Whether it’s your first 8KM or your fiftieth, this Saturday is one you don’t want to miss.
This time around we would be running with @lifeatalxng run club.
New faces. Good energy. Great people. 🏃🏽♂️
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026
Time: 6:30AM
Peter Obi said some of these things about the VALUE in the North and people called him a mad man. That man knows EXACTLY what he is talking about!
Listen to the end and if Nigerians like, let us not take this country back. We have no idea the DANGER we are in. Just imagine.
I don't see anyone fw Westbrook, Butler, Smart, and PG, for not having a ring yet but everyone suddenly cares for a ring when the convo is about Harden. Y'ALL JUST HATING BECAUSE HARDEN IS GREAT AND HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HIM EXCEPT THAT RING
It is very shameful that a lot of Nigerians in their late 20s or 30s cannot afford to buy a 50kg bag of rice in an entire year, simply because they have to deal with other low-quality problems with the little they earn.
• Fuel went from ₦185 to ₦1,400
• A 65-inch television went from ₦300k+ to a million naira
• A normal-sized fridge went from ₦140k to ₦600k
• An AC went from ₦140k to ₦500k+
• Cars went from ₦2–3m to ₦15–30m. These are 2011–2015 car models, mind you.
Let me make it clear to those of you who still don’t get it: if you earn ₦300k monthly and save ₦100k every month to buy a car (saving that amount is almost impossible, by the way), it will take you 140 months to save ₦14 million.
For more context, 140 months is 11.8 years. ₦14 million is the cost of a 2013 Toyota Camry SE.
Mind you, by the time you are able to fully save for that car after a decade, the price would be double the current price.
What this means is that a lot of Nigerians will never be able to afford to own a car in their lifetime.
The saddest question is: how many Nigerians are earning up to ₦300k monthly?
You do not realize the damage Tinubu and the APC have done to us until you calm down and start thinking about the ripple effects in the coming years.
Tinubu must go, and to every person supporting this current government, good things will never find you. Heaven will not rest until you are cursed.
Let me put it in perspective if you still don’t know how ridiculously bad and incompetent this government is;
The five naira note is useless.
The 10 naira note is useless.
The 20 naira note is worthless.
The 50 naira note can only buy a sachet of water and gum.
N100? Three sachets of water.
N200 can’t buy one egg.
How about the highest naira denomination?
N1,000 cannot buy bread.
N1,000 cannot buy sardines.
N1,000 cannot buy a liter of fuel.
N1,000 cannot buy a liter of juice.
N1,000 cannot buy a plate of street food.
So, for a poor Nigerian to be able to feed at least 2x a day, they’ll spend between 3-7k (note: I’m talking about poor Nigerians here). Let’s assume they spend 4k per day on food. 4,000 × 30 = 120,000 monthly.
Where do you think they’ll be able to see that kind of money, only for food?
Tinubu must go, and it shall never be well with all of you supporting this government. You’ll ask God for peace and prosperity, and He will forsake you. 🙏🏾
97.6% of Nigerians earn less than 200k naira/month. Let me shock you more:
85% of Nigerians earn less than 100k naira per month.
Yes you read that right.
Almost 98% of Nigerians barely earn 140 dollars a month.
We are very loud, so classist, too arrogant and unbelievably poor.
You spend six years in uni due to Asuu strike.
Add an extra year for NYSC to serve a government that doesn't care.
Then spend another two years job hunting.
That’s almost a decade gone.
Now you finally get a job and they still say you don’t have enough experience.
The pay is average at best.
Four years after uni, you’re nowhere near #300k a month.
Yet you’re heavily taxed. Everything is expensive.
Buying a car feels like a 20-year savings plan.
And they want you to get married early
Exploring the world feels unrealistic.
Total chaos
Prosperity cannot come by taxing Poverty
As I travel the world and meet leaders who have transformed their nations, one lesson is clear: lasting economic and social progress begins with national consensus. Transformative leaders—those who successfully unite their people around a shared vision—share a defining quality: honesty. Government must be transparent and truthful because citizens deserve nothing less from those who lead them. True leaders do not exploit their people to enrich themselves and a few cronies; they build trust, unity, and shared purpose - the foundation of sustainable progress.
It is against this standard of honest leadership that Nigeria’s current approach to taxation must be measured. If taxation is to function as a genuine social contract, it must be rooted in sincerity, fairness, and concern for the welfare of the people. Every tax policy should be clearly explained, including its impact on incomes and its expected contribution to national development. Without this transparency, taxation becomes a tool of confusion and burden rather than a mechanism for growth and development.
Nigeria must rethink taxation if it is serious about economic growth, national unity, and shared prosperity. The purpose of sound fiscal policy is not merely to raise revenue; it is to make the people wealthier so that the nation itself becomes stronger. Yet today, Nigerians are asked to pay taxes without clarity, explanation, or visible benefit.
The solution begins with empowering small and medium-sized enterprises in every community. When small businesses thrive, jobs are created, incomes rise, and the tax base expands naturally. You cannot tax your way out of poverty - you must produce your way out of it.
This makes the ongoing tax fraud saga particularly alarming. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, a tax law has reportedly been forged. The National Assembly itself has admitted that the version gazetted is not what was passed into law. Yet citizens are being asked to pay higher taxes under this manipulated framework—without transparency, without explanation, and without corresponding benefits.
There is no virtue in celebrating increased government revenue while the people grow poorer. Taxing poverty does not create wealth; it deepens hardship. Any tax system that makes citizens poorer violates the fundamental principles of good governance and sound fiscal policy.
Nigeria needs a fair, lawful, and people-centred tax system—one that supports production, rewards enterprise, protects the vulnerable, and restores trust between government and citizens. Only then can taxation become a true tool for unity, growth, and shared prosperity. -PO