For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
OCTOBER 4 BREAKING NEWS: ALL NINE HAVE BEEN RELEASED WE CONDEMN POLICE PLANNED ARRAIGNMENT OF PROTESTERS WITHOUT PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the unlawful arrest of nine protesters at Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos, on October 2, 2024, and demand their immediate and unconditional release. We remind the Lagos State Commissioner of Police that Section 40
Photo: Eleojo Opaluwa, Michael Lenin and Mosiu Sodiq released and outside Kuje prison, Abuja. Drop Trumped-up Charges and Release all Detainees Unconditionally Now! We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) formally announce the release of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and Mosiu Sodiq after almost two months in the captivity of Bola Tinubu government. Also freed today is Eleojo Opaluwa, a regional
Build Action Committees at Workplaces, Campuses and Communities For a Rolling Mass Action and a 48-hour General Strike Now! One incontrovertible fact in Nigeria today is that the past one and half years of President Tinubu’s government is an absolute disaster for the working class, youth and poor masses. The reason for this is not farfetched. Right from the day
Drop Trumped-up Charges and Release all Detainees Now We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil Society Organisations Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of charges against Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Daniel Akande, Bashir Bello and others who have been arraigned across the country in connection with #EndBadGovernance protests of August 1 to August
On 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 those
CARE CONDEMNS ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IMPOSITION OF AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF ON COMMUNITIES TRADE UNIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO RESIST THESE OUTRAGEOUS TARIFFS The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) condemns the imposition of outrageous billing/tariffs (N227/kWh or more) on many communities without consultation, discussion and agreement by Ikeja Electric and other distribution companies. Some communities
On Thursday September 26, the #EndBadGovernance movement in Lagos State addressed a press conference to intimate the general public about the details of a mass protest scheduled for Tuesday 1st October 2024 and tagged “National Day of Survival”. Take-off point in Lagos is Ikeja Under Bridge by 7:30am. Below is the text read at the press conference WE URGE THE NIGERIAN
Residents of Akinola-Aboru communities, comprising six community development associations (CDAs) in Alimosho local government area in Lagos, held a protest on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 to reject the Band A electricity tariff of N227/kWh. The feeder supplying these communities was formerly on Band B tariff of N68/kWh but Ikeja Electric has secretly migrated it to Band A, something that amounts
CARE CONDEMNS IKEJA ELECTRIC AND OTHER ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IMPOSITION OF AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF (BAND A) ON COMMUNITIES CARE DEMANDS AFFORDABLE AND REGULAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO ALL NIGERIAN TRADE UNIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO RESIST THESE OUTRAGEOUS TARIFFS The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) condemns the imposition of outrageous billing/tariffs (N227/kWh or more) on
SUFFERING OF OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY’S (OOU) AGO IWOYE STUDENTS: ONLY MASS STRUGGLE CAN GUARANTEE BETTER LEARNING CONDITIONS Since the criminal hike in tuition fees, not a few students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State may have been left with options of either robbing a bank in order to afford the high fees or dropping out of school.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
