For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
DEMANDS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS OF OYO TEACHERS TO REVIEW ACTION Parents Are Urged to Initiate or Support Solidarity Actions for Safe Release of Abducted Teachers and Students The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) stands in full solidarity with the public school teachers in Oyo State who have embarked on an indefinite strike following the abduction of students and teachers
NLC and TUC Should Declare 48-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest as the Next Action. On Friday June 12, 2026 protests against insecurity and economic hardship took place in a number of states across the country. Protest action has been taking place on every June 12, which is officially “Democracy Day”, especially since 2024. These have been organized by left
Mass Actions Needed to Fight Insecurity and Economic Hardship. For a Mass Working People’s Political Alternative. June 12 is officially “Democracy Day”. Truly the day signifies the struggle of the Nigerian people for the enthronement of democratic rule with the hope for a better Nigeria. But for the vast majority of the working people and youth, since the return of
Working People and Youth Should Join June 12 Nationwide Protest against Insecurity and Economic Hardship. NLC and TUC Should Declare a 48-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest. By Peluola Adewale Since March 15, 46 people, including teachers and pupils, have been abducted by bandits or terrorists in three schools in two communities in Oriire Local Government, near Ogbomoso, Oyo State
The Protesters were demanding the immediate and safe release of the abducted students and teachers in Oriire IGA. We Hold the Makinde-Led Government Responsible! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Oyo State Chapter, condemns in the strongest terms the brutal and unprovoked attack unleashed on peaceful protesters, including members of the Take It Back (TIB) Movement in Ibadan
CDWR Urges NUT, NLC and TUC to Declare Statewide Strike and Mass Protests Now! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) has noted a press statement issued by the Oyo State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) calling for urgent action to secure the safe release of the teachers and pupils abducted in Oriire Local Government Area.
For a National Day of Action against xenophobia! Saftu (South African Federation of Trade Unions) must set a date for the reconvening of the Working Class Summit! Marxist Workers Party, South African section of the Committee for a Workers’ International, statement. The xenophobia sweeping across the front pages of the media in South Africa and internationally is causing shock waves
We Welcome Independent Protest of Teachers in Oriire Local Government and Call on NUT, NLC and TUC to Organise a Series of Solidarity Actions Until All Victims are Freed! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) strongly condemns the brutal invasion of LA Primary School, First Baptist Primary School and Community Grammar School in Ahoro-Esiele, Oriire Local Government Area,
Reject Anti-Poor Capitalist Policies and Support the Building of a Mass Working People’s Political Alternative The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) felicitates with Nigerian workers as we mark this year’s International Workers’ Day. This occasion should not be used just for jollification and merrymaking but, more importantly, for sober reflection on how the aspiration and yearnings of the vast majority for
Students’ union should reach out to staff unions and university members for joint actions Great Ife. The transport crisis on OAU campus, artificially induced by the management, requires a bold action from the students, staff and University community members. Despite the 72-hour lecture boycott by students, the Prof. Bamire-led university management has refused to yield to the demand of students
CDWR DEMANDS REINSTATEMENT OF ALL UNLAWFULLY SACKED WORKERS AND RESPECT FOR TRADE UNION RIGHTS The democratic rights of Nigerian workers have been brazenly attacked at the Global Plus Publishing Company, a printing company based in Oregun part of Ikeja, Lagos, which is owned by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy. The Managing Director of the company, Mrs Sade Imoagene, has
INDUSTRIAL COURT IN LAGOS QUASHES HER EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION AND ORDERS REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT LOSS OF PAY OR PROMOTION It will be recalled that Aishat Ajibola and Nurse Tega were in the employment of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) until they were unjustly sacked in 2020 for exercising their democratic rights to free speech and freedom of association. Nurse Tega
* DSM calls for massive recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff to address the huge shortfall. * We also demand adequate funding of public education to reverse the decaying state of schools in Osun State. * We call for the cancellation of all fees being paid in public schools The attention of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, has
Court Did Not Sit – Matter Adjourned to May 11, 2026 The criminal case instituted by the Nigeria Police, at the instance of Sumal Foods Limited, Ibadan, against Abbey Trotsky was scheduled for continuation of trial on March 6, 2026 at Magistrate Court Iyaganku. Ibadan. Abbey Trotsky, accompanied by his counsel and activists, arrived at the court premises as early
The ERC Calls for Full and Lasting Implementation of the Agreement and Other University Staff Unions’ Demands We Reiterate Our Call for a United Struggle of ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT, and Students’ Unions for Adequately Funded and Democratically Managed Public University Education The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the newly signed agreement between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
United Actions of Working People and Socialist Alternative are Needed to End the Crisis On Christmas Day 2025, the United States launched missiles that reportedly hit two terrorist camps in the Bauni forest axis of Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, near the border with the neighbouring Niger republic. This airstrike was on the order of the US President Donald
NLC and TUC Should Convene National Conference of Trade Unions, Socialists and Left Activists to Discuss How to Rescue Labour Party or Build a New Mass Workers’ Party Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on January 21, 2026, sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party on the basis that his tenure had lapsed. The
For Building of Mass Movement to Consistently Resist Anti-Poor Policies and Struggle for Political Power President Bola Tinubu in his speech to mark the 65th anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence on October 1, 2025, declared that “the worst is over for Nigeria”. The Finance Minister, Wale Edun later in the same month issued an opinion article titled “Nigeria turning towards prosperity”,
Trade Unions Must Build a Nationwide Campaign Against Casualisation and Indecent Labour Practices and the Persecution of Anti-Casualisation Activists At the centre of the deepening crisis in labour relations in Nigeria is the rapid spread of casual jobs, contract staffing, and other forms of precarious employment, accompanied by the systematic denial of workers’ fundamental rights—most notably the right to unionise
OVER N83BN NOT PAID IN MORE THAN 18 YEARS! By Eko John Nicholas If there’s any policy that enjoys absolute agreements among successive governments in Ogun state from 2003 till date (Gbenga Daniel, Ibikunle Amosu and Dapo Abiodun) despite touted rivalries and conflicts of interest, it is their callous and inhuman treatment of the state public sector workers. This is