Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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YRC CONDEMNS TINUBU REGIME FOR PLACING CHILDREN ON TRIAL OVER AUGUST 1-10 PROTEST

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

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UPDATE: All 22 activists brutally arrested for marking the 4th anniversary of the Lekki killings released

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

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#EndSARS Massacre 4th Anniversary – Immediately Free Soweto and 21 Others Arrested For Marking Bloody Event

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

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YRC CONDEMNS LATEST INCREASE IN PETROL PRICE

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

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#ENDBADGOVERNANCE MOVEMENT LAGOS STATE – ARISE TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL OF FUEL PRICE HIKE

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

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YOUTH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (YRC) CONDEMNS OCTOBER 2 ARREST OF 9 PROTESTERS IN LAGOS.

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

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#EndBadGovernance. Freedom At Last. Micheal Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq and Eleojo Opaluwa Released!

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

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AS HUNGER AND HARDSHIP INTENSTIFY, STEP UP THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TINUBU’S ANTI-POOR POLICIES

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

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#EndBadGovernance – End State Oppression

Drop Trumped-up Charges and Release all Detainees Now We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil Society Organisations Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of charges against Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Daniel Akande, Bashir Bello and others who have been arraigned across the country in connection with #EndBadGovernance protests of August 1 to August

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Increasing Attacks on Democratic Rights in Nigeria: Solidarity Actions Held Across the World

On Monday 9 September 2024, members of the Socialist Party, England and Wales, held a solidarity demo under the auspices of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) at the Nigeria High Commission in London where they submitted a petition demanding the release of NLC President Joe Ajaero along with Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Daniel Akande as well as all those

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#EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos State Announces Plan for October 1 Protest

On Thursday September 26, the #EndBadGovernance movement in Lagos State addressed a press conference to intimate the general public about the details of a mass protest scheduled for Tuesday 1st October 2024 and tagged “National Day of Survival”. Take-off point in Lagos is Ikeja Under Bridge by 7:30am. Below is the text read at the press conference WE URGE THE NIGERIAN

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YRC Condemns Conditions of Bail Granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin and 9 Others

Demands Dropping of Trumped-up Charges and Release of all Detainees We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil Society Organisations to Ensure that all #EndBadGovernance Detainees Regain Freedom We, of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), unequivocally condemn the conditions attached to the bail granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq and 8 others, who have been incarcerated in connection

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Increasing Attacks on Democratic Rights in Nigeria: Solidarity Protest at Nigerian High Commission in London

Earlier today, Monday 9 September 2024, members of the Socialist Party, England and Wales, held a solidarity demo under the auspices of the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) at the Nigeria High Commission in London where they submitted a petition demanding the release of NLC President Joe Ajaero along with Adaramoye Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Daniel Akande as well as all

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Nigeria in crisis – an international appeal

Defend democratic rights in Nigeria Economy collapsing and anger mounting Government moves to intimidate and punish opposition Drop ‘Treason’ and ‘Terrorism’ charges against protest organisers Defend the right to protest and free the hundreds detained for protesting Fight to defend Nigerians from economic and social collapse Youth Rights Campaign international appeal for solidarity Urgent action is needed to support those

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FREE ADARAMOYE MICHAEL LENIN, MOSIU SODIQ AND OTHERS NOW!

STOP PRESIDENT TINUBU’S NASCENT CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP AND CLAMPDOWN ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS On Tuesday 27 August the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) held a press conference at the International Press Centre (IPC) Ogba, Lagos, over the arrest and continued detention without trial of the YRC National Coordinator, Adaramoye Michael Lenin, along with Mosiu Sodiq as well as many others arrested in connection

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE CONTINUOUS INCARCERATION OF MICHAEL ADARAMOYE, MOSIU SODIQ, ELEOJO OPALUWA AND OTHERS BASED ON A REMAND COURT ORDER CLANDESTINELY PROCURED BY THE POLICE

CDWR DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE The Nigerian Police and the Bola Tinubu-led regime are hell-bent on sustaining the incarceration of #EndBadGovernace protesters and activists. It is about 3 weeks, and still counting, since Comrade Michael Adaramoye (Michael Lenin), Sodiq Mosiu and others have been illegally and unjustly detained by the Nigerian Police on the order of Nuhu Ribadu,

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DSM Condemns Attack on NLC and Harassment of NLC President Ajaero by Tinubu Government

For a 24-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest to Reject Tinubu’s Civilian Dictatorship Free Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, Eleojo Opaluwa and all unjustly detained over #EndBadGovernance protest The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the continued brazen attack on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by the Bola Tinubu government, something which has been recently intensified. Not done with its criminal raid

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CDWR CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT’S CONSTANT ATTACKS ON JOE AJAERO AND NLC AND STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH NLC

WE DEMAND AN END TO ALL INTIMIDATION AND CONTINUOUS ILLEGAL DETENTION OF #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the invasion of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the invitation of Joe Ajaero, the NLC President to be questioned on trumped-up criminal allegations (Criminal Conspiracy, Terrorism Financing, Treasonable Felony, Subversion and Cybercrime) by

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE INVASION OF THE NLC HEADQUARTERS AND THE ATTACK ON PROTESTERS

THESE ATTACKS INDICATE THE EMERGENCE OF A CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP AND TYRANNY LABOUR MOVEMENT SHOULD ORGANIZE TO RESIST UNDEMOCRATIC ACTIONS AND ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the invasion of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters at night-time on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in a commando style by armed security men. Aside from the invasion, the

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#EndBadGovernanceinNigeria. Free Michael Lenin, OSB Sankara and others Now!

We Condemn Killings, Unjust Arrests and Repression of Peaceful Protests Nationwide by Tinubu Government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemns the arrest of Adaramoye Michael (Michael Lenin), Babatunde Oluajo (OSB Sankara), both members of the DSM, and two others by plain-clothes security operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) in the wee hours of Monday August 5, 2024 in

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