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PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 11:25am On Sep 14, 2025
Eriokanmi:
Through I had taken a break from NL, till November,your post got me. It really aroused my interest.

See, this country is sitting on a keg of gunpowder,waiting to explode. The FG had exhausted all their ever-known strategies yet, nothing is working. The fact is, their followers aren't enlightened enough to counter them, each time they come out to reel out their usual lies. How gbajabiamila, the former speaker of the house of reps had suddenly forgotten that it was buhari who actually removed the subsidy from the 2023 budget remains appalling. All the APC members, including reps and senators knew this fact, including tinubu himself.

However, the duty of a president is to stabilise the economy and alleviate the sufferings of his people. Since he had known the fact that subsidy provision wasnt part of the 2023 budget, he ought to have known that it's truly gone and made a provision for a supplementary budget which would have taken care of the palliatives to cushion the inevitable effect. Again, just like Angola had done in their subsidy removal in phases, he ought to have done the same in order to protect the economy and the people from collapse. Afterall, democracy is about the people and not individuals. You can't say subsidy is gone without any palliatives already in place. He ought to have consulted Jonathan abd asked how he did his own,which he sponsored protests to stop. Tinubu's action on the removed subsidy without palliatives already in place was as good as sending your child to school on an empty stomach and say, son/daughter,enjoy your day and be merry! When you return in the evening, I'll give you food. That child won't assimilate anything. He'd come back looking miserable.

On the aspect of reverting to taxing Nigerians as you posited, it was part of their ever-known fake policies. At an FIRS office recently, all of them that used to be busy were found sleeping on their desk while some were gossiping. The place that used to bubble with taxpayers at the 21st of every month when filing returns. In a month, before Tinubu came, a staff told me they used to generate 60m naira in that office but now, to see 5m naira dey hard them. That's just a branch oo. If you now sum up monthly remittances from all the FIRS offices in Lagos alone, na billions of naira losses.

I learnt from them that, from the nationwide data of active SMEs available to them, as at 2022, over 50,000 SMEs monthly remittance had stopped (btw 2023 and now). Its either they've closed shop or they're bankrupt. They said they've written to some SMEs under their MSTO coverage but they said they weren't able to cope with the situation. Some said they're no more in Nigeria. Let's assume out of the entire companies in Nigeria only that 50,000 SMEs were remitting 1m naira monthly, that's 600bn naira yearly. This isn't part of the blue chip companies and large corporations that can remit up to 5m monthly and above. Remember some of them have also left the country. I was at Ikeja shop rite yesterday and saw a wide empty space. A doubting thomas should go there and confirm.

So, tinubu started off on a wrong foot. Millions of artisans are out of jobs now, playing ludo, snooker and draught from morning till evening on every street here in lagos. Is that what tinubu has come to power to cause Nigerians? Even if he doesn't come back in 2027, which is every sane Nigeria's prayer right now, he'd be leaving a lot of wounds behind, which will give his successor a tough time to heal. They're already blaming buhari, a much better leader for their woes and that will be their sing their closomg remark when leaving the office, as the reason behind their poor performance.
Thank you my brother. They are just behaving like the 3 wise monkeys - see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, against anything Tinubu. Even at the height of covid 19, my wives snack shop was booming. She was making over 30,000 - 40,000 turnover everyday. Today, she hardly see 3,000 per day. Some days zero. Most snack shops in my areas have closed shop. And Tinubu's people are obsessed with taxes, and not bothered on how to generate business.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 11:06am On Sep 14, 2025
Lithiumite:
I equally expected you to counter m with facts as you are inferring..... electricity subsidy details is all over google from different sources but not one against the fact......I have only pointed out your fallacies that there are no welfarist policies for the people by this govt......the only thing those opposed to this govt are good at is spreading lies and propaganda,that I won't accept.
Just like there was petrol subsidy at N1000/litre until Dangote started operating his refinery. Mind you Dangote still buys crude in dollars from abroad.

Still not one link or source.

