Aladdin

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[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@osemike300 Ok 😆

[KAA @KAA_Truths]

Have you ever wondered why you have to buy data on your home router and also buy a mobile data for when you are not at home?

Let me explain it better.

You pay for data on your home router. You step out of the house and it is useless to you.

So you buy a second bundle for your phone. Same network. Same towers. Same company collecting your money twice.

So, you have two separate data bundles with expiry dates on them but you can only use one at a time. If you are at home or office, the mobile data will be wasting away. If you are away from the office and home, the router bundle with an expiry date on it will be wasting away.

If you are only at home at night, when you do the maths, you realize that you only get to use the bundle 15 days in a month but you think you are enjoying unlimited one month broadband data.

Have you ever wondered why, in 2026, it has to be this way?

It does not. It is a business decision, not a technical limitation.

Let’s look at what operators did over a decade ago in other countries.

PHILIPPINES (2016): PLDT launched a home broadband plan with 50GB a month, of which 6GB could be shared with up to four mobile lines and used outside the home. One subscription. One bill. They called it the country's first plan that cuts across home and mobile broadband. In simple terms. PLDT made it possible for people to use the same data bundle they have at home on their mobile devices even when they are not at home.

CZECH REPUBLIC (2014): T-Mobile launched "Shared Internet" in February 2014. One data allowance shared between a customer's phone and a second device, with a separate data SIM for 99 Czech koruna a month, no new contract, same speed as the main SIM. If the shared data ran out, you topped up through the main SIM. By August 2014 they went further: up to five family members could share one data allowance, with up to five extra data SIMs for tablets and laptops on top.

In USA, UK, Australia, etc. the madness we allow here do not exist. AT&T launched it Mobile Share in the United States in 2012. You pick one monthly broadband data allowance and share it across 10 devices regardless of where you are in the country.

O2 launched its Sharer Plan and Family Sharer Plan in 2014 in UK.

Optus did the same in AUSTRALIA.

These are all operators in serious countries making efforts to be fair to their customers and this has been on since 12 to 14 years ago.

So the technology exists. The billing systems exist. Customers elsewhere have been using it.

Why then are Nigerians quiet about it?

For the same reason nobody questioned data expiry for years.

People believe it cannot work any other way.

We were told data must expire, so we accepted it. We were told home data stays at home, so we accepted that too. Nobody asked the company to explain why, so the answer became "that is just how it works."

It is not how it works. It is how it is sold.

Every unquestioned rule you live with is a rule someone chose.

Start asking why.

KAA
#kaa_truths

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

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[Aladdin @devaladdin]

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[MaziTundeEdnutfan @originalproflle]

No wonder CANCER full everywhere.
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[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@Grandsoncr7 @grok Cry joor 😆

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

This is the energy I'm alive for.

Rig & Die is fully activated.

Oh Peter Obi, I wasn't familiar with your game o.

@inecnigeria RIG AND DIE.

@officialABAT RIG AND DIE.

@OfficialAPCNg RIG AND DIE.

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@_deyemi So beautiful

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@ruvelro @LaLiga @Tebasjavier @policia @guardiacivil Nice try

[FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona]

Lamine Yamal is in da house.

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@samadakin01 Cap

[Oluwakemi Oyefeso @i_am_agbeke]

You could be law abiding and contributing positively to your society all your life only for @OfficialDSSNG to raid your house like a hardened criminal in the night, simply because you campaigned against the sitting president!

That is what happened with @richone090.
He is a law abiding young man campaigning for the Nigeria he desires. Is that a criminal act?

DSS should come and tell us the offense he committed o!

#freerilwannow

[Peter Akah @Peter4Nigeria]

Nigerian DSS @OfficialDSSNG it is been reported that this young man Mr. Rilwan Olawale @richone090 was taken by men identified as your officers and no one has heard from him since then❗️

@OfficialDSSNG Nigerians need immediate answers about his whereabouts and ensure that he is released immediately safely to continue his life❗️

@OfficialDSSNG @PoliceNG Rilwan is not a criminal, not supporting the ruling party is not an offense

This targeting of persons in the opposition would bring no good to this nation

Free Rilwan Now❗️
#freerilwannow ❗️

[John Can Code @JohnCanCode]

I think X has lost its flavor. It seems like everyone is rushing to just tweet something.
X used to be a placed to follow intellectuals and mentors, you tweet only when you really have something to say.

[The Spearhead @Spearhead_Af]

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[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@emilkowalski Congratulations 🎊

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@devhammed Make dem no hack my users account 😆

[Loftwah @loftwah]

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This model should be small enough to run on device and you can talk to yourself for free forever

[JP Attueyi @jpattueyi]

This post made me realize that many of you don't even know what presumptive tax means.

Permit me to educate you.

First of all by law, everyone is required to file taxes by the 31st of March 2027.

That's approximately 2 months after the election, in case you haven't noticed.

Whether you are employed or unemployed, NRS no send your papa. You must file.

What happens if you don't file?

The Nigeria Tax Administration Act provides for:

- ₦100,000 administrative penalty in the first month of failure.
- ₦50,000 for each subsequent month the failure continues.

So what is Presumptive tax?

Presumptive tax establish a simplified tax framework for individuals and informal sector businesses whose income cannot be reliably calculated due to a lack of accounting records.

Now Imagine being a POS operator in Nigeria. Your personal bank account records ₦100 MILLION in transactions in one year. Then the taxman comes asking questions.

You are not a big businessman. You operate a POS stand, help people withdraw and transfer money, and earn commissions on transactions.

But because you use your personal bank account to run the business, ₦100 million has passed through that account in a year.

But if you cannot produce proper records showing what you earned, the tax authority may assess your business using the presumptive tax rules.

Here is where things get serious.

Under the 2026 regulations, qualifying businesses whose income cannot be reliably determined may face a presumptive tax of 1% of actual or estimated turnover or revenue.

If the tax authority lawfully determines that your taxable turnover was ₦100 million, 1% would be ₦1 million in tax.

For those that file taxes, if NRS looks at what you paid for taxes and decides it's too small, the law gives the tax authority to make an additional assessment if it determines that you were assessed below the amount properly payable. They can use presumptive tax to bill you more.

So they will send you additional amount to pay based on their own assessment.

If the tax debt becomes due and remains unpaid, the law also empowers the relevant tax authority, under specified conditions, to take that money from your bank, or from your business partner or your supplier or anyone that is doing business with you.

The scariest part is that they can do this without first obtaining a Court order.

Now ask yourself have you received clear, practical education on these rules before enforcement begins?

Government wants compliance, but compliance requires understandable rules, fair assessments, accessible filing and a genuine opportunity to challenge mistakes.

People should not have to discover their tax obligations through a penalty notice.

Elections have consequences.

You go vote abi you no go vote?

[Aladdin @devaladdin]

@UgoOsinobi Abeg o 😆