For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
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
#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
RELEASE THEM NOW! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the arrest of Kola Edokpayi by the Department of State Services (DSS) and subsequent abduction of Martin Vincent Otse, aka Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Also condemnable is the incarceration of Thomas Umar, the State coordinator of the Take it Back (TIB) movement in
WE SALUTE NIGERIAN WORKERS AND CALL FOR A UNITED STRUGGLE OF WORKERS, YOUTH AND ALL OPPRESSED TO DEFEAT TINUBU’S POLICIES OF HUNGER, PAIN AND GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM Greatest Nigerian Workers! We in #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos salute Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year’s International Workers Day’s commemoration. This day Nigerian workers join counterparts across the world in remembrance of the
TREASON TRIAL OF 11 #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS: DROP ALL THE CHARGES NOW WE CONDEMN THE CONTINUOUS DELAY OF THE TRIAL AND THE PERSISTENT ABSENCE OF THE JUDGE The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the continuous delay of the trial of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 10 other #Endbadgovernance protesters who were charged with treason by the Tinubu administration over their involvement
The action taken by the DSS in Kaduna state to sue Engineer Khalid Aminu for libel for speaking out about the torture he experienced during his illegal arrest and detention for over 60 days following last year’s #EndBadGovernance protest is vexatious and utterly reprehensible. As the State High Court in Kaduna State prepares to hear a case of libel brought
Protest actions were held again in Nigeria and the UK on Wednesday January 29 in continuation of local and international campaigns over the unjust detention and trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters as well as increasing attacks on democratic rights in Nigeria. The campaign had earlier forced the government, through the courts, to release many detainees, including minors, though in most cases
ADARAMOYE MICHEAL LENIN AND OTHER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE ACTIVISTS DO NOT DESERVE A DEATH SENTENCE FOR PROTESTING AGAINST HUNGER AND HARDSHIP Being the text of a press conference addressed by the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) on Monday 27 January 2025 at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba Lagos, ahead of the commencement of trial of Adaramoye Micheal Lenin and 10 others for
End the attacks on democratic rights! We support Amnesty International’s report titled “bloody August” indicting the Police and other security agencies of a crackdown on peaceful protesters End the 6-year long trial and drop all charges against Abbey Trotsky who is being tried for defending workers’ rights in Ibadan, Nigeria Prosecute police officers, army and other security officers culpable of
YRC WARNS THE NPF TO DESIST FROM BULLYING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OVER ITS EXPOSURE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT AND BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL PROTESTS WE STAND BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REPORT AND DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE IGP IN ORDER TO CREATE ROOM FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND TRANSPARENT PROBE The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the recent public statement issued by the
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
Tinubu’s Capitalist Policies Have Failed! Time for a Socialist Alternative At a recent high-level meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja in May this year, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, said the following “I’d like to use this opportunity to express the whole lot of support of my government to the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, the
#EndBadGovernance: DROP CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS AND END SHAM TRIALS NOW! Friday November 8 saw a protest held in Nigeria and internationally in solidarity with those on criminal trial and in detention in connection with the nationwide protest held between August 1 and August 8 over mass hunger and economic hardship. The protest demanded the immediate withdrawal of trumped-up charges levelled
WE DEMAND THAT GOVERNOR DIKKO UMAR RADDA AND KATSINA STATE POLICE DROP ALL CHARGES AND RELEASE THOSE STILL IN DETENTION NOW! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the continuous persecution of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters in Katsina State by Governor Dikko Umar Radda and the state Commissioner of Police using the judiciary to continue an unending adjournment without trial. Gaddafi Musa was
* YRC CALLS FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (IGP), KAYODE EGBETOKUN, TO ALLOW FOR AN IMPARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT PROBE INTO THE RECKLESS ASSAULT BY THE POLICE ON THE RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY ESPECIALLY THE KILLING OF 24 PROTESTERS The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) commends Amnesty International for its detailed and impartial report titled “Bloody August:
Friday November 8 saw the #EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos State Chapter, hold a protest march in solidarity with those on criminal trial and in detention in connection with the nationwide protest held between August 1 and August 8 over mass hunger and economic hardship. Nearly 100 protesters, including members of the Movement, Womanifesto – a coalition of women groups, CEEHOPE and
#EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos State Text of a press conference addressed by the #Endbadgovernance movement, Lagos State Chapter, on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, to respond to the discontinuation of suit and release of 114 protesters including minors and to call for similar reprieve for all the remaining protesters in detention and on trial nationwide.
DEMANDS THEIR UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE AND THE DROPPING OF CHARGES AGAINST ALL PROTESTERS On Friday, 1st November 2024, the Nigerian government arraigned 76 protesters, including 32 minors aged between 14 and 17, for ‘terrorism and treason’ at a Federal High Court in Abuja and January 24, 2025 was set as the start date for their trial. The protesters who were arrested
Today, in the early afternoon, the 22 EndBadGovernance protesters arrested for marking the murder of EndSARS protesters were released by the police. Below Hassan Taiwo Soweto, Organising Committee, #Endbadgovernance Movement, Lagos State and National Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), had this message when he and the others were released: We have just been released after the Commissioner of
UPDATE October 10 – All 22 released but were brutalised while detained The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the arrest of Hassan Taiwo Soweto, National Spokesperson of the YRC, and 21 others by the Police this morning at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, over a peaceful protest to mark the 4th anniversary of #EndSARS killings. We demand their immediate and unconditional