Remember NNPC was importing petrol at an official exchange rate of about N450,and petrol was selling for N195/litre. Now dollars is about N1550, Dangote is retailing at N820. Meanwhile governments was claiming to pay N3 trillion a year on subsidies.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 11:03am On Sep 14, 2025
hoseao:
I have realised removing the fuel subsidy the way he did was a master stroke. With what we are seeing now! The fuel and oil cabal are way too connected and powerful! Baba calculated this move very well, it was not a careless decision it was well calculated and thought through, there was no other way, the cabal will crumble any process or any plan both in phases and outright after that inaguration.
The fuel and oil cabal is more powerful than the Nigerian government? You think removing the fuel subsidy will destroy the fuel and oil cabal? They will simply move to other sectors, like the energy sector, or the financial sector. You cannot destroy a cabal by running from it, one day you will have to face then head long. Sacrificing the people to try to avoid a powerful cabal is cowardice.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 10:47am On Sep 14, 2025
Riskymarvelous:
the same subsidy GEJ were trying to remove back in 2012 is the same tinubu that started the protest so that it won't happen you can only deceive your people not me
Me I never supported removal of petroleum subsidy, either by Goodluck Jonathan, Tinubu or Peter Obi, unless of course government provides cheaper form of energy for the masses and/or cheaper means of transportation for people and goods.
With expensive energy and transportation, poverty will exasperate, and our industries will never be able to compete with imports from China.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 10:42am On Sep 14, 2025
Lithiumite:
No authority has come out to disprove that claim......I know and many who are informed is aware there is subsidy in that sector,if not many people won't be able to afford the cost reflective tarrifs the discos would have charged.....nerc is there,u can go confirm,stop making assertions you aren't informed on.
You are just talking without passing any information, what exactly is a cost effective tariff? How much is it to generate 1kwh of electricity, how much to distribute, and how much is government charging to transmit? We need figures. You can't tell people to go to NERC when you are the one making the assertions. It behoves on you to provide the figures or at least the links.
It's simple mathematics, I know how much it cost for my petrol generator to produce 1kwh of electricity, same for my Solar set up. It should not be a secret.
Then what of the hydro power plants like kainji dam. What has the government done about the Mambila dam, that was supposed to add over 3,500Mw to the national grid?
A sane government is run on transparency.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 8:42am On Sep 14, 2025
Lithiumite:
There is no point arguing with you,the facts are there,you can easily check......
https://punchng.com/shocking-surge-electricity-subsidy-jumps-220-to-nearly-n2tn/
Scam. Just like the petrol subsidy scam. Who are they paying the subsidy? With the frequent and periodic grid collapse, how many Kwh are the Gencos, Discos and Transmission Company supplying Nigerians, that they are claiming they are paying over N2 trillion? Mind you the FG still controls transmission.

Now if Tinubu claims his government is paying N2 trillion (that $1.333 billion) on electricity subsidy alone, how much is the total cost of the electricity Nigerians are consuming? How much percentage of that is the government paying?
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 8:28am On Sep 14, 2025
Heavensake1:
That was the best time to remove it. There is nothing to study about Nigeria economy. It has been messed up already. Not removing it will only make it messier. Do not let bitterness and emotion collect brain from you.
As it is,over 70% of Nigerians have overcome the effect of subsidy removal. It is a matter of time we will forget about fuel subsidy,we will forgot it ever existed when we start experiencing development.
You guys should stop nagging about subsidy. It is gone for good. All we need to demand for are policies for economic growth. Cry for that not for fuel subsidy.
Imagine the audacity of Tinubu’s propagandists -over 70% of Nigerians have overcome the effect of subsidy removal. You mean 70% Nigerians have the same quality of life the had in May 2023? You mean Nigerian businesses are on the same level they were in May 2023? Most Nigerians have not had electricity for the past 2 weeks. I spend N10k daily on petrol to run my business (mind you I have solar, but the rains has conspired with Tunubu to deny me electricity for over one week now). Most shops in my area are barely operating, and someone have the audacity to come online and say 70% of Nigerians have overcome the effect of subsidy removal. Most people can't even charge their phones.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 8:11am On Sep 14, 2025
phemray:
Am not sure you are so good in economics arithmetics. Fuel was 197 and Dollar was 470 u Said but u don't care about it's economic effects of 22 states owing salaries, contractors and heavy foreign debts.

So u mean it healthy for dollar to be cheap but u can't avoid it. Fuel cheeper you can even see it buy because no money in your hand.

