019.
Their reasoning for this is that the 2019 issue was dominated by a single issue. Brexit was a roadblock that needed clearing and the public was frustrated and exhausted that three years since the vote, the UK was effectively unable to leave the European Union.
That new project, no easy task for a party that has been in power since 2010, would need to be fully built and ready to go before May 2024, the date of the next scheduled general election. And while that might sound like a long time in politics, following on from Johnson, a man who enjoyed enormous fame before taking office, would be extremely difficult for even the most competent political operator.
The scale of that task, combined with the unique nature of Johnson's public persona, is what makes replacing him, even after potentially disastrous local election results, far from certain.
"It's a super-tight judgement call, and one that is based more on guts than any actual metrics," said Salma Shah, a former Conservative Party special adviser.
"On the one hand you have to consider whether it's worth deposing a sitting PM for someone new who is entirely untested; on the other wonder whether doing nothing means you're just going to watch your electoral hopes slide into oblivion," she added.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/uk/boris-johnson-parties-scandal-intl-cmd-gbr/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZX88Ztr9U

A Florida police sergeant has been relieved of his supervisory responsibilities and is under investigation after he was filmed grabbing an officer by her throat, according to officials.

Sunrise police shared body camera video of the Nov. 19 incident with NBC News, but the footage was muted with faces blurred, except for the sergeant's.

Police officers were arresting a "verbally and physically resistive" suspect, accused of a violent felony, when the unidentified sergeant arrived and became aggressive with him, Sunrise Police Chief Anthony W. Rosa said in a statement.

The sergeant engaged in a verbal altercation with the suspect sitting inside a patrol vehicle and “escalated” the encounter, according to the chief.

The police body camera footage showed the sergeant ducking his head inside the patrol vehicle to talk to the suspect and holding a can of pepper spray, though he did not deploy it.

Rosa called the sergeant's behavior “inappropriate and unprofessional” and said he “unnecessarily elevated the demeanor of the suspect."

A concerned officer ran toward the sergeant and pulled him by the back of his duty belt, Rosa said.
The video footage shows the sergeant turn around while backpedaling as he was pulled by the officer. He then momentarily places his hand at the throat of the officer and pushes her backward, until her back hits a nearby police vehicle, according to the clip and the statement from the chief. The sergeant then walks away.
Rosa said the officer who pulled the sergeant was following the department's policies and procedures that call for intervention when there’s “imminent fear of engagements escalating unnecessarily.”

The police chief said he immediately relieved the sergeant of his supervisory responsibilities after hearing about the incident and ordered an internal affairs investigation that is ongoing.

The sergeant involved has no contact or supervision over subordinate personnel, Rosa said.

“I am very proud of the officer involved in this incident and believe that the actions taken were definitive and demonstrative of good leadership during a tense situation," Rosa said.

He noted that Sunrise officers are expected to "de-escalate emotionally charged situations" and intervene if an officer appears to lose control or display inappropriate conduct in interacting with the public
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-police-sergeant-accused-grabbing-officer-throat-rcna12236?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Xdpj6xXh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZm0xZvp64

Wawelexy:
A lot of people has mental issues....

Sadly true..

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backnbeta:
The adulterer was asked if was willing to cast a spell on her husband should the boyfriend suggest it; her answer was a big 'yes'!. So my point is: If she hates him that much, she should just divorce him instead of living with him and eventually hurting him.

Gbam!

No past president competes with Buhari infrastructure-wise.
His Nepotism in dealing with Fulani Terrorists while Millions of Nigerians died under his watch makes him the worst president in the history of Nigeria.

A young Nigerian embedded Systems Engineer, Oluwatobi Oyinlola has built a solar-powered outdoor workstation called ‘ SolarPocha’.

The graduate of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State says ‘SolarPocha’ will provide users {students and professionals} with internet and off-grid electricity

https://blackmediadaily.com/young-nigerian-builds-solar-powered-outdoor-workstation/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLcBAVaLb_s

An American Airlines flight preparing to take off from Honduras was grounded Tuesday night after a passenger rushed into the cockpit and damaged some controls, CBS Miami reports.


American Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement and said the passenger was taken into custody by local law enforcement.

According to the carrier, during boarding of Flight 488 to Miami, the passenger "entered the open flight deck and caused damage to the aircraft."
CBS News has learned that after damaging the flight controls, the traveler tried exiting through a cockpit window when a pilot intervened.

A replacement aircraft was to depart later Tuesday night.

"We applaud our outstanding crew members for their professionalism in handling a difficult situation," American Airlines said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-airlines-plane-grounded-after-passenger-rushes-cockpit-damages-controls/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLEtNTALLCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARYFYjYG3-M

Amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffpzB4FGRo

Even her spokesperson called her Mummy GO while making the statement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrDXdBkQMzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrDXdBkQMzM

bobbybrown007:
The lady is so stupid and mad, how can she say such a thing? If am the one she will be going to her mother house to still get more from her so boyfriend.

If you are the one, sadly you won't know all these is going on behind your back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJYKdmbQiU

A married lady has revealed how her boyfriend gives her timetable on when she gets intimate with her husband during a live call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkFTHhXH_5o