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...
After the General Strike: the Struggle Continues
There have been controversies and confusion in the last two weeks over the mass action organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress and its civil...
Real wages have collapsed with the naira. Cost of living keeps rising. We must:...
Nigerian workers have been plunged into a terrible situation of hunger, suffering and indebtedness. Never before has real wages fallen to the level they...
Bailout Funds Fraud
*Politicians Show True Colour
*NCSU, NLC protest
It is now official that several governors, if not all, diverted significant amounts from the bailout funds made available...
The Budget Stalemate and Workers’ Agony
There has been controversy trailing the 2016 Appropriation Bill submitted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the National Assembly, NASS. Various issues have...
Revival of Biafra Agitations
Class and the National Question
by Nnamdi Ikeagu
The past few months have witnessed waves of pro-Biafra protests, demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu of the...