Several events in the past few weeks, in the build-up to the now controversial 2023 general elections have again sadly highlighted the defects in election management and democratic practice in Nigeria. The different...
The 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday and Sunday February 25/26th have generated mixed reactions across the country and beyond. Several complaints on the conduct of the polls and...
The assassination of Mr Oyibo Chukwu, Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate for Enugu East District and five others in his car at Amaechi-Awkunanaw community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, sadly...
The disturbing scenes of Nigerians struggling to access cash in banking halls and the long existential queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country is scandalous and depressing. Nigerians who had...
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has become aware of a viral video with lyrics referring to one of the frontline candidates in the 2023 Presidential Election. This video and those who canvass...
Nigeria's Education Sector At a Crossroads - The Time to Act is Now! It is on a very sombre note that Nigeria joins the rest of the global community in commemorating this year's International Day of Education. The...
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s Appropriation Law tagged ‘Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and Transition’ has dominated public discourse since it was signed into law. This terminal budget of the...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEADOGS: 70th ANNIVERSARY Chelsea Hotel, December 10th 2022. KEY NOTE ADDRESS By John Cardinal ONAIYEKAN, (CON) Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja. INTRODUCTION I wish to sincerely thank the...
The report on the State of Nigerian embassies and consulates was presented on the 9th of December, 2022 at the Chelsea Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria. Click on the link below to read and download the report. NAS Report on the...
Since 1981 when the 25th of November every year was selected by women's rights proponents as a day to mark the battle against gender-based violence, individuals, advocacy organisations, and governments across the world...
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor’s recent public defence of the burning of a vessel, MT Deino, suspected of being loaded with about 650 cubic metres of stolen crude oil is extremely puzzling. MT...
Since 2007 when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 61/225 which recognised the 14th of November of every year as World Diabetes Day, with a clarion call to "pursue multilateral efforts to...