See also the section on Africa.

• Vice Chancellor at University in Ife (Nigeria) Directly Involved in Murder of Student Activists
  This is an update we have received on the conditions faced by student activists in Nigeria.  See below for more details.(December 16th, 1999)

• Student Union activists killed in Nigeria by neo-fascist death squad: Eyewitness Account
  Below is a report on recent events in Nigeria. Five students were killed by a cultist gang, that is a neo-fascist type organisation, at Ife University. Our comrades were closely involved in the events and some of them are lucky to be alive, as the gang were looking for some of them. Luckily our comrades escaped.
  
  The reports below will give you a clear idea of what is happening in Nigeria. It shows quite clearly that Nigeria is about to join Indonesia and Iran in the revolutionary process that is beginning to develop worldwide.
  
  Unfortunately we got the reports after everything had finished. But messages of solidarity from Trade Union, Student and party organisations would still be very useful.

• Life and Struggles of the Working People:  Multiple Plights of Nigerian Workers
  The labour and toil of workers has created vast material resources capable of assuring a better standard of living for Nigerian workers. However, what happens to this wealth? What reward does the Nigerian worker get from his sweat and toil?  (October, 1998)

• WAPCO - "Slave Camp"
  "When I started work here 5 years ago I could see very clearly - now I couldn’t see very well, thanks to WAPCO".  These words, made by a WAPCO worker give a clear indication of condition of work in this "slave-camp". The working conditions are no better than most other factories. It follows the all too familiar pattern in Nigeria - more work, less pay.  (June, 1999)

• The Working Woman:  a "Second Class" Worker
  In spite of the fact that women constitute a sizeable percent of the Nigerian workforce, putting in the same time as their male counterpart, with their labour of no less value, and in the vast majority of the cases, having the same responsibilities, women are still discriminated against as "second class" workers.  (June, 1999)

• The Tasks Before Unilorin Students
  An article from the Nigerian Marxist paper Workers' Alternative which looks at the problems facing the student movement in Nigeria, and the events leading up to the arrests of our comrades there! (June, 1999)

• The Living Hell of Everyday life for Workers in Lagos, Nigeria
  We spoke to two workers in Lagos (Nigeria) who described the conditions of work in the various factories they have worked in.  (May 11, 1999)

• Nigerian Rulers Attempt to Avert Growing Discontent
  The ruling class of Nigeria is facing a dilemma. The Indonesian revolution has brought home to them what could happen in Nigeria in the coming period. As in Indonesia, one man at the top was attempting to hold onto power in spite of the growing undercurrents of discontent among the masses. The overwhelming majority of the Nigerian population wants an end to military rule. That is why people came onto the streets to celebrate the death of the hated dictator, Sani Abacha, in June. Fred Weston analyses. (August 1998)