Police live in Deplorable Conditions
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Policemen and women live under the most inhumane conditions, despite the appropriation of billions of naira over the years, for their welfare....
El-Rufai Begins Demolition in Kaduna, Kano State also rises against the poor
by Yusuf Lawal
Mallam El-Rufai will always be remembered in Abuja for destroying the homes and homes and lives of thousands of poor people when...
The Labour Party and the Trade Unions
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The certificate of registration of Labour Party was returned to the Nigeria Labour Congress by Dan Nwuanyanwu, a former National Chairperson of...
The Buhari Administration and the Working Class
by Adefolarin Olamilekan
A pertinent question for working class activists, nearly three month after the swearing in of President Buhari, must be how ready is...
No to 100% increase in VAT!
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is again threatening to increase the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 10%....
FIGHT FOR N66,000 MINIMUM WAGE NOW!
There is no doubt that the N18,000 national minimum wage is take home pay that can hardly take any worker home. So it is...
One month after President Buhari’s inauguration, whither the working class?
by Adefolarin A. Olamilekan
A pertinent question for working class activists, one month after the swearing in of President Buhari must be how ready is...
Nigeria: The Six Year Revolution
June 12; significance and lessons for the working class*
by Baba Aye
Introduction
Twenty two years ago, what has been described as “the freest and fairest elections”...
Austerity for us – but the good times continue for them!
People are rightly outraged with the idea that each member of the National Assembly is to receive a ‘wardrobe’ allowance of N9million. This is...
THE FAILURE OF THE 7TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; THE IMMINENT FAILURE OF THE 8TH...
by Botti Isaac
The drama at the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly yesterday calls to mind the contradictions that exist within the ruling class...
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The average expenditure of the National Assembly has been N150bn per year over the last four years. Despite gulping a whooping N600bn in that...
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