₦airaland Forum

SeeWahala:
But . . . It is actually a crappy song naw or abi my ear dey hear wetin no dey play? 🤔

It has little or no meaning, but actually has a very catchy beat that makes it entertaining to listen to

RandDigital:
The jacarandas are out, and honestly, it’s one of the highlights for anyone who drives the cities’ canopied streets. They add a touch of magic here that can’t be found anywhere else in SA, or at least not in the numbers that we have them in Gauteng province.

But do you know the story behind these blooming jacarandas? They’re actually not indigenous to South Africa.

They came from Brazil more than 100 years ago, Durban got the first ones in the early 1800s, and Pretoria followed in the 1880s. Two of the oldest trees still stand in Sunnyside (Pretoria) today.

When the Union Buildings (President's office, see last picture) were being built in the early 1900s, the city was also modernising its infrastructure. Old trees had to be removed to make way for new sewerage systems. Instead of leaving streets bare, the Pretoria Council handed out jacaranda saplings for free to residents. People planted them in their gardens and along pavements, and before long, entire streets bursted with purple.

That’s how Pretoria earned its nickname, Jacaranda City (picture 3)

Today there are about 65,000 mature jacaranda trees across the city. They all flower at once on bare branches, which is why the bloom always seems to come out of nowhere like a surprise. And while we might think of them as Pretoria’s pride, Johannesburg actually has even more (picture 2)

There are even rare white-flowering jacarandas near Jan Cilliers Park and Wonderboom if you know where to look.

The University of Pretoria (UP) alone is home to over 200 trees, some of which were transplanted during the Bus Rapid Transit project and are still thriving.

Jason Sampson, who heads the botanical gardens at UP, says jacarandas are some of the toughest.

Pests aren’t really partial to them, and so they’ve stood the test of time as an invasive species. They’re actually one of the few invasive species given an exclusion clause, meaning they can still be planted in urban areas. That’s why they’ve remained such an iconic part of Pretoria.

We should bring them to Lagos to add a bit of colour to Lagos. The city is just so drab and lacking in colour.

[quote author=Racoon post=137011058]@fattylincorn_Ø1

Good day to everyone, wherever you may be watching from. I am Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego, Chairman of the NURTW in Lagos State.

This afternoon, I was invited by the DSS over false allegations, claiming that I insulted some groups while addressing our… pic.twitter.com/PxxBeV3c5P

— 36kinniun media👑 🦁 🕊 (@fattylincorn_01) October 2, 2025

he joking!! Something that was on tape!

givedemwotowoto:
So many explanations to take the focus away from fighting corruption. Like a man who is well paid but wastes his money on gambling, alcohol and women, explaining to his wife why he can’t feed his family

I don't know why so many Nigerians seem to think there's only one problem with Nigeria. The reality is that there are many problems with Nigeria. Corruption is one of them. Likewise incompetence and also our political structure amongst others.

Hermaphrodite2:
I came across the school fees for freshly admitted students in UNILORIN. Is this not getting out of hand? I can remember vividly, this sum isn't upto what students pay for their whole study in the university. In addition, Acceptance fees of 40k has to be paid

If everything around you has gone up (rent, food, transport, internet, dstv, phone etc), do you expect school fees to remain the same?

BlackViper:
The problem of incompetence in tax collection is already raring its head again.

We have been told that the new tax regime will go into effect on the 1st of January 2026 and before then, everyone will be expected to already have a Tax Identification Number (TIN), but even as of now approaching the end of September, there is no single registration centre anywhere where one can get a T.I.N.

Are they now going to introduce registration centres at the 11th hour so people will be queueing for their T.I.N during the Christmas break because they want to beat the deadline of 1st January 2026?

To add insult to injury, they will still penalise you if you fail to acquire a T.I.N before the deadline.

Nigerians are watching and waiting.

Na you no Sabi. Go the the website of the Joint Tax Board, find the link to generating TIN, input your BVN or NIN and you get a TIN automatically.

