For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
NLC DELEGATES’ CONFERENCE OUTCOME TRIGGERS SPLIT IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT BUILDING A FIGHTING AND DEMOCRATIC TRADE UNIONISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO HALT GROWING DEGENERACY Many trade unionists and workers and change-seeking elements will look with dismay at the divisions that have opened within the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), particularly as they appear to be based on personalities rather
End the Horrible and Illegal Acts of the Osun State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Now We in the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Osun State Chapter, hereby decry the horrible and illegal conducts of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Osun State Police Command, which itself has been robbing the poor people and youths of their freedom
Caught in the Middle Boko Haram Insurgency Highlights the Vulnerable Condition of Women and the Girl – Child in Nigeria H.T Soweto A few years ago, precisely in 2013, the “Ejigbo Sodomy” (a shocking case of brutalization of three women in the Ejigbo community of Lagos for allegedly stealing pepper) hallmarked the gender inequality and the unspeakable violence the female
OAU Authorities Should Reinstate Victimized Student Activists The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Osun State Chapter hereby calls on the authorities and Prof. ‘Tale Omole-led administration of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife to reinstate six (6) student activists currently under politically motivated suspension. Five of these student activists: Olubanji Oluwole, Adabale Olamide, Adewumagun Johnson and Sanyaolu Adejuwon were
SPN Registration: The Matter Adjourned to May 21 for Amicable Settlement Out of Court By Dimeji Macaulay SPN members including National Chairperson at a brief demo at the court prermises – photo DSM The legal suit of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) came up at the Federal High Court Abuja on
SPN Condemns Granting of Life Pensions to Presidents and others We call on Labour Movement to Mobilize for Mass Actions against this Robbery The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the recent passage into the constitutional amendment the granting of life pensions for Presidents, Vice President, Senate Presidents and House of Representatives Speakers by the National Assembly. We see this
2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: ASUU HOLDS NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Neither the PDP nor APC Can Vow to Implement Chapter 2 of the Constitution! Dimeji Macaulay On Thursday 6th February, 2015, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) organised a public symposium on the issues facing the country at the ETF building of the University of Abuja, FCT, Abuja. The symposium was organised
2015 ELECTION POSTPONEMENT: A DISTURBING SIGN OF INCREASED MILITARY’S ROLE IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY A Warning to the Working and Toiling Masses to Be Prepared for a Possible Truncation of Civil Rule By HT Soweto Member, National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Despite the overwhelming popular desire for change, the unfortunate fact is that whenever the 2015
AS NLC HOLDS 11thDELEGATES’ CONFERENCE: CDWR CALLS ON THE NLC TO STRUGGLE FOR LIVING WAGE/PENSION, DECENT WORK AND BUILD A POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE FOR THE WORKING CLASS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) felicitate with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates as its National Delegate Conference comes up on February 10 and 11, 2015 in Abuja. The
SHIFT OF POLLS NO TO INTERFERENCE OF MILITARY IN ELECTORAL PROCESS Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Statement We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn the recent postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission at the instance of the Nigeria’s military authorities. We hold that it completely begs the question for INEC to postpone
THE 11TH NLC QUADRENNIAL DELEGATES’ CONFERENCE: WORKERS MUST ELECT A FIGHTING LEADERSHIP Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Statement The 11th Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is coming up at perhaps the most critical period since the return to the civil rule. The stakes at the play in the contest for political power have never been this high,
Austerity: An Open Call for the Building of a Movement to Resist Imminent Attacks on Public Education Statement of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) to Students Unions, NANS, NAPS, left organisations, radical groups and activists in the Students’ Movement Nigeria has entered into a period of economic crisis arising out of the plunge in crude oil price. Crude oil sale
SPN HOLDS PROTEST IN LAGOS AND IBADAN AGAINST INEC REFUSAL TO REGISTER THE PARTY By Mojeed Ibrahim Chinedu Bosah, National Secretary of the SPN, speaking with journalists at the protest in Lagos – photo DSM Members of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) with placards, banners and leaflets held protest actions in Lagos and Ibadan Wednesday, January 28, as parts
OGUN STATE TEACHERS’ STRIKE: WE CALL FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF UNPAID SALARIES We of the Ogun State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) support the Ogun State teachers in their ongoing strike action over unpaid salaries since November 2014. We strongly condemn the failure of the Ibikunle Amosun-led All Progressives’ Congress (APC) government in the state to meet
N10 REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF PETROL IS RIDICULOUS NLC and TUC Should Name Appropriate Price and Begin Mass Mobilisation for its Actualisation We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) view the recent N10 reduction in the price of petrol from N97 per liter to N87 as cynical and tokenist. We support the positions of the Nigeria Labour Congress
The Massacre in Baga: Socialism or Barbarism H.T Soweto The bloody 4-day massacre in Baga, Nigeria, is a chilling reminder that as gory as Nigeria’s security challenges may already be, there is actually no limit to how far things can degenerate. Initial accounts put the death toll at about 2,000 with 35,000 displaced. However, the Army has dismissed this figure
2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE WORKING MASSES Aj. Dagga Tolar and Kola Ibrahim Elections have become a periodic ritual, mandated and made compulsory by law, at least to keep the pretence of the so called “civil rule” in motion. In 2015, there is a sharper division among the ruling elites who, despite current economic and social hardships, are turning to
ABIA STATE AND 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: A CONTINUATION OF STATE RUINATION For a Working People Political Alternative Now Support the Struggle for the Registration of SPN By Chinedu Agbebire In preparation towards 2015 generation elections, different bourgeois politicians are seriously strategizing on how to hoodwink suffering masses so as to continue with the pillage of state treasury and collective wealth.
Unpaid Workers’ Salaries: Labour Must Provide A Steadfast Leadership for Mass Resistance against Fresh Neo-liberal Economic Attacks We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to condemn the widespread non-payment of workers’ salaries by state governments and the Federal Government. We view the fact that about 11 state governments
Osun SPN End-of-the-Year Political Retreat Evaluates Nigeria’s Political Situation SPN Osun 271214 – photo DSM The Osun State chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) held a Political Retreat on Saturday, 27th December, in Osogbo, to evaluate the political development as the 2015 elections approach. Leading discussion at the meeting was Segun Sango, National Chairperson of the SPN. He