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Popular Nigerian skitmaker, Nasboi, has found himself at the center of heated backlash after deleting a tweet where he appeared to express support for the controversial new tax law scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2026.

In the now-deleted post on X, Nasboi reportedly wrote:
“Tax us, that’s fine. But I’m hoping that the money is used to better this country, hopefully.”

However, his stance did not sit well with many Nigerians, who believe the proposed law would further burden citizens already struggling under harsh economic realities. The situation escalated when reports surfaced alleging that portions of the law may have been altered or “forged,” intensifying public outrage and placing those seen as supporting the policy under fire.

Facing mounting criticism, the comedian deleted the original tweet, but screenshots had already circulated widely, fueling further reactions online.

One user questioned his action, asking:
“Why did you remove this?” while sharing the controversial portions of the tax policy.

Another user, @Emarged, went as far as likening the situation to betrayal, writing:
“They have collected their 30 pieces of silver.”

Social media remains flooded with mixed reactions as Nigerians continue to call out public figures perceived as backing policies they believe are detrimental to the masses.

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Source: https://www.reportnaija.ng/2025/12/nigerians-drag-nasboi-after-deleting.html

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Nigerians leaving their problem and attacking another Nigerian

emmy512:
Nigerians leaving their problem and attacking another Nigerian

That's the cowardly thing about Nigerians. I wish they had this energy for their real enemies.

Maybe the "us" he meant was wealthy celebrities like himself. Yes they should tax the rich and leave the struggling people alone

I’m a fan of Nasboi, but I hope he stays cautious. He needs to avoid being grouped with those 'paid actors' who subtly encourage people to accept or normalize the government's harmful actions. The sell- out tag is very hard to peel off once it sticks. Seyi law is an example.

We should ARISE against this demonic tax law. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!! NO ACCEPTING IT

Nigerians sha love to transfer aggression.

Na Tinubu propose tax reforms, na nasboi de suffer am.

Nasboi should be careful. This is a sensitive matter

Looks like since nigerians do not like tax, they want to support and cheer for the continued borrowing agenda of the government otf tinubu.

I applaud the sincerity of our people

Everyone wants to cash out....


You must be a slowpoke to believe everything you see on social media

People are very easy to bribe

This Tax thing will cost Tinubu heavily next year. I assure him.

dominique:
Maybe the "us" he meant was wealthy celebrities. Yes they should yax the rich and leave the struggling people alone

Well, under any tax regime, this one included, the rich always pay more.

I've said this severally, the average Nigerian way is " as long as me and my family de ok e no concern us"

Even if rice na 200k a bag " as long as i fit afford am"

Even if kidnapping na everyday " as long as i no go drive for road i go enta flight"

Even if no jobs " as long as me get wetin i de do"


You better fight for yourself and don't hope on another Nigerian.

I trust Nigerians, no joy on street

Dalohad:
This Tax thing will cost Tinubu heavily this year. I assure him.

The old man has no choice...knowing Nigerian politicans and our leaders, they would rather not charge any tax, because they love to get elected, and they love power.

But this time, our country is between a rock and a hard place. Our lenders the IMF and world bank have been showing some reluctance to borrow us more money and have been passively agressively telling us so. Oil, which forms 80% of government revenue, has had dropping prices, and it was even predictied a year ago that it won;t go above 70 dollars per barrel for a long time. We need to fix illegal mining , but that won't be done in a day, even if our government was serious about it. And VAT...no matter how we shout about it, can at best raise N6 trillion naira per annum for now.

And MDA's revenue generation this year was godawful. For the first time in my life, I heard, on radio nigeria, a economist blasting the government for not raising enough revenue via MDA's.

So, the apc has to charge tax. The alternative is to borrow and borrow...and even borrow more. Subsidy removal removed some of the pressure, but didn't solve the income issue at all.

The even effing horrifying thing is that the tax law at best will reduce our dependence on borrowing. At best. If we were a serious nation, we would forget about oil, even hand over control of the oil revenue to oil producing states, and focus on using our other resources to make products the world needs.

This is not a support for apc, I never voted for them anyway, but a look at the big picture.

(Yes, we have to fight corruption, and it is shameful we have a government that is not serious about it. But fighting corruption won't solve the problem of low revenue.)

nairalanda1:
Looks like since nigerians do not like tax, they want to support and cheer for the continued borrowing agenda of the government otf tinubu.

I applaud the sincerity of our people

A country where one minister can loot #212bn doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a revenue leakage problem.

Instead of fixing the leaks, Tinubu wants more taxes to create more leaks.

nairalanda1:
The old man has no choice...knowing Nigerian politicans and our leaders, they would rather not charge any tax, because they love to get elected, and they love power.

But this time, our country is between a rock and a hard place. Our lenders the IMF and world bank have been showing some reluctance to borrow us more money and have been passively agressively telling us so. Oil, which forms 80% of government revenue, has had dropping prices, and it was even predictied a year ago that it won;t go above 70 dollars per barrel for a long time. We need to fix illegal mining , but that won't be done in a day, even if our government was serious about it. And VAT...no matter how we shout about it, can at best raise N6 trillion naira per annum for now.

And MDA's revenue generation this year was godawful. For the first time in my life, I heard, on radio nigeria, a economist blasting the government for not raising enough revenue via MDA's.

