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olabrad:
What of shipping cost? How is their shipping process, please?

Free shipping and U get point by point tracking updates

Mavor:
Who pays for custom fees? The seller or the buyer?

I have not had to pay any customs fees. Purchase price only. However the case may be different if you are buying a lot of a single item. I have generally bought random stuff

All my purchases from Temu have been ok. You should be fine if you do the following:
1. Check the actual dimensions of the product you are buying in the desciption. if this is not clear do not buy.
2. Check the reveiws from people who have bought, particularly those reviews with attached pictures. if the reviews are not many or there are no pictures, excercise caution.
3. Do not rely of seller posted images, they are deceptive.

Live within your own means and limits

Proudlyngwa:
like I insist it is unfair for someone to take a word used by everyone and monopolies it , you can monopolies phrases but not a single word which was existing before you were born.
Zap had been in existence before those guys patented it, why should the be given exclusivity to a word for Thier business when they did not create that word, when we have all been using that word.
It is not fair and should be reviewed.
You can use zaplight, zap extreme, zap up,
But not zap, flash, light extreme, and any single word you did not create.
That is institutional rascality

Ok ooooooo, we agree to disagree

Proudlyngwa:
Like I said pre existing words should not be patented, only original should be, tomorrow someone will come and patent shine, flash, bright and I won't be able to use it on my line of products, is it fair

Before you pick a brand name, you should conduct a search in the relevant class at teh Trade marks registry and also at the corporate affairs commission for good measure.
this is why legal advice is needed in business, it can help you avoid some pitfalls. societ y is about trying to ballance the many wants and desires of people hence structures are put in place arounf most spheres of life.

While i hear your point, i disagree with the opinoin that existing words should not be trademarked. i do not believe it is a practical solution.

So long as the rules apply to everybody in the same manner then there is fairness.

Proudlyngwa:
Why should words be trademarked or patented

Except you are bringing out something new that never existed, a pre existing word or phrase should not be patented,

And day someone will claim flash, Sing, come , take.


Useless zap
Hopeless paystack

Pre existing words can be "trademarked" trademark laws across the world allow it. However trademakrs are registered in classes (1-45). Each class has a class heading which describes the nature of goods/services that can be registered in that class (Google Nice classification of trademarks) . However the trade mark must be distinctive of the class i.e. it must not describe the nature and character of the goods or services in that class. For instance I cannot trade mark butterly, in a class that covers butter and dairy goods.

The intellectual property space is quite nuanced and there are rules.

In addition trade marks are territorial by nature. If I register a trade mark in Nigeria it applies to Ngeria only, I cannot extend protection to another country except I register in that country.


However passing off is a remedy U can still explore for protecting unregistered trade marks but you have have to show evidence of recognition in the jurisdiction in question among other things. If the service offered by PayPal is allowed for use in a country where zap is registered, then the owner of zap Africa can potentially use to prevent use in that jurisdiction alone.

Still no guarantees of victory cos there is a lot that will go on in court

a distinct possibility

yoruboid:
If the state of emergency had not been declared, there’s no way Sim Fubara would have remained governor in another three weeks as he would have been impeached

The six months will give him time to re-strategize and mend fences with the state’s house of assembly members so his return will be stronger and safer

Tinubu is light years ahead of a lot of politicians

Penguin2:
My young cousin sister just told me she got a visa to travel to Cairo and ‘work’ but I don’t trust this ‘work’ narrative.

The impression I have of these Arab cities ( Cairo, Dubai, etc) is that African girls are trafficked there to go and prostitute for their traffickers.

But people who have information about what happens in Cairo can tell me.

Do Nigerians genuinely work in Cairo or is my little cousin about to be a victim of traffickers?

Is the VISA a work VISA or does she have a work permit?

Does she have an appointment letter?

If not make she Sidon.

ruggedtimi:
Still european style...wool*

My thoughts exactly

cut off everything, cut communication, cut seeing, block her everywhere so you dont see anything.

Hard cut off!!!!

Wizzy13:
We broke up after having multiple quarrels.
We have dated for 3years and she became a part of me. We went our separate ways for close to a month now.
I started healing but these says she has been appearing to Me like every day and it hurts when ever i set my eyes on her.
She has moved on so quickly and she's dating now.
This is really hurting.
Now wishing i neva knew her
pls don't Say am simping its only who had loved for that long will understand.

Should this story come out na you go chop all blame. remember say you be man and in the court of public opinion when girls insinuate rape or sexual assault, the man is guilty even when proven innocent.

wayray:
I met a girl during a short visit to Ibadan at my uncle's place. We exchanged numbers and we got talking online. She happens to be a fresh graduate serving.

During one of our usual gist, she said since I'm based in Lagos, I should assist her to look for job by sharing her cv which I obliged. We fixed a date to lash ourselves as Omo ogbon that I am. But my stay got cut short due to urgent stuff at my workplace. ( I forgot to add that I was on leave during this visit) So I left but we still continued gisting and had the date rescheduled for Lagos at my place. When the date for the meeting came, this babe demanded for transport fare which I gave without thinking twice. But surprisingly this babe blocked me immediately after receiving the fund. As a sharp guy, I switched to plan B after waiting for a week without success. I used my other line WhatsApp to chat her and claimed to be chatting her from the company from which I dropped her cv. My people immediately, this babe unblocked me and started apologizing. I said no whala, I pretended to follow up with the company so that they can pick her.