It's not about tribal, it about a man with capacity to envisioned and deliver on good policies.

Past presidents are ceremonial presidents, Tinubu is the first democracy president that love to do what is good for the people no matter how painful.
You that's good in economics, explain in ECN101 how Fuel (only petrol) being 197 and Dollar 470 was the sole the reason 22 states were owing salaries, contractors and and incuring heavy foreign debts.
What about the billions of dollars in subsidy scam the FG is involved in? What about NNPC that refused to audit their accounts for the past 20 year? What of governors that only exist to share and steal allocations from Abuja.

Have you seen any developed country without subsidy in one form or the other, particularly in energy and agriculture? Have you seen an industrialised country without cheap energy. Can Nigeria industrialised on petrol and diesel at over 800 per litre and electricity at 220/kWH?
Since to you (obviously a tribesman) Tinubu is the Nigerian messiah, what are his economic plan, I mean his industrialisation plans? How does he plan make Nigeria self sufficient and even become a net exporter of finished goods?
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 7:52am On Sep 14, 2025
delkuf:
you have 84 billion dollars and you are still borrow money. Does that makes sense to you. Stop deceiving yourself
Don't mind them, they lie with reckless abandon, without caring about how senseless the lies are.
- https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/senate-approves-tinubus-21bn-foreign-loan/%3famp

PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 7:45am On Sep 14, 2025
Ezmans:
Point of corrections tinubu didn't remove any subsidy it was buhari because it was not in 2023 budget they should stop deceiving nigerians
Buhari did not remove subsidy. He left the decision to the incoming administration. Yes he did not budget it beyond June (one month into the new administration), there is something called supplementary budget. Besides, Nigerian had always imported petrol and paid subsidy without budgetary provisions.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Removed Subsidy Without Thinking About Next Election – Gbajabiamila by wirinet(m): 7:39am On Sep 14, 2025
jlo247:
Because he knew that election or no election he will rig him self in in the next election
Exactly. Tinubu has been behaving like he does not need the electorate to win elections. He know he has INEC, the Police, the military and most important of all, the courts.
A presidential candidate that relies on people's votes would not remove subsidy on petroleum, and then replace subsidy with 5% petroleum tax, float the naira, deduct N50 from every transaction above 10k, tax 25% of earnings above 800k, etc.

I really want to see how all these play out next year, just one year to a presidential election.
FoodRe: Massive Crowd Struggles To Enter Hilda Baci’s Cooking Venue In Lagos(Photos/Vid) by wirinet(m): 7:29am On Sep 14, 2025
Guestmale:
Whether organic or free food motivated,I salute her for this wonderful feat.
Publicity or rather social media stunt. What's the big deal about cooking a large pot of jollof rice, beans, pasta or any other meal? What value does that add to the youth, the country or humanity? If cooking jollof rice was such a feat, worthy of world recognition, I am sure more industrialised nations like US, UK, Israel, etc, would beat us to it.
Besides, the whole stunt was not well thought out, as the pot collapsed. I always wondered how a single pot could hold and support 200 bags (that's 10,000 kg (10 tons). The jollof rice was not well done as the flame (energy supply was insufficient to cook such large pot).
Anyway, Hilda Baci got the attention she was seeking for.
FoodRe: Massive Crowd Struggles To Enter Hilda Baci’s Cooking Venue In Lagos(Photos/Vid) by wirinet(m): 8:17am On Sep 13, 2025
enambobo:
It's not joblessness, it's hunger. The government have failed the people.
If not joblessness, what will make thousands of youths leave their jobs or businesses, transport themselves to V/I, and waste the whole day, and at the risk of being trampled over in a stampede, just to watch someone cook a big pot of jollof rice?
PoliticsRe: 2million People Voted In Rivers Election As How Na? by wirinet(m): 7:51am On Sep 01, 2025
Skooltynz:
How many votes did we get in from Rivers in 2023 general election it’s not even up to 600k votes but today’s local government election recorded 2million votes , we are taking too much insult in this country .
Precursor to what will happen in 2027. President Bola Tinubu will record 3 million votes in 2027.
EducationRe: Looming Crisis In Universities: Professors Earn ₦633,333, Senators '₦21 Million' by wirinet(m): 7:46am On Sep 01, 2025
frog12:
Whereas professors in federal universities earn N633, 333 per month, their Imo University
counterparts take home pay is now N812, 000:


