₦airaland Forum

simpleseyi:
This one wants to work against all the powerful men in his state just because dem dey call am Rev Fr. Na the night before election day him go start him own cry

Ttalk:
Now that the FG has banned open grazing and termed it Capital Offense.

What does capital offense mean in Nigeria law?

Let look at the general meaning and review it's applicability in Nigeria judicial system

Salewa97:
Thanks for the clarification

The mischief makers should be called to order

madridguy:
Smart man, trying to use the same method of Ortom. He will decamp, then start cursing APC for not protecting his people, get free second term and come back again

Burob:
Please just sharap, Oshiomole is the best governor in the history of Edo State.

Ikaeniyan0:
Shey the CBN don abandon the cashless policy ni?

Max24:
Vision to loot Southern Nigerias money and put in his pocket and that of his brothers. Vision indeed! Vision that he did not have when Buhari was President and he relocated to Dubai. Now that a Southern is in power he now realized he had vision. Can't North work hard and do without Nigerias free oil money for 8 years same way South did under Buhari?

seunoyeleyep:
Even the paid urchins are silent. Onanuga matter don tire them.

Tjra:
Peter Obi really goofed big time.

What a shame!

Educationalserv:
Of what use to come 3 and all members have left and he couldn't replicate the Magic in Anambra

yarimo:
Nigeria army please hurry up and do the needful, nothing like innocent people. They are criminals

Ttalk:
Thats not enough to exonerate your brother who specialized in drug trafficking

Ttalk:
Every family has minimum of 2 drug pushers from your place, stop telling us the trade that gives your people the highest returns

Ttalk:
You know the people demarketing the country with their penchant for drug trafficking

seunmsg:
The citizens of those countries don’t go about demarketing their countries. Nigerians are always on social media always promoting negativity about the country. So, why should tourists want to visit Nigeria?

Biodun556:
Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has dismissed recent claims by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar regarding the appointment of Xpress Payments as one of the channels used in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) revenue collection system.

It described the claims as “incorrect, misleading, and capable of unnecessarily politicising a purely administrative and technical process.”

In a statement, weekend, by Technical Assistant on Broadcast Media to the Executive Chairman, FIRS, Arabinrin Aderonke Atoyebi, the Service clarified that it did not operate any exclusive or single-gateway revenue collection arrangement and has not granted monopoly rights to any private company over government revenues.

FIRS stated that the agency was currently operating a multi-channel, multi-Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) framework that include several established platforms such as Quickteller, Remita, Etranzact, Flutterwave, and XpressPay.

“These PSSPs are part of an expanded, transparent, and competitive ecosystem designed to make tax payment easier and more efficient for Nigerians across the country,” the statement read.

The Service further explained that PSSPs were not collection agents and did not earn processing fees or percentages of government revenues.

It stressed that all payments made through the channels went directly into the Federation Account without diversion, intermediaries, or private custody.

Highlighting the key features of the TSA collection system, the FIRS noted that the inclusion of multiple PSSPs was intended to provide taxpayers with more options, improve efficiency through better monitoring and reporting, and promote innovation and job creation within the financial technology sector.

It also emphasised that the onboarding process for PSSPs was transparent, open, and verifiable, ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all participants.

The agency reiterated its commitment to professionalism and transparency, urging political figures to avoid misrepresenting routine administrative procedures.

“The ongoing national tax reform, led by the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, is a cornerstone of Nigeria’s economic modernisation.

“It is grounded in transparency, efficiency, and broad stakeholder engagement. This reform cannot and should not be dragged into partisan controversy,” the statement added.

The Service, however, called Atiku and other political actors to desist from spreading misinformation, noting that Nigeria’s tax system was too vital to be undermined by politicisation.

Stephen0mozzy:
The OP na werey, AI content is not the same as plagiarism. AI will use patterns to generate a string of text, which makes it easy to spot too.

BTW it's not bad to use AI to write good speech. What matter is DO YOU MEAN IT? Do you have the WILL POWER AND BRAIN TO BACK THE WORDS YOU WROTE/SPOKE.

odejimioflagos:
Atiku should focus on his own party and leave the government alone. We have a president that is doing great things.

Is this part of the corruption he was doing in the past?

The Federal Government must come clean with Nigerians.

The quiet appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent is not an administrative decision, it is a dangerous resurrection of the Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during and after the Tinubu years. That model created a private toll gate around public revenue and funnelled state funds into the hands of a politically connected monopoly.

What we are witnessing now is the attempt to nationalise that same template, moving Nigeria from a republic to a private holding company controlled by a small circle of vested interests.

To introduce such a policy in the middle of a national tragedy, while Nigerians are mourning loved ones lost to the deepening insecurity crisis, is not only insensitive, it is a deliberate act of governance by stealth. When a nation is grieving, leadership should show empathy and focus on securing lives, not on expanding private revenue pipelines.

This latest move raises fundamental questions:

Why was this appointment rushed and smuggled into the public space without consultation, stakeholder engagement, or National Assembly oversight?

What value does Xpress Payments add that existing TSA channels do not already provide?

Who truly benefits from this? Nigeria or an entrenched political network?

This is not reform. This is state capture masquerading as digital innovation.

Let me be clear:

Nigeria does not need more middlemen between citizens and their government revenue. What we need is greater transparency, stronger institutions, and a tax system free from political capture.

I therefore call for the following:

1. Immediate suspension of the Xpress Payments appointment pending a public inquiry;

2. Full disclosure of the contractual terms, beneficiaries, fee structures, and selection criteria;

3. A comprehensive audit of TSA operations to prevent the creeping privatisation of revenue collection;

4. A legal framework, not executive shortcuts, that prohibits the insertion of private proxies into core government revenue systems;

5. A national security priority shift, recognising that a country under assault cannot afford economic governance conducted in the shadows.

Nigeria’s revenues are not political spoils. They are the lifeblood of our national survival, especially at a time when insecurity is tearing communities apart.

The Government must abandon this Lagos-style revenue cartelisation and return to the path of transparency, constitutionalism, and public accountability. -AA