Noting: the history of Yoruba and Igbo relations and the current sorry state of the political and economic situation in Nigeria which is in part caused by the breakdown of…
The December 2020 edition of The Fatherland magazine is out featuring: Dele Ogun on the 600 years (1420-2020) of scars on our people from the Slave Trade to the Lekki MassacreIdowu…
As recorded on House of Commons Hansard Nigeria: Sanctions Regime [James Gray in the Chair] Here is the full transcript of the 23 Nov 2020 debate as recorded in Hansard. https://youtu.be/RJ9CZaRoTkE 6.00…
Emmanuel Akinwotu West Africa correspondent, Tue 24 Nov 2020 10.21 GMT Protests against Sars security unit in west African country were violently suppressed Labour has called for the UK government to…
#ENDSARS: Please click to read THE FATHERLAND GROUP SARS PRESS PACK (Online)
on November 19, 2020 By GWG Staff United States-based Cable News Network, CNN has rebuffed what it described as threats by the Nigerian government against it saying that it stands by…
'They pointed their guns at us and started shooting' https://youtu.be/GuEcSr1Z7bo Editor's Note: (This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death. The full names of some interviewees and the identities of…
OPINION Published 2 days ago on 2020/11/12 ByDavid Hundeyin Estimated Reading Time: 17 “I’ve been getting calls. I’ve been getting many calls, David. You have been writing things. Have you seen the…
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Press Release For immediate release, TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2020 THE FATHERLAND GROUP STATEMENT ON THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT’S JUDICIAL PANEL OF INQUIRY INTO THE LEKKI MASSACRE Background On Tuesday…
Press Release For immediate release, TUESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2020, 7.00 PM THE FATHERLAND GROUP https://youtu.be/tBKAVVhhgcE STATEMENT ON THE LEKKI MASSACRE On Friday 16th October, 2020, the Fatherland Group issued a…
Press Release For immediate release, THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2020 THE FATHERLAND GROUP STATEMENT ON THE #ENDSARS PROTESTS IN NIGERIA On 1st October 2020, Nigeria marked the 60th anniversary of its…
Welcome to the October 2020 edition of The Fatherland, a magazine which speaks to the past, the present and the future of the people of Nigeria, and of those removed.…
Dele Ogun: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2020: This paper was delivered by Dele Ogun (Photo), Convenor of the Fatherland Group at the 19th anniversary celebration of the African Voice…
Background The practice of law in Nigeria is regulated by the Legal Practitioners Act 1990. The Nigerian Bar Association is the professional association of legal practitioners in Nigeria with a…
Background The National Water Resources Bill is a proposed Act of the Nigerian National Assembly the stated purpose of which is to “provide for the equitable, beneficial, efficient and sustainable development, management, use and conservation of Nigeria’s surface and groundwater resources . . . and other matters connected thereto”. To this end it introduces the following regime: “All surface water and ground water, wherever it occurs, is a resource common to all people”. (section 2(1)) “the right to use, manage and control all surface water and groundwater affecting more than one state . . . together with the beds and banks thereof, is vested in the Government of the Federation”. (section 2(3)) “the Federal Government is the public trustee of the nation’s water resources”. (section 2(4)) “. . . the use of water shall be subject to licensing provisions” (section 96)
Background The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is the professional association of legal practitioners in Nigeria with a membership of over 120,000 lawyers across the country. It is a body “engaged…
Background Dr Obadiah Mailafiya is an economist who is a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and was a candidate for the office of President in the…
The Fatherland Magazine - August 2020 Edition Welcome to the first edition of The Fatherland, a ground-breaking magazine which speaks to the past, the present and the future of the…
On 31st January 2024, the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, speaking on Channels TV, announced that: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated that we put back Nigerian history in our curriculum. From 2025 our students in primary school and Government Secondary Schools will have that as part of the course of study in schools”. The Minister prefaced the announcement saying: “The National Educational Research and Development Council have just reviewed the curriculum for the basic education level. One important thing that has been missing in the past is Nigerian History. We now have people who are 30 years old who are totally disconnected from our history. It doesn’t happen in any other part of the world.” History was first removed from the curriculum for the education of Nigerian children in 2008 – 17 years ago - meaning that a whole school generation has been produced without any education on the country’s history.
https://youtu.be/2gSbMescYwc An interview with Harold Smith, an Oxford Graduate, who was recruited by the British Colonial Office and was posted to work in Nigeria. The interview also features Harold Smith’s…
Statement It is a matter of concern to the Fatherland Group that the Supreme Court, by its decision of 14 January 2020, endorsed an outcome in which the choice of…