This morning, February 16, 2019, Nigeria and the international community woke up to the disconcerting news that the 2019 presidential and national assembly elections had been postponed for one week. The National...
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Before Insecurity Becomes The Epitome Of Nigeria’s Socio-politics
On Tuesday, 18 December 2018, Alex Sabundu Badeh, a four star flag officer of the Nigerian Air force who served as the 18th Chief of Air Staff and the 15th Chief of Defence Staff of the armed forces of Nigeria was shot...
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2018
STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS World Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10th December every year. The day is normally marked both by high-level political conferences and meetings and by...
DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE: DRAMA AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity finds it very disquieting that operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), will barricade the entrances to Nigeria’s bastion of...
Nigeria, amidst the suffering; another petrol price increase!
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first” –...
Nomadic Marauders: An Escalating Clear and Present Danger?
That Nigeria is threatened by multi-faceted challenges, with insecurity very prominent on that list is trite. That this escalating insecurity is clearly gnawing away at the already very taut threads of our nationhood...
Ensuring #OurVotesCount beyond Campaign promises: Education and Awareness for Citizens’ Participation in Governance after elections
Governance by general definition relates to "the processes of interaction and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the formulation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social...
Electricity Tariff Increase: The Monopoly, Ineptitude and Misery
On February 1, 2016, the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) approved a nationwide implementation of a 45% increase in electricity tariff. To this effect, an average Nigerian family will spend an...
2016 Federal Budget: Fiddling While Nigeria Burns
The Nigerian media space has been recently suffused with trivia and jokes about the 2016 Federal budget. At first it was “missing”, then “padded”, and later “found”. This unfortunate...
NAS’ Petition to the Inspector General of Police on Impostors
15 July 2015 The Inspector General of PoliceNigeria Police ForceForce HeadquartersLouis Edet HouseArea 11GarkiAbuja Dear Sir, VIOLENT AND FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS POSING AS MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF...
Public Disclaimer Notice – Beware of Impostors!!!
BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS!!! The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity has observed with dismay, claims by some unscrupulous individuals, especially students within and outside the Federal and State Tertiary...
Nigeria and the Burden of Financing the Legislature
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) wishes to express its dismay at the unconscionable remuneration of Nigeria's National Assembly members and the adverse impact their salaries and sundry...