For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
For Massive Public Funding and Democratic Control of Agriculture Working People and Poor Farmers Must Resist Neo-Liberal Policies By Eko John Nicholas Under the APC-led Tinubu administration, chronic hunger and hardship have not only become rife, the majority of the population now face serious food insecurity. Poor Nigerian households are confronted with possible starvation due to high cost of food
Implementation of new minimum wage must not lead to retrenchment of workers, or reversal of already-won concessions NLC and TUC leadership must call congress of workers to take final decisions The attention of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State has been drawn to a press release by the Osun State government, announcing a new minimum wage of N75,000 (seventy
Protests have rocked Mozambique since ‘preliminary’ results of presidential and legislative elections held on 9 October declared the ruling Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo) the winner. Mozambique can be added to the growing rollcall of neocolonial countries where the population has taken to the streets in open revolt. Since 2018, the masses have shaken the ruling classes to their core in
ERC demands an immediate reversal of fee hike and adequate funding of all the state-owned tertiary institutions We call on the state NLC, TUC and civil society organisations to also demand the reversal of the fee hikes The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Oyo State Chapter, condemns a recent wave of fee hikes across the Oyo State owned tertiary institutions and
Friday November 8 saw the #EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos State Chapter, hold a protest march in solidarity with those on criminal trial and in detention in connection with the nationwide protest held between August 1 and August 8 over mass hunger and economic hardship. Nearly 100 protesters, including members of the Movement, Womanifesto – a coalition of women groups, CEEHOPE and
#EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos State Text of a press conference addressed by the #Endbadgovernance movement, Lagos State Chapter, on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, to respond to the discontinuation of suit and release of 114 protesters including minors and to call for similar reprieve for all the remaining protesters in detention and on trial nationwide.
Magistrate commenced a criminal trial without legal representation and proof of evidence for the defendant (Abbey Trotsky) Matter adjourned till 12th December, 2024 The criminal matter based on four-count trumped–up charges of conspiracy to commit breach of public peace, unlawful assembly, assault and malicious damage levelled against Comrade Abbey Trotsky, the Oyo State coordinator of the Campaign for Democratic and
DEMANDS THEIR UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE AND THE DROPPING OF CHARGES AGAINST ALL PROTESTERS On Friday, 1st November 2024, the Nigerian government arraigned 76 protesters, including 32 minors aged between 14 and 17, for ‘terrorism and treason’ at a Federal High Court in Abuja and January 24, 2025 was set as the start date for their trial. The protesters who were arrested
