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ERC 2014 EDITION OF FREE HOLIDAY COACHING HAS BEGUN IN AJGEUNLE. A decade of uninterrupted exercise for poor children from working class background By Moshood Oshunfurewa and Benjamin Osigwe A teaching session at the ERC holiday coaching, photo by DSM The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Ajegunle, Lagos, branch has kick-started this year’s annual free holiday coaching for students of secondary
UNILAG STUDENTS’ UNION: Inauguration of Constitution Drafting Committee and the Struggle for the Reinstatement of the Union By Femi Adebajo and Joshua Olamide, ERC UNILAG After several years of agitation for the restoration of the Students’ Union at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the management of the institution has now decided to inaugurate a constitution drafting committee to draft “a
REVERSAL OF LASU FEES: WE ARE VINDICATED! Vigilance is Now Required From LASU Students and Workers To Ensure That This Victory is Permanent The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) wholeheartedly welcomes the reversal of the astronomically hiked fees of the Lagos State University (LASU) by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Governor of Lagos State. The Governor made this known at the
Stomach Infrastructure in Osun State A Sign of Bankruptcy of the APC and PDP The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, decries the horrible act of voters’ inducement by the two main political parties in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. This ridiculous act of inducing poor and voters with basic things like rice, milk, kerosene, etc,
SOLIDARITY WITH EX-SERVICEMEN: GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THEIR DEMANDS NOW! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) extend solidarity to the ex-servicemen in the country who have threatened to protest the nonpayment of their pension benefits. According to media reports, the ex-military under the aegis of Retired Army, Navy and Air force Officers’ Club (RANAO) stressed that unless their four
BENUE: GABRIEL SUSWAM GOVERNMENT MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF STRIKING WORKERS NOW! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) solidarise with workers of Benue state under the aegis of the state branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on their ongoing indefinite strike action. The workers have gone on strike over the callous deductions
KADUNA AND KANO TERROR ATTACK: HALT THE SLIDE TO FASTER ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CRISIS We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terror attack that occurred in Kaduna and Kano on July 23rd and 24th, 2014 respectively. According to media reports, Muhammadu Buhari, a former head of state and presidential aspirant of All Progressive Congress (APC), was
WE CONDEMN REPRESSION OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS IN ZARIA AND KADUNA We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in the strongest terms the brutal repression by the Nigerian army of protests in Zaria and Kaduna against the ongoing massacre in Gaza by the Israeli state. We denounce the killing of supporters and children of Islamic cleric, Ibrahim El- Zakzaky
OAU AUTHORITIES SET UP VINDICTIVE INVESTIGATIVE PANEL TO VICTIMISE STUDENT ACTIVISTS WHO OPPOSE FEE HIKE Urgent Call for Protest Letters and Support Report by DSM and ERC members at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The Prof. Tale Omole-led management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has set up two different ‘investigative’ panels to quiz student activists. These panels are coming at
UI STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTIONS: DSM COMRADE POLLS 2458 VOTES ON THE BASIS OF RADICAL PROGRMME FOR AN INDEPENDENT STUDENTS UNIONISM. It is indeed a political victory for members, sympathizers and political collaborators of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) going by the result of the just concluded student union election held at the University of Ibadan on the 12th July 2014. The
OPEN PROTEST LETTER: WE OPPOSE THE ONGOING BOMBINGS AND KILLINGS IN GAZA BY THE ISRAELI STATE The Ambassador Embassy of Israel in Nigeria, 12, Mary Slessor Street, Off Udoma Street, Asokoro Street, Abuja. We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) condemn in strongest terms the unwarranted killing of innocent civilians in Gaza, Palestine, by the Government of the state of
Osun Governorship Election 2014: All Candidates are Anti-Poor For a Genuine Working People’s Alternative Now Governorship election will come up in Osun State on 9th of August 2014. The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), which is seeking extension of tenure of the current governor, RaufAregbesola, will be contending with a similarly pro-rich, reactionary party that is ruling at the federal
Victory at Last for Ex-UNILORIN Student Activist after 15 years ERC Welcomes the Supreme Court Judgment The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered by Justice Mary Odili which on July 11, 2014 ordered the management of University of Ilorin to forthwith release the final statement of results of Comrade Lanre Akinola and
BAMIDELE ATURU’S DEATH: PAINFUL LOSS TO THE NIGERIAN WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) express our heartfelt sorrow at the untimely departure of Bamidele Aturu, a renowned former students’ leader and pro-working class legal and human rights activist. As the Students’ Union President at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State and later as Vice-President
DOCTORS’ INDEFINITE STRIKE AND THE UNHEALTHY RIVALRY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has embarked on indefinite strike since July 1, 2014 to press home their 24 demands. Some of the demands are: Increment in duty specialist and hazard allowance, budget for residency training, reserving the position of Chief Medical Director (CMD) to only medical doctors, appointment
CDWR Condemns Killing of Innocent Citizens at Dangote’s Gboko Cement Factory The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in strongest terms the killing of seven innocent citizens by soldiers of the Nigerian Army at the Gboko Cement Factory owned by Aliko Dangote. According to media reports, the soldiers attached to the factory were alleged to have shot one
ERC OPEN LETTER TO NANS ZONE-D LEADERSHIP ON WAVE OF FEE-HIKES AND NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ï¶ FOR A DAY LECTURE BOYCOTT AND MASS PROTEST! The current wave of fee hikes in the country, rapidly spreading in the South West especially, has further worsened the general conditions of Nigerian students. Various administrations of tertiary institutions, in connivance with various anti-poor
DSM, UI BRANCH PRESENTS CANDIDATE TO CONTEST POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS’ UNION Agenda for a mass-based, Virile and Independent Students’ union! Olawuni Mustapha, DSM UI Branch candidate for Students’ Union President, photo by DSM There is every indication that University of Ibadan (UI) Students’ Union elections will be held on 12th of July, 2014. This will be the fourth
No to Privatization of Refineries: Labour Unions Must Uncompromisingly Oppose This Daylight Robbery Socialist Party of Nigeria statement The Nigerian government is hell-bent in taking Nigeria to an economic road to perdition with its rabid implementation of neo-liberal policies. The latest in the phase is the privatization of the state-owned oil refineries. If allowed, this policy will further worsen the
SPN CONDEMNS WUSE II BOMBING AND OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the June 25, 2014 bombing of Banex Shopping Plaza in Wuse 11, Abuja that led to the death of 21 persons while injuring 17 others. Among the casualties is Suleiman Bisalla, Managing Editor (Northern Operations) of the New Telegraph. We commiserate with