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15/01/2026

“Will Nigerians in the Diaspora Pay Tax Under Nigeria’s New Tax Laws?”

As Nigeria’s new tax framework takes effect in 2026, many Nigerians living overseas has understandably asked: Will I now be taxed by Nigeria on my foreign income or remittances?
The short answer is no; not in the way many people feared.
Tax Residency Still Matters
Under the new tax reforms, tax liability in Nigeria is determined by residency, not citizenship. The key test remains the 183-day rule. if you spend 183 days or more in Nigeria within a 12-month period, you become a Nigerian tax resident and may be liable on worldwide income. Non-residents are generally taxed only on Nigerian-sourced income.
Foreign Income & Remittances Are Exempt
The Federal Government has clarified that:
• Income you earn abroad (employment, business, remote work) will not be taxed by Nigeria if you are a non-resident.
• Money you remit (send home); whether family support, gifts, community savings, or other personal transfers; is not treated as taxable income.
• Pensions, stipends, and foreign remote work earnings are also exempt unless the work was performed in Nigeria.
No TIN or Filing Without Nigerian Income
You are not required to obtain a Nigerian TIN or file Nigerian tax returns unless you have Nigerian-sourced taxable income; for example:
• Employment or business profits in Nigeria
• Rental income from Nigerian property
• Dividends from Nigerian companies
• Investment returns in Nigeria
If none of these apply, you do not have to register, obtain a TIN, or file annual returns in Nigeria.
Double Taxation Protection
Nigeria maintains Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) with many countries, and the reforms include relief for countries without treaties. This ensures that income taxed abroad isn’t taxed again by Nigeria.
When You Would Pay Tax
If you remain non-resident but derive income from Nigeria, you are taxable on that income. for example:
• Business profits from a Nigerian entity
• Nigerian rental or investment income
In these cases, you need to register and comply with Nigerian filing rules, but your foreign earnings remain outside Nigeria’s tax net.
Practical Takeaways for Nigerians Abroad
✔ Your foreign income and remittances are not taxed in Nigeria if you are non-resident.
✔ Only Nigerian-source income attracts Nigerian tax for non-residents.
✔ No TIN or filing requirement unless you have Nigerian income.
✔ Residency (183-day rule) is what triggers broader tax liability.
✔ Double taxation relief protects you from being taxed twice on the same income.

Bottom Line
Nigeria’s 2026 tax reforms clarified a key concern: Simply being Nigerian or sending money home does not make your foreign income taxable in Nigeria. Tax obligations start only when you have Nigerian-source income or meet tax residency rules.
I hope this is helpful and brings much-needed clarity and fairness for millions of Nigerians in the diaspora.

15/01/2026

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15/01/2026

Poor Record Keeping: “I Was Working Blind”

At SME-AIDE Growth Network and SME-AIDE Academy, we believe Nigerian SMEs grow faster when real experiences are shared openly.

A food vendor in Abeokuta depended on memory to run her business. She believed she knew her daily sales and expenses. Whenever money finished quickly, she blamed customers or market prices.

One week, she decided to write down everything she sold and everything she spent. The result shocked her. Some items were selling at a loss, and small daily expenses were quietly eating her profit.

Without records, she had been working blind. With records, she could finally see where the problem was and what to fix.
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Possible solution:

Record daily sales and expenses, even if it’s just with a notebook or phone.

14/01/2026

Lagos State Compliance Landscape in 2026 - What Every Business Must Know.

Doing business in Lagos State requires navigating a wide regulatory environment.

Compliance is not optional. It protects businesses from fines, closure, reputational damage, and operational disruption.

Below is a summary of key compliance obligations in Lagos State for 2026.

1. Premises Permit
What it is:
Business Premises Permit from the Lagos State Ministry of Commerce.
How to approach:
Register or renew annually your premises permits on time for the year 2026.
Consequences:
Fines, sealing of premises, etc.

2. Environmental & Waste Management (LAWMA / LASEPA)
What it is:
Mandatory waste disposal, pollution control, and environmental compliance.
How to approach:
Engage licensed waste contractors and comply with sanitation rules.
Consequences:
Fines, cleanup orders, and sealing of premises.

