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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...

As Nigeria commemorated its 65th Independence Day anniversary, I spoke with Ejikeme Omenazu of the Independent newspapers on several issues dwelling on the history and current situation of Nigeria, ranging from how far the country has fared, to the Civil War, the so-called indivisibilty of Nigeria, the non-difference-difference, if I may of the different sections of the local ruling class, the travails of Omoyele Sowore and Aliko Dangote's union bursting antics.  It is now 65 years after Nigeria's independence; how has the country fared so far? It depends on the question of which class you are talking about. Nigeria has fared badly for working-class people. At independence, workers, poor farmers and the urban poor were not as badly off as they are now. Hunger and insecurity did not stalk the land. They yearned for things to be better. They had high hopes that with independence, their lives would become better still. But it did not take them long to see that this was not goin...

Introduction   The Labour Party, LP, Nigeria’s fastest growing and ideologically rooted party, held its 2nd regular National Convention on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the main auditorium of the Labour House in the Central Business District, Abuja.  The convention commenced with two lectures, in line with the party’s appreciation of the importance of education for a social-democratic party’s ideological development and cadres’ mentoring. Senator (Prof) Jonathan Silas Zwingina, Chairman, Centre for Legislative Development, presented the lecture on “Electoral Reforms as a Recipe for Good Governance”, while the second paper presented on “Curbing Corruption by Political Leaders: Challenges and Prospects”, was prepared by Justice Mustapha Akanbi, CFR, pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission. The Convention was addressed by eminent personalities including: the first Executive Governor elected on the platform of the Labour Party H.E. Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, G...