Muhammadu Usman Matawalle

OPERATION GO CASHLESS The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is implementing a fully cashless, contactless payment system across all airport payment points nationwide. Effective Date: March 1, 2026 Enjoy faster, safer, and more convenient transactions at our airports. Go Cashless. Go Seamless. Pick up your Go-Cashless card at all commercial offices and Access Gates nationwide.

@GovernorAUF @OfficialAPCNg @officialABAT Allah ya sawaka dai

Today in Yola, I took a decisive step for Adamawa’s future. After wide consultation, we are aligning with the @OfficialAPCNg to return our state to the centre of national politics and leverage the Renewed Hope Agenda of @officialABAT for real gains. The mandate of 2019 and 2023 remains sacred. Platforms may shift; our covenant with the people stands. And we have moved, with our full political structure. Adamawa is back at the table.

@bbchausa Shin kenan yayi kiran

Fadar shugaban Najeriya ta nemi a binciki El-Rufai kan 'kutse a wayar Nuhu Ribadu' Karin bayani - bbc.in/4aw06IX

@elrufai Indeed

My lawyers have issued a statement that condemns the illegal attempt to arrest me today at the Abuja airport upon my arrival from Cairo. Our country must outgrow executive overreach and deliberate disregard for the rule of law. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

@bbchausa Ai daman munsan za,a zo wajen

Bayanai sun ce jami'an tsaro a filin jirgin sama na Nnamdi Azikwe da ke Abuja sun ƙwace takardar tafiye-tafiyen tsohon gwamnan jihar Kaduna Nasir El-Rufa'i, jim kaɗan bayan saukar sa a Najeriya daga ƙasar Masar. Ƙarin bayani - bbc.in/4arlsXY

Majalisar ƙoli kan shari'ar musulunci ta nanata buƙatar a cire shugaban INEC Ƙarin bayani - bbc.in/4bFlFJl

So help me God

It is better to born a thief than to born a mumu...

The Director of Aviation Security Services, ACP Afegbai Albert Igbafe (Rtd), highlighted the achievements of his directorate under the leadership of Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku on the occasion of the Managing Director’s second year in office. He noted significant progress in the strengthening of aviation security architecture across airports, citing improvements in personnel training, deployment of modern screening equipment, enhanced access control measures, and closer collaboration with relevant security agencies, which has contributed to safer airport environment and increased stakeholder confidence in the nation’s aviation security framework.

Insha Allah You are O.T.P

@officialABAT You do nothing sir, No security No health care services No job No Food No education No roads No shelter

2026: THE BEGINNING OF A MORE ROBUST PHASE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH Fellow Compatriots,   I welcome you all to 2026, with gratitude to God and confidence in our collective resolve that this new year will be a more prosperous one for our nation, our citizens, and all who call Nigeria home.   During 2025, we sustained the momentum on our major reforms. We had a fiscal reset and also recorded steady economic progress. Despite persistent global economic headwinds, we recorded tangible and measurable gains, particularly in the economy. These achievements reaffirm our belief that the difficult but necessary reforms we embarked upon are moving us in the right direction with more concrete results on the horizon for the ordinary Nigerian.   𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤   As we enter 2026, our focus is on consolidating these gains and continuing to build a resilient, sustainable, inclusive, and growth-oriented economy.   We closed 2025 on a strong note. Despite the policies to fight inflation, Nigeria recorded a robust GDP growth each quarter, with annualised growth expected to exceed 4 per cent for the year. We maintained trade surpluses and achieved greater exchange rate stability. Inflation declined steadily and reached below 15 per cent, in line with our target. In 2026, we are determined to reduce inflation further and ensure that the benefits of reform reach every Nigerian household. In 2025, the Nigerian Stock Exchange outperformed its peers, posting a robust 48.12 per cent gain and consolidating its bullish run that began in the second half of 2023.   Supported by sound monetary policy management, our foreign reserves stood at $45.4 billion as of December 29, 2025, providing a substantial buffer against external shocks for the Naira. We expect this position to strengthen further in the new year.   Foreign direct investment is also responding positively. In the third quarter of 2025, FDI rose to $720 million, up from $90 million in the preceding quarter, reflecting renewed investor confidence in Nigeria's economic direction, which global credit rating agencies, including Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's, have consistently affirmed and applauded.   𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦   A few days ago, I presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. In that address, I emphasised that our administration has implemented critical reforms that are laying a solid foundation for long-term stability and prosperity. With patience, fiscal discipline, and unity of purpose, Nigeria will emerge in 2026 stronger and better positioned for sustained growth.   As inflation and interest rates moderate, we expect increased fiscal space for productive investment in infrastructure and human capital development. We are also confronting the challenge of multiple taxation across all tiers of government. I commend states that have aligned with the national tax harmonisation agenda by adopting harmonised tax laws to reduce the excessive burden of taxes, levies, and fees on our people and on basic consumption.   The new year marks a critical phase in implementing our tax reforms, designed to build a fair, competitive, and robust fiscal foundation for Nigeria. By harmonising our tax system, we aim to raise revenue sustainably, address fiscal distortions and strengthen our capacity to finance infrastructure and social investments that will deliver shared prosperity.   1/2

