Aderemi Ogunlana (1959-2019): Tribute to a Passionate Comrade
We have lost a friend and comrade of four decades in the social movements, in person of Comrade Remi Ogunlana. Oguns as he was...
#RevolutionNow Activists #OccupyDSS Offices; the Struggle Continues
On Tuesday 12 November, over 100 activists in Abuja and about 60 in Lagos demonstrated in front of the offices of the secret police,...
Take It Back Campus Unit Demands Immediate Release of Political Prisoners and Condemns Buhari’s...
The Take It Back movement’s campus unit has condemned the federal government’s “budget of poverty and hardship” and called for the immediate release of...
SWL DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF OMOYELE SOWORE, CHAIRMAN AAC
PRESS STATEMENT
Socialist Workers and Youth League (SWL) demands the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, National Chair of the African Action Congress and Adebayo ‘Mandate’...
VAT Increment Is Anti-Poor – Tax the Rich!
The APC government has increased the Value Added Tax by 44% in the second week of September. Instead of 5%, consumers will now pay...
On the Transport Crisis in Lagos State
Lagos State is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. It has a population of over 20 million people. And it also has a terrible...
Stop the Massacres of Shi’ites! Lift Ban on IMN!! Free Zakzakky!!!
Once again members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) were murdered in cold blood by the Nigerian state. According to the IMN, 12...
How Not to Liberate Local Governments
While delivering a keynote address in Lagos recently, radical lawyer, Femi Falana, called on the Federal Government to ensure proper funding of Local Government...
Who Does the Legal System Serve?
We are often told that the court is the last hope of the common (wo)man. As the third arm of government, we are made...
Increasing Insecurity and Repression
The state has now moved into a new stage of the more widespread use of repression and illegal detention. In this situation, it is...
Today We Make History: Rage Against the Anti-People Regime! Make #RevolutionNow #FreeSowore
The first in a series of #DaysOfRage organised by the Coalition for Revolution (CORE) is today. We, as working people and youth in Nigeria,...
#RevolutionNow: “No Retreat, No Surrender” Says CORE, Demands #FreeSowore
The Coalition for Revolution (CORE) says there will be “no retreat, no surrender” in its mobilisation for #RevolutionNow, as it gears up for the...
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COVID-19 in Nigeria: SWL Calls for Collective Action to Combat the...
PRESS STATEMENT
The first recorded case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Nigeria was reported on 27 February. Since then 29 other cases have...
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The 1989 Anti-SAP Revolt
In 1989, thousands rose in protest against the IMF and World Bank-inspired Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). This supported the lavish lifestyles of corrupt government...