Communiqué issued at the Second Biennial Summit of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity), held at the Events Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State on Friday, February 1, 2013 Preamble The National...
Current Affairs
Lessons to Learn from the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
by Ide Owodiong-Idemeko, NAS Cap'n, National Association of Seadogs Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world's one billion Catholics and the entire world on 11 February, 2013 with news of his resignation! He had only...
Time to Adopt the American Model on Indigenisation
Nation building is not a trivial issue. It is an enterprise that demands serious efforts borne out of deep reflection and reasoned approach by those entrusted with the onerous task of fashioning and designing a...
How Soyinka took Awo Leadership Prize
The Sun, January 7, 2013 Recently, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, scored another 'first' by being the recipient of the maiden Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership, instituted by the Obafemi Awolowo...
NIGERIA: Rum Old Country in Search of Direction
Being the keynote dddress by Ide Owodiong-Idemeko, Nas Cap'n, National Association Of Seadogs [Pyrates Confraternity], At The Umalokun Massacre Memorial Lecture, December 15, 2012 Protocols 28 years this month,...
A nation at war with herself
Nigeria cuts the image of a nation at war with herself. Everyday, the reports of needless carnage amid pervasive corruption and the ostentatious lifestyles of elected leaders are paradoxical and disheartening. After 52...
Increased Wave of Sexual Assaults and Rape in Nigeria: Call for Collective ACTION!
Given the escalating wave of sexual assaults across Nigeria, NAS is alarmed and calls for ACTION. In recent times, the Nigerian media has been plagued with reported cases of rape country wide. This evil development...
The Nigerian Flood Disaster – A wake up call
The attention of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has been drawn to the recent cases of devastating floods which have ravaged different parts of the country and in the process, destroyed...
The Recent Appointment of Justice Jombo-Ofo to the Court of Appeal and the Issue of National Integration in Nigeria
Recently, Justice Jombo-Ofo, a female High Court Judge serving in Abia State had her swearing in to the Appeal Court of Nigeria stepped down because of a petition alleging she was not from Abia State and denied...
Why I joined Pyrates Confraternity at UI – Alake
The Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Adedotun Gbadebo, has tasked the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), better known as Pyrates Confraternity, to adopt more practical means to check the worsening problems of...
Plight of the Indigenous People of Bakassi
Press Conference by the Cap'n, National Association of Seadogs, (Pyrates Confraternity), on the Plight of the Indigenous People of Bakassi 10 years ago, precisely on the 10th of October, 2002, the International Court...
Diminishing Expectation – Nigerians as Victims of a Neglected Health Sector
Nigeria's health sector and its appalling inadequacies continue to make perverse headline news. Depending on which of the various public media sources is patronised, it is no longer news that Nigeria's First Lady has...


