For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
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
WE REJECT THE ENTIRE LIBERAL POLICIES OF TINUBU GOVERNMENT NLC AND TUC CALL A 48 HOUR GENERAL STRIKE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEXT #EndBadGovernance PROTEST The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) sees the continuous upward adjustment of the pump price of petrol by the NNPCL as a deliberate attack on the living standard of the Nigerian youths and workers. We hereby demand
LATEST FUEL PRICE HIKE SHOWS PRESIDENT TINUBU IS NOT DONE WITH US YET IT IS HIGH TIME NIGERIAN PEOPLE AROSE IN THEIR MILLIONS TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL OF FUEL PRICE HIKE AND ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES The #Endbadgovernance movement, Lagos State, has described the latest increase in petrol price as provocative, vexatious, and a further slap on the faces of poor
OCTOBER 4 BREAKING NEWS: ALL NINE HAVE BEEN RELEASED WE CONDEMN POLICE PLANNED ARRAIGNMENT OF PROTESTERS WITHOUT PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the unlawful arrest of nine protesters at Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos, on October 2, 2024, and demand their immediate and unconditional release. We remind the Lagos State Commissioner of Police that Section 40
Photo: Eleojo Opaluwa, Michael Lenin and Mosiu Sodiq released and outside Kuje prison, Abuja. Drop Trumped-up Charges and Release all Detainees Unconditionally Now! We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) formally announce the release of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and Mosiu Sodiq after almost two months in the captivity of Bola Tinubu government. Also freed today is Eleojo Opaluwa, a regional
Build Action Committees at Workplaces, Campuses and Communities For a Rolling Mass Action and a 48-hour General Strike Now! One incontrovertible fact in Nigeria today is that the past one and half years of President Tinubu’s government is an absolute disaster for the working class, youth and poor masses. The reason for this is not farfetched. Right from the day
