Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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YRC Condemns Conditions of Bail Granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 9 Others

Demands Dropping of Trumped-up Charges and Release of all Detainees We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil Society Organisations to Ensure that all #EndBadGovernance Detainees Regain Freedom We, of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), unequivocally condemn the conditions attached to the bail granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq and 8 others, who have been incarcerated in connection

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#EndBadGovernance detainees: Michael Lenin and Others are Granted Bail

But Struggle Continues to drop all charges and free all jailed #EndBadGovernance activists On Wednesday September 11, Adaramoye Michael Lenin and nine others were granted bail by a Federal High Court at the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The bail came with stringent conditions which include a surety each with 10 million naira bond and landed property in Abuja. They have

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Increasing Attacks on Democratic Rights in Nigeria: Solidarity Protest at Nigerian High Commission in London

Earlier today, Monday 9 September 2024, members of the Socialist Party, England and Wales, held a solidarity demo under the auspices of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) at the Nigeria High Commission in London where they submitted a petition demanding the release of NLC President Joe Ajaero along with Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Daniel Akande as well as all

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Nigeria in crisis – an international appeal

Defend democratic rights in Nigeria Economy collapsing and anger mounting Government moves to intimidate and punish opposition Drop ‘Treason’ and ‘Terrorism’ charges against protest organisers Defend the right to protest and free the hundreds detained for protesting Fight to defend Nigerians from economic and social collapse Youth Rights Campaign international appeal for solidarity Urgent action is needed to support those

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UI: IMPOSITION OF THREE WEEKS BREAK: ERC CANVASSES TACTICS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN ANTI-FEE STRUGGLE!

Students must remain resolute as none of the offers by the university administration is acceptable The goal must be ‘Fee must Fall Now!’ The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) University of Ibadan (UI) branch stands with the mass of students as they continue the struggle for a reversal of school fees hikes, agreeing with them that the options presented by the

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FREE ADARAMOYE MICHAEL LENIN, MOSIU SODIQ AND OTHERS NOW!

STOP PRESIDENT TINUBU’S NASCENT CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP AND CLAMPDOWN ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS On Tuesday 27 August the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) held a press conference at the International Press Centre (IPC) Ogba, Lagos, over the arrest and continued detention without trial of the YRC National Coordinator, Adaramoye Michael Lenin, along with Mosiu Sodiq as well as many others arrested in connection

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE CONTINUOUS INCARCERATION OF MICHAEL ADARAMOYE, MOSIU SODIQ, ELEOJO OPALUWA AND OTHERS BASED ON A REMAND COURT ORDER CLANDESTINELY PROCURED BY THE POLICE

CDWR DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE The Nigerian Police and the Bola Tinubu-led regime are hell-bent on sustaining the incarceration of #EndBadGovernace protesters and activists. It is about 3 weeks, and still counting, since Comrade Michael Adaramoye (Michael Lenin), Sodiq Mosiu and others have been illegally and unjustly detained by the Nigerian Police on the order of Nuhu Ribadu,

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DSM Condemns Attack on NLC and Harassment of NLC President Ajaero by Tinubu Government

For a 24-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest to Reject Tinubu’s Civilian Dictatorship Free Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Eleojo Opaluwa and all unjustly detained over #EndBadGovernance protest The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the continued brazen attack on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by the Bola Tinubu government, something which has been recently intensified. Not done with its criminal raid

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CDWR CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT’S CONSTANT ATTACKS ON JOE AJAERO AND NLC AND STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH NLC

WE DEMAND AN END TO ALL INTIMIDATION AND CONTINUOUS ILLEGAL DETENTION OF #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the invasion of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the invitation of Joe Ajaero, the NLC President to be questioned on trumped-up criminal allegations (Criminal Conspiracy, Terrorism Financing, Treasonable Felony, Subversion and Cybercrime) by

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE INVASION OF THE NLC HEADQUARTERS AND THE ATTACK ON PROTESTERS

THESE ATTACKS INDICATE THE EMERGENCE OF A CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP AND TYRANNY LABOUR MOVEMENT SHOULD ORGANIZE TO RESIST UNDEMOCRATIC ACTIONS AND ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the invasion of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters at night-time on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in a commando style by armed security men. Aside from the invasion, the

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#EndBadGovernanceinNigeria. Free Michael Lenin, OSB Sankara and others Now!

