Over the past three weeks, news reports and social media images have captured the torrid experience of Nigerians, beleaguered by the acute scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Official and...
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Abba Kyari Drug Scandal: Beyond the Drama
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) notes with utter dismay, the stunning revelations by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) linking the suspended erstwhile head of the...
The death of al-Qurayshi: Lessons for Nigeria in counter-terrorism
On February 3, 2022, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced to Americans and the rest of the world, that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the “horrible terrorist leader is no more”. According to...
Troubling human rights records in Nigeria under President Buhari
The World Report 2022 published by the humanitarian organization, Human Rights Watch, contains a damning narration on the human rights record in Nigeria. A summary of the contents which cited observations of serial...
International Day of Education: Need for a New Social Contract for Education
PRESS RELEASE The 4th anniversary of the International Day of Education, amidst a ravaging viral pandemic, represents the veritable need for an embrace of a holistic paradigm shift from all and sundry in the continual...
International Day of Education: Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria Your Excellency, As you continue in the final year of your two terms at the helm of affairs in our beloved...
New Year message to President Muhammadu Buhari: Stem the tide of insecurity, salvage democracy
New Year message to President Muhammadu Buhari: Stem the tide of insecurity, salvage democracy The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has taken stock of the actions of your government in 2021 and...
Official Corruption under President Buhari’s leadership
Official Corruption under President Buhari’s leadership The Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental organization concerned with economic and social rights in Nigeria, and on...
PRESS RELEASE: World Human Rights Day 2021
Giving Voice to the Voiceless, the Oppressed, and the Hopeless Since 1948 when 48 member nations of the then newly founded United Nations adopted the United Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the World Human Rights...
COVID-19 Omicron: The gang-up against Africa
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has followed with keen interest the recent developments in reaction to the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus pandemic. We have noted the recommendations...
The Shadow Pandemic: Searchlight on Unsavoury Phenomenon of Violence Against Women and Girls
As the world marks this 30th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls with 16 days of activism commencing today, the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates...
Lekki Tollgate Massacre: Truth Unmasked
On Monday November 15 2021, the Justice Doris Okuwobi led Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and other matters turned in its report on...