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26/05/2026

By all means possible I must give you electricity. No more estimated billing.

15/02/2026

If you put 100k in your account, Tinubu will collect 25k based on the new TAX LAW —Amaechi

New UK’s Political Party, Restore Britain says it will end Islamization of Britain.
15/02/2026

New UK’s Political Party, Restore Britain says it will end Islamization of Britain.

05/01/2026

🔍 Key Differences Between National Assembly Certified Texts of the New Tax Law and Gazetted Acts

📌 1. Nigeria Tax Administration Act – Section 3
Certified (NASS Passed): Assigns the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) responsibility for administering key federal taxes including petroleum income tax and VAT.

Gazetted Version: These items do not appear, effectively narrowing the scope of taxes the NRS is authorised to administer.

➡️ Implication: Limits the revenue body’s statutory mandate compared with what lawmakers approved.

📌 2. Section 29: Financial Disclosure Requirements
Certified Version: Requires annual returns with thresholds (e.g., ₦50 million for individuals; ₦250 million for companies) and includes procedural safeguards.

Gazetted Version: Shifts to quarterly reporting, lowers thresholds (₦25 million / ₦100 million), and removes procedural protections.

➡️ Implication: More frequent reporting and lower thresholds could increase compliance burdens without legislative authority.

📌 3. Section 39: Currency of Tax Computation
Certified Version: Allows taxes (including petroleum-related ones) to be assessed/paid in the transaction currency.

Gazetted Version: Mandates computation in U.S. dollars for petroleum taxes.

➡️ Implication: This change may affect cost, reporting and foreign-exchange exposure for taxpayers.

📌 4. Sections 41(8) & 41(9): Appeal Security Deposit
Certified Version: The House-passed Act does not include these subsections.

Gazetted Version: These sections appear to require a 20 % deposit before appealing a Tax Appeal Tribunal decision to the High Court.

➡️ Implication: A significant procedural hurdle added without parliamentary approval.

📌 5. Enforcement Powers – Section 60
Certified Version: Tax authorities may appoint agents, but no arrest powers without court order.

Gazetted Version: Expands to include arrest provisions through law-enforcement agencies.

➡️ Implication: Introduces coercive enforcement powers not in the legislature’s text.

📌 6. National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act – Reporting & Oversight
Certified Version: Requires quarterly and annual reporting to National Assembly and empowers lawmakers to summon leaders of the NRS.

Gazetted Version: Omits NASS reporting/oversight provisions, retaining only basic audit requirements.

➡️ Implication: Weakens parliamentary oversight.

📌 7. Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act – Funding & Board Authority
Certified Version: Explicitly links funding to the Consolidated Revenue Fund and requires Board authorisation for officers exercising powers.

Gazetted Version: Broadens funding sources and removes the Consolidated Revenue Fund reference, and alters board-authority wording.

➡️ Implication: Alters financial and institutional safeguards lawmakers intended.

ANOTHER BANGA ANOTHER WAHALA "My name is Agnes Bessem Okafor. I got married to Chris when I was 18 years. The people tha...
29/12/2025

ANOTHER BANGA
ANOTHER WAHALA

"My name is Agnes Bessem Okafor. I got married to Chris when I was 18 years. The people that conducted that marriage are still very much alive. The marriage produced four beautiful children. This man took me in my prime, in my youth, as a wife, not as a side chick, or a side whatever. We had a marriage and everyone that conducted that marriage is still alive. They're ashamed of the things he comes out to say about his own children. It is a sham£ to the body of Christ. If I left this man, I left him because I could not match and operate in his own ways. I left him. He did not leave me. I left you because of the sham£ and disgrac£ you brought to the body of Christ for so many years. Nigerians, when I couldn't take it anymore was when this !d!ot, this so-called pastor that is apologizing to gain public sympathy, this g00d for noth!Ng human standing on the altar to lie. After the wedding, I discovered under the bed a wedding certificate which revealed that he was once married. I cried. I asked him, he denied. The marriage certificate is still available. You'll go to jail for that. You lied to me, married me and kept me in your house just to be a baby-making mach!ne........"

– Agnes Bessem Okafor, who claims to be a former wife of Pastor Chris Okafor, has made a series of serious allegations against the cleric.

27/12/2025

New single by Mars Gunnar

27/12/2025

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