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
We Risk Jail Term for Daring to Stop State-Backed Theft of Poor People’s Land but We Remain Undaunted. On Friday, 24 April 2026, it would be the third time that I and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) would be appearing in court to stand trial on criminal charges. By H.T Soweto We are being tried on a five-count charge bordering on
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
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)
The housing crisis in Abuja, and definitely Nigeria as a whole, is becoming alarming, with the working masses at the receiving end. The reality today is that the government has abandoned its responsibility of providing decent and affordable houses for ordinary people and handed it over to private estate developers. The activities of private real estate companies in Abuja are
