Election Petitions & the Working Class
Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of LP have both petitioned the Elections Petitions Tribunal against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The “Go To Court” Dispensation
The electoral law in Nigeria stipulates that individuals are duly elected by winning the highest number of votes cast, in addition to having a...
Why The System Makes Mangos Waste in Makurdi Instead of Making Fruit Juice
A trending item of discussion on Twitter recently has been the loss of tonnes of fruits produced every farming season in Benue state. People...
Ekweremadu & the Ruling Class’ Hypocrisy
The Central Criminal (Old Bailey) court in London found Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the 60-year-old wealthy former deputy president of the Nigerian senate guilty of...
One Year After the Train Attack: We Are Still Not Safe – The Ruling...
Nigerians will forever remember 28 March 2022 with anguish and anger as a tragic emblem of Major General Muhammadu (rtd)’s government's failure. The bombing...
Say NO to politicisation of ethnic differences
The 25 February presidential and national assembly elections, as the Socialist Workers & Youth League, pointed out in a statement “involved large-scale rigging, intimidation...
Towards revolutionary struggle after the elections: SWL/AAC symposium – 25 March
The 2023 general elections have once again confirmed that, while elections might be quite important, we cannot win our emancipation as exploited working people...
Use of old naira notes: what next for the working class?
A lot of Nigerians were happy when Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria confirmed the bank’s compliance with the Supreme Court...
Weekly Socialist Updates and Perspectives for Working-class and Youth Activists
Socialist Workers & Youth League is happy to introduce the Socialist Worker Weekly to you after a six-week test run of this modest paper,...
Post-Election Crisis Looms as PDP, Labour Party, Reject Results; Head to Court
After a keenly contested election campaign, and a voting process marred by voter intimidation, ballot snatching and violence, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Supreme Court Declares Old Notes Valid Till December
On the heels of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaring the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, president-elect, the...
NLC Supports Peter Obi: But What Does Obi Stand For?
With barely three days until the 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Labour Congress reaffirmed its support for Peter Obi's candidacy of the Labour Party....
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SYL Statement on Unijos Student’s Death from Poor Healthcare & in...
Socialist Youth League joins students of the University of Jos to mourn the tragic loss of Nankling Samuel, a student of the University who...
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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...