this amount too small? shocked
greed go kill these lecturers oo grin grin grin
Greed ke? How many bags of rice can N633,333 buy? How many litres of petrol can a salary of N633,333 buy? Do you think N633,333 can sustain a man of over 40 years with a family of a wife and three children? Abi, you expect a professor and his family to be jumping korope about and feeding poorly, and staying in a face me I face you apartment. The N633,333 would not even be enough to send his children to a good university in Nigeria.
EducationRe: Looming Crisis In Universities: Professors Earn ₦633,333, Senators '₦21 Million' by wirinet(m): 7:37am On Sep 01, 2025
sreamsense:
It is not by force to work for government, they should vacate universities and go out to hustle to give room to those that are even ready to collect N200000. There are professors outside schools hustling for their monies, they should go to the streets or politics where they think there is money. Employer can not make you rich, they can only give you money to feed your family. If you want to become rich, go out there and hustle for your money. Even if they are paid N5,000,000 a month, In two years, they will still come back to say they need more. There are many professors, PhD outside academic environment who are employers of labour.

If the two Google guy founders that have up to PhD in Computer engineering and the other in Computer science with parent having professorship background also ended up in lecturing, they will not end up as one of the biggest employers of labour worldwide today . Is not too long that salary increase was done, and if government yields again now. NASU,SANU and many others will also come again to ask for increment. If you think you are eyeing UK money, find your way to UK to look for teaching job or take to odd jobs for survival. When you know where the money is, then use your leg to go there now, and let those that are even ready to collect N100,000 enter
It's a matter of priorities. A country that prioritize Politics over education is destined for failure. A country that sounds more on politicians than academicians, particularly university lecturers will remain underdeveloped. If the best minds and those with calling for teaching are all forced to join politics in order to survive, then result will be illiteracy and semi illiteracy in our institutions. Professors should be professing solutions to scientific, technological and social problems apart from building future generations, instead of hustling outside the academic environment to make money to survive.
The most developed countries of the world have top notch universities, along well renumerated and motivated Professors.
EducationRe: Looming Crisis In Universities: Professors Earn ₦633,333, Senators '₦21 Million' by wirinet(m): 7:25am On Sep 01, 2025
Dennisochampa:
Mention one country in the world where lecturers in Universities earn more than their law makers...... Just one.....

Is it in USA, UK, Japan, Russia or China??
I don't know of other countries, but I am sure a university professor or a medical doctor (specialist) earns more than a Member of Parliament in the UK.
FamilyRe: Don’t Abandon Non-biological Children After DNA Results, Experts Tell Fathers by wirinet(m): 11:02am On Aug 26, 2025
NOETHNICITY:
After reading what he posted, you still went ahead to post this asking the man the very question he addressed in his lengthy post.
I did not see anywhere where the doctor addressed the psychological and emotional trauma of the man that had been lied to and scammed into taking a responsibility that wasn't his. I don't see where the doctor addressed the issue of women taking responsibility for their actions/crimes. All I see is emotional blackmail of men into taking responsibility for the crimes of women.
FamilyRe: Don’t Abandon Non-biological Children After DNA Results, Experts Tell Fathers by wirinet(m): 10:56am On Aug 26, 2025
Jman06:
The man might decide to adopt the child even if he decides not to take the wife back. He can still be caring for the child from afar especially if the biological father didn't show up.
And why would he be obliged to do that, especially if he is capable of bearing his own children. Would that not create complications if he decides to marry and start beating his own children? Would that not complicate the relationship between his ex-wife and the child? Why must the man always compromise his peace of mind and happiness, even if he is the victim?
FamilyRe: Don’t Abandon Non-biological Children After DNA Results, Experts Tell Fathers by wirinet(m): 9:01pm On Aug 24, 2025
Jman06:
This is why it is important to carry out DNA tests immediately after birth so that in the event of confirmed paternity fraud, the man would take his time to decide whether to accept the child as his before bonding with the child.