So, the apc has to charge tax. The alternative is to borrow and borrow...and even borrow more. Subsidy removal removed some of the pressure, but didn't solve the income issue at all.

The even effing horrifying thing is that the tax law at best will reduce our dependence on borrowing. At best. If we were a serious nation, we would forget about oil, even hand over control of the oil revenue to oil producing states, and focus on using our other resources to make products the world needs.

This is not a support for apc, I never voted for them anyway, but a look at the big picture.

(Yes, we have to fight corruption, and it is shameful we have a government that is not serious about it. But fighting corruption won't solve the problem of low revenue.)

let them collect all the looted money first. imagine an individual with 200bn, 80bn fooolish country

bitingcool:
A country where one minister can loot #212bn doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a revenue leakage problem.

Instead of fixing the leaks, Tinubu wants more taxes to create more leaks.

Even if we stopped revenue leakage tonight, and our budget for next year was implemeted PROPERLY...that's a paltry 55 trillion naira, which is low for a country our size.

Even our defence budget for this year, for example, it is by God's grace that ISWAP is not ruling the country now. Sometimes I wonder how manage ?

Education budget for this year ending was not up to half of what Harvard spent this year...and we are suppsoed to fund thousands of schools at all levels on that?

Nigeria na broke country. That is why people call for Jerry Rawlings treatment on crooks like Malami. It is not JUST that they are stealing, it is that they are stealing from a poor man's country. It is like one story I heard of a rich girl with twelve sets of underwear, attending one of our boarding schools, stealing the only set of underwear owned by a poor student in the same school. That's how shitty corruption in Nigeria is.

Is there anyone thing we can point out that this government has improved on, with everyone agreeing?

Everybody agrees even though Yar'adua was slow, rule of law of being strengthened.

Everybody agrees even though there was corruption under Jonathan, Nigerians fared well.

With so much pain and compromises from citizens during subsidy removal, floating the Naira etc, what positive impact can we all agree, without controversy, that Nigerians are benefitting from these so-called reforms by Tinubu.

I AM NOT A POLITICIAN. I JUST WANT A PAINLESS LIFE AS AN EVERYDAY CITIZEN!!!!!

Just pain, more pains and yet more pains! And I'm sure after this tax thing, he is not done, more pains coming!!!

Just pains!. It's really just sad.

Literally strangling the citizens.

wifeesnatcher:
let them collect all the looted money first. imagine an individual with 200bn, 80bn fooolish country

The problem with collecting looted money is that it is a long process. See Abacha loot, it has been years since he died, and they were still recovering loot as recently s 2021/2. Unless you want to avoid due process.

Meanwhile, Nigeria needs money NOW. And it is either taxation, or we go and beg for more loans. Or you can fast and pray that Trump bombs Iranian and Qatari oil fields so that oil will pass 140 dollars per barrel and we can reap the revenue.(and I no dey joke).

Nigerians no dey like hear tax for ear...
Fumes go full everywhere

U ask them why, their response is always "they will embezzle our money", "how will I work my life out and somebody wey I no know go dey eat my sweat"

Stingy set of people...

The amount wey u wan give govt no reach the one wey u dey spend on hair, nails, beer, womanizing, sporty, loud, vibrator, cana, BBL, baki, failed business, tithe, offering, alms, the list plenty ooo....
Don't be a stingy boy or girl, make govt chop ur money small too....

nairalanda1:
Looks like since nigerians do not like tax, they want to support and cheer for the continued borrowing agenda of the government otf tinubu.

I applaud the sincerity of our people

What of subsidy removal they campaigned for the money saved being used for development instead of borrowing?

But it's funny how many Nigerians have forgotten that this government have been taxing and milking us since it came into power, imagine from the common groceries to #50 deduction for receiving #10,000 above & other increase made.... Yet they still couldn't do better than previous government

RedChair:
What of subsidy removal they campaigned for the money saved being used for development instead of borrowing?

Subsidy removal is why your minnium wage went up recently.

But it did nothing for overall income raise. We still are on the same 1.5 million bpd, which would have been enough if we were 1 million nigerians, not 230 million or 150 million.

SixSeven:
That's the cowardly thing about Nigerians. I wish they had this energy for their real enemies.

Nigerians are bloody cowards you got it right

D only issue is after d tax, there is one malami or yahaya bello waiting to eat all d money.... D biggest problem facing Nigeria today is Nigerians

Unless you’re not paying taxes at all—which is itself an offence—the only people who will see any marginal increase are those earning above ₦50m. In reality, because of cost and effort, tax authorities will always go after the big players where they can collect billions in one sweep. That means for the typical Nigerian earning under ₦100m, nobody really has your time yet.

This is about self-assessment, not regular PAYE, which goes to the states. And if you actually read the laws, there are multiple legal ways to structure things so you pay little to no tax up to ₦100m. I honestly can’t think of many countries where income of around $70k is effectively allowed tax-free.

Nigerians Sabi vex sha .....

Small thing from other citizens.
Boom
Kasala don burst

When you have a bunch of irresponsible people in power, nobody should even be talking about taxing the people

Before Tinubu talks about tax, tell us how much you realized from removing fuel subsidy, what it was used for and why he's going about borrowing money up and down after removing the subsidy.

You cannot ask for more when you haven't shown what you did with what you were given.