Besides they say your NIN is also your TIN so what are you on about?

Btruth:
Ogun State again? What a blessing for the state all the time. But yet, the state government doesn't have the clue.

What clue doesn't it have? A state government is not meant to be operating business directly. The best they can do is encourage other industrialists to come and take advantage of their mineral resources and earn tax revenue and tax revenue.

iwaeda:
https://punchng.com/just-in-tinubu-orders-fec-committee-to-crash-food-prices/

The real issue might be farmers chased away from farms by terrorists. If supply drops by 30%, while demand stays same, what does the President expect to happen to food prices.

We need a proper strategy to recover large farm settlements from terrorists, return people to the farms, provide constant survillance and security and assist with mechanization for land preparation, irrigation, logistics etc

Olaide1295:
Nigeria exempts churches (and mosques) from paying taxes.
So this man may end up paying nothing.

Well its debatable. The income is from advertising on his video streams, not offerings and tithes, so the tax man may have something to say about that.

Warmaterial:
I think you have not been to PH before, don't be quick to comment without understanding exactly what you're talking about.

I lived in Rumuibekwe from 2006 to 2017....11 good years eating Bole and Fish from Rumuimasi/Elekahia every saturday.

I trust you now know whether I have been to PH before or not.

Svoboda:
The same way he transformed rivers that multinationals are now abandoning Lagos for rivers. To exhibit his tunnel vision approach to social and infrastructural development, he abandoned the monorail project in PH because of sentimentality. Presently, resident doctors are on a warning strike in the fct. The NUT strike is yet to be fully resolved. Abuja residents won't have to cut off asphalted roads to treat the sick or teach kids that have been off school for months.

The monorail made little sense. PH is a relatively poor city asides from the few oil workers and contractors there. And its also a relatively small city. Fix the roads and put proper traffic management/traffic lights in the required places and you can get from one side of PH to the other in 30 minutes.

jaxxy:
I repeat the problem for Nigerians isn't paying Taxes but paying taxes only for it to be mismaged and looted by corrupt politicians who don't think they owe the citizens any accountability will be diabolical and create new consequences of shocking proportions.

Nigerians cannot pay taxes and INEC who is paid from our taxes riggs elections against same taxes paying Nigerians to favour criminal politicians.

Local government councils can't take tax payers monies and go on shopping sprees and buying houses for girlfriends.

There has to be a equivalent responsibility and consequences of mismanagement of taxes by government to taxpayers.

We heard something similar with electricity " Govt should just give us 24/7 light, we are willing to pay". Now that there is band A and folks are getting 22+ hours a day at the cost reflective tariff, folks are complaining day and night.

We heard something similar during the height of fuel scarcity and queues. "petrol should just be available, we are willing to pay the proper price for it". Now we have a huge refinery and unsubsidised petrol and folks are complaining day and night!

Moral of the story, never believe those "nigerians have no problem paying tax" type of comments.

happney65:
Looks like the handiwork of Craneburg. Looks like their style. Them dey deliver well.

Julius Berger

omowolewa:
Two things can solve rhe effectively

1. Use of Technology, drones and communication. They have precision, they lost no blood, they don't need to understand the terrain, they don't have emotions.

2. Use of Foreign Mercenaries whose work and MoU is to fight rhe war. They don't need pensions, they are not growing career, they are not taking orders from a long chain. They have time and targets

I agree with you on No 1 above. I think we needs Mercenaries not as active combatants, but to help with the technology and drone aspects.

