How this desk works
Editorial standard
naijaOS reads public signals for practical understanding. This page sets out where the information comes from, what we do with it, and the line we will not cross.
§01 What naijaOS is
naijaOS is a public-intelligence desk for ordinary life in Nigeria. It works from public information and reported data, and interprets those public signals so they are usable in real decisions — about income, business, documents, law, household pressure, movement, and institutions.
It does not claim ownership over public information. Official figures, reported events, and published rules belong to the public; our work is the reading, the structure, and the practical interpretation around them.
§02 Diagnosis, not advice
naijaOS separates diagnosis from recommendation, and keeps that separation visible. A briefing explains what the environment is doing. A playbook or field card may show how people commonly act on it. Neither is legal, financial, tax, or investment advice for your specific situation.
The line
We tell you what the conditions are and how they tend to behave. We do not tell you what to do with your money, your case, or your business. Those decisions are yours, and should be taken with a qualified professional where the stakes warrant it.
§03 Data changes — verify before acting
Inflation, exchange rates, fuel prices, fees, and rules move constantly. Figures shown on naijaOS are dated and tied to an identified source. Always verify against the current official release before you act on a number.
§04 Sourcing discipline
We prioritise official releases and primary sources, and identify reported data as reported. Where a figure is illustrative — a worked example to show the shape of a calculation — we say so plainly, and we do not dress an example up as a forecast.
§05 Corrections
We would rather be corrected than wrong. If a figure is stale, a rule has changed, or a reading is off, tell us — the desk treats corrections as part of the standard, not an exception to it.