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Differences Between Wike and Yerima
Kenneth Kumater Katsina
When a government minister and a naval officer faced off on an empty plot of land in Abuja, the public chose a side. This article challenges that verdict. It argues that in cheering for the lieutenant, we are dangerously romanticizing a military that has shown contempt for the very citizens it...
The Resident Doctors’ Strike is a Call to End Nigeria’s Public Health Disaster
For years, the Nigerian governments have failed to adequately fund public health. The cost of this failure is very real for most people -- we all know people who have lost their lives due to poor health and treatment. The statistics also show this failure. 2021 is the year for which we have the most reliable statistics....
Mass Protest and Union Power: the Path to Real Change
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Union Power and Mass Protest: the Path to Real Change
The events of Monday, 20th October, revealed a growing wave of public frustration across Nigeria. In the Southeast, a near-total shutdown in five states signalled deep anger over hunger, repression, and the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu. Meanwhile, in Abuja, a small but brave protest organized by Sowore and Take It Back was met with an overwhelming...
Aging Tyrants and Africa’s Future: Biya and Ouattara – the Failure of Reform
By Baba Lawan
Protests over elections in Douala, Cameroon
What does it say about democracy when people continue to re-elect men who have long outlived his political prime? The recent claimed electoral victories of Paul Biya, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, and Alassane Ouattara, the 83-year-old president of...
Lessons from the Uprising in Madagascar
The successful uprising in Madagascar to remove the national president should give confidence and inspiration to all socialists. This is just one example of the multiple popular uprisings that are taking place across the world. The symbol adopted by the protesters in Madagascar is the pirate flag, taken from a Japanese comic strip and used in Indonesia...
SOCIALIST LABOUR SUPPORTS ASUU WARNING STRIKE! Our Universities Are Dying, ASUU Is Fighting to Revive Them.
Socialist Labour supports the ASUU’s warning strike for the revival of Nigerian Universities. There are 300 universities in Nigeria with 74 Federal universities, 67 State universities and 156 private Universities. The public universities (74 Federal and 67 State) universities have 2.079 million
(94.5%) of the 2.2 million university students in Nigeria. The 156 private...
Adieu Aremson, Professor of Struggle
By Femi Aborisade
Professor of Struggle is the name with which I saved the name of Aremson in my telephone contacts' list. It is my belief that if titles were awarded for the degree of individual immersion into mass actions and emancipatory struggles of the working masses, our Aremson is eminently qualified to be...
HOW PROSCRIPTION OF TRADE UNIONS WAS FOUGHT UNDER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN REGIMES IN NIGERIA
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FEMI FALANA SAN
A fortnight ago, a group asked me to recuse myself from defending the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG). Others called me names for pointing out that the Trade Union Act has imposed a duty on employers to accord recognition to all...
We Need Robust United Trade Union Action to Win Our Education & Health Rights
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