As of January 1, 2026, Nigeria’s fiscal landscape has completely changed. In this video, we break down the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and what the new laws mean for your salary, your business, and your daily spending.

From the renaming of the FIRS to the new Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), to the controversial VAT derivation principle, we cover the "spicy" debates and the final compromises. Most importantly, we explain who the winners and losers are in this new era.

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Twenty-four hours apart, mass shootings struck Brown University and Bondi Beach. Australia's Prime Minister announced gun reform before the crime tape came down. America offered thoughts and prayers. This episode traces why—from the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that transformed Australia, to the constitutional straitjacket, cultural mythology, and lobbying machine that keeps America locked in place. Is American paralysis a failure of will, or a system working exactly as designed?

Further Resources

• PBS NewsHour – "At least 2 people killed, 8 injured in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island"⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/at-least-2-people-killed-8-injured-in-shooting-at-brown-university-in-rhode-island⁠
• Council on Foreign Relations – "U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons"⁠https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons⁠
• The Violence Project – "Mass Shooting Database Methodology"⁠https://www.theviolenceproject.org/methodology/⁠
• Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions – "Firearm Violence in the United States"⁠https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/issues/gun-violence-in-the-united-states⁠
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation – "On gun violence, the United States is an outlier"⁠https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/gun-violence-united-states-outlier

On October 31, 2025, the Trump Administration designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” for religious persecution, explicitly invoking the term “Christian Genocide.” For most observers, this looks like a simple religious conflict: Muslims versus Christians.

They’re wrong. In this maiden episode of Beyond the Headlines, we trace the roots of Nigeria’s security crisis back to 1914, when British colonizers forced over 250 ethnic groups into an artificial union.

Further Reading & Resources

1. Council on Foreign Relations - Nigeria's Battle With Boko Haram ⁠https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/nigerias-battle-boko-haram⁠
2. International Crisis Group - Stopping Nigeria's Spiralling Farmer-Herder Violence ⁠https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/nigeria/262-stopping-nigerias-spiralling-farmer-herder-violence⁠
3. IPI Global Observatory - Northwest Nigeria Has a Banditry Problem: What's Driving It? ⁠https://theglobalobservatory.org/2024/05/northwest-nigeria-has-a-banditry-problem-whats-driving-it/⁠
4. The Guardian - Ten Years On From Chibok: What Happened to the 276 Nigerian Girls? ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/11/nigeria-chibok-boko-haram-girls-school-abductions-islamist-militants-borno-yobe-katsina-kaduna