Democratic Socialist Movement – For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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April 21, 2026
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OAU transport Crisis: ERC Calls for a Student Congress and Mass Protest!
Students’ union should reach out to staff unions and university members for joint actions Great Ife. The transport crisis on OAU campus, artificially induced by the management, requires a bold action from the students, staff and University community members. Despite the 72-hour lecture boycott by students, the Prof. Bamire-led university management has refused to yield to the demand of students
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“OAU transport Crisis: ERC Calls for a Student Congress and Mass Protest!”
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April 16, 2026
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EZZY COLLEGE OF NURSING ENUGU UNJUSTLY EXPELS STUDENT
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF IFEOMA NWAOGARANYA The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) strongly condemns the brazen authoritarianism, repression, and undemocratic atmosphere that currently define the administration of Ezzy International College of Nursing Science, Akpuoga Nike, Enugu State, under the leadership of Mrs. Ifeyinwa Okwudo. The recent unlawful expulsion of student nurse Nwaogaranya Ifeoma Rosemary is a shocking
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“EZZY COLLEGE OF NURSING ENUGU UNJUSTLY EXPELS STUDENT”
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April 14, 2026
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OAU TRANSPORTATION CRISIS: WHERE MANAGEMENT FAILS, STUDENTS SUFFER!
COMMERCIAL BUSES AND BIKES CAN OPERATE ALONGSIDE THE NEW 80 CNG VEHICLES! UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SHOULD BUILD MORE HOSTELS ON CAMPUS AND REVAMP THE EXISTING ONES Students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, currently are at the receiving end of a transportation crisis, enduring the painful stress of long queues in an unfortunate development that was clearly avoidable. For us in the
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“OAU TRANSPORTATION CRISIS: WHERE MANAGEMENT FAILS, STUDENTS SUFFER!”
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April 10, 2026
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POWER SECTOR CRISIS DEEPENS AS COMMUNITIES ARE THROWN INTO A GREATER DARKNESS
FOR RENATIONALISATION AND DEMOCRATIC MANANGEMENT OF ELECTRICITY In the last two months, gas producers and power generation companies have technically embarked on bosses’ strike. As a result, supply of gas to power plants has reduced considerably, rendering 16 out of the 33 power plants redundant at a stage. If it were electricity workers that embarked on strike over welfare issues,
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“POWER SECTOR CRISIS DEEPENS AS COMMUNITIES ARE THROWN INTO A GREATER DARKNESS”
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April 9, 2026
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PASTOR CHRIS’S COMPANY SACKS 75 WORKERS FOR JOINING TRADE UNIONS
CDWR DEMANDS REINSTATEMENT OF ALL UNLAWFULLY SACKED WORKERS AND RESPECT FOR TRADE UNION RIGHTS The democratic rights of Nigerian workers have been brazenly attacked at the Global Plus Publishing Company, a printing company based in Oregun part of Ikeja, Lagos, which is owned by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy. The Managing Director of the company, Mrs Sade Imoagene, has
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“PASTOR CHRIS’S COMPANY SACKS 75 WORKERS FOR JOINING TRADE UNIONS”
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March 18, 2026
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VICTORY AT LAST FOR NURSE AISHAT AJIBOLA, OOUTH, OGUN
INDUSTRIAL COURT IN LAGOS QUASHES HER EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION AND ORDERS REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT LOSS OF PAY OR PROMOTION It will be recalled that Aishat Ajibola and Nurse Tega were in the employment of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) until they were unjustly sacked in 2020 for exercising their democratic rights to free speech and freedom of association. Nurse Tega
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“VICTORY AT LAST FOR NURSE AISHAT AJIBOLA, OOUTH, OGUN”
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March 17, 2026
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REMOVE AND PROSECUTE CSP ADETAYO AKERELE — SCRAP THE LAGOS TASKFORCE NOW!
CP JIMOH MOSHOOD’S SUPPORT FOR AKERELE SHOWS THE REIGN OF ILLEGALITY AND ATROCITY IN THE LAGOS POLICE The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) calls for the immediate removal, arrest and criminal prosecution of Adetayo Akerele, the notorious chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, whose tenure has come to symbolize systematic oppression, extortion, intimidation and victimization of motorists and ordinary Lagosians. We
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“REMOVE AND PROSECUTE CSP ADETAYO AKERELE — SCRAP THE LAGOS TASKFORCE NOW!”
