For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
United Actions of Working People and Socialist Alternative are Needed to End the Crisis On Christmas Day 2025, the United States launched missiles that reportedly hit two terrorist camps in the Bauni forest axis of Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, near the border with the neighbouring Niger republic. This airstrike was on the order of the US President Donald
Without mincing words, the Tinubu/APC government has been not just an utter failure, but a monumental disaster for Nigeria in its two years of existence. From day one, when President Bola Tinubu made his infamous declaration that ‘subsidy is gone,’ his administration has launched one attack after another on working people. Virtually every sector has become a source of extortion
NLC and TUC Should Convene National Conference of Trade Unions, Socialists and Left Activists to Discuss How to Rescue Labour Party or Build a New Mass Workers’ Party Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on January 21, 2026, sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party on the basis that his tenure had lapsed. The
For Building of Mass Movement to Consistently Resist Anti-Poor Policies and Struggle for Political Power President Bola Tinubu in his speech to mark the 65th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence on October 1, 2025, declared that “the worst is over for Nigeria”. The Finance Minister, Wale Edun later in the same month issued an opinion article titled “Nigeria turning towards prosperity”,
The Babajide Sanwo-olu led Lagos State Government is on a demolition spree of markets, houses and communities. The victims decry losses and self-serving agenda on the part of the government officials, demanding compensation. It is also an irony that many of buildings that later become defective and genuinely required being demolished pass through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA)
The housing crisis in Abuja, and definitely Nigeria as a whole, is becoming alarming, with the working masses at the receiving end. The reality today is that the government has abandoned its responsibility of providing decent and affordable houses for ordinary people and handed it over to private estate developers. The activities of private real estate companies in Abuja are
Labour and Working People Should Reject N800,000 per Annum as the Tax-Exempt Income Threshold and Demand It is Put at N2.4 million Given the Current Socio-Economic Realities The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) rejects the Tinubu-led government’s justifications for its tax reform laws. We reject the claim that the laws are intended to boost revenue for improved investment in education,
In Nigeria today, cyber law has become one of the sharpest weapons in the hands of the ruling class against the people. Under the pretext of regulating online behaviour and combating cyber crime, the state has built a legal and security architecture whose real function is to criminalise dissent and protect elite power. By Francis Nwapa National Secretary, Youth Rights
For Return of Power to Public Ownership Under Democratic Management and Control The current abysmal state of the power sector vis-à-vis the poor state of transmission, distribution and low generation capacity after 65 years of independence is a product of mismanagement, corruption, underfunding of the power sector and implementation of neo-liberal policies. It speaks badly of the capitalist ruling elite
Trade Unions Must Build a Nationwide Campaign Against Casualisation and Indecent Labour Practices and the Persecution of Anti-Casualisation Activists At the centre of the deepening crisis in labour relations in Nigeria is the rapid spread of casual jobs, contract staffing, and other forms of precarious employment, accompanied by the systematic denial of workers’ fundamental rights—most notably the right to unionise
OVER N83BN NOT PAID IN MORE THAN 18 YEARS! By Eko John Nicholas If there’s any policy that enjoys absolute agreements among successive governments in Ogun state from 2003 till date (Gbenga Daniel, Ibikunle Amosu and Dapo Abiodun) despite touted rivalries and conflicts of interest, it is their callous and inhuman treatment of the state public sector workers. This is
FG Must Adequately Fund Healthcare The strike of health care workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has paralysed many public hospitals since November 14, 2025 because of the government’s refusal to meet the workers’ demands for better pays and decent condition. Rather, the government responded with punitive measures such as ‘No Work, No Pay’, threat of sack and
In this era of rampant inequality, increasing wars and climate catastrophe, many around the world are desperately searching for an alternative to the rotten capitalist system. Inevitably, some are looking towards China. By Oscar Parry, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) The Chinese regime is full of contradictions. It’s the second largest economy in the world after decades of massive
Fight US Imperialist Intervention With Mass Protests and the Struggle for a Democratic Socialist Alternative! On January 3, the Trump regime unleashed a bombing raid on Venezuela and used special forces to kidnap the President, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife. The CWI condemns this act of colonial aggression by US imperialism. By Tony Saunois, Committee for a Workers’ International Secretary
President Bola Tinubu, in his Independence Day speech on October 1, 2025, stated that over 500,000 students had benefitted from the Students’ Loan Scheme. This praise of the loan scheme is usually the chorus of every supporter of the administration, in an attempt to whitewash an administration that has failed colossally. This loan scheme, touted as a major achievement of
ERC Charges New Leadership to Defend Students’ Interests The Students’ Union election held on December 13, 2025, at the University of Ibadan, which led to the emergence of a new Students’ Union leadership. Subsequently, the newly elected executive officers and members of the Students’ Legislative Council were duly sworn in and saddled the responsibility of representing and defending the collective
Oyo State Government’s Justification is Hollow and Unconvincing SPN Reiterates Demand for Adequate Compensation for Victims and Immediate Establishment of an Independent and Credible Panel to Thoroughly Investigate the Tragedy and Ensure Justice By Ayodeji Adigun State Secretary, SPN, Oyo State Barely two years after the tragic bomb explosion in the Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State, the recent controversy
Beyond the regular payment of salaries and pensions, partial payment of salary and pension arrears, and some road constructions, which are executed through hyper-inflated contracts, there is little that is genuinely cheering about the Demola Adeleke/PDP/Accord Party government in Osun State. While the clearance of salary and pension arrears is important, especially given the hardship imposed on workers and retirees
In a powerful display of unity and resolve, members of the Ibadan Branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)—the Nigerian section of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) started the year 2026 with renewed commitment to the struggle for a better society and socialism. By Kolawole Bamigboye DSM Ibadan Branch On Sunday, January 18, 2026, members of the branch
WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE DROPPING OF ALL TRUMPED-CHARGES AND PROSECUTION OF LAGOS CP, MR JIMOH MOSHOOD FOR VIOLENTLY ATTACKING PROTESTERS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the unjust demolition of Makoko, Oworonshoki, Owode Onirin, Otumara and other poor communities in Lagos as well as the forced displacement of innocent poor people without prior provisions of alternative housing and