For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
For Well-funded and Democratically Controlled Public Works The residents of the communities and commuters along the Ogun State axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway have continued to bear the socio-economic consequences of the poor state of the road which the successive governments have continuously failed to fix. By Mayowa Onabule The supposed expressway has been long overdue for a thorough rehabilitation
Halt the Demolitions Permanently! Compensate the Victims! Develop Makoko! Don’t Destroy It! On 15 March 2026, the people of Makoko held a mass meeting that sent an unmistakable message to the Lagos State Government of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu: they will not be moved. About 100 people, baales (community heads), the elderly, women, men and youth filled the meeting alongside members
No to the privatisation and commercialisation of Lagos’s Jabi Lake By DSM Abuja Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has announced plans to hand over the Jabi Lake Park to private developers. This is not completely surprising, going by the history of Wike in ruthless demolition of property and land grabbing, something that has rendered many
The Babajide Sanwo-olu led Lagos State Government is on a demolition spree of markets, houses and communities. The victims decry losses and self-serving agenda on the part of the government officials, demanding compensation. It is also an irony that many of buildings that later become defective and genuinely required being demolished pass through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA)
Our world today is in a climate emergency – “a code red for humanity” according to the UN Secretary-General. The UN Environment Programme has declared a climate emergency for the entire world. Average global temperature keeps rising alarmingly, while the endless release of greenhouse gases continues to change the composition of the atmosphere. The global average temperature in 2019 was
The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Oyo State Chapter, sympathizes with the victims, and their relatives, of the unfortunate explosion that rocked the city of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State around 7pm on Tuesday, 16th January, 2024. This explosion was quite unfortunate given the magnitude of its devastating impact on the lives and properties around and outside the immediate
Fish Farmers must be Prepared to Organize Themselves Linking Their Struggles With the Demand for Adequate Investments in Agriculture by Governments We call on the NLC, TUC, civil society organizations, Socialists, and farmers’ organizations to support the fish farmers’ struggle and prevail on both the state and federal governments to accede to their demands On July 28, 2022, fish farmers
FOR A TWO-DAY GENERAL STRIKE AND MASS PROTEST NOW! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) calls on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to urgently set a date for a two-day general strike and mass protest as a first step in the commencement of a mass struggle against the cost of living crisis
Graphic Example of how Capitalism Fails People and the Environment This year, floods have wreaked serious havoc and suffering in Nigeria. The country experiences flood every year but this is the worst since 2012 when there was a similar degree of devastation with 363 deaths and over 2 million people affected. The monstrous floods by mid-October had already officially claimed
We demand an independent investigation, arrest and prosecution of all those responsible as well as adequate compensation for victims The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Lagos State Chapter, commiserates with the families of those who lost their lives and those injured in another tragic incident of building collapse in Lagos State. According to newspaper reports, at least 10 people have
President Muhammadu Buhari may join other world leaders in their cosy conference room during the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) between 31 October and 12 November 2021 in Scotland’s Glasgow. He may likely add his voice on the need for governments globally to protect the environment by embarking on activities that would mitigate the catastrophic impacts of