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The State of the Labour Movement in Nigeria and the Challenges of how to Revitalize It
Keynote Address Presented at the 2025 CITAD Kano Labour Institute, 8th July 2025
By Dung Pam Sha, Department of Political Science, University of Jos
In this presentation, Dung Pam Sha provides a comprehensive review of the State of the Labour Movement in Nigeria with international comparisons.
In summary he...
We Need Active Trade Unions and an Electoral Alliance to Win Workers’ Demands!
Experience across the world has repeatedly shown that we can only improve our lives and those of the working peoples when there is an active alliance between the trade unions and a Labour Party or a similar party. Even when a pro-labour party is successful in the elections, trade union action is...
We Need Active Trade Unions and an Electoral Alliance to Win Workers’ Demands!
Experience across the world has repeatedly shown that we can only improve our lives and those of the working peoples when there is an active alliance between the trade unions and a Labour Party or a similar party. Even when a pro-labour party is successful in the elections, trade union action is necessary to ensure that the...
THE COURT HAS RE-AFFIRMED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL NIGERIANS TO PEACEFUL PROTEST
You will recall that on the 30th of September 2024 six members of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), namely, Barr. Yusha'u Sani Yankuzo, Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu Daudu, Barr. Amina Bello, Comrade Anas Ado Ahmad, Comrade Sani Ibrahim Narogo and Comrade Abdullahi Adamu Mandawari, were abruptly arrested by the combined forces of the State Security...
How Could a Decent Minimum Wage Help to Reduce Insecurity?
Presented by Comrade Christiana John Bawa
PUAC Movement Against Xenophobia, Ethnicity, and Tribal Dominance
Introduction
Nigeria's Insecurity Crisis: The Wage-Peace Nexus
Pervasive...
Solidarity with Indefinite Strike by FCT Area Councils & Other Protests
Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Medical & Health Workers Union (MHWUN) and National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) continue their indefinite strike that started on 24th March. All the primary schools and primary health care...
Benue at the Crossroads: Confronting State Failure and Economic Desperation
By Maxwell Adeyemi
For far too long, Benue State has witnessed gruesome killings that no successive administration—past or present—has managed to halt. This isn’t merely a recurring incident; it is a symptom of a systemic failure. The bloodshed is not the product of an isolated ethnic clash but of deep-rooted socio-economic woes, political neglect,...
Musk vs Trump: The Battle of Capitalisms in Crisis
By Munya Gwisai8 June 2025
In the unfolding drama of 21st-century capitalism, few conflicts are as telling—and as historically charged—as the one between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. This is no mere clash of personalities or egos, though both men possess those in abundance. It is, at its core, a struggle between two fundamentally...
If We Organise Better We Can Win!
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