For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Without mincing words, the Tinubu/APC government has been not just an utter failure, but a monumental disaster for Nigeria in its two years of existence. From day one, when President Bola Tinubu made his infamous declaration that ‘subsidy is gone,’ his administration has launched one attack after another on working people. Virtually every sector has become a source of extortion
Labour and Working People Should Reject N800,000 per Annum as the Tax-Exempt Income Threshold and Demand It is Put at N2.4 million Given the Current Socio-Economic Realities The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) rejects the Tinubu-led government’s justifications for its tax reform laws. We reject the claim that the laws are intended to boost revenue for improved investment in education,
LESSONS AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE. SPN Reiterates Call on the NLC and TUC to Convene National Conference of Trade Unions, Socialists and Left Activists to Discuss and Agree on How to Build a Genuine Mass Party that Represents the Interests of Workers, Youths, and the Poor. Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) statement. After months of speculation
Taxing workers and the poor under current economic realities and gross irresponsibility of government is unjustifiable and will deepen mass poverty, inequality, and hardship! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) rejects the Tinubu-led government’s justifications for the controversial tax reform laws, we learnt has taken effect from January 1, 2026. We also reject the claim that the laws are intended
Widespread banditry, terrorism, and social unrest are direct consequences of failure of capitalism and pro-capitalist policies of successive governments For united, non-sectarian, multi-ethnic, multi-religion and democratically run defense committees in communities The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the US President Donald Trump’s recent threat of a military action in Nigeria and equally rejects President Bola Tinubu’s hollow nationalist
NLC and TUC Must Launch a Serious National Campaign Against Casualisation and Other Indecent Labour Practices The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the vicious campaign aimed at criminalising the right of NUPENG and PENGASSAN to organise workers at the Dangote Refinery. This offensive by Dangote Group and its apologists is a deliberate attempt to entrench a slave-like workplace
SPN opposes the procurement of the new loan and urges Hon. Ibraheem Shittu to lead a genuine opposition to the loan The Oyo State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the recent approval of a controversial ₦300 billion loan by the Oyo State House of Assembly for the Seyi Makinde–led government. Experience has shown that the
Working People, Youth and Labour Must Organise to Defeat this Move, Reverse the Petrol Price and Other Anti-People Policies, and Begin Building a Genuine Political Alternative The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the plan by the Bola Tinubu government through the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries and allowances of political office holders.
NLC TUC, Pro-Masses Organizations Must Initiate and Lead the Process of Forming a Mass Working People’s Political Alternative Towards the Enthronement of a Socialist Change The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State branch, rejects the false narrative that the recently concluded Ibadan North Federal Constituency 16 August By-election represents a triumph for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) or a
We Urge NLC to Declare 24-Hour Strike with Mass Protest Against Continuous Attacks on Democratic Rights, Anti-Poor Policies, and Non-Implementation of Minimum Wage The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the release of Omoyele Sowore, former Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and prominent civil rights activist, following his illegal detention for over 48 hours by the Nigeria
OBI’S SINGLE TENURE PROMISE WITHOUT A BREAK WITH THE RUNIOUS CAPITALIST SYSTEM WILL END UP BEING A MERE RETHORIC Only Socialist Nigeria with democratic socialist planning including nationalization of the commanding heights of the economy under a democratic control of the working people can begin to resolve the socio-economic crisis bedeviling the country Our attention in the Socialist Party of
OYO STATE: GOVERNMENT’S VAGUE DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ARE A CALCULATED ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM ITS GLARING FAILURES SPN Demands a Public Probe into the ₦7.6 Billion Agricultural Loan Acquired by the Makinde-led Administration The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State Chapter, strongly condemns the recent public claim made by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural
SPN DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES AND CALLS ON LABOUR AND PRO-PEOPLE ORGANISATIONS TO RESIST TINUBU’S DICTATORSHIP AND ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) restates its condemnation and opposition to the way and manner the Tinubu-led government is running the country aground vis-à-vis the anti-poor policies and attacks on democratic rights. Truly, two years ago when Tinubu’s
MASS KILLINGS IN THE COUNTRY SHOW OBVIOUS FAILURE OF CAPITALISM AND THE SELF-SERVING RULING ELITE The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Argues for a Socialist Alternative to a Rotten System The killings that took place in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State between March 28 and April 16, 2025 are the latest act of genocide that reminds
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the gruesome murder of 16 northerners in Uromi, Edo State. This barbaric killing is the latest jungle justice that has become a recurring decimal in different parts of Nigeria. Over 20 northerners were found in a truck in Uromi enroute to Kano on March 28, 2025 with traditionally made guns (Dane Guns) and
Detention and prosecution is diversionary, government should begin to tackle the root cause of the condition of poverty with immediate reversal of its anti-people pro-capitalist policies The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) supports the growing demand for the immediate release of the individuals arrested and incarcerated in connection with the December 18 stampede that led to the death of over
The Socialist Party Of Nigeria (SPN) sympathizes with the families of victims and cautions against the deceitful crocodile tears by the pro-capitalist politicians and governments formed by them! We demand a democratic committee with representatives of NLC, TUC, NBA, ASUU, civil society, religious organizations among others for a transparent compilation of victims and adequate compensation On Wednesday, 18th December, 2024,
We wish her family, friends and NULGE fortitude to bear the loss! The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Oyo state chapter, receives with huge shock and pain, the news of a sudden death of Comrade Famuti Ebunoluwa who was until her death, a staff of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Oyo State chapter and member of the
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
WE DEMAND PROVISION OF BASIC AMENITIES The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ope George, recently disclosed that the Lagos State Government generated N400 billion in the first half of this year. This revelation came to light during the 2024 Budget Consultative Forum, where Mr. George expressed confidence in the state’s ability to meet its end-of-year target. While