Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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Activists Win Legal Victory Against Nigerian Police over Fundamental Rights Violation in Lagos

Court Awards N10 million Damages A significant legal victory which re-affirms the right of people to freedom of assembly was won on Thursday July 24 in Lagos by activists from the #EndBadGovernace Movement Lagos and Take it Back. Delivering judgement on the fundamental right suit against the Nigerian Police and Lagos State Government, Justice Kakaaki of the Federal High Court

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Treason Trial of #EndBadGovernance Protesters Opens

Court Adjourns Trial to October 9 as Government Continues Its Delay Tactics Campaign for Dropping of Sham Charges Must be Intensified Finally, Justice Emeka Nwite was available yesterday, June 25, to preside over the treason trial of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and ten others, after having been absent in court three times previously since last November. However, there was no trial

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Drop Sham Charges and End Treason Trial of #EndBadGovernance Activists

Treason Trial of #EndBadGovernance Activists at FHC Abuja on June 25 Tinubu Government Must Drop Charges and End the Sham Trial Tomorrow, Wednesday June 25, Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 10 other activists are expected to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for a treason trial as a result of their participation in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in August. We

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June 12: Protesters Call for Sustained Resistance against Tinubu’s Anti-Poor Policies and Attacks on Democratic Rights

On June 12, protests were held in a few states across the country as a continuation of an expression by the working masses and youth of their rejection of the anti-poor capitalist policies of the Tinubu government and its descent into civilian dictatorship with attacks on democratic rights. In other words, the conduct and action of the Tinubu government, which

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“DEMOCRACY DAY”: NO REAL DEMOCRACY

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

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#ENDBADGOVERNANCE MOVEMENT, LAGOS STATE – NO GOING BACK ON JUNE 12 PROTEST

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

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TINUBU’S TWO YEARS OF HUNGER, HARDSHIP AND PAIN – WHAT WAY FORWARD?

#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

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2 YEARS OF TINUBU’S GOVERNMENT: POVERTY AND HARDSHIP INTENSIFY DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-POOR POLICIES

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

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RISING ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

By Adaramoye Michael Lenin In an index compiled in 2024 by the World Human Rights and Rule of Law Index, Nigeria ranked 120 out of 140 countries, ‘scoring below average and falling behind military-ruled Niger, gang-plagued El Salvador and war-torn Ukraine’ (Fig.ng, 10, 12,2024). This clearly shows the magnitude of the attacks on democratic rights under the administration of Tinubu.

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No to Imposition of State of Emergency in Rivers State:

Working People Should Reject Tinubu Government’s Growing Descent to Civilian Dictatorship No Illusion in Any Capitalist Politician. For a Mass Working People Political Alternative Statement of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) The imposition of the emergency rule in Rivers State is the latest of the anti-democratic actions from the stable of President Bola Tinubu. Recently, he forced 36 legislators of