Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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YRC CONDEMNS THE ARREST OF OMOYELE SOWORE; WE DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

WE DEMAND FREEDOM FOR ALL 11 PROTESTERS ARRESTED ON OCTOBER 20 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! WE CALL FOR A HALT TO ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) sternly condemns the arrest of Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian Police today, 23 October. This unjust arrest occurred this morning within the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja. This is

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ASUU STRIKE: TINUBU GOVERNMENT MUST IMMEDIATELY MEET THE DEMANDS OF ASUU NOW!

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) extends its solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over their ongoing 14-day warning strike. We strongly believe that these demands are legitimate and in the interest of public education and the Nigerian masses. We hereby call on the government to immediately meet these demands in the interest of students who are the

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OYO STATE: STUDENTS’ PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF DANGOTE REFINERY IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY

ERC rejects attempt to criminalise workers’ rights to organise and unionise The attention of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Oyo State Chapter, has been drawn to a protest held on Tuesday, 7th October 2025, in Ibadan by some students under the banner of the National Association of Oduduwa Students (NAOS). The demonstration was reportedly organised to express support for the

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NUPENG AND PENGASSAN vs Dangote Face-off : Workers Have Right to a Trade Union and Decent Work

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

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE UNLAWFUL SACK AND VICTIMISATION OF 800 WORKERS AT DANGOTE REFINERY

CDWR SOLIDARIZES WITH PENGASSEN, NUPENG AND OIL WORKERS WE CALL FOR UNITED STRUGGLE OF ALL WORKERS IN DANGOTE REFINERY AND THE ENTIRE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AGAINST ALL ANTI-LABOUR PRACTICES AND NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES It is now very obvious that Mr. Aliko Dangote and his management team are determined to crush all unions in Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical plants similar to

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NO TO FACTIONALISATION OF THE LAGOS TUC

CDWR CONDEMNS BRUEAUCRATIC IMPOSITION AND DICTATORSHIP IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC AND FIGHTING TRADE UNIONISM The ongoing factionalisation of the Lagos State Chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) is a clear indication that the trade union movement lacks both democracy and a fighting leadership. Lagos TUC’s delegate conference scheduled for September 17 and 18, 2025 failed

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PERESSA Holds Delegate Conference: Rufus Olusesan Re-elected as President

The Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), held its 9th Triennial and 1st Quadrennial National Delegate Conference on September 12, 2025 at NUJ Secretariat, Abeokuta. By Sodiq Duro-Orike The conference elected a new national leadership, with Comrade Rufus Olusesan, re-emerged to serve a second term as the National President

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ABBEY TROTSKY VS NIGERIA POLICE: Court Hearing Adjourned Again till November 27

Appreciation for Solidarity and Appeal for Continued Support The long running criminal case of Abbey Trotsky vs. Nigeria Police has been adjourned till November 27, 2025, following the absence of the presiding magistrate at Magistrate Court 6, Iyaganku Division, Ibadan. The magistrate was away on official duty, although the police prosecutor had earlier noted that their third witness was not

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Abuja Resident Doctors’ Strike – FCT and FG Must Immediately Meet Doctors’ Demands

FCT ARD STRIKE: FCT ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF RESIDENT DOCTORS IMMEDIATELY The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) Abuja Chapter stands in solidarity with the Association of Resident Doctors  Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja (ARD – FCTA) over their ongoing 7-day warning strike action, which commenced on Monday, September 8, 2025. The association had

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LAUTECH TEACHING HOSPITAL CRISIS

CDWR CALLS ON OYO STATE GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF LAUTECH DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH WORKERS We Urge NLC and TUC to Organise  Solidarity Action The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) Oyo State Chapter condemns the failure of the State Governor, Seyi Makinde to resolve the crisis rocking Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, and

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NUPENG VS DANGOTE: CDWR CALLS ON NLC TO LAUNCH A NATIONAL STRUGGLE AGAINST CASUALISATION AND PERSECUTION OF LABOUR ACTIVISTS

NO TO ‘YELLOW UNION’ FORMED BY DANGOTE; WORKERS SHOULD BE FREE TO JOIN UNION OF THEIR CHOICE We stand in solidarity with the NLC and NUPENG in their fight for workers’ rights The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) declares its full solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers

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CDWR CAMPAIGN LEADS TO COURT VICTORY FOR VICTIMISED NURSE

CDWR’S INTERVENTION LEADS TO LEGAL AND POLITICAL VICTORY AS INDUSTRIAL COURT ORDERS REINSTATEMENT OF NURSE THOMAS AND AWARDS DAMAGES The Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court (NIS) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Nurse Thomas Olamide to her duty post at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese (Now Ogun State Polytechnic of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilese).

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ERC COMMENDS ASUU’S REJECTION OF TINUBU’S TISSF

WE SUPPORT THE CALL OF ASUU FOR IMPROVED WELFARE AND PROPER FUNDING TINUBU/APC GOVERNMENT MUST IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH ASUU AND OTHER EDUCATION WORKERS UNIONS NOW! The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the principled decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reject the newly introduced and dubious Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF). The decision to reject the

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IBADAN NORTH BY-ELECTION: A Signal of the Continuous Collapse of Confidence in Capitalist Democracy

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

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COMMUNIQUE OF THE #ENDBADGOVERNANCE FIRST ANNIVERSARY PUBIC SYMPOSIUM

On the one-year anniversary of the historic #EndBadGovernance protest, a public symposium was jointly convened by the #Endbadgovernance movement Lagos state and the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) to reflect on the movement’s legacy and chart a strategic path forward. This Saturday 9th of August, 2025 in Lagos was attended by a broad spectrum of civil society organizations, labor activists, and

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UPDATE ON ABBEY TROTSKY’S COURT CASE: Prosecution Witness Testimony Weakens Charges

We Appeal for more National and International Solidarity as Matter Adjourned till September 12, 2025 On Monday, August 11, 2025, the criminal charge brought against Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, a labour and socialist activist popularly known as Abbey Trotsky, by the Nigeria Police, acting at the behest of the management of Sumal Foods Limited, Ibadan, came up for hearing once again.

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SOWORE’S RELEASE: A VICTORY FOR  PEOPLE’S ACTION, BUT THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

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

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CDWR SUPPORTS NURSES AND MIDWIVES WARNING STRIKE

CDWR SUPPORTS THE ONGOING SEVEN-DAY NATIONWIDE WARNING STRIKE ACTION BY NURSES AND MIDWIVES FOR BETTER WELFARE AND WORKING CONDITIONS CDWR CALLS ON THE TINUBU-LED GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS TO MEET NURSES DEMANDS Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) supports the ongoing seven-day nationwide warning strike action embarked upon by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses (NANNM) over poor

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CDWR OYO: MAKINDE MUST IMMEDIATELY ACCEPT NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ DEMANDS

OYO STATE: CDWR Supports Seven-Day Warning Strike by Nurses and Midwives and Calls on the Makinde-Led Government to Immediately Accede to Their Demands We Urge Oyo State Leadership of NLC and TUC to Organize a Solidarity Action in Support of the NANNM Strike The Oyo State Chapter of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) expresses its firm and

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CDWR supports Ogun workers’ strike to win unremitted pensions

Unremitted N82bn contributory pension deductions for 17 years by Ogun government: CDWR supports the ongoing indefinite strike by workers Calls for a series of mass actions and not limiting the strike to a sit-at-home action CDWR condemns threats and intimidations of labour leaders and call on the government to accede to workers’ demands without delay The Campaign for Democratic and