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March 18, 2026
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DEMOLITIONS IN LAGOS: MAKOKO PEOPLE HOLD MASS MEETING, REJECT PLANNED RELOCATION
SPEAKERS CALL FOR UNITY OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE On 15 March 2026, the people of Makoko held a mass meeting to discuss the next line of action in the struggle against the demolition of the waterfront area of the community. About 100 people including baales (community heads), the elderly, youth, men and women attended the meeting. Members of
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“DEMOLITIONS IN LAGOS: MAKOKO PEOPLE HOLD MASS MEETING, REJECT PLANNED RELOCATION”
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March 17, 2026
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Recruitment of 526 New Teachers in Osun State Is a Piecemeal Approach
* DSM calls for massive recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff to address the huge shortfall. * We also demand adequate funding of public education to reverse the decaying state of schools in Osun State. * We call for the cancellation of all fees being paid in public schools The attention of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, has
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“Recruitment of 526 New Teachers in Osun State Is a Piecemeal Approach”
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March 11, 2026
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SOLIDARITY IN COURT: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
DROP TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST TAIWO HASSAN SOWETO AND DELE FRANK Today, 11th March 2026, members and collaborators of the #EndBadGovernance Lagos Movement were present at Court 2 of the Yaba Magistrate Court to stand in firm solidarity with Hassan Taiwo Soweto and Dele Frank (Arole Fela), who are facing trial over mass protest against unjust demolitions and forced evictions on
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“SOLIDARITY IN COURT: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES”
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March 7, 2026
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Sumal Foods. Ibadan: Police vs Abbey Trotsky –
Court Did Not Sit – Matter Adjourned to May 11, 2026 The criminal case instituted by the Nigeria Police, at the instance of Sumal Foods Limited, Ibadan, against Abbey Trotsky was scheduled for continuation of trial on March 6, 2026 at Magistrate Court Iyaganku. Ibadan. Abbey Trotsky, accompanied by his counsel and activists, arrived at the court premises as early
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March 9, 2026
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A Call for Solidarity
Drop Trumped-Up Charges against Soweto and Dele Frank Now! On March 11, 2026, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) are expected to appear before a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos for the commencement of a sham trial on the trumped-up charges preferred against them by
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“A Call for Solidarity”
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February 24, 2026
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ASUU-FG NEWLY SIGNED AGREEMENT: A Product of ASUU’s Years of Resilience and Determined Struggle against Persistent Attacks on Public Education
The ERC Calls for Full and Lasting Implementation of the Agreement and Other University Staff Unions’ Demands We Reiterate Our Call for a United Struggle of ASUU, SSANU, NASU, NAAT, and Students’ Unions for Adequately Funded and Democratically Managed Public University Education The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the newly signed agreement between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
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“ASUU-FG NEWLY SIGNED AGREEMENT: A Product of ASUU’s Years of Resilience and Determined Struggle against Persistent Attacks on Public Education”
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February 14, 2026
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Open letter to Comrade Omoyele Sowore and the African Action Congress (AAC): A Call for a United Left Electoral Front for 2027 and Beyond
Fraternal Greetings to you and members of the African Action Congress (AAC). We of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) write you this open letter in respect of the 2027 general elections and the need for an organised, principled united electoral platform of the left in Nigeria. Ahead of the 2027 elections there is no mass party, especially with socialist program,
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“Open letter to Comrade Omoyele Sowore and the African Action Congress (AAC): A Call for a United Left Electoral Front for 2027 and Beyond”
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February 14, 2026
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LAGOS POLICE MUST RETURN ALL PROPERTY SEIZED FROM ANTI-DEMOLITION PROTESTERS
CONTINUED SEIZURE OF ANTI-DEMOLITION PROTESTERS’ BELONGINGS AND RENTED MUSICAL GADGETS BY THE POLICE IS WICKED, DRACONIAN, CRIMINAL AND UNDEMOCRATIC. CDWR DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL SEIZED ITEMS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND DROPPING OF ALL TRUMPED-UP CHARGES. Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) condemns the continued seizure of personal belongings of anti-demolition protesters and DJ’s sound system and gadgets
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“LAGOS POLICE MUST RETURN ALL PROPERTY SEIZED FROM ANTI-DEMOLITION PROTESTERS”
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February 12, 2026
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Abduction of a Fish Farmer and Four Others at Ikangba/Agoro Axis Ogun State by Gunmen: FFRC Demands their Immediate Release
We Condemn the Worsening Security Situation in Ogun State and  Call on Gov. Dapo Abiodun and Security Forces to be Alive to their Responsibility The Food and Farmers’ Rights Campaigns (FFRC) brings to the attention of the general public, Dapo Abiodun-led government and security forces, the worsening security situation in the Ikangba/Agoro Axis in particular and Ogun state in general.
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“Abduction of a Fish Farmer and Four Others at Ikangba/Agoro Axis Ogun State by Gunmen: FFRC Demands their Immediate Release”
Last Updated on
February 11, 2026
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UGANDA’S 2026 ELECTIONS: MUSEVENI’S OFFICIAL VICTORY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A “NEW UGANDA”
Ugandan’s Museveni had his 40-year rule extended in January 2026 through an election marred with irregularities, apathy and heavy repression of opposition, especially members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) led by activist Bobi Wine. By Adaramoye Michael Lenin Museveni, before the election, had boasted that he would win the election with a figure not less than 80% of the
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“UGANDA’S 2026 ELECTIONS: MUSEVENI’S OFFICIAL VICTORY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A “NEW UGANDA””
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February 9, 2026
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DEMAND FOR JUSTICE AFTER LAGOS POLICE SUPPRESSION OF PROTEST AGAINST UNJUST DEMOLITIONS
AN ATTACK ON ONE IS AN ATTACK ON ALL: STATE VIOLENCE, MEDICAL EVIDENCE, AND THE DEMAND FOR JUSTICE FOR COMRADE TAIWO HASSAN SOWETO The attention of the civil society community in Nigeria and globally, socialists, the labour movement, human rights defenders, and the general public is hereby drawn to the disturbing medical findings arising from the MRI and Chest X-ray
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“DEMAND FOR JUSTICE AFTER LAGOS POLICE SUPPRESSION OF PROTEST AGAINST UNJUST DEMOLITIONS”
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February 5, 2026
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PERSISTENT INSECURITY IN NIGERIA
United Actions of Working People and Socialist Alternative are Needed to End the Crisis On Christmas Day 2025, the United States launched missiles that reportedly hit two terrorist camps in the Bauni forest axis of Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, near the border with the neighbouring Niger republic. This airstrike was on the order of the US President Donald
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“PERSISTENT INSECURITY IN NIGERIA”
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February 5, 2026
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TINUBU/ADC – Can the ADC Coalition Provide a Serious and Genuine Alternative?
Without mincing words, the Tinubu/APC government has been not just an utter failure, but a monumental disaster for Nigeria in its two years of existence. From day one, when President Bola Tinubu made his infamous declaration that ‘subsidy is gone,’ his administration has launched one attack after another on working people. Virtually every sector has become a source of extortion
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