The Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) produced a special issue of its newspaper, Socialist Democracy, this week, as mass protests take place against repressive police and the Buhari government. Below is the text of the […]
The military in Nigeria shot unarmed protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, in Lagos, earlier this week. Instead of taking action against the perpetrators, Nigerian President Buhari has remained silent. This follows a spontaneous mass […]
Anger at replacement of hated SARS police unit by Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) units A renewed tidal wave of anger swept Nigeria after the police chief, Mohammed Adamu, announced that the now disbanded brutal, […]
The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the news of the dissolution of the infamous Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 state commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Inspector General of Police […]
It will be 60 years on 1 October since Nigeria got its flag independence from Britain during the decolonisation process of Africa. Faced with increasing demands for independence throughout its African colonies, British imperialism moved […]
A visible wave of anger and disappointment from labour activists and those wanting to defend living standards swept Nigeria as news came out that the country’s trade union leaders had, at the last minute, ‘suspended’ […]
As Nigeria is hit by economic recession and Covid, protests are starting to develop against new added burdens of increases in fuel and electricity prices. These price hikes are just adding to the disillusionment and […]
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the unjust arrest of members and journalists for protesting against anti-poor policies by the Buhari Government We demand for the immediate release of all arrested protesters We demand […]
Last year saw a split in and the re-foundation of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), as outlined in ‘Rebuilding the CWI, Lessons and tasks‘. Since the July 2019 re-foundation conference, the debate which […]
The Nigerian federal government ordered the lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, with effect from March 31, 2020. Lagos is the epicentre of covid-19 in […]
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