For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
ACQUITTAL OF SARAKI BY CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL SHOWS THE LIMITATION OF CAPITALIST GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT After a long trial, the Code of Conduct Tribunal delivered a ruling on the No-case submission of the Defence Counsel of Senate President Bukola Saraki, which struck out all the charges filed against him. This has drawn the ire of layers of working masses
ONE MONTH AFTER, SIX STUDENTS OF LAGOS STATE MODEL COLLEGE CONTINUE TO LANGUISH IN KIDNAPPERS’ DEN ERC Demands their Immediate Rescue Calls for policies to address the social roots of kidnapping and other crimes About one month ago, six secondary school students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla-Epe, were kidnapped. Uptill now, there is no news of their release despite
May and Tories must go! After Britain’s election: Organise, strike, resist, to fight for Corbyn’s policies (Click to enlarge) By Hannah Sell, Socialist Party of England and Wales deputy general secretary. From the Socialist Party of England and Wales website. Theresa May’s failed election gamble is a nightmare for the capitalist class in Britain. Seven weeks ago most of Britain’s
RISING ETHNIC TENSION: Labour Must Act Urgently to Prevent Anarchy Only a programme of struggle can unite working people and youth across sectarian divide The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly condemns the 3-month ultimatum issued by a coalition of 16 so-called Northern youth groups to people of Igbo extraction to exit the North. This sort of sectarian and reactionary
ELECTRICITY CRISIS: AJEGUNLE RESIDENTS HOLD PROTEST REJECT OUTRAGEOUS BILLING AND DEMAND RENATIONALIZATION OF THE POWER INDUSTRY COMMUNITY RESOLVE TO CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN UNTIL EKEDC ENDS OVERBILLING No Light, No Payment – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) By Fidel Davynovich, DSM Ajegunle Branch The No Payment for Darkness, No Disconnection campaign initiated last April by the Ajegunle, Lagos, branch of the
SPN Registration Case Adjourned Again Snail pace of the Judicial system helping to perpetuate INEC injustice against us By Peluola Adewale The long standing legal action of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blocking its registration suffered another adjournment on Wednesday June 7. This was the 18th time since November 19 2014 when
Britain: Mobilise for a mass movement after 8 June (Click to enlarge) Editorial of the June 1 issue of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in England and Wales The closing gap between Labour and the Conservatives (Tories) in the opinion polls for the June 8 general election has confounded all wings of the British capitalist establishment. The right
DSM CONDEMNS THE ARBITRARY CLOSURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN (UI) AND THE SUSPENSION OF THE STUDENTS’ UNION BY THE DESPOTIC PROF. OLAYINKA-LED MANAGEMENT. Workers Unions (ASUU, NASU, NAAT & SSANU) and Parents must condemn administrative highhandedness and attacks on democratic rights of students The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) University of Ibadan Branch condemns in totality the arbitrary closure of
Venezuela: The Constituent Assembly and tasks for revolutionaries Combat the counter-revolution with socialist, not capitalist policies Izquierda Revolucionaria and Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Venezuela) On 1 May, President Nicolas Maduro announced the calling of a Constituent Assembly, “to achieve peace the Republic needs…. to defeat the fascist coup… so that it will be the people and their sovereignty which impose
Jingo at 70 A Revolutionary and Committed Working Class Fighter Dipo Fashina – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) joins other socialists, trade unionists, students and working class activists to celebrate Dr. Dipo Fashina on the occasion of his 70th birthday. We proudly celebrate Jingo as one of the best of his generation – a consistent