NLC Archives - Intervention

Prof Toye Olorode Pays Tribute to Comrade Prof Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2026In: FlashbackTags: 'Ali Must Go', 'Great Ife mystique', ASUU, Dr. Mahmud Moddibo Tukur, Ife Dialogue Committee, NLC, NUNS, Segun Okeowo, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

Published below is Prof Omotoye Olorode’s tribute to Prof BJ. Written from the Odoje Biodiversity Centre. Ogbómọṣọ in Oyo State of Nigeria’ where he currently is, this is not just a tr... Read more

Dipo Fashina and Asisi Asobie As a Spectacle @ Cde Hassan Summonu’s Event

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2026In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, BUK, CAPP, LSE, NANS, NLC, NTA, OAU Ile-Ife, Philosophy, UNN, USA, USSRNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The 85th birthday and book presentation in honour of pioneer president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Comrade Hassan Summonu has come and gone with its many sides. Al... Read more

Senate’s Persecution of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a Descent into Legislative Dictatorship

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Godswill Akpabio-led Senate, Kogi Central, National Assembly, NLC, Representative democracy, Tyrannical leadershipNo CommentsViews:

By Comrade Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) rises in vehement condemnation of the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate’s decision to continue barring Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from... Read more

Cde John Odah @ 65 and the Challenge of Radical Democratic Renewal in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: CLO, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, Hegemony, Immanent critique, Left, NLC, Prof Festus Iyayi, Radical democratic politics, Right wing, Tinubu assemblage, WINNo CommentsViews:

In a remarkable language game at the 65th birthday of Dr Kole Shettima of MacArthur Foundation earlier in February 2025, Nigerians heard from the organisers that unless people like Dr. Kole... Read more

What a Piercing Reminder of WIN!

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ASUU, Feminism, Gender, NANS, NCWS, NLC, WINNo CommentsViews:

As invasive as the social media platforms, so also is it the case that they also do come along with great reminders. This book cover is one of such. It is a picture that will bring joy as we... Read more

The Role of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nation-Building in Nigeria: Looking Back, Looking Around, and Confronting the Future

Posted By: adminon: May 11, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, Dr. Dipo Fashina, Dr. Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, IMF/World Bank, NAUT, Nigerian university system, NLC, Oil wealth, Popular struggles for nation-building, Prof Asisi Asobie, Prof Biodun Jeyifo, Prof Festus Iyayi, SAP, Udoji Award, “Agreement of Imperfect Obligation”No CommentsViews:

By Attahiru Muhammadu Jega (OFR) Outline of Presentation: Introduction 2 Looking Back… ... Read more

Reveal Your Head, It Cannot Be Hidden: The Unmasking of the PYMN and the Student Movement in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 08, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ABU Zaria, ASUU, BUK, Emma Ezeazu, Feminists, Marxists, MPN, NANS, NCNC, NLC, NUNS, NYM, PYMN, Segun Okeowo, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNN, WIN, YUSSAN, ZikistsNo CommentsViews:

By Y. Z. Ya’u Cde Y. Z Yáu, the Executive Director of the Kano based Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), delivered this review of the book Aluta Continua: The Story of... Read more

Comrade Ali Chiroma, the Sincere, Fearless But Quiet, Revolutionary Leader

Posted By: adminon: April 24, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Babangida junta, Democrats, Lasisi Osunde, NANS, NLC, OATUUNo CommentsViews:

By Columbus Chilaka Obasi Anyanwu I worked with Comrade Ali Chiroma from 1984 until 1988 when the General Babangida military government banned NLC after its alliance with NANS to fight again... Read more

When Former NANS Leaders Turned Cecelia Abashi’s Burial to a Trip Into History

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2024In: People in ActionTags: BUK, College of Education -Akwanga, June 4th, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, MAAS, NANS, Nasarawa Eggon, NLC, Olisa Agbakoba, UNILAG, University of Calabar, ‘Democratic centralismNo CommentsViews:

It was the burial of one of their own. For Cecelia Abashi was not a radical by association with the late husband, Chris Abashi. She was the personification of radicalism – stubborn in... Read more

As NLC Steps Into Hardship Protests in Nigeria, Exposing President Tinubu’s Paradoxes

Posted By: adminon: February 26, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Adams Smith, Bono, CD, Civil society, DA, Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s subsidy regime, Empire, Gramsci, NANS, NLC, Oxfam, SCON, The Economist, ‘Who Elected Oxfam?’No CommentsViews:

Barring last minute cancellation or postponement or similar surprises, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is rolling out its affiliates at last for a test of strength against the Tinubu admi... Read more