The psychological effects does not only affect the child in question but also the man! Many men; including myself, love children so much. Discovering that the child isn't theirs biologically after years of bonding can have devastating effects on the man as well as the child.

So, to prevent such psychological trauma, paternity should be determined early in life before the man and the child could bond. The man would now decide acceptance of the child or rejection. I know there are many men that would still accept such child regardless of paternity.
So how would that work? Would the man still be responsible for the cheating and fraudulent wife along with her child?
Men dey suffer for this world.
TravelRe: Japan Designates Kisarazu As Hometown For Nigerians by wirinet(m): 8:00pm On Aug 23, 2025
aswani:
Not at all, Arabs, then Mediterranean Europeans, then Persians in that order.

Those groups of guys nor send at all.
Jews Nko? Dem send una?
TravelRe: Japan Designates Kisarazu As Hometown For Nigerians by wirinet(m): 7:58pm On Aug 23, 2025
Masterstroke4:
Nigeria is not the only country that Japan designated hometown city for.

1. Kisarazu Prefecture Hometown For Nigerians

2. Nagai in Yamagata Prefecture hometown for Tanzanians.

3. Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture hometown for Ghanaians.

4. Imabari in Ehime Prefecture hometown for Mozambique.
Is this not an insult to black Africans? So people from certain countries would be imprisoned in certain areas, and not be free to move to any other prefecture? Us this going to be an open air prison like Gaza. Maybe we too should start restricting Japanes (and Chinese) to specific locations inside Nigeria. Chinese should be restricted to Ogbomosho, and the Japanese restricted to Umuahia.

We no get shame at all, imagine a small country like Japan with less than 130 million people summoning the whole African continent of more than 1.5 billion people, and our people running like beggars to meet them.
PoliticsRe: 172 Million Subscribers As Tinubu Cancels Planned 5% Telecoms Tax by wirinet(m): 1:45pm On Aug 20, 2025
Putinofrussia:
Ok,I am sorry.Do you want President Tinubu to leave the tax platform the way it was before with all the multiple taxes problems or you want him to totally abolish taxes.
All nations of the world tax financial transactions albeit one may be heavier than the other.
What exactly do you want,sir?
OK we are now entering the realm of practical solutions as against idealistic propaganda.
Though the way it was before was faulty, it was never adhered to or implemented. The wealthy were not made to pay their share fair of the taxes. In fact most billionaires in Nigeria avoided paying taxes. If the government is really serious about taxes, they should demand taxes as condition for running for elections, getting appointments into political offices and winning of government contracts. In fact EFCC should be mandated to include tax evasion as part of their operations, and investigate anyone who lives in luxury but no tax receipts to prove income. Then we can talk about taxing the poor market woman or okada rider. But then, in Nigeria, the law does not apply to the rich and powerful, it is made only made for the poor masses.
PoliticsRe: 172 Million Subscribers As Tinubu Cancels Planned 5% Telecoms Tax by wirinet(m): 1:26pm On Aug 20, 2025
Putinofrussia:
Don't have to be going back and forth with you because of your myopic views.
Just know that for tax in the US, there are over 800 various forms and schedules. Other tax forms in the United States are filed with state and local governments.


Even Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, pointed out that Nigeria's tax collection is low.



Now how much tax is deducted from 100,000 naira salary?

The answer is that your net pay will be ₦946,988 per year, or ₦78,916 per month. Your average tax rate is 21.1% and your marginal tax rate is 25.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate.
Is this too much for somebody who wants growth for his nation?
Does Bill Gates pay taxes in Nigeria? Does he directly run a business in Nigeria? It is affiliates and those that sell his softwares and have physical presence in Nigeria that will bear the brunt of the multiple taxations.

