Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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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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OYO GOVERNMENT USES VAGUE TALK TO TRY TO HIDE AGRICULTURAL FAILURES

OYO STATE: GOVERNMENT’S VAGUE DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ARE A CALCULATED ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM ITS GLARING FAILURES SPN Demands a Public Probe into the ₦7.6 Billion Agricultural Loan Acquired by the Makinde-led Administration The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State Chapter, strongly condemns the recent public claim made by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural

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Nigeria’s Inclusion in the Hunger Hotspots by FAO-WFP: Grim manifestations of the Ruinous Anti-Poor Policies of the Tinubu government

FFRC Calls for  Reversal of all Anti-Poor Policies and Demands Adequate Investments in Both the Social and Real Sectors  Including Agriculture to Meet the Needs of the Majority The Food and Farmers’ Rights Campaigns (FFRC) views the recent inclusion of Nigeria in the list of world’s hunger hotspots along with 12 other countries and territories including Yemen, the Democratic Republic

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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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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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JAF – Two Years of Tinubu are a Monumental Disaster

Working People and Youth Must Resist Anti-Poor Policies and Attacks on Democratic Rights Fight for System Change Press Statement by the Joint Action Front (JAF) The Democratic Socialist Movement is an active member of JAF President Bola Tinubu is 2 years-old in office on Thursday May 29. Expectedly, the administration which started off with a fierce attack on the working

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Utomi’s “Shadow Government”: No Illusion in any Section of Capitalist Ruling Elite

Working People and Youth Need to build a Genuine Political Alternative to Tinubu Government Support Democratic Rights of Utomi’s Group Recently, a group led by Professor Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), launched what they called “The Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government”. They described it as a “national emergency response” designed to systematically monitor

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TINUBU HAS FAILED NIGERIA

Time For a Socialist Alternative Now! On May 29, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would clock two years in office. In that space of time, his neo-liberal capitalist economic reforms have led to a destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined. By H.T Soweto, lead article ‘Socialist Democracy’, May-June 2025 edition  For example, the pump price

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MINIMUM WAGE – N70,000 Not Enough

Workers and Trade Unions Should Fight for Full Implementation AND Begin Mass Struggle for a Living Wage  The Nigerian working class continues to suffer under the crushing weight of high cost of living and economic crisis. The current national minimum wage of N70,000 is, in reality, a huge joke. Yet the new minimum wage, which in less than a year has

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TINUBU’S ECONOMIC WONDERLAND: Combating the Lies and Half-truths

If we are to live by the glowing and self-congratulatory messages of the Tinubu government, it would mean Nigeria is on the road to Eldorado. But reality and facts are stubborn. While government officials sit in their lush offices, spending away Nigeria’s money for their cosy yet extravagant lifestyles, just to dole out poverty-increasing policies, the mass of workers and

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RISING HOUSE RENT: Working People and Youth Need to Build a Mass Campaign

  Still struggling with hardship triggered by the anti-poor capitalist policies of Bola Tinubu government, there is a new outcry biting the flesh and breaking the bones of many working people and the poor, and it is the astronomical increase of house rent in different parts of Lagos and other states. Paying of rent is now a tough ladder for

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Trump’s “Liberation Day” – An international socialist response is needed!

Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US workers, but is a desperate attempt to maintain the position of US capitalism as the world’s premier power and to rebuild its industrial base. Trump’s

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RESIST ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS BY THE TINUBU GOVERNMENT

SUPPORT BUILDING OF A MASS WORKING PEOPLES’ PARTY ON A SOCIALIST PROGRAMME 2025 May Day Statement of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) The Government of President Bola Tinubu is two years in office on May 29, 2025. For working people, youth and other ordinary Nigerians, the administration whose mantra is “Renewed Hope Agenda” has proved to be a monumental disaster.

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UI: Rising Trend of IVF Egg Donation among Female Students Signals a Terrible Consequence of Education Commercialisation

ERC Reiterates Its Call for Adequate Funding of Public Education under Democratic Control The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), University of Ibadan branch, expresses deep concern over the rising trend of female students resorting to IVF egg donation as a means to cope with the financial burden of education. This alarming development starkly exposes the devastating impact of the recent push

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Trump’s Shockwaves also Hit Nigeria

Working People and Youth Must Resist Intensification of Tinubu’s Attack as a Result of Trump’s Policies By Peluola Adewale Donald Trump’s policies purportedly aimed at “Make America Great Again” have thrown the world into turmoil. It is an “America First” agenda which is characterized by protectionism, anti-immigration measures and transactional diplomacy. This is in order to defend the power of

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PARTICIPANTS AT CDWR-ORGANISED SYMPOSIUM DEMANDS PRO-LABOUR/MASSES CHANGES TO THE TAX REFORM BILL

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) organized a symposium over the Tax Reform Bill on Tuesday March 11, 2025 to discuss and put forward a pro-labour/poor/masses tax positions. The symposium took place in Lagos and had participants from the trade unions, civil society organisations. CDWR also presented its position on the tax reform through the launch of its

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CDWR Holds Symposium on Tax Reform Bill – Participants Call for Mass Struggle to Defeat Bill

At least 53 trade union and civil society activists gathered on Tuesday, March 11, at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos for a public symposium organized by the Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) on the Tax Reform Bill currently before the National Assembly. The Lagos State Councils of both the NLC and TUC were represented in addition

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President Tinubu’s Claim of Decline in food prices amidst mass hunger and sufferings is Fallacious

Only economy and agricultural system run on the basis of needs and not profits through massive state investments can guarantee food security FFRC calls on farmers, market men /women and all suffering Nigerians to organize and demand an end to hunger and cost of living crises The attention of the Food and Farmers’ Rights Campaign (FFRC) has been drawn to

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PRESIDENT TINUBU IMF/WORLD BANK ANTI-POOR POLICIES ARE KILLING NIGERIANS: REVERSE THEM ALL NOW!

Amnesty International Report: We reaffirm our call for the IGP to step down to allow for an Independent and impartial probe into the August protests We members of the #EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos Chapter, commiserate with the Nigerian people over the repeated cases of deadly stampede at charity events around the country in the past one week. According to reports, nothing