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[Jacson A. Bevens, LX @JacsonBevens]

Woke up 30 minutes earlier than normal to spend some extra time with my early-riser wife and let me tell you something… she was NOT pleased

[Douglas Kendyson @KendysonD]

Hi @jidesanwoolu, @hanneymusawa

I'm deeply disappointed in your @lirs_govng team hounding Selar in the name of claiming creator royalty taxes. I turn 30 in Oct and I've spent the last 10 years building Selar, so this is what the youth mean by policies being created to crush growing businesses. We are the pioneering and largest creator company in Nigeria (Africa actually), and instead of being supported by the government, the LIRS team is keen on trying to scapegoat us to set a precident.

Beyond the huge numbers seen in the headlines, we are still a young company just trying to make our mark for the creator economy in a country where we've never been supported once, we're literally a bootstrapped company. In 2025 alone, we've fulfilled our tax obligation in almost 9 figures and we've never missed out on any of our tax obligation over the years. You can check the records.

We are a software company, we make our ecommerce software available to our thousands of creators in not just Nigeria but 13 other African countries and for that, we earn a small commission of 4%, most of which goes to our payment provider. This is the same business as shopify, teachable, e.t.c There is no reason LIRS is hounding us for a backdated 5% royalty fee on all sales when we've clearly explained our line of business to them and shared everything to prove we are not a royalty based business.

What they're asking us to do is raise our pricing to extort these funds from our creators which is odd considering our creators still pay taxes on their income. No creator company in the world charges as high as even 5%.

Also, less payment gateway charges we get 1-3% max, so where do we pay backdated 5% fees from?

The government would have to decide if it wants the Nigerian creative economy to grow or not.

This conversation is important to me because we pioneered this industry of monetizing digital products online in Nigeria and today we host over 400k creators selling using our platform.

This is an opportunity for the government to show it's committment to making Nigeria work for young Nigerians especially in the creator economy.

Time and money we should be spending investing into our business and it's growth for the GDP of this nation is being spent in long back and forth.

We can't catch up with the west if this is what we're facing at home. Above everything else, disputes like this are distracting from the real work.

If anything, for all our CSR contributions to the education system in the country with our Smart Hustle Anti fraud initiative and our other efforts, we should be getting tax rebates, but we're not even asking for anything but to be left alone to build our business.

Thank you.

[Favour Y. @FavourYusuf1]

This is appalling.

Really really appalling.

This is why I say you cannot out-hustle a failing or wicked government

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

“Posterity will judge our generation for entertaining the faux comparison between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as though it were a genuine rivalry.”

[Dunsin Oyekan of #Geni @DunsinOyekan]

This Messi guy!!!

“If I cant get through to score, let me create the chances”

[ᴅᴇʙꜱ🤍 @Bigdebs222]

When are we going to match make job seekers and hiring companies?🫩

[LIMOBLAZE OMO JESU @Limoblaze]

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[Nze @nzemmili]

I've never seen a religious group that is eager to cause chaos in every environment they find themselves!

[Hamilton @hamiltonawah]

Messi have left the Goat debate for Ronaldo, na Dragon debate we dey now.

[Israel The Creator @israel_obasola]

Ronaldo fans on twitter last night

[Ossy Vincent @ossynoya]

😂😂

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

Greatest player of all time: Lionel Messi.

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

CR7
What a man
What a legacy
To be the second greatest player of all time is no small feat.
Kudos

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

He that finds a wife...should stop looking for other girls

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

Trade him

[Ladebaby 🦋 @molaadee]

Choosing peace is ignoring this baba ijesha and luminee’s news. I don dey old, I can’t be falling for every rage bait on the internet.
But if as a woman you work hard and build a good life for yourself then you decide to use your own hand to destroy your life then congratulations

[Beke @BK9419]

I can’t win against this guy Messi man. This must be what it feels like to hate Steph Curry

[Oiza @Steadi_lady]

I’m so happy they’re mocking you Nigerians in the comments!

You people are too shameless and stand for nothing, it’s extremely disgusting!

[Kunle Kenny -The Joy Dispenser @kunle_kenny]

I love seeing it when the “logical gender” narrative is shown to be a silly and false narrative. This week has been pure cinema.
No man who treats his wife/babe anyhow should have peace. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but don’t start the wrong and expect it to be alright 🫵🏿.

[Kunle @Soulmedika]

The controversy surrounding this video is a function of our poor theology in this part of the world.

People cannot literally understand why someone will still die after being prayed for by a pastor!

We have projected the gospel of convenience for too long; the idea of a god that does everything as we want and not according to his perfect will.

Either we die or live, we are the Lords! A man who dies in the Lord did not loose anything! Death is nothing! Cancer is nothing! Sickness is nothing! Christ is everything!

If this prayer helped him to go through his difficult season with grace and hope, that would have been sufficient!

Brethren, Christ is our everything! We are not disadvantaged! He is always faithful, always!