Left to me, If I were the CinC i'd create 10 squads of Special forces, with each squad having like 30 to 40 people. These people will be sent to Isreal for intense counter terrorism training for 6months to 1 year. By the time they are done, they will be the types of special forces that can stay in the hinterland for 2months on end. The type that don't shoot except they are hitting the target. Though they will be supported with supplies (new bullets, water, medicine, weapons, food etc by chopper from the air. Each soldier will ingest micro tracking devices so that we know where they are at all times, even if captured. However, they will be cordinated by a top secret control room, so that their opeartions and location are never known to regular millitary staff, so that they are not sold out by others who are loyal to terrorists within the millitary.

each squad of 40 will have a medical officer, 2 snipers that can kill from 2km away, a mini drone operator with thermal imaging so that they can keep tabs of their surrounding area up to 5-10km away in all directions.

Then multiple squads in the same state will be supported by a fully equiped drone in the air 24/7, armed with laser guided and gps guided precsion bombs and rockets that can be called in by gound forces with an arrival time of not more than 30minutes.

Every member of a squad will have an insurance policy. Loss of life guarantees N15mln to your spouse paid N5mln per year and educaional support for kids born at the time of death till end of university education.

For permanent disability of any squad member, all medical bills are taken care off inclusive of any rehabilitation therapy. The same N15mln is paid in tranches of N5mln per year and lifelong pension.

franchasng:
I doubt you truly live in a developed country if you are not aware that UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahamas, Singapore, Malta, Switzerland, etc are all tax-free countries that don't tax citizens and residents income tax.


Even in America, the below states are tax free:

Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming do not levy income taxes. Washington does not tax income but does tax capital gains of certain high earners.


States with no income tax may still charge other taxes, such as sales and property taxes.



Nigeria is an oil producing country with many other natural resources that the government have been exploring and wasting without accountability to the citizens. Despite our huge crude oil resources, we are still struggling to provide the most basic necessities like national security, healthcare and water supply.


Now tell me how forcing Nigerians to pay huge tax will make any difference?


Imagine you have been earning fat salary as a worker and you have been wasting it on drinking, clubbing, call girls and gambling and your company decides that promoting you with another increase in salary will make you more financially responsible, how is that possible? It will only make you engage in more financial wastes like increase in the amount you use to gamble with before, increase in the amount of alcohol you consumed previously and increase in the number and class of call girls you engaged with in the past, it's as simple as that.


Widening and tightening the tax net and enforcing strict compliance is not what Nigeria need now to come out of the woods that Tinubu pushed Nigerians into, unless you lack common sense and wisdom.



This Tax master ought to be forced out of Aso Rock before he wrecks Nigeria beyond repair honestly

Bear in mind that those tax free US states you listed are only tax free for STATE taxes!! You will still pay FEDERAL taxes on your income.

And most of those states compensate for zero STATE taxes by having higher PROPERTY TAXES.

If you think govt gives you anything free anywhere, think again! You just don't know who is paying for it, but someone is.

lexy2014:
Who are the "you guys" you are referring to?

What are "you" supposed to pay that they didn't pay?

Is government innocent of ripping off?

I can tell you that there is no one who collects rental income on residential or commercial property as an individual that will willingly decalre it as additional income and pay tax on it.

We were all happy to chop that money because the government couldn't track us. Now with access to your consolidated bank inflows and outflows via BVN, they will see certain credits in your account that you can't explain away. So you may not get assessed on those incomes.

lagostrendboy:
“One Was a Gaudy Carnival, the Other an Exhibition of Class” – Patrick Doyle on Two High-Profile Nigerian Weddings

Veteran media personality Patrick Doyle has shared his candid thoughts on the contrast between two recently held high-profile Nigerian weddings that took place in the United States and Europe. Eyes Of Lagos reports,

Taking to social media, Doyle described how the two ceremonies showcased very different sides of Nigerian society.
Patrick Doyle’s Observations

In his words:



https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B5GTrkwrF/


Social Media Buzz

His post has since generated discussions online, with many Nigerians debating which weddings he was referring to, while others applauded his boldness in pointing out the duality of Nigerian culture—loud and flamboyant yet stylish and sophisticated.

https://eyesoflagos.com/patrick-doyle-throws-shade-at-davidos-wedding-hails-another/

Temi and Mr Eazi's wedding was classier yes, but that's mainly because it conformed more to European wedding standards driven by their culture.

