For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
TRIAL OF HASSAN TAIWO SOWETO AND DELE FRANK OVER JANUARY 28 ANTI-EVICTION PROTEST: COURT ADJOURNED TO MAY 8 FOR RULING ON SEIZED PROTEST ITEMS AND CONTINUATION OF SUBSTANTIVE CASE. At the Magistrate Court, Yaba Lagos on Friday April 24, 2026, proceedings were held in the ongoing police prosecution of Hassan Taiwo Soweto and Dele Frank, who are being charged for their roles
SPEAKERS CALL FOR UNITY OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE On 15 March 2026, the people of Makoko held a mass meeting to discuss the next line of action in the struggle against the demolition of the waterfront area of the community. About 100 people including baales (community heads), the elderly, youth, men and women attended the meeting. Members of
DROP TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST TAIWO HASSAN SOWETO AND DELE FRANK Today, 11th March 2026, members and collaborators of the #EndBadGovernance Lagos Movement were present at Court 2 of the Yaba Magistrate Court to stand in firm solidarity with Hassan Taiwo Soweto and Dele Frank (Arole Fela), who are facing trial over mass protest against unjust demolitions and forced evictions on
Drop Trumped-Up Charges against Soweto and Dele Frank Now! On March 11, 2026, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) are expected to appear before a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos for the commencement of a sham trial on the trumped-up charges preferred against them by
CONTINUED SEIZURE OF ANTI-DEMOLITION PROTESTERS’ BELONGINGS AND RENTED MUSICAL GADGETS BY THE POLICE IS WICKED, DRACONIAN, CRIMINAL AND UNDEMOCRATIC. CDWR DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL SEIZED ITEMS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND DROPPING OF ALL TRUMPED-UP CHARGES. Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) condemns the continued seizure of personal belongings of anti-demolition protesters and DJ’s sound system and gadgets
AN ATTACK ON ONE IS AN ATTACK ON ALL: STATE VIOLENCE, MEDICAL EVIDENCE, AND THE DEMAND FOR JUSTICE FOR COMRADE TAIWO HASSAN SOWETO The attention of the civil society community in Nigeria and globally, socialists, the labour movement, human rights defenders, and the general public is hereby drawn to the disturbing medical findings arising from the MRI and Chest X-ray
Release Soweto and Others Now A protester is shot Hassan Taiwo Soweto, a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, probably with other protesters, was arrested today at the Lagos State House of Assembly. This was at a protest against the unjust demolition and forced eviction of Makoko, Oworonshoki, Owode Onirin and other
PRESSURE FORCES NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON SHAM TRIAL OF ADARAMOYE MICHAEL LENIN AND 10 OTHER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS CHARGED WITH TREASON AND TERRORISM Today, December 10, 2025, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja struck out the treason and terrorism charges against Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 10 others. In his ruling, Justice Emeka lamented that the prosecuting counsel had
WE DEMAND AN END TO THE TREASON TRIAL OF ADARAMOYE MICHAEL LENIN AND 10 OTHER ENDBADGOVERNANCE ACTIVISTS PRESIDENT TINUBU MUST STOP CRIMINALISATION OF PROTEST AND STIFLING OF DISSENT We in the Youth Rights Campaign call on every Nigerian youth and worker to join the December 10th nationwide protest, declared by the #EndBadGovernance Movement, to observe this year’s World Human Rights
Treason Trial of Michael Lenin and 10 Others Comes Up Again on October 9 at FHC Abuja Again, on Thursday October 9, Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 10 other activists are expected to appear, for the fifth time, before the Federal High Court in Abuja for a treason trial as a result of their participation in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL DROPPING OF ALL CHARGES ON MICHAEL LENIN, AND OTHER ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS WE REITERATE OUR CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF SEVEN UNJUSTLY CONVICTED ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS IN BORNO AND ALL PROTESTERS STILL IN PRISON WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR ALL NIGERIANS KILLED AND INJURED DURING THE ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST WORKING PEOPLE AND YOUTH MUST UNITE AGAINST ATTACKS
WE CONDEMN THE PRISON SENTENCE OF 7 ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS BY THE BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL DROPPING OF THE OUTRAGEOUS CHARGES AND RELEASE OF ALL ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS NATIONWIDE The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the recent court judgment obtained by the Borno State Government against seven protesters who participated in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest last
On the one-year anniversary of the historic #EndBadGovernance protest, a public symposium was jointly convened by the #Endbadgovernance movement Lagos state and the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) to reflect on the movement’s legacy and chart a strategic path forward. This Saturday 9th of August, 2025 in Lagos was attended by a broad spectrum of civil society organizations, labor activists, and
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
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
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
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
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
