A BROKEN GOVERNMENT: The Threshold of Constitutional Crisis and Abuse of the Impeachment Process in Nigeria - By Roy ChikwemSince the introduction of democracy in Nigeria, five governors have been impeached in a...
A BROKEN GOVERNMENT
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Current Affairs
NAS Press Release: THE RIBADU SAGA
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) condemns the dismissal of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Nuhu Ribadu from the Police force as unconstitutional and a flagrant...
NAS Press Release: UNENDING CRISES IN THE PLATEAU
IntroductionThe recent crisis that engulfed Jos, the Plateau State capital is another sad reminder of the fact that our dear country still has a long way to go in its quest for a peaceful, idea-centric, egalitarian and...
How politics spreads epidemics, ruins academics – By Olaokun Soyinka
WHAT sort of book is Epidemics, Academics and Politics by Prof. Idris Mohammed? The author provides answer in his introduction emphasising that this is not an autobiography. Indeed, though it contains some historical...
The Privatization and Commercialization of Higher Education in Nigeria – By Roy Chikwem
Introduction The Nigerian higher educational sector is perhaps the largest in Sub-Sahara Africa both in the number of educational institutions and the population of students. Only 57 per cent of adult Nigerians are...
Budget 2009 is not right
There are several pitfalls in the 2009 Federal Budget. The most scandalous of this has resulted in the unwarranted haggling over inclusion of constituency projects in the Appropriation Bill. The so-called constituency...
THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY AND ELECTION RIGGINGS IN NIGERIA
We have done it again, in the land of the giants. Giant of Africa, that is. For me as a Nigerian although living in Europe, it is a sad day. Sad day that the people of Nigeria’s voice have finally been declared...
Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap by Philip Emeagwali
Oil has made us billions and fuelled our economic stability, but oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse that has caused poverty and corruption, but for others it is an essential source...
THE VISIONLESS NIGERIA PRESIDENCY IS COMATOSE (1). – Ominous Signs Greet the Arrest of Mr. Jonathan
By Emma IhejietoThe beat is on, the signs less nebulous, the scars of ineptitude emerge from the remote background hitherto hidden away for a while until hiding places begin to disappear and thus; becoming very scarce....
Peace in Our Time as the UN marks International Peace Day
Peace is essential for Stability & Economic Growth.“Peace Day should be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples…This day will serve...
Police Commissioner Marvel Akpoyibo was never a “Pyrate”
Police Commissioner Marvel Akpoyibo was never a “Pyrate”. The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) is not a Cult. The attention of the National Association of Seadogs (a.k.a.Pyrates’ Confraternity)...
Alleged Policy Banning Alcohol Sales in the FCT, Abuja
A negation of tourism potentials & Abuse of Human RightsThe attention of the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has been drawn to the recent pronouncement credited to the Honourable Minister of...