Davido and Chioma's wedding was more confiormed to Yoruba wedding culture which is much more loud and brash.

To each his own! Not sure why it is really anyones business. The participants of both wedding surely had a good time.

Ofunaofu:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/09/07/nigerians-poorer-now-than-1960-el-rufai-tells-tinubu-govt-how-to-end-poverty/

Somebody who devastated Southern Kaduna because they are mainly Christians. Even the Northern Kaduna that are his fellow Muslims, how many people did he bring out of poverty in 8years as Governor??

nairalanda1:
LOL

The truth is, NIgerians do not want to pay what needs to be paid to get light 24/7.

Nigerians want cheap power. Or free power. They will now quote me and tell me that discos are not giving value for money...when 20% of disco customers are band A , and are thus paying cost reflective tarrifs...the rest are subsidised. Yes, 1trillion naira profit was made...when experts say we need 10 trillion naira yearly to fix power. 1 trillion cannot cover what 10 trillion can cover...no matter how much we pretend it can, or how many times we shout 'corruption'. To think that way is basically engaging in magical thinking.

GEJ knew...which is why he left subsides, because if he did the right thing and told Nigerians the cold hard truth that power was expensive, and they have to pay cost reflective tarrifs back in 2013, they would have rioted. Buhari same thing. Tinubu...wanted to also carry on the pretence, but funding forced him to at least bring in band A

Forget party, forget agbado, forget all that crap. If you like, call me tinubu supporter, taxman, insensitive, evil, etc. But until we accept that we have to pay cost reflective tarrif for power, just as we accepted we would for gsm, and see what happened there....we are never going to have the investment, funding, and so on needed to get light 24/7.

Like I said, I also think tinubu must go in 2027. I never have ever voted for the man in my life. He is just as bad as buhari. But the power situation is not about who is in office, it is about what we are ready to pay into it....and what measures we put in place to enable investors make a profit too...and see return on investment. Subsides and cheap power don't help. That is what I learned when I was trying to understand why GEJ was trying to privatise power in 2013. And why I hold the views I hold today.

We can face facts, or lie to ourselves.

Don't mind them!

I thought Nigerians used to make noise that Govt should give them 24/7 light and they are willing to pay for it. Oya now, band A is almost 24/7 so why are people now making noise.

adenigga:
Source: https://newtelegraphng.com/nass-to-scrap-band-abcd-electricity-tariff-categories

First of all the statement below that power sector has worsened is a big fat lie. I'm 49 and this is the electricity of the last few months is the best I've ever had in this country.

"It could be recalled that since the introduction of Band A, B, C and D by NERC as electricity tariffs for Nigerians, the situation in the country’s power sector has worsened more and escalated, especially on the Band A, with public outcry mostly from the private sector group, civil society organisations, manufacturing sector and Nigerians on the high energy cost payment that has seen conglomerate companies and some apartments paying hefty amount for electricity consumption as high as 250 per cent per month and then eroding on people’s purchasing power and profitability."

Also I don't even think NASS has the power to cancel it. Authority for tarrifs is belongs to NERC, not NASS. And I struggle with what is unconstitutional about it. The band B to E is a subsidy to poorer people. if they dont want then all of us should kuku be on Band A and pay the apprpriate price.

seunoyeleyep:
If not that some Nigerians are docile, why should anyone even accept such idea. I see the jobless youths here almost every time claiming they enjoy 24hr uninterrupted power supply.

In my place, you are not even guaranteed of any fixed units. Today, you see 20 units for a thousand, tomorrow it has reduced to 17. In fact, at a time, it was 4 units to a thousand. Guess what, I don't even know the band. Today, the tell us we are in band A and tomorrow they say it is band C. Same house, same country.

We never had it this bad in the days of our darling PDP which these corrupt elements said wasn't good enough for the country.


