66 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE An Independence Day Reflection by Santa Tamandu MP On 1 October 1960, the green and white flag of an independent Nigeria was raised, carrying with it the dreams of millions of people and the promise of a nation capable of determining its own destiny. Sixty-six years later, Nigeria remains a country…
SANTA TAMANDU MARINE PATROL | DNKI | ADVOCACY PUBLICATION | JUNE 2026 A Pre-Visit Reflection on the Point of No Return, Badagry, and the Unfinished Business of Mental Decolonisation An Advocacy Article by Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol (STMP) | A Chapter of De Norsemen Kclub International (DNKI) | June 2026 Issued by: Santa Tamandu Marine…
The Killing of Mene Ogidi and Nigeria’s Unbroken Cycle of Extrajudicial Violence A Civic Advocacy Position by Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol (STMP) | A Chapter of De Norsemen Kclub International (DNKI) | April 2026 Issued by: Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol | RC 7458 | www.santatamandu.org Reference: STM/ADV/SEC/007/2026 | April 2026 The Numbers Behind the Outrage…
Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol Marks World Malaria Day 2026 with Community Outreach at Abattoir Market, Agege, Lagos A Community Service Report by Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol (STMP) | A Chapter of De Norsemen Kclub International (DNKI) | April 2026 Issued by: Santa Tamandu Marine Patrol | RC 7458 | www.santatamandu.org Reference: STM/ADV/HLT/006/2026 | April 2026…
A Tribute to the Fallen and a Call for Accountability An Advocacy Statement by St Tamandu Marine Patrol (STMP) | A Chapter of Denorsemen Kclub International (DNKI) | April 2026 In the early hours of April 9, 2026, while most of Nigeria slept, militants launched a coordinated assault on the 29 Task Force Brigade headquarters…
A Civic Call for Accountability, Civilian Protection and Justice for the Communities of Plateau State Issued by: ST Tamandu Marine Patrol | RC 7458 | www.santatamandu.org Reference: STM/ADV/SEC/005/2026 | 30 March 2026 Addressed to: Federal Government of Nigeria, Plateau State Government, National Assembly, Security Agencies, and the Nigerian Public ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO LAST NIGHT’S…
The Health Workforce Brain Drain Crisis and the Case for Retention as National Policy Issued by: St Tamandu Marine Patrol | RC 7458 | www.santatamandu.org Reference: STM/ADV/HLT/004/2026 | March 2026 Addressed to: Federal Government of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Health, National Assembly, and the Nigerian Public PREAMBLE ST Tamandu Marine Patrol issues this position paper…
The Flagship Series – By St Tamandu Marine Patrol Three words. They appear on banners, on vests, on the side of vehicles that carry provisions to prison inmates and exercise books to schoolchildren. They are printed on the programmes of events and stitched into the identity of an organisation that has spent years trying to…
A Civic Call to Strengthen the Protection and Welfare of Corps Members Across Nigeria Every year, tens of thousands of young Nigerians complete their education, pack their bags, and report to NYSC orientation camps. They go willingly, proudly, because service to the nation means something. They cross state lines. They live in unfamiliar communities. They…
By Our Correspondent More than thirty members of ST Tamandu Marine Patrol converged on the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, in what organisers described as the chapter’s Annual Humanitarian Day visit, themed Good Health For All. The delegation arrived bearing a collection of relief materials, including food items, toiletries, and essential household supplies, donated…
Seventeen Years of Insurgency, 23 Dead in a Single Night, and a Civic Call for Stronger Civilian Protection Across the Northeast On the evening of 16 March 2026, as residents of Maiduguri broke their Ramadan fast, three coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated across the city. The targets were the Monday Market, the Post Office area,…
By Our Correspondent There are many ways to mark a commitment to service. ST Tamandu Marine Patrol chose to march. As part of its ongoing Service to Humanity programme, members of the Lagos chapter of De Norsemen Kclub International took to the streets around the National Stadium, Surulere, to make their position on one of…