The International Workers Day is marked on May 1 across the world, to celebrate workers and further the continuous demand for social and economic justice. This special day for workers dates back to 1886 when workers in...
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DIA’s assault on press freedom, threat to democracy
Mr Segun Olatunji, the editor of FirstNews newspaper, who was abducted by operatives of the Defence Intelligence Agency in the presence of his wife and two young children, aged seven and one, from his residence at...
2024 National Budget: Corruption Incorporated
The culture of shameless avarice and prebendal politics by the Nigerian political elite is laid bare by the shocking revelations of the surreptitious insertion of 7,447 projects valued at N2.24 trillion by members of...
Okuama bloodbath: Avoiding another Odi!
The news of the killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel on a peace mission in Delta State is shocking and most saddening. The soldiers, including the Commanding Officer of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt Col AH Ali, two...
President Tinubu, save Nigeria from kidnappers
The kidnap of no fewer than 287 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Chikum Local Government Area and about 400 women and children from Babban Sansani, Zulum and Arabic...
Aqua Kanata rallies support for Women on International Women’s Day
In recognition of the achievements of women across the world, March 8th, is globally recognized as International Women’s Day. It doesn’t just honour the achievements of women and girls, but it also shines a light on...
Spectre of Hunger in Nigeria: Enough of grandstanding by the political class!
The declaration by the Secretary-General of Nigerian Red Cross Society, (NRCS), Dr Abubakar Ahmed Kende that an estimated “26.5 million Nigerians including women and children currently face acute hunger” and the...
Education is the Fulcrum of Global Peace
It is with overwhelming somberness that the National Association of Seadogs, (Pyrates Confraternity) joins the global community in commemorating this year's International Day of Education with the theme "Learning for...
The bloodshed on the Plateau must stop
Over three days, between December 23 and Christmas Day, terrorists went on a killing spree across several communities in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau State. At the end of the...
Tudun Biri Airstrike Tragedy: Beyond the Apology
On Sunday December 3rd, Nigerians were jolted by the news of a tragic drone strike by the Nigerian Army which killed no fewer than 100 civilians and injured several others who were celebrating Maulud at Tudun...
Stamping Out Corruption is a Task for All
On 31st October 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against corruption and established the International Anti-corruption Day to boost worldwide awareness of the deleterious impacts of...
Off-Season elections: Flawed polls endanger democracy
The conduct and outcome of the November 11 off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states have again called into question the neutrality of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the...