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With just four days to the scheduled commencement of Nigeria’s sweeping tax reforms, tensions are mounting as organised labour, small businesses and employers’ groups warn of resistance, while manufacturers have declared support for the new laws. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened a nationwide revolt over the planned January 1, 2026 implementation of the…
The Federal Government has reaffirmed that Nigeria’s far-reaching tax reforms will take effect on January 1, 2026, dismissing calls for further delays and insisting that the new tax regime is designed to ease the burden on ordinary Nigerians and small businesses. The confirmation followed a high-level meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and members of…
You As Christians across Nigeria marked Christmas, state governors used the season to preach love, unity and peaceful coexistence, while the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) struck a more urgent tone—calling for fairness, collective resistance and an end to policies it says deepen hardship for ordinary citizens. Across the states, governors framed Christmas as a moment…
Rising anxiety over Nigeria’s ongoing tax reform reflects a deeper crisis within the country’s fiscal architecture rather than a fair reading of the policy recalibration. Beneath the public fear lies a system plagued by weak revenue mobilisation, loopholes that enable wealthy individuals and corporations to evade taxes, and a long-standing structure that fuels poverty and…