Now that it affects the so called rich, they are even scrapping the whole arrangement. Shockingly, the miscreants here will quickly change tune. There is enough reason to heap curses on every APC elements for sure.

You are aqctually the odd one out! Cos several people on band A will tell you they are getting 20+ hourse daily.

In fact in my area in Ologolo Lekki, we get like 23 hours a day.

Ofunaofu:
How much will truly be sustainable under this wicked and draconian regime of a díctatór parading as a democrat?

When fuel jumps from under N200 to over N1,000 per liter, everything else collapses with it, transportation becomes a luxury, food becomes a gamble, jobs disappear, and even hope begins to feel like a myth.

Let’s not deceive ourselves, even a N1 million minimum wage will be meaningless in an economy where a bag of rice costs almost a N100,000 and above. What use is high pay when the value of the naira is in freefall, and inflation eats your salary before you even touch it?

This is not governance.This is state-sponsored suffering wrapped in propaganda and defended by the blind loyalty of Agbadoos, sycophants. Nigeria has never seen such a dangerous mix of arrogance, incompetence, and tribal-fueled leadership. And history will not forget.

Haba! how can you say minimum wage of N1mln is useless. If Nigerians ever saw that amount of money they will thank God!! A country where presently only about 5% of the population have savings of N500k and above.

Sirleo05:
This government is not giving Nigerians a breathing space. I mean, back to back one increase to another. I thought government is supposed to be for the people?, why is ours against us?

Be reminded that this government did not increase any single tax. All it is doing is ensuring the mechanisms are in place to faithfully implement what it has failed to implement all these years. So in actual facts you guys have been ripping off the government for decades by not paying what you should pay.

amaridigital:
Abi o. Billionaires and popular musicians, footballers always go to jail for tax evation. Nobody likes taxes and no Go fails to collect taxes except Nigeria. We were growing up we use to see tax men roaming the streets asking for evidence of tax payment but not anymore because politicians prefer sharing oil money and never care about real development. Nigeria's oil money is not enough for 4m people talkless of 250m people.

That's what those quotes Dubai and Saudi and Libya and all that nonsense don't realise. Do those folks think a population of 250 million people is play? Qatar has a population of about 3 million people and only about 800k of those are real. Indigenous Qataris. The remaining are expatriates

Dogalmighty17:
Housing - zero
health care - zero
Education - zero
Security - zero
Credit facilities - zero
Pipe borne water - zero

Government collects taxes and provides non of these. I provide all these myself. The taxes I pay has no benefit to me. Do you know what the taxes you and I pay are used for?

Your tax pays for the highest paid senators and house of assembly members on earth.

Your tax money pays for the over 7 trillion naira of budget padding that senators and house of rep members have added to the budget and signed by the president this year.

Your tax pays for the 1 billion Naira monthly that every senator collects from the president. Your tax will pay for the new salary increase that the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Committee (RMFAC) says every political office holder deserves.

Your tax money pays for the 90 billion Naira Yahaya Bello stole from Kogi state and is walking freely around the president. Your tax money pays for the over 400 million dollars 34 state governors spent last year junketing around the globe looking for foreign investors and got zero returns as investment.

Your tax money pays for the over 55 billion naira budgeted each year for the Aso Rock clinic that doesn't even have paracetamol available. Your tax money pays for the 3.5 billion naira budgeted for cutlery in Aso Rock each year.

Your tax money paid for the 400 million naira wristwatch the presidents son wears around. Your tax paid for the 195 million naira Patek Phillipe wristwatch Sanwo Olu wore to Davido's wedding.

Your tax money pays the salary of the police and the soldiers who call you a bloody civilian and beat you up at the slightest provocation. Police and soldiers who run away from bandits when they come to attack you.

Your tax money does all these and does nothing for you in return. Yet these same locusts, led by their principal in Aso Rock, want more from you.

