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The press is recently awash with the latest news about the failed privatization of NITEL, the foremost Nigerian government communication giant that has been made the ghost of itself. However, this writer has written an article, on 31 Mar 2010, published on socialistnigeria.org, herein republished which addressed the planned privatization of NITEL to New Generation Nigeria. The article still retains its valid argument which has been confirmed by the latest failed privatization of the organization. This article is hereby republished for education of the change seeking working people, intellectual and youth. It again underlines the fact that the capitalist ruling class and their partners ion the economic sector cannot move the country forward an inch. NITEL PRIVATIZATION: A CASE OF CAPITALIST PLUNDER NITEL is in the bad news again. This time, it is the fraudulent sale of NITEL to an unknown telecom company, New Generation Nigeria. The company offer a $2.5 billion bid for the three NI...

As Nigeria moves toward 2011 elections, it is sad that the working people will be denied a genuine voice from the capitalist parties in existence today. The working people will again vote in their class enemies to power. To this end, it is neccesary to draw out the lessons and the neccesary tasks before the working people anbd youth beyond the elections, drawing from the current events from the Middle East and North Africa. Consequently, this writer shall undertake series of write-ups towards the elections, starting with this introductory article. Thios write-up is an edited version of an earlier article written for the 2010 May Day. Working People and 2011 Elections The political challenges before the working and poor people is more vital today more than ever before. That the capitalist political class has severally and collectively plunder the huge resources of the nation, while the poor people go hungry, is no more news. For the past almost eleven years of civil rule, work...

Writing for Revolutionary Change … Analysis of capitalist economic, social and political crises in Nigeria, Africa and the World through the eye of a Trotskyite by Kola Ibrahim Content list I Policy issues 1. Who Corrupted the Public Service? 2. Corruption: Need for a Radical Workers’ Party 3. On Retrenchment: Punch You Are Wrong 4. Fuel Prices Hike: Working People Reject This Onslaught 5. Motorcycle Helmet Enforcement: A Sign of Governance In Disarray 6. Still on Okada helmet Enforcement: A Call for Action 7. Re-deregulating Robbery in Nigeria 8. Nigeria’s Bank Crisis and the Limit of Sanusi’s Capitalist Reforms II. Political Debates 1. Where is the Nigerian left? 2 . Imperialism, Obasanjo and Nigerians 3. Mass investment in Oshiomhole 4. Nigeria's Solution is not in the Ballot Box 5. Tribunal’s Ruling: Imperative of a Working...