For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Halt the Demolitions Permanently! Compensate the Victims! Develop Makoko! Don’t Destroy It! On 15 March 2026, the people of Makoko held a mass meeting that sent an unmistakable message to the Lagos State Government of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu: they will not be moved. About 100 people, baales (community heads), the elderly, women, men and youth filled the meeting alongside members
No to the privatisation and commercialisation of Lagos’s Jabi Lake By DSM Abuja Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has announced plans to hand over the Jabi Lake Park to private developers. This is not completely surprising, going by the history of Wike in ruthless demolition of property and land grabbing, something that has rendered many
NLC and TUC Must Lead a Nationwide Anti-Casualisation Struggle By Abbey Trotsky Casualisation has become one of the greatest challenges confronting the Nigerian labour movement. Almost four years after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), under the leadership of Comrade Joe Ajaero, pledged to launch a nationwide struggle against casual employment and other forms of indecent labour practices, the problem has
Drop All Trumped-Up Charges Now! Solidarity Is Not a Crime! Six years after criminal proceedings were instituted against him, Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, popularly known as Abbey Trotsky, the Oyo State Coordinator of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), is still on trial simply because of the solidarity of the organisation with poor and exploited casual workers at Sumal
Senegal is presently engulfed in a historic political feud between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, the country’s two most influential political figures and former allies. This political feud is coming as a shock to millions of people who have invested their hope and aspiration for a better country in this administration with the belief that both men working
The latest outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threatens poor miners, their families and health workers. Its consequences could spread far beyond DRC borders. There have been 40 outbreaks since the virus was first identified 50 years ago, 17 of them in DRC. The most devastating started in West Africa. Between 2014 and 2016,
Another wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has affected Nigerians alongside other African migrants in South Africa. Some have been killed or injured while shops have been destroyed and looted in the recurrent violence. Reprisal or retributive actions in South Africa and possibly in Nigeria and elsewhere can further worsen the cycle of violence. By Peluola Adewale There have
Soweto Sues Former Lagos Commissioner of Police Moshood Over Brutalisation A Call for Solidarity Hassan Taiwo Soweto, member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) are currently standing sham trail before a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos on the trumped-up charges preferred against them by the Lagos State Police Command
The Crisis of Underfunding, Lack of Democratic Control and Corruption Must First be Addressed! Police Must Enjoy Democratic Right to Join Union and Control Their Welfare Funds By Abbey Trotsky President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the National Assembly a Bill seeking to establish State Police across Nigeria. Predictably, the proposal has generated widespread national debate. Nigerians who support the initiative
We Still Cry for Justice By Sodiq Duro-Orike Five years ago, on the evening of Wednesday, 18 August 2021, Comrade Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle affectionately known across the campuses of Lagos and beyond as “Omomeewa” was brutally shot and killed by yet to be identified assailants at the gate of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. He had come to campus
Students Must Organise and Fight Against Cultism and Anti-Student Policies of the University Management The Students’ Union of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife organized a public symposium to commemorate the gruesome murder of five students of the university on July 10, 1999. The symposium was attended by several students and had past union leaders as speakers and panelists. The
Governor Sanwo-Olu and LASU Authorities Must Immediately Reinstatement Dismissed ASUU Activists Between 2017 and 2019, five members of the executive council of the Lagos State University (LASU) Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were unjustly dismissed over various trumped-up and frivolous allegations. However, their real offence was insisting the university under the former Vice Chancellor Prof Lanre
SPN Olambe Holds Memorial for Mr Gbolahan On June 6, 2026, members of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Olambe Ifo Ogun State held a political memorial to mark the first anniversary of the passing of Gbolahan Festus Togunbo, the branch chairman. Mr. Gbolahan, as he was fondly called, passed away on May 14, 2025 at the age of 51
In continuation of their act of using the state apparatus of coercion to intimidate a victim of their administrative authoritarianism into silence, the management of Ezzy International College of Nursing Science, a private school in Enugu State, has served Mrs. Ifeoma Nwaogaranya, a former nursing student of the institution, with a court summon. Her offence was publicly speaking out against
Four Communities (Ikangba, Agoro, Imodi and Imosan) In Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State Hold Protest Against Land Grabbing CDWR supports protest and calls on the Gov. Dapo Abiodun-led government and the security agencies to act swiftly and decisively to curb activities of land grabbers across communities in Ogun state Following a prolonged suffering unleashed by the unhindered, nefarious
CDWR Demands the Safe Release of Other Abductees Across the Country. The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Oyo State branch, rejoices with the abducted teachers and students from the Orire Local Government Area of state and their families and communities following their safe release after spending over 55 days in captivity. We commiserate with the families of two
ORGANISE AND FIGHT AGAINST CULTISM AND ANTI-STUDENT POLICIES OF THE UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT Today, July 10, makes it 27 years after the bloody cult attack, which took the lives of five students of this institution. The slain students included a 21-year-old 400-Level law student and the then Secretary-General of the Students@ Union, George @Yemi Iwilade, popularly known to as Afrika. Others
WITHDRAW THE CYBERCRIME CHARGES! END THE TINUBU REGIME’S WAR ON DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the revocation of the bail of civil rights activist and presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore by Justice M.G. Umar and the disgraceful manner in which operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) reportedly seized him within
DEMANDS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS OF OYO TEACHERS TO REVIEW ACTION Parents Are Urged to Initiate or Support Solidarity Actions for Safe Release of Abducted Teachers and Students The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) stands in full solidarity with the public school teachers in Oyo State who have embarked on an indefinite strike following the abduction of students and teachers
NLC and TUC Should Declare 48-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest as the Next Action. On Friday June 12, 2026 protests against insecurity and economic hardship took place in a number of states across the country. Protest action has been taking place on every June 12, which is officially “Democracy Day”, especially since 2024. These have been organized by left