So maybe now when civil society calls on Nigerians to come and protest against mismanagement of resources by leaders, many of you folks will come out.

Nigerians that are suffering like to just complain on the pages of social media, but citizens of other countries who are even doing far far better than us like Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Turkey. They come out to protest against Misrule and embezzlement of taxes. But no, when they call in Nigeria, citizens prefer to watch Netflix or play football on the streets.

Kingosytex:
This really needs to be addressed. It's becoming unbecoming.
Dangote needs to be held accountable for this madness.
He has been getting away with this for a very long time. Why must his trucks be crushing people here and there?

The onus is on him to hire competent and qualified drivers so as to reduce the occurrence of this to the barest minimum.

Its just not about Dangote. There are many issues at play here:

1. Dangote drivers not being as competent as they should be
2. The roads not being as motorable as they should be.
3. Our reckless driving in this country. We always too in a hurry. If you slam brake in front of a truck, trucks cannot just slam brakes the way a car can, especially when loaded with cement or othr goods.
4. This constant desire of our people to trade by the edge of the expressway. When govt says no trading, people with their stubborn head will not agree. When accident happens now, its never their fault but government fault.

Racoon:
To think that the FG and their zombies over hyped this CNG as a worthwhile policy but flatly refused to subsidized same speaks a lot about the treachery, backstabbing and wickedness of a government.

Meanwhile, Tinubu's Cadillac car is yet to be CNG compliant. Let hear what APC supporters have to say again.

Did they advertise it to you as subsidized? Did they say the price would be fixed? There is no treachery here abeg.

It was advertised as a cheaper alternative. And Even at the current price, it is likely to still be cheaper than petrol.

And if not, people are free to switch back to petrol at no additional cost since any converted vehicel can use both CNG and petrol.

treesun:
https://punchng.com/new-curriculum-full-list-of-jss-ss-subjects/

beyond the curiculum, there are many other aspects of education in Nigeria that need serious attention.

1. teacher eduction and re-training
2. use of mordern teaching aids and ways to improve information disemination to students eg watching relevant videos in class, field trips
3. de-emphasize only knowledge in favour of application
4. students should be helped to participate more in class - students should make presentations, do joint project work etc Builds communication skills.
5. classrooms should have a standard design

t33why:
Unfortunately it isn't as unidirectional as you've put it. Remember Nigerians are some of the greediest people you can find anywhere, and petrol being the source of the taxeans EVERYTHING will somehow be dragged into it, transportation, food, fees, any mundane thing you can think of will automatically get a price review

Well that's true, but 5% increase ordinarily should not bring about any material change.

t33why:
Unfortunately it isn't as unidirectional as you've put it. Remember Nigerians are some of the greediest people you can find anywhere, and petrol being the source of the taxeans EVERYTHING will somehow be dragged into it, transportation, food, fees, any mundane thing you can think of will automatically get a price review

Well that's true, but 5% increase ordinarily should bring about any material change.

If petrol went from N197 to as high as N865 and we didnt die, adding N43 to make it N908 will not kill anybody. At a point, we already bought above N900.

We keep pushing and being creative. Thats why cars on the roads are less. People operate from home and online these days. Stay in your house and save money. At least electricity is better. Instead of profitless going up and down to party where the cost of transporting yourself there is more than the value of the rice you will eat.

iwaeda:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/09/i-have-to-create-state-police-says-tinubu/

To create State Police in Nigeria, the following would be my recommendations:

1. Any State that wishes to create State police must ensure that its annual Recurrent expenditure did not exceed 70% of its budget for past 3 years.
2. Every state must have a Police Governing Board consisting of represntative of Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, Organised Private Sector, Nigeria Judicual Council, Christain Association of Nigeria, Muslim Association of Nigeria etc to control their affairs. The CP of the State Police should report to this board. The Governor can manage day to day affairs, but the broad objectives, rules of engagement, discipline, oversight etc should be managed by the Board.