Rising Unemployment; Fuelling Poverty
The ranks of unemployed working-class people in Nigeria continues to swell at an alarming rate. In January, the National Bureau of Statistics released figures...
Consolidating on Poverty
Reality of the 2018 Federal Budget
The 2018 Federal Budget is described by the Government as a “Budget of Consolidation”. But, just as the 2017...
On Restructuring and the Developmental State
Restructuring has been one of the most used words in political discourse in the country, over the last six months. The trade union movement...
Restructuring Should Mean Substantial Increase in Minimum Wage
There has been much chatter in the media in recent months over restructuring. This is just a squabble among the ruling elite over who...
Anti-Corruption: Neglecting a Socialist Alternative
Sola Olorunfemi, General Secretary of AUTOBATE reports the opinions of the national dialogue on the fight of the Buhari led government against corruption
The...
Wealth of five richest Nigerians could remove poverty in Nigeria – Oxfam
In mid-May the international NGO Oxfam issued a report which brings together information on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. The information is shocking, but...
Economic Recession – Implications for the Working Class
The current global economic crisis is the outcome of unjust exploitation by the capitalists and appropriation of the sweat of the working class and...
NPC Lagos Chapter Holds Congress
The Lagos State Chapter of the National Conscience Party (NCP) will hold its Congress on March 25. SWL members in the state will participate...
2017: TIME TO ACT!
Rising cost of living
Unpaid salaries of workers
N56,000 Minimum Wage
2016 was one of the gloomiest years for Nigerian workers. We...
2017 Budget: No Cause for Workers to Cheer
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on November 14, presented the 2017 Federal Budget tagged “Budget of Recovery and Growth to the National Assembly for...
RECESSION: BUILD A MASSIVE FIGHTBACK, NOW!
The Nigerian economy is now "technically" in a recession, according Ms Kemi Adesun, the Minister of Finance. By the end of July, recession was trending on google, in...
Capitalism Breeds Corruption – Worldwide
Quite often, elites in advanced capitalist countries and International Financial Institutions such as IMF & World Bank present corruption as a problem of the...
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Ministerial Appointments and the Federal Government’s Image Obsession
The ministerial appointments in August and the line of questioning of the Senate during the screening process which showed their preoccupation with “image”, presentation...
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History of Women’s Oppression
Women’s oppression is the most deeply entrenched oppression. It is seen as biological, psychological, universal and age-old. This view impacts on how we understand...