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ADC, PDP, SDP, LP, APGA Not Different from APC – Bàbá Ayé

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With the recent defections across party lines, both in the states and the National Assembly, how do you think such parties like ADC, PDP, SDP, LP and APGA will perform in 2027? One thing that these defections have shown is that there is essentially no difference between these nominally different parties. They all represent the same class of exploiters and oppressors of the people that have made life hell on earth for the poor working people in Nigeria. Thus, not surprisingly, when you look at their ideologies, programmes and perspectives, they are all in favour of making the rich richer whilst paying lip service to the people all in the name of seeking votes from us. For example for PDP, SDP, LP and APGA, you will see that in their 2023 manifesto, they were all for removing the fuel subsidy instead of addressing the corruption in it. And this was just one of the several neoliberal policy positions in those manifestos. As for ADC, it is a repackaged format of mainly former PDP stalwar...
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NASS Crafted Electoral Act To Favour APC — Baba Aye

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What is your take on the controversies over the real-time e-transmission of election results?  The controversies surrounding the transmission of elections say a lot about the nature of electoral politics in Nigeria. You can recall the court rulings in 2023 that the IReV could not be considered as the coalition centre. And electronic transmission of election results was deemed to be at the discretion of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). We all know who benefited most from the non-electronic transmission of results in 2023 and also stands to benefit by not enabling the transmission as a compulsory element of the 2026 Electoral Act. It is the ruling party. So, not surprisingly, opposition parties from the same ruling class of bosses joined the chorus of calls to make e-transmission compulsory. But, their point of departure is not the same as that of civil society organisations and the only party which represents a revolutionary alternative in the country is the A...
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Why US Intervention Can’t End Terrorist Activities In Nigeria – Baba Aye

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As 2025 ended and 2026 began, how would you describe Nigerians’ lives in the outgone year? Last year was a terrible year for poor working people in Nigeria. For the few that were still lucky to have salaried work, their wages could hardly take them home. House rents shot through the sky. For many people, their rents doubled between 2024 and 2025. Insecurity made travelling and even living in people’s homes a challenge of survival. While the economy did grow, it was only to the benefit of the few rich and powerful people, who became richer while the poor became poorer.  Would you say there are signs that the New Year will be better for the Nigerians? There are signs for sure that this year will be better for rich people. In the second week of the year, the news filtered in that the NGX, which is the Nigerian Stock Exchange, crossed the centi-trillion naira mark for the first time. While this hides the impact of things like the devaluation of the naira, regarding actual value, ...
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On Trump’s Declaration of Nigeria as a CPC, Recent Changes of Military Chiefs, etc: Sunday Independent Interview (23/11/25)

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What is your take on Donald Trump's declaration of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged killing of Christians? Donald Trump is playing a political card laced in hypocrisy, deceit, arrogance and imperialist interests. One cannot but laugh when he talks of wanting to come to the aid of “cherished Christians”. Three percent of the Christians in Gaza are amongst the sixty-nine thousand people that were killed in that strip in the course of two years of Israel’s genocidal campaign. But he has not only not been concerned about them, he has stood firmly against calling the war on Gaza the genocide it is. Trump and other politicians like Ted Cruz and Riley are just playing politics with this matter. On one hand, they are appealing to their white evangelical base. On the other hand Trump and indeed the American state as a whole are playing a card that Western imperialism has played time and again for centuries now, under the guise of what the British poet Rudyard ...
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Trump's Tall Tales of Genocide in Nigeria: Political Hypocrisy Amidst Systemic Crisis

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November unfolded with threats from Donald Trump to invade Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” in defence of “cherished Christians” whom he claimed were facing a genocide in the country. This immediately sparked discussions across the country and beyond. The story made the headlines of all major newspapers on Monday, November 3, all except one  — the Nation, owned by President Bola Tinubu. By the end of the week, Trump reiterated not only his insidious threats; he put Nigeria on the United States (of parts of North) America’s list of countries of particular concern (CPC) for the second time. Senator Ted Cruz, who boasts that he has “fought for years to counter the slaughter and persecution of Christians in Nigeria,” introduced a bill for religious freedom and accountability in Nigeria two months earlier. According to him, jihadists have murdered 52,000 Nigerian Christians and destroyed 20,000 churches and institutions since 2009, the year the Boko Haram Salafi-Jihadist group took up arms a...
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Aremson: The Tragic Exit of A Hero of Our Barricades

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There is no death in recent times that has left me as disconcerted as the tragic killing of Aremson by a hit-and-run driver on 12 October. I have tried to write, and each time got disoriented by the weight of emotions, some of which I still grapple with naming. This is not simply because of memories from over three and a half decades of friendship. I recalled our collaboration, the heated debates that continued late into the night before mobile phones, and the lengthy WhatsApp calls of recent times. My mind went to the cell we shared at Ikoyi prison during the June 12 struggle and the bed in a dingy hotel somewhere between Ojuelegba and Yaba as we put mechanisms in motion for the burning of tires to effect an NLC/TUC general strike that was called off at the last moment. I reflected on how my respect for Aremson soared when I visited him at home in August. Seeing the impact of a series of strokes on his health, and how he remained unbowed and unrepentant, I saluted him as one of the mo...
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Tribute to Comrade Abiodun “Aremson” Aremu

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The 9th National Administrative Committee (NAC) of the United Action for Democracy (UAD) mourns the passing of our comrade, mentor, and revolutionary leader, Comrade Abiodun “Aremson” Aremu: a tireless fighter for justice, people’s power, and human liberation. Comrade Aremson’s life was wholly devoted to the struggle for a free, democratic, and socially just Nigeria. His sudden death in a hit-and-run incident on Sunday, 12 October 2025, in Ota, Ogun State, has left a painful void in the ranks of the labour, pro-democracy, and civil society movements, both within and beyond Nigeria. As a former Convener of the UAD, Comrade Aremu embodied the values of courage, clarity, and commitment. From the days of the Campaign for Democracy (CD) through the struggles of the Joint Action Front (JAF) and the Labour–Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), he stood firm on the side of the oppressed, never compromising on principles. Through his leadership in the Amílcar Cabral Ideological School (ACIS-M)...
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