We Condemn Killings, Unjust Arrests and Repression of Peaceful Protests Nationwide by Tinubu Government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the arrest of Adaramoye Michael (Michael Lenin), Babatunde Oluajo (OSB Sankara), both members of the DSM, and two others by plain-clothes security operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) in the wee hours of Monday August 5, 2024 in

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PRESIDENT TINUBU’S SPEECH IS INSENSITIVE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE SUFFERING REALITY OF NIGERIANS

CDWR DEMANDS AN UNCONDITIONAL AND IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MICHAEL ADARAMOYE, BABATUNDE OLUAJO AND OTHERS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) considers President Tinubu’s broadcast speech of Sunday August 4, 2024 as a display of arrogance and insensitivity towards the harrowing plight and hardship of Nigerians. He actually used the broadcast to double down on his failed anti-people reform

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WE CONDEMN THE ABDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF YRC, MICHAEL ADARAMOYE, IN ABUJA BY THE DSS.

THE YOUTH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN REJECTS PRESIDENT TINUBU SPEECH AS IT FAILS TO ADDRESS DEMANDS We condemn in totality the abduction of Michael Adaramoye, National Coordinator of YRC by the DSS Abuja, around 2am on Monday August 5. This gestapo-style abduction of activists and dissenting voices by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led APC government cannot cow us. Rather, it will only

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ACTIVIST ORGANISER AND TWO OTHERS SEIZED BY DSS!!! FREE MICHEAL LENIN AND OTHERS DETAINED NOW

Adaramoye Michael Lenin, National Coordinator of Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) and National Mobilisation Officer of Education Rights Campaign (ERC), was abducted by the DSS in Abuja around 2am today. Michael Lenin, also a member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), is one of the organisers of #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria nationwide protest in Abuja. Alongside Micheal another DSM member, Babatunde Oluajo, was detained

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#ENDBADGOVERNANCEINNIGERIA

Resist All Anti-Poor Policies, No to Attacks on Democratic Rights and Fight for Socialist Change We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) call on workers, artisans, traders, youth and the poor masses to support the call for nationwide peaceful protest over the prevailing mass hunger and cost of living crisis. Prices of food, energy, medicine

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DSM Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos, Branch Mobilises for Action against Tinubu’s Anti-People Policies

Comrades of Ifako Ijaiye Branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) on Saturday July 20 held tabling (sales of organization’s paper and circulation of leaflet) at Abule Egba Bus Stop in Lagos. It was part of the activities of the organisation to encourage and mobilise mass resistance against the anti-poor capitalist policies of Bola Tinubu government which have caused serious

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N70, 000 Minimum Wage is Relatively Small; Serious Struggle Could Have Won Higher Wage

Labour Leaders and Workers Must Fight for Full Implementation Without Retrenchment The leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have accepted N70, 000 as the new national minimum wage after a period of limited struggle and negotiation. We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) believe that labour leaders need to be sober over what they

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Ogun – Threats of Industrial Action Over N40b Unremitted Pension Funds:

CDWR Stands in Solidarity With Ogun Public/Civil Service Workers We Call on Governor Dapo Abiodun to Pay The 160 Months (15years) Unremitted Pension Deductions From Workers Salaries Without Delay. The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Ogun state chapter, stands in solidarity with workers over the threats of industrial action to press home their demands for the payment of

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YRC SUPPORTS PLANNED AUGUST NATIONWIDE PROTEST AND CALL ON ALL NIGERIA YOUTHS, WORKERS AND OPPRESSED MASSES TO REJECT NEOLIBERAL CAPITALIST POLICIES OF THE TINUBU/APC ADMINISTRATION

The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) welcomes the planned August nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest and calls on all those who are dissatisfied with the prevailing condition of hunger and hardship in Nigeria to join. As the saying goes, you can’t beat a child and expect the child not to cry. The Tinubu administration cannot subject the Nigerian working people and youth to

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UI: ERC SUPPORTS THE ONGOING STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST RATIONED ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND FEE HIKE

We urge workers’ unions on campus to take immediate solidarity actions The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) University of Ibadan branch commends the mass of students of the university for  embarking on a peaceful protest to demand an immediate withdrawal of  an unfortunate schedule of electricity supply  in the university recently released by university administration and  reversal of the university current