3. Fire Safety Compliance (Lagos Fire Service and Safety Commission)
What it is:
Fire Safety Clearance Certificates, levy payments, and safety installations.
How to approach:
Register facilities, pay levies, install fire equipment, and train staff.
Consequences:
Closure notices, fines, and denial of operating approval.

4. Signage & Advertising Permits (LASAA)
What it is:
Permits for shop signs, billboards, banners, and branded structures.
How to approach:
Register signage, obtain approvals, and renew annually.
Consequences:
Removal of signage, fines, and compliance notices.

5. Parking & Setback Compliance (LASPA / Urban Planning)
What it is:
Regulation of parking spaces, setback areas, and parking levies.
How to approach:
Register parking facilities and comply with planning approvals.
Consequences:
Vehicle clamping, fines, towing, and enforcement action.

6. Building & Development Approvals (LASBCA / LASPPPA)
What it is:
Permits for construction, renovations, and structural alterations.
How to approach:
Secure planning approvals before construction and comply with building codes.
Consequences:
Stop-work orders, demolition, legal sanctions.

7. Water Regulation (LASWARCO)
What it is:
Regulation of boreholes and water systems, especially for food and hospitality businesses.
How to approach:
Register water sources and meet potable water standards.
Consequences:
Fines and operational restrictions.

8. Local Government & Labour Compliance
What it is:
Trade licenses, health permits, liquor permits, Radio and TV licenses, pension (PENCOM), NSITF, ITF.
How to approach:
Register with LGAs, remit statutory contributions, and maintain HR records.
Consequences:
Fines, disputes, sanctions, operational disruption.

Final Thought
In 2026, Lagos compliance is multi-layered and actively enforced. Businesses that plan, document properly, and comply on time will protect their license to operate and position themselves for sustainable growth.

12/01/2026

Mixing Business and Personal Money: “I Didn’t Know If I Was Profitable Small Business Ideas

At SME-AIDE Growth Network and SME-AIDE Academy, we believe Nigerian SMEs grow faster when real experiences are shared openly.

A fashion designer in Lagos ran her business from home. Customers paid into her personal account, and she used the same money to buy food, pay school fees, and buy fabrics. Anytime money finished, she assumed business was slow.

One day, she tried to calculate her profit and realise she couldn’t. There was no clear separation between business money and personal spending. She couldn’t tell if the business was growing or just surviving.

When she later tried to approach a cooperative for funding, she was asked for simple records and statements. That was when she realise the damage mixing money had done.
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Possible solution:
Open a separate business account and decide on a fixed amount to pay yourself regularly.

10/01/2026

Cashflow Wahala: “I Was Making Sales but Still Broke”

10/01/2026

Cashflow Wahala: “I Was Making Sales but Still Broke”

At SME-AIDE Growth Network and SME-AIDE Academy, we believe Nigerian SMEs grow faster when real experiences are shared openly.

A small furniture maker in Ibadan once shared his story. Every week, customers were ordering beds and wardrobes. His workshop was busy, apprentices were working, and neighbours thought business was booming. But at the end of each month, he was always borrowing money to fuel his generator and pay rent.
The problem was simple: customers were paying late. Some paid small deposits, others promised to pay “next week.” Meanwhile, wood suppliers wanted cash immediately, workers needed wages, and fuel sellers did not accept promises. Sales were happening, but cash was not available when needed.
This situation frustrated him badly. On paper, he was doing well. In reality, he was drowning. It took time for him to realise that selling without controlling payment timing was slowly killing his business.

— Insight from SME-AIDE Growth Network, with advisory support from Knight Partners (SME-AIDE) Consulting.

Possible solution:
Agree on clear payment terms, collect meaningful deposits upfront, and track cash inflow and outflow weekly.