It's the direct taxation of all earnings above N800,000 from bank accounts that find unreasonable. How will the government determine gross earnings from profit. What Happens if you run at a loss despite a turnover of billions of naira? I am a businessman as opposed to government worker or contractor.
PoliticsRe: 172 Million Subscribers As Tinubu Cancels Planned 5% Telecoms Tax by wirinet(m): 1:18pm On Aug 20, 2025
Putindbutt:
Bring your evidence for this. I'm not even interested in all those other trash you posted, all the taxes predates Tinubu's Administration and you can relocate to an import-duty free and VAT free country and when you find one, send me the location so that I can come and join you there 🤡
What's Donaza explain the new tax policy here and why peller the content creator is asked to pay N36 million tax by Lagos State government -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmwTogOm9C8?si=GH4cnzFd8dTG9_fa

It's not import duty, VAT or other world recognised taxations that I am complaining against, it the outrageous double and triple taxation of the Tinubu administration of taxing all digital transactions after paying VAT on the same transactions, and the multiple unofficial but approved/tolerated government taxations.
PoliticsRe: 172 Million Subscribers As Tinubu Cancels Planned 5% Telecoms Tax by wirinet(m): 10:39am On Aug 20, 2025
Putinofrussia:
Tax is legitimate and all nations off the world collect tax from their citizens.Tax is ordained by God in the Bible and the Quran.
If you don't pay tax,know that you are not an authentic human.
Nigerian tax is one of the worst in the world.
We don't pay tax in Nigeria and this is the reason Nigeria is poor because we rely solely on oil while our leaders are chronically corrupt.
We have seen that this govt is using our revenue (which has dwindled greatly) diligently,mind you that we can't rule out corruption because it has been there since the creation of Nigeria or even the world.Nobody in the world can completely erase corruption because it is a human trait but can be minimise especially with tech.
China just executed an official recently for corruption.It is in the news day before yesterday that an official of USA govt has been indicted for corruption.
Tinubu is doing a lot of infrastructures all over the nation.Massive ones that had never been done in Nigeria before.
They will surely need money and tax is one of them.
Nobody taxes like the developed nations and this is why they are rich and serious.
Out of 100 taxes paid in sane nations,Nigeria has never taxed up to 30.Their stupidity is their fixation on oil,oil and oil.
It is difficult to defend the indefensible. Those who are genuinely doing legitimate business in Nigeria understand that we already pay more “taxes” than almost anywhere else in the world. Instead of easing the burden on citizens, the Tinubu administration seems determined to bleed the people dry. This new so-called “income tax” on total bank deposits may well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Let me break down the reality of what Nigerians are already groaning under:

1. Import Duties

Nigeria is an import-dependent country. Import duties are charged on almost everything we consume—cars, rice, medicines, machinery, fuel, and more. Even locally produced goods that rely on imported materials are not spared; duties and levies still apply.

2. Value Added Tax (VAT)

We also pay VAT on virtually every good and service. The rate was increased from 5% to 7.5%, further tightening the squeeze on both businesses and consumers.

3. Taxes on Financial Transactions

Things became even more ridiculous when the government started taxing our bank transactions. Every transfer or deposit attracts charges. While typing this I transferred ₦100,000 from my Zenith Bank account to my PalmPay account. Zenith deducted ₦53.75 as NIP + VAT, while PalmPay deducted another ₦50 as the Electronic Transfer Levy. That’s ₦103.75 lost in a single transaction—without earning a single kobo in profit.

Now, imagine repeating such transactions multiple times a day, every day, as is common in business. The cumulative effect is massive losses for both individuals and enterprises.

4. Proposed Tax on Bank Balances

To make matters worse, the administration is now proposing a tax on all bank balances above ₦800,000 per year. It doesn’t matter whether the money represents profit or loss, or how it got there—the government just wants a cut. Which other country operates like this? In the U.S., for example, Donald Trump legally paid zero taxes for years despite transactions worth billions because he declared losses.

5. Unofficial Taxes
Beyond official levies, Nigerians face layers of unofficial “taxation” that government seems to tolerate. After buying land and paying all the official charges, you are still compelled to “settle” "omoniles" before you can build.

All markets in Lagos pay levies to Iya Oloja, bales and other unofficial institutions disguised as traditional obligations.

If you run a transport business, after paying official vehicle taxes, you must still pay agberos, police, unions, and local government touts at almost every turn. These are extortions disguised as taxes, and they cripple small businesses daily.

The Religious Justification Fallacy

I find it disturbing when people use religion to justify exploitative governance. The Bible never ordained taxes. When asked about paying tax, Jesus simply said: *“Give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.”* That statement does not equate to Jesus supporting taxation. It was simply a reminder that spiritual obligations and civil obligations are separate.