Now I have dropped a particular address not too far from my home for her in Lagos as the location of the company? SHOULD I ALLOW HER TO EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY OR I SHOULD FORGIVE HER?

Pls. I need your advice before Monday. I apologize about the long write up typo.

General Hospitals

Samfitz:
I am looking for a good hospital to donate my blood at a little or no compensation.
Location: Lagos
A+
AA

decide if you go give am or not. after that block am....no knack am ooooooooo

eepeepook:
The last time we saw was seven years ago. She blocked all forms of contact after marrying someone else. Now, she’s been on my case for money for six months and counting. I’m thinking of borrowing money so I can knack her one last time. How do I go about this?

you have done well keep it up.

Olaolar:
Since yesterday more than 24 hours now I didn’t receive call or message from nobody that he/she owns the money ..
50k for that matter I don’t really know the steps to take to return this stuf..

But what I did this morning is I write my WeMA bank Gmail and submitted the issue but it hasn’t been rectified

the Institution of marriage is being bastardised. Sadly a lot of people come to the conclusion that marriage is the problem, meanwhile, People are the problem.
if you know you still want to be in town or you are not tolerant, stay away from marriage.

dont carry you drama and damage another person pikin and damage some of those that will read of it.

Romans 9:15-16
for he says to Moses "I will have mercy on whoever i will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have Compassion" So then it is not of him who wills nor of him who runs but of God who shows mercy.

No tenant is entitled to stay in a house for free.

Ideally to evict a tenant you have to take him to court. In court you can claim money for any damage casued and any period the tenant has stayed without paying rent even if its just one month.

The reason a lot of Landlord's dont bother chasing after that money is because sometimes the cost/effort outweighs the benefit.

Get a good lawyer and explore your options.

I repeat there is no law that allows a tenant to stay in a house without paying rent in any circumstance.

The 6 months notice the tenant is entitled to is where the Landlord wants to issue a notice of termination before the expiration of the current term of the tenancy and a smart Landlord will issue the notice early enough so it expires at the end of the term of the tenancy. Where the notice expires after the tenant is still to pay for every day he/she occupied the premises without paying rent.

Darlingme:
Have you ever had an experience of a tenant who has refused to evict a house even after the rent expiration?

Despite all the notifications and reminders?
Someone you told a year before and you kept on reminding him.

What's the best option for such a tenant who is threatened you the house owner that he is free to stay for another period of 6 month after his rent expiration, claiming he is yet to find another house to move to. according to Nigeria law.

He has stayed for free for three months already.

What would you advise?

deluckiest:
we've been married for the past 11 years. I can't really tell why she's doing it. But it started when I was in the University and warned me not to have any female friend. Guess, she's feeling insecure.

Na conversation and maybe therapy go for settle this matter, I think

deluckiest:
For the past 6 years, my wife has been monitoring all my phone lines—MTN, Glo, and Airtel. She screenshots my chats, records my calls, and even gathers proof with pictures. Changing my phone numbers doesn’t help because she says as long as I use my NIN to register a SIM, she can still track everything I do, whether openly or secretly, unless she chooses not to.

I want to put an end to this, but I don’t want to get her into trouble with the law.

Has anyone gone through something like this? How did you handle it? Please share your advice.

How long have you been married? When and why did she start monitoring?

Mummytoo:
Good morning everyone
Happy Sunday
I want to know please which gospel song uplifts u, which gospel song makes you forgot all your worries


For me it's DON'T GIVE UP ON ME YET by GRACE IDOWU

I feel different with that song

Say yours

Mercy said no

ujnwachukwu:
Thank you. We are 8 weeks + now and this is how we look

Don't think this is a pure breed at all.
You really can't get a pure breed for that amount. Still a beautiful Dog. Enjoy

Therock5555:
5am this morning, thinking of my long day ahead when suddenly this smart ass tried to be too smart in crossing the road, it got blinded by the headlights and froze, I did justice.

My GTA skills no be child's play.


Unfortunately, I don't know when I'll be done with work today, na one lucky soul I go give...

Merry Christmas in Advance....

Location?

press9jatv:
“Marriage is the lowest paid form of séx work” — Blogger Chidera Eggerue




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RscMVSU_lY?

Must have felt very smart saying this. The internet has given everybody a voice including those who are better unheard

Suicideboy:
Long story short, I've dedicated my whole life to my career, now holding an engineering role with close ties to my company's executive committee. To get here, I chose to stay single and even burned bridges with family and friends.

Recently, though, I've been questioning it all. A close colleague, who worked directly under the CTO and was with the firm for nearly 20 years, was abruptly fired after a minor disagreement. Seeing someone so loyal and experienced dismissed so easily made me realize how fragile my own position is. If that happened to me, I don’t know if I could recover. It's left me feeling nihilistic about all the sacrifices I made for my career.

I can buy any car I want, own the latest phones and gadgets, dine at the finest restaurants, