If We Organise Better We Can Win!
A year ago the NLC leadership ‘relaxed’ a general strike in the middle of the second day. We had expectations of winning a minimum wage of at least 250,000 naira. This demand was given up in exchange for a Government promise not to further increase the price of petrol. The average pump price petrol then surged by...
NGUGI WA THIONG’O (1938-2025): A LITERARY ICON AND ACTIVIST
Biodun Olumosu
The literary world and political activists are going to miss Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o whose death was announced on 28th May 2025, three days after the usual annual celebration of African Freedom Day.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o became a household name from the 1960s due to his profound contributions to...
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN TRADE UNIONISM
David Polang Jatau, a trade unionist can be reached on jdpolang@gmail.com
Introduction
Since the declaration by the United Nations of the years 1976-1985 as the UN decade for women, there have been efforts by governments and organisations to encourage more women’s participation in governance and developmental efforts. One of such effort...
Wallace-Johnson: a Voice for the Oppressed, a Legacy for the Present
By Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah (Interim General Secretary, African Continental Unity Party-ACUP)
In Africa’s long and unpleasant history of liberation struggle and rebuilding of the continent, few figures embody the spirit of radical resistance and boundless solidarity with intensity as powerful as Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson. The Comrade was born in 1894 in Sierra Leone,...
STRIKES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A Catalyst for Crime and Societal Instability?
by Opaluwa Eleojo Simeon,
Introduction
The educational sector—comprising universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education—has been plagued by underfunding and the failure by governments to implement their agreements with the trade unions. As a result, strikes have been common over the past 15 years. These stoppages disrupt academic progress and socio-economic stability....
Real Economic Growth in Nigeria Since 2000
Tina Ndi
In the fifteen years to 2015, the Nigerian economy grew rapidly and became many times larger. Since then economic growth has continued at a more modest rate. Despite this huge economic growth, the living standards of most people have fallen since 2000, especially over the last couple of years.
How Can the FCT Area Council Workers Strike Win?
Workers of Abuja area councils have been on an indefinite strike since late March over implementation of the minimum wage. This strike is an important test case. Around 20 states have also yet to implement the minimum wage. If the trade unions cannot win in Abuja, then it will be more difficult in many states. Complete victory...
The Misery of a People Without Hope
By Abadom Lawrence Amechi
Hope is the sustenance that bridges the gaps between life's routine nourishments. Even when circumstances force us to skip meals, hope becomes the substitute that keeps us going. It is the elixir of life, the vital energy that fuels our existence and lubricates the engine of our being. Without hope,...
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF FUOYE IN DISPENSING TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE
By Biodun Olamosu
The Council of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) has shown clearly their bias over the allegations of sexual harassment against the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abayomi Fasina. It has exercised injustice in its judgment against the victim of this oppression, Engineer Folasade Adebayo, a senior staff and...
Insecurity? – How should socialists start to think about this problem?
Alex Batubo
Any form of ethnic or national chauvinism needs to be avoided at all costs as it divides and weakens the working class. So we should not even suggest that any ethnic group, foreigners or aliens are any part of the ‘problem’. One of the most dangerous possibilities is the descent into inter-ethnic...