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…
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…
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…
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,…
An Advocacy Statement by St Tamandu Marine Patrol (STMP) | A Chapter of Denorsemen Kclub International (DNKI) March 2026 Somewhere in Nigeria tonight, a family is waiting. The phone has rung. A voice, calm, businesslike, and utterly without conscience, has named a price for their child, their father, their mother, their breadwinner. They are being…
Advocacy Series Somewhere in your local government area, there is a project that exists on paper. It has a name. It has an allocation. It may even have a commissioning date buried in a government document. And there is a reasonable chance that if you go looking for it on the ground, you will find…
Advocacy Series Nigeria produces hundreds of thousands of university graduates every year. It is one of the most educated youth populations on the African continent. It is also one of the most underemployed. That contradiction, a country rich in educated people and poor in opportunities for them, is not an accident. It is the predictable…
Advocacy Series There is a number that should embarrass every Nigerian who has ever held public office. In the 2023 general elections, out of 93.47 million registered voters, only 24.9 million cast their ballots. That is a voter turnout of 26.7 percent. The lowest Nigeria has recorded since returning to civilian rule in 1999. It…
Advocacy Series As part of our commitment to Service to Humanity, ST Tamandu Marine Patrol recently visited a correctional facility in Lagos to donate and spend time with people that society has largely chosen to forget. We went in with supplies. We left with a conversation we cannot stop thinking about. It was an officer…