16/12/2025

Profit doesn’t keep businesses alive. Cashflow does.
If your SME struggles with late payments, rising costs, or stock pressure, this will help

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29/12/2024

19/09/2022

*9 DIFFERENT TYPES OF S*X IN MARRIAGE!!!!!*

1. RECONCILIATION S*X:- S*x is a most potent weapon for diluting and difusing misunderstanding in Marriage. If you don't use S*X to settle some stubborn crisis, then you are missing out and not maximising it. In addition when you both settle a misunderstanding, the person at fault could initiate s*x as a way to make up to the other who was on the receiving side of the conflict.

2. HEALING S*X:- There are some sicknesses and diseases that are cured by good S*x I mean very good S*x. Healing s*x is gentle, it is full of grace and elegance. You don't rush it. Mbanu. You do it softly and it hits the bull's eye. Please Husbands, don't throw your weight on her if it's for healing, let the bed carry your weight 100%.

3. PUNISHMENT S*X:- When I counsel couples, at times I hear spouses say "Since he did that, I decided to punish him by depriving him of s*x", or "since she refused me, I decided not to touch her again". That is as senseless as saying "since my child failed a Test, I punished him by withdrew him from school". It's foolishness. The wise thing to do is to give your spouse more s*x as punishment rather than depriving him or her. When your husband or wife misbehaves, correct them using s*x. That is the best punishment. Not slapping or fighting or public disgrace. Punishment s*x is very hot. 😷

4. MEMORABLE S*X:- This is a very special kind of s*x that you organise and plan for. Every couple must be doing this once in a while. Honeymoons should be organised at least once in a quarter (once in 3 months). If you have means, do it once a month. You book a hotel for say 3-7 days and retreat to help build your marriage. A kind of Intimacy Retreat. You mustn't go to hotel if you can't afford it. Just send the kids somewhere and make it memorable. Light Candles around and on the blue or green bulb. Use good perfume and the Angels will bear you witness.

5. QUICK SURPRISED S*X:- This is a s*x that married couples should do often to build their love life. One "Quickie" is stronger than 100 Love Charms from India or oshogbo. A Quickie is that very fast s*x that a couple does in ODD places or in ODD position. Usually one spouse surprises the other with it. You don't take formal permission quickies. You just start it just like that. MARRIAGES WITHOUT QUICKIES HAVE QUICK PROBLEMS AND BREAK QUICK. Spouses who don't believe in surprise s*x are analogue and expired. Quickies can be done in the car. Drive her to a corner and pretend as if the car didn't start. It can take place on kitchen sink or at the balcony or inside the swimming pool or in the garden.

6. EXERCISE S*X:- This type should happen frequently especially in the mornings. God did it that the male organ wakes up in the morning erect to greet it's Owner - the Wife. So as much as humanly possible, let every wife answer the morning greeting. *God's mercies are New Every Morning.* Great is His Faithfulness. Mercy and Faithfulness are co-joined twins.

7. ENCOURAGEMENT S*X:- You use this type of S*x to encourage your Spouse to do something or Not to do something. There are times he wants to do something that you think is not the best of decision, just come in the most seductive way and delay him. When he is exhausted after you have drilled him, speak softly and he will say "I didn't know that was what you were saying before, now I understand you".

8. REWARD S*X:- This is the type that you reward your spouse for achieving something unique or for exceeding expectations. Reward S*x is not just one round but extended over a period of time. Reward S*x is an open check to do whatever he or she loves. It's extra ordinary.

9. PROCREATION S*X:- This is s*x you do purely for pregnancy. When you need child, the best style is the one that gives the husband maximum pe*******on. Support your wife with pillow if you aren't a longman. But you must make sure it is as wet as wetness can be. S***m needs wetness to swim inside the womb. When he releases he must remain inside there for a few minutes. Don't pull fast....

17/09/2022

*PDP should forget Southwest; it has nothing to campaign against Tinubu – Bode George*

September 16, 2022

A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George lamented that the party has nothing to campaign against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the So Suth-West.

The PDP chieftain made this assertion on Friday while speaking on The Morning Show on Arise TV.

Although he did not directly mention Tinubu’s name in his remarks, he, however, alluded to the difficulty PDP will encounter in campaigning against the presidential candidate of APC if South-West is not given a national role in the party’s structure.

