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- ↑ NIGERIA: JUNE 19 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION Pambazuka News , 9 May 2013.
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- ↑ Nigerian Activists Protest Marikana Massacre Of Lonmin Miners, Sahara Reporters , 6 September 2012.
- ↑ Leftists Reject Neo-liberal Policies, Daily Independent .
- ↑ Lagos Chapter Quits NCP, Democratic Socialist Movement, 8 August 2007.
- ↑ In search of working class political party [usurped] , Daily Independent , 26 November 2013.
