For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
SHOCKING ABDUCTION OF 110 GIRLS IN DAPCHI, YOBE STATE, BY SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM MILITANTS H.T Soweto On 20th February 2018, Nigerians woke up to a news they least expected: the abduction the night before of 110 female students of Government Science and Technical Girls College, Dapchi, Yobe State. A few days before, the Military had yet again announced that Boko
HERDSMEN VERSUS FARMERS CRISES An independent class approach needed to find genuine solution to the recurring decimal of violence H.T Soweto Brutal killings arising from farmer-herder clashes have left a trail of bodies, destruction and anxiety across communities in the North Central and North West zones of the country. On New Year Day, 73 people, including women and children, in
SPN Rejects Imposition of Yoruba Language for Lagos tertiary institution admission Public funded free and quality education for all devoid of discrimination should be the priority The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns a new law recently signed by the Lagos state governor Akinwumi Ambode that makes passing Yoruba language at Secondary School Leaving Examinations a requirement for admission into
Zuma ousted as President of South Africa Does Ramaphosa offer any hope for the working class? by Weizmann Hamilton, Workers and Socialist Party Executive Committee (WASP, CWI in South Africa) Inside two months following his election as ANC president at the party’s December 2017 national conference, Cyril Ramaphosa has realised the ambition he reportedly set himself whilst still at high
2019 General Elections and the Working Masses Place no faith in Obasanjo or any member of the capitalist ruling elite H.T Soweto The public rejection of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid by former President Olusegun Obasanjo through a public statement is clearly an indication that a new crack has opened within the already divided capitalist ruling class. He accused
OBASANJO IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS OF NIGERIA’S MISFORTUNE HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO PROPOSE A SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS Only the coming to power of a Workers and Poor people’s government armed with Socialist Programme can save Nigeria The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) totally agrees with former president Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari and APC do
TIME UP FOR THE LOOTERS’ PARTIES · A Clarion call for support for SPN to Fix Nigeria SPN statement on receiving its registration certificate from INEC SPN members outside INEC office Abuja after collection – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) cherishes this historic occasion of the collection of our certificate of registration from the
SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA CONDEMNS KILLINGS BY CRIMINAL HERDSMEN IN BENUE STATE AND ELSEWHERE The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) unequivocally condemns killings by criminal herdsmen in Benue State and elsewhere. We also condemn any reprisal as this, aside satisfying anger, will not resolve the real problem. We condemn the Buhari APC government and security operatives for their failure and
SPN WARNS THE BUHARI/APC GOVERNMENT AGAINST ANY ATTEMPT TO INCREASE FUEL PRICE Calls on the labour movement to declare a 24-hour warning strike and mass protest The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) warns against any plan by the Buhari/APC government to increase pump price of petroleum products. Such an attempt must be resisted by the working masses and youth across
DSM Support Workers’ Strike in Osun State Labour Leadership should call Congress of Workers now ï€ ï€ Aregbesola Government should pay full salaries and pensions to all workers and retirees ï€ ï€ All arrears of half-salaries and pensions plus gratuities must be paid. ï€ ï€ Promotion is a right, not a privilege. The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter, hereby expresses its support for the
FUEL SCARCITY: Fixing the Oil Sector is not Rocket Science! * Labour and the working masses should demand immediate repair of old refineries and building of new ones * Fight for nationalization of the oil industry under democratic control and management H.T Soweto Once again, Nigeria is in the throes of fuel scarcity. This fuel crisis is turning to be
PERENNIAL FUEL SCARCITY AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS UNABLE TO GUARANTEE SUPPLY SPN DEMANDS NATIONALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT OF THE OIL INDUSTRY AS THE WAY OUT OF THIS QUAGMIRE The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the federal government and the oil marketers/tycoons for failing to guarantee adequate supply of fuel and thereby causing untold hardship for the vast majority
ANC conference: United they stand, divided they fall by Weizmann Hamilton, Workers and Socialist Party Executive Committee (WASP, CWI in South Africa) After the most tumultuous run-up to any conference in ANC history, watched across the world, with over a thousand journalists in attendance, and the markets moving up in anticipation of the results, Cyril Ramaphosa has ascended to the
Important step for Socialist Party of Nigeria – Court orders it to be allowed to stand in elections Interview with Hassan Taiwo Soweto and Abbey Trotsky conducted by Per-Ĺke Westerlund of the Swedish Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (Socialist Justice Party) during a recent meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) held in Belgium. The Democratic
Loss of N7.6 trillion in the Oil Industry Shocking SPN Demands Recovery of the money and Nationalization of the Oil Industry under public democratic control and management The revelation by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday December 13, 2017 that Nigeria lost a whopping N7.6 trillion ($21 billion) over the past 25 years to International Oil
#EndSARS: MORE MASS PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS NEEDED UNTIL THE DEMANDS ARE WON WE CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO UNDIGNIFIED TREATMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND NIGERIANS IN GENERAL FOR A DEMOCRATIC REFORM OF THE POLICE AND SECURITY APPARATUS TO TRULY SERVE THE PEOPLE’S INTEREST FOR A POLICE UNION AND THE RIGHT OF THE ARMY AND OTHER SECURITY OPERATIVES TO UNIONISE
SPN WELCOMES THE REGISTRATION OF 21 POLITICAL PARTIES BY INEC WE DEMAND THE REGISTRATION OF SPN IN LINE WITH THE COURT JUDGMENT The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the registration of 21 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). However, the SPN is calling on INEC to immediately obey the judgment of the Federal High Court that
AT THE THRESHOLD OF WORKING CLASS POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE HISTORY! TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA (SPN) IN REACTION TO THE COURT JUDGMENT OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT DIRECTING INEC TO REGISTER THE PARTY As you may already be aware, a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole in a judgment
(Click to enlarge) Suspension of Student Activists at OAU Ile-Ife Nigeria – A Call for Solidarity By Oluwole Engels National Mobilisation Officer, ERC On 7th October, 2017, the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) indefinitely suspended four student activists including Omole Ibukun, National Secretary of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) – a platform formed by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
VICTORY AT LAST COURT ORDERS INEC TO REGISTER SPN A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole in a judgment delivered today (November 28) has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) within 30days. We of the SPN welcome the judgment, which has reaffirmed our democratic right to