His words, “But how do I go on the campaign trip in the South-West and tell the people that look, we are ready and you must vote for our candidate? We must realise that the opposition party has its own presidential candidate from the South-West and he (Tinubu) will tell them (voters) I have the presidential ticket, what does the PDP have on its ticket for South-West?

“Let’s assume the south has the presidential ticket, vice presidential ticket and chairmanship position, how will our PDP brothers from the north take it? Will they be happy? All I am saying is to ensure justice and fairness and if they say they don’t want it, history will be on the side of the truth.

“And if at this age I can’t tell the truth, then what am I doing in politics? It is not a matter of forcing Ayu out. Remember, Ayu himself stated and I quote him: “If the presidential candidate emerges from the north, he will resign as the chairman of the party to allow the balancing”. We are simply just saying “let us be mindful and don’t let us overdrive this,” he said.

George’s concern comes on the heels of his backing for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.

According to him, Ayu’s resignation became imperative to ensure balance in the party. He argued that Ayu’s resignation will help PDP convince Nigerians as the right party to vote for during next year’s election.

He said the calls for Ayu’s resignation was in line with the constitution, saying the PDP chairman had himself promised to resign from his position if a northerner emerged as the party’s presidential candidate.

However, George reiterated that zoning is more important now than it was in 1998/1999.

The elder statesman, who noted that he had been part of the party’s system for a long time, said he knew what was right for the party.

He said, “In fact, the need to have zoning now is more important than in 1998/1999. Maybe some of these people don’t understand the concept that led to the thought processes of our founding fathers. Because it is an unwritten law it is up for debate and I hope we have the opportunity to put it down in writing and everybody will be able to read it.

“Those saying they don’t believe in it (zoning) and don’t want it are saying that because they don’t understand what brought about it but I am talking because I was part of the system from the very beginning and we have a saying from my part of the world that when you have old people in any association, they (old people) always make sure they correct the mistakes of the young ones and I am trying to refer us to that concept (zoning) that was established and brought about sanity to the nation.

“Now that we are trying to manoeuvre the concept that came from us to suit certain purposes and personal ambitions, it is going to drive us to the canvass and that is what I am saying.

“We are not asking Ayu that he should be zoned out or forced to resign. We are asking for this in the sense of oneness and inclusivity for him to throw in the towel and let us balance the top positions. We are going to campaign in my zone and we want our party to win. If it is not going to affect the party, I won’t bother,” he said.

PDP has nothing to campaign against Tinubu in South-West – Bode George

13/09/2022

ASIRI AWON AGBA ONISE MEJE

1.Asiri bibọ
2.ero alakala
3.Ero asasi tabi ata oju orun
4.Emi gigun
5.Ero eedi
6.Ero aburu Ibalopọ lataara obìnrin
7.Gbogbonise fún àrùn inú



Ewe eyinolobe pupo daada gbigbe tabi tutu, iyọ didi, igo funfun kan.

SISE RẸ
ao sa ewe yi sinu oorun ki o fi gbé daada, ao wa lọ kùnà lori ọlo ni deede àgó kan ọsan gerege ninu oòrùn. A*o funfun ni ao fi pakaja lọ ooo .
Ti o ba ti kùnà daada, ao wa lọ iyọ naa kùnà daada lori ọlọ míràn.

Ao ṣẹṣẹ wa poo méjèèjì papọ sori ọlọ kan, ao tẹ odu èjìogbè sí ,

Ti o ba di àárò Kutu hai , ao gbe omi lena , ao wa bu diẹ sí atẹlẹwọ wa , ao se adura nkan ti a ba fe sí , ao wa daa sinu cup kan, ao dáa omigbona lee lori , ao wa sáré gbèè mu ti omigbona yen ma jowa lẹnu !!

Ti eniyan ba laa alakala mójú, ki o se adura sí , ti won ba taa eniyan ni ofa l'oju orun , ki o se adura re sí , aniyan lori nkan mejeje ti mo kọ soke yi nikan ni yíò sise fún o.

Ebudola ✌️♥️