Category: DSM news

EBOLA: CAPITALIST FAILURE COMPOUNDS THE PANDEMIC AND PUTS MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE AT RISK Working masses across West Africa must fight for a socialist health solution. We of the Socialist Party join millions of working people across West Africa to commiserate with the families of victims of the Ebola pandemic that is currently ravaging countries across the sub-region. We reject

BAN ON PROTESTS IN BORNO WE CONDEMN ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria condemn in the strongest terms the ban on public protests by the Borno State Police Command of the Nigerian Police. According to media reports, angry wives of soldiers in the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on August 10 staged

Osun Governorship Election: Victory of a Lesser Evil Urgent need to build Mass Working People’s Party now! After several months of heavily monetized campaigns, inducement and rotten politicking, the Osun State governorship election held on August 9, 2014. The election held amidst heavy militarization with well over 65, 000 security forces, including the police, state security service, army etc., storming

SOLIDARITY WITH EX-SERVICEMEN: GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THEIR DEMANDS NOW! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) extend solidarity to the ex-servicemen in the country who have threatened to protest the nonpayment of their pension benefits. According to media reports, the ex-military under the aegis of Retired Army, Navy and Air force Officers’ Club (RANAO) stressed that unless their four

Stomach Infrastructure in Osun State A Sign of Bankruptcy of the APC and PDP The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, decries the horrible act of voters’ inducement by the two main political parties in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. This ridiculous act of inducing poor and voters with basic things like rice, milk, kerosene, etc,

KADUNA AND KANO TERROR ATTACK: HALT THE SLIDE TO FASTER ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CRISIS We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terror attack that occurred in Kaduna and Kano on July 23rd and 24th, 2014 respectively. According to media reports, Muhammadu Buhari, a former head of state and presidential aspirant of All Progressive Congress (APC), was

Osun Governorship Election 2014: All Candidates are Anti-Poor For a Genuine Working People’s Alternative Now Governorship election will come up in Osun State on 9th of August 2014. The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), which is seeking extension of tenure of the current governor, RaufAregbesola, will be contending with a similarly pro-rich, reactionary party that is ruling at the federal

BAMIDELE ATURU’S DEATH: PAINFUL LOSS TO THE NIGERIAN WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) express our heartfelt sorrow at the untimely departure of Bamidele Aturu, a renowned former students’ leader and pro-working class legal and human rights activist. As the Students’ Union President at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State and later as Vice-President

DOCTORS’ INDEFINITE STRIKE AND THE UNHEALTHY RIVALRY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has embarked on indefinite strike since July 1, 2014 to press home their 24 demands. Some of the demands are: Increment in duty specialist and hazard allowance, budget for residency training, reserving the position of Chief Medical Director (CMD) to only medical doctors, appointment

CDWR Condemns Killing of Innocent Citizens at Dangote’s Gboko Cement Factory The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in strongest terms the killing of seven innocent citizens by soldiers of the Nigerian Army at the Gboko Cement Factory owned by Aliko Dangote. According to media reports, the soldiers attached to the factory were alleged to have shot one

No to Privatization of Refineries: Labour Unions Must Uncompromisingly Oppose This Daylight Robbery Socialist Party of Nigeria statement The Nigerian government is hell-bent in taking Nigeria to an economic road to perdition with its rabid implementation of neo-liberal policies. The latest in the phase is the privatization of the state-owned oil refineries. If allowed, this policy will further worsen the

SPN CONDEMNS WUSE II BOMBING AND OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the June 25, 2014 bombing of Banex Shopping Plaza in Wuse 11, Abuja that led to the death of 21 persons while injuring 17 others. Among the casualties is Suleiman Bisalla, Managing Editor (Northern Operations) of the New Telegraph. We commiserate with

Ekiti Governorship Election and Urgent Necessity for a Working People’s Political Alternative The governorship election in Ekiti State held on 21 June 2014 in which the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of APC, was trounced by Ayodele Fayose of PDP may have come and gone, but the lessons should not be lost on the working and poor people. More than

ABDUCTED GIRLS: WE SAY NO TO IMPERIALIST INTERVENTION! NLC and TUC must mobilize mass protests and one-day general strike against terrorist attacks on poor working masses, students & youths, joblessness, poverty wages etc Socialist Party of Nigeria press statement May 13, 2014 We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) wholeheartedly welcome the campaigns for the return of the abducted

CHIBOK GIRLS ABDUCTION Can Solution to Boko Haram Insurgency Be Found Under Capitalism? By Hassan Taiwo Soweto The abduction on April 14 by Boko Haram of over 200 girls from a public secondary school in Chibok – a small town in Borno State – has sparked global outrage. Widespread condemnation has come from far and near and almost the entire