For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Protest in Benin While the Nigerian capitalist ruling elite marked this year Nation’s independence anniversary in gloom, hundreds of students took to the streets in Lagos, Benin in Edo State and Ilesa in Osun State, in condemnation of the Yar’Adua anti-poor government for failing to meet its social responsibilities to the people especially in the area of education. On October
Ongoing Public Universities Workers Strikes ERC Holds Protests and Actions on October 1 The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has declared October 1, 2009 as a Day of Action to protest attacks on public education and press home the demand on government to sign and implement agreements it has entered with the striking workers in the public universities in Nigeria. October
LABOUR AND CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION RALLY IN IBADAN Call for change gain an echo among working class masses and youths By H.T Soweto Market women expressing enthusiastic support for the protest march, photo DSM “We should be angry…we should be angry, gaari is expensive, rice is expensive, the masses are hungry…we should be angry”. This was the chant that rent
NIGERIAN STUDENTS SUPPORT ASUU STRIKE We Support Demands of SSANU, NASU, ASUP AND NUT For the formation of Joint Action Committee comprising all education workers, students and youths Socialist Nigeria NLC, TUC and LASCO Must Declare a One-Day Solidarity General strike The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) declares its solidarity with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Press statement WE SUPPORT ASUU STRIKE Government must implement agreement We of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) declare our support for the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since Monday June 22, 2009, to compel the Federal government to implement agreement reached with it. We call on all Nigerian
JUNE 16 SOWETO MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY ARREST 4 ACTIVISTS REGAIN FREEDOM H.T Soweto, National Coordinator, Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Hassan Taiwo Soweto (National Coordinator, the Education Rights Campaign), Chinedu Bosah (National Secretary, Education Rights Campaign) Usman Oloyede (Former PRO, NANS Zone D) and Debo Adeniran (Chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders) were released on bail today at the Sabo Police Station, Yaba
Police forcefully disperse youth and students’ rally commemorating the 16 June 1976 Soweto massacre in Lagos Release the arrested activists Now! Segun Sango, General secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the arrest of activists and education campaigners by the police today in front of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, where they had gathered to take off
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights in Nigeria 27 Soldiers Condemned to Life Imprisonment for Protesting Injustice and Stealing of UN Peace keeping Allowance CDWR calls for Solidarity for the Persecuted Soldiers When 850 soldiers were rounding off their participation at the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia, none could have had the premonition that some of them were on
Stop Demolition Exercise in Ajegunle Now! Ajeromi Ifelodun Community Movement (AICOM) is a community based movement that has been in defense of community right and collective aspirations of the people of Ajegunle, Lagos, community for some years years. Recently, AICOM observed that a substantial number of buildings used for different purposes such as houses, churches, mosques and shops along Olumokun,