For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Only Mass Struggle and the Building of a Working people’s Political Alternative Anchored on Socialist Policies Can Truly Change Nigeria As preparations for the next general elections commence, many would genuinely wonder if there is any point going out on election day next year to vote when previous electoral cycles have only brought to power different segments of the same
Given the current inflation and high cost of living, it is impossible for an average family to live for a month on N70,000, which is the current national minimum wage. Food prices, house rent and costs of transportation and other basic needs have gone through the roof since 2023 when the Bola Tinubu government removed the petrol subsidy and devalued
By Kola Ibrahim Though couched in a diplomatic tone that leaves room for manipulation, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent statement that over $8 billion was expended by the Nigerian government outside the budget clearly confirms that the Bola Tinubu administration’s economic policies are aimed at transferring wealth from working people and the poor to the already
Insecurity has become a daily reality in Nigeria, getting worse year in year out. Little wonder it hardly creates any sense of shock even though there is dissatisfaction over the failure of the government to tackle the monster. Nigerians currently live in palpable fear considering the fact that schools are no longer safe for teachers and children, farmers dread going
Fight for Renationalisation and Democratic Manangement of Electricity The power sector value chain remains in crisis 13 years after privatisation. Gas supply is inadequate and expensive, the generation companies produce far less than the installed capacity (14,000MW), transmission is doing poorly on account of aged lines and infrastructure while the distribution companies fail to invest in basic facilities and infrastructure
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
NLC and TUC Must Lead a Nationwide Anti-Casualisation Struggle By Abbey Trotsky Casualisation has become one of the greatest challenges confronting the Nigerian labour movement. Almost four years after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), under the leadership of Comrade Joe Ajaero, pledged to launch a nationwide struggle against casual employment and other forms of indecent labour practices, the problem has
Drop All Trumped-Up Charges Now! Solidarity Is Not a Crime! Six years after criminal proceedings were instituted against him, Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, popularly known as Abbey Trotsky, the Oyo State Coordinator of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), is still on trial simply because of the solidarity of the organisation with poor and exploited casual workers at Sumal
Senegal is presently engulfed in a historic political feud between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, the country’s two most influential political figures and former allies. This political feud is coming as a shock to millions of people who have invested their hope and aspiration for a better country in this administration with the belief that both men working
The latest outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threatens poor miners, their families and health workers. Its consequences could spread far beyond DRC borders. There have been 40 outbreaks since the virus was first identified 50 years ago, 17 of them in DRC. The most devastating started in West Africa. Between 2014 and 2016,
Another wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has affected Nigerians alongside other African migrants in South Africa. Some have been killed or injured while shops have been destroyed and looted in the recurrent violence. Reprisal or retributive actions in South Africa and possibly in Nigeria and elsewhere can further worsen the cycle of violence. By Peluola Adewale There have
Soweto Sues Former Lagos Commissioner of Police Moshood Over Brutalisation A Call for Solidarity Hassan Taiwo Soweto, member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) are currently standing sham trail before a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos on the trumped-up charges preferred against them by the Lagos State Police Command
The Crisis of Underfunding, Lack of Democratic Control and Corruption Must First be Addressed! Police Must Enjoy Democratic Right to Join Union and Control Their Welfare Funds By Abbey Trotsky President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the National Assembly a Bill seeking to establish State Police across Nigeria. Predictably, the proposal has generated widespread national debate. Nigerians who support the initiative
We Still Cry for Justice By Sodiq Duro-Orike Five years ago, on the evening of Wednesday, 18 August 2021, Comrade Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle affectionately known across the campuses of Lagos and beyond as “Omomeewa” was brutally shot and killed by yet to be identified assailants at the gate of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. He had come to campus
Students Must Organise and Fight Against Cultism and Anti-Student Policies of the University Management The Students’ Union of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife organized a public symposium to commemorate the gruesome murder of five students of the university on July 10, 1999. The symposium was attended by several students and had past union leaders as speakers and panelists. The
Governor Sanwo-Olu and LASU Authorities Must Immediately Reinstatement Dismissed ASUU Activists Between 2017 and 2019, five members of the executive council of the Lagos State University (LASU) Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were unjustly dismissed over various trumped-up and frivolous allegations. However, their real offence was insisting the university under the former Vice Chancellor Prof Lanre
SPN Olambe Holds Memorial for Mr Gbolahan On June 6, 2026, members of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Olambe Ifo Ogun State held a political memorial to mark the first anniversary of the passing of Gbolahan Festus Togunbo, the branch chairman. Mr. Gbolahan, as he was fondly called, passed away on May 14, 2025 at the age of 51
In continuation of their act of using the state apparatus of coercion to intimidate a victim of their administrative authoritarianism into silence, the management of Ezzy International College of Nursing Science, a private school in Enugu State, has served Mrs. Ifeoma Nwaogaranya, a former nursing student of the institution, with a court summon. Her offence was publicly speaking out against