For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
CDWR CALLS ON WORKING MASSES AND YOUTH TO JOIN JUNE-12 PROTESTS TO RESIST ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE TO ACTUALIZE REAL DEMOCRACY June 12 signifies the struggle of the working masses for an enthronement of democratic rule with the hope that it would produce a better country wherein the needs of the masses are
We call on Lagos state Commissioner of Police to Respect our Right to Freedom of Assembly The #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos wishes to encourage the Nigerian people to troop out in their thousands on Thursday 12 June 2025, being the officially-designated Democracy Day, to peacefully protest the absence of genuine democracy in Nigeria and the hunger, hardship and gross inequality that
Needless Deaths on Ikangba/Agoro(Old Lagos-Benin) road Gov. Dapo Abiodun should immediately construct speed breakers, provide lightings and road signs to avert further deaths CDWR demands payment of compensation to the deceased families by government and urges residents to embark on mass actions to compel the state government to act without delay The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) Ogun
#ENDBADGOVERNANCE MOVEMENT, LAGOS STATE, PRESS STATEMENT A REVIEW OF TWO YEARS OF PRESIDENT TINUBU’S GOVERNMENT OF HUNGER, HARDSHIP AND PAIN AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE NIGERIAN MASSES This press conference has been convened to commemorate the two years anniversary of the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Today 29 May, 2025 makes it two years since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came
SPN DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND CALLS ON LABOUR AND PRO-PEOPLE ORGANISATIONS TO RESIST TINUBU’S DICTATORSHIP AND ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) restates its condemnation and opposition to the way and manner the Tinubu-led government is running the country aground vis-à-vis the anti-poor policies and attacks on democratic rights. Truly, two years ago when Tinubu’s
Working People and Youth Must Resist Anti-Poor Policies and Attacks on Democratic Rights Fight for System Change Press Statement by the Joint Action Front (JAF) The Democratic Socialist Movement is an active member of JAF President Bola Tinubu is 2 years-old in office on Thursday May 29. Expectedly, the administration which started off with a fierce attack on the working
Working People and Youth Need to build a Genuine Political Alternative to Tinubu Government Support Democratic Rights of Utomi’s Group Recently, a group led by Professor Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), launched what they called “The Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government”. They described it as a “national emergency response” designed to systematically monitor
VICE-CHANCELLOR LIMAN’S REFUSAL TO REINSTATE SUSPENDED STUDENTS DESPITE THE PLEA BY THE STATE GOVENOR IS A SHOW OF VICIOUS TYRANNY WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF ALL SUSPENDED STUDENTS NSUK AUTHORITIES AND THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE MUST BE MADE TO ANSWER FOR THE CRIME OF UNLAWFULLY DETAINING STUDENTS The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) sternly condemns the refusal of
FRESH EXAM FOR ALL AFFECTED CANDIDATES MUST BE CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THEIR CONVENIENCE; DO NOT HURRY CANDIDATES INTO ANOTHER MASS FAILURE! UTME MASS FAILURE: A REFLECTION OF THE COLLAPSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION! The admission of error by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyode, in the results uploaded for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is a product of
This year May Day held at a period when many workers and the poor are facing serious economic hardship compounded by the anti-poor capitalist policies of the Bola Tinubu government. Another feature of the government which will reach a midterm mark on May 29 is a ceaseless attack on democratic rights aimed at stifling resistance against its anti-poor policies. Therefore,
RELEASE THEM NOW! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the arrest of Kola Edokpayi by the Department of State Services (DSS) and subsequent abduction of Martin Vincent Otse, aka Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Also condemnable is the incarceration of Thomas Umar, the State coordinator of the Take it Back (TIB) movement in
Time For a Socialist Alternative Now! On May 29, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would clock two years in office. In that space of time, his neo-liberal capitalist economic reforms have led to a destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined. By H.T Soweto, lead article ‘Socialist Democracy’, May-June 2025 edition For example, the pump price
Workers and Trade Unions Should Fight for Full Implementation AND Begin Mass Struggle for a Living Wage The Nigerian working class continues to suffer under the crushing weight of high cost of living and economic crisis. The current national minimum wage of N70,000 is, in reality, a huge joke. Yet the new minimum wage, which in less than a year has
If we are to live by the glowing and self-congratulatory messages of the Tinubu government, it would mean Nigeria is on the road to Eldorado. But reality and facts are stubborn. While government officials sit in their lush offices, spending away Nigeria’s money for their cosy yet extravagant lifestyles, just to dole out poverty-increasing policies, the mass of workers and
HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST NIGERIANS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS For Return of Power Sector to Public Ownership. This Time Under Democratic Control of Consumers and Workers It is clear that the very essence of privatising the power sector is to make huge profit for the private power companies out of providing an
Still struggling with hardship triggered by the anti-poor capitalist policies of Bola Tinubu government, there is a new outcry biting the flesh and breaking the bones of many working people and the poor, and it is the astronomical increase of house rent in different parts of Lagos and other states. Paying of rent is now a tough ladder for
We Condemn the Role of the Police and the Attorney General of the Federation For A Mass Party of the Working People on a Genuine Socialist Program Capable of Banishing Poverty and Emancipating the Poor, Oppressed, Women and Youth By Alfred Adegoke DSM Coordinator, Osun State The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, strongly condemns the violence that has trailed
CDWR Calls for a Struggle Against Precarious Work Practices Outsourcing and contract staffing are exploitative practices wherein employers shift their workforce onto the payrolls of third-party labour contractors and this practice has been growing like wildfire in Nigeria over the last fifteen years, affecting both the private and public sectors. Flourishing sectors such as banking, oil and gas, aviation, telecommunications,
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns Egbin Power Plc management for resisting negotiation of Condition of Service with workers and their union. Egbin Power Plant workers and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have made several efforts towards negotiating a Condition of Service with the Egbin Power Plants management but sadly to no avail. By CDWR
Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US workers, but is a desperate attempt to maintain the position of US capitalism as the world’s premier power and to rebuild its industrial base. Trump’s