@LeadershipHausa Allah ya shiga tsakanin nagari da mugu Allah ya tarwatsa ku

A cikin wata sanarwa da ya sanya wa hannu da kansa a ranar Talata, shugaban Ƙasa, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ya ce sabbin dokokin haraji, ciki har da wadanda suka fara aiki a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2025, da kuma sauran ayyukan da aka tsara za su fara a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2026, za su ci gaba aiki ka'in da na'in. Mun buga muku cikkakken labarin kan sabuwar sanarwar shugaban ƙasa ga me da dokar Haraji a hausa.leadership.ng

@taiwoyedele As a government of our dear nation, why is so much effort being invested in the implementation of new tax laws while critical national challenges remain inadequately addressed? 1. Insecurity 2. Poor education 3. Inadequate health care services 4. Dilapidated roads. Etc

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐀𝐗 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏, 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 We recognise the genuine challenges facing Nigeria’s aviation industry, particularly the burden of multiple taxes, levies, and regulatory charges. The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee on behalf of the government has engaged extensively with airline operators and those engagements are ongoing. Contrary to the claim that the new tax laws will hurt the industry, the reform is part of the solution, not the source of the problem. Several long-standing tax issues driving costs in the sector have been resolved in the new tax laws or are being structurally addressed including: 1. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 The single biggest tax burden on airlines has been the 10 percent withholding tax (WHT) on aircraft leases under the existing law. This has now been removed and replaced with a rate to be determined in a regulation, creating the legal basis for either a full exemption or a significantly lower rate. To put this in context, on a $50 million aircraft lease, an airline currently pays $5 million in WHT, which is non-recoverable and therefore directly increases operating costs and strains cash flow. Eliminating this burden is a major structural relief for the sector. 2. 𝐕𝐀𝐓 - 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 While the temporary VAT suspension introduced in 2020 following COVID-19 was attractive, it came with a hidden cost. Airlines could not recover input VAT on non-exempt items including certain assets, consumables, and overheads, meaning VAT became embedded in costs. Under the new tax laws, airlines become fully VAT-neutral. Any VAT paid on imported or locally procured assets, consumables, and services will become fully claimable. Where an airline has excess input VAT, the law mandates a refund within 30 days, supported by a fully funded tax refund account and the option to offset VAT credits against other tax liabilities. This directly reduces cost pressure and improves liquidity. 3. 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Existing exemptions on commercial aircraft, engines, and spare parts remain fully in place. There is no reversal or new burden introduced under the tax reforms. 4. 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 Airline operations are inherently low-margin. A 7.5 percent VAT on tickets, within a system where input VAT is fully recoverable, results in a significantly lower net impact than the headline rate suggests. Even in a worst-case scenario where VAT were not claimable, the maximum impact would still be 7.5 percent, not the price increases being suggested. That is, a N125,000 ticket becomes not more than N134,375 and a N350,000 ticket not more than N376,250. 5. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱 (𝐂𝐈𝐓) The new law provides a framework to reduce corporate income tax from 30 percent to 25 percent which will benefit airlines. In addition, several earmarked profit-based levies including Tertiary Education Tax, NASENI, NITDA and Police levies have been harmonised into a single Development levy, reducing complexity and ensuring certainty. 6. 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 The multiplicity of levies imposed on airlines and flight tickets is real, but these charges are not created by the new tax laws. It is therefore incorrect to attribute them to the reform. The government is actively working with operators and relevant agencies to achieve a lasting solution. Importantly, the tax harmonisation provisions in the new laws mean the situation can only improve, not worsen, from 2026. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Overall, the new tax laws provide a strong legal and policy framework to resolve the long-standing tax challenges in the aviation sector, reduce operating costs for airlines, and ensure minimal impact on passengers. If the current engagement with industry stakeholders is sustained, the remaining non-tax issues will be resolved sooner rather than later. Claims not grounded in fact do not help this process. The new tax laws are not the problem, they are a critical part of the solution. - 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒙 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆

@NGRPresident @asovilladigital @officialABAT As a government of our dear nation, why is so much effort being invested in the implementation of new tax laws while critical national challenges remain inadequately addressed? 1. Insecurity 2. Poor education 3. Inadequate health care services 4. Dilapidated roads. Etc

New Tax Laws will Commence on January 1, 2026 as Planned. @asovilladigital | @officialABAT

As a government of our dear nation, why is so much effort being invested in the implementation of new tax laws while critical national challenges remain inadequately addressed?

Peter Obi calls for transparency over Nigeria–France tax agreement vanguardngr.com/2025/12/peter-…

𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗶 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗠 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: punchng.com/nigeria-long-o…

@MSIngawa Nace ba anya PhD tasan ma,anar insecure kuwa Sai kuma can naji Ankara da wata wai integrity

In a Rapid Fire Session with S24 Tv, Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda disclosed some fascinating facts about Katsina and his administration.

@bbchausa Madallah

Ko akwai alaƙa tsakanin rigar-mama da kansar nono? bbc.in/4qDdUZo