A Tool of Oppression

These oppressive taxes mirror the tactics of colonizers. The British taxed the Aba people so heavily that women rose up in the historic Aba Women’s Riot. It was taxes on imported tea that sparked the American Revolution, ultimately ending British rule in the U.S.

Yet here we are, in 2025, facing a government that has chosen to weaponize taxation against its own people. Defending such a regime is not patriotism—it is patronizing oppression.
PoliticsRe: 172 Million Subscribers As Tinubu Cancels Planned 5% Telecoms Tax by wirinet(m): 7:04am On Aug 20, 2025
Putinofrussia:
Donr be an illiterate,sir. So you do not know that Tinubu has scrapped tax off the necks of most Nigerians.It is basically the rich that will pay tax in Nigeria now.
Give gbosa to President Tinubu,sir.
God bless Nigeria.
What do you mean that it is basically the rich that will pay tax in nigeria now? Tinubu that is preparing to tax all cumulative transfers to accounts within a year over 800,000, irrespective of purpose for the transfers or the profit margins of the business. I am still waiting to see how that one will work.
TravelRe: We Never Released Viral Video Showing Passenger Stripped Naked – Ibom Air by wirinet(m): 6:05pm On Aug 12, 2025
Ayiba0911:
There were no passengers left, as all has left the plane. Again she didn't refuse to disembark as clearly seen in the video she was begging to go out of the plane.
Did you not read from the Ibom Air press release the reason she was prevented from leaving. OK, after begging to leave, why did she refuse to leave when the security arrived and then asked her to leave the plane?
TravelRe: We Never Released Viral Video Showing Passenger Stripped Naked – Ibom Air by wirinet(m): 5:58pm On Aug 12, 2025
Aprocco:
You quote a law you know nothing about. Who issued the arrest warrant that citizens wants to enforce? They held a customer hostage because she attempted to remove fire extinguisher! Not because she had removed it or damaged the plane.

Even if she did all of those, has police complained to Ibom of their inability to trace her or bring her to book when reported? Have you ever heard Police request for an assistance beyond notification?

Removing fire extinguisher could be in self defense, could be for traction against forced removal. That damage is not punishable by kidnap, assault, stripping, filming the torture of a customer by a gang of employees of a service provider.
I am always shocked by the way Nigerians reason. It seems the government needs impose civic education on every adult so we can understand how a civil society works. There is something called civilian arrest in our laws. If you witness a crime, you are allowed to arrest the criminal until the police arrive to make a proper arrest. This is in order to prevent the criminal from escaping.
Now in this case, the passenger is alleged to have assaulted two airline hostesses, and was attempting remove the fire extinguisher to use it as a weapon. The pilot who is in charge of aircraft called for security. The hostess prevented the girl from escaping until the airport security arrives, and you are here talking about hostage. When the airport security arrive, did she agree to leave the plane willingly? She had to be bundled out of the plane and into their bus, in order to be handed over to the police.
I am a human rights activist. We engage local vigilantes and sometimes area boys to help us make citizen's arrest, before handing over to the police, when thieves are caught or in assault situations.

Here is Dr. Kevin Olunloyos take on the situation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17A-PysdV8Q?si=Q8b7X6_MKum2FqzY
PoliticsRe: Ibom Air: Emmanson's Warrant Of Arrest Dated 11 October 2025 - Odinkalu by wirinet(m): 3:43pm On Aug 12, 2025
PlasmaTV:
Lol
Read up on accounts of people who were actually on the flight, my chief.
I've read about 3 of such accounts. Ibom Air is culpable
Culpable of what? What's Ibom Airs actual crime?
PoliticsRe: Ibom Air: Emmanson's Warrant Of Arrest Dated 11 October 2025 - Odinkalu by wirinet(m): 3:37pm On Aug 12, 2025
PlasmaTV:
From what we've seen and issues that have sprung up, IbomAir is very biased about their reporting.
But you are not bias? OK, how did you come about your own information about the incident? Do you have the police or NCAA report?
TravelRe: We Never Released Viral Video Showing Passenger Stripped Naked – Ibom Air by wirinet(m): 3:34pm On Aug 12, 2025
SalamRushdie:
Most young girls don't wear bra again
No wearing a bra can get you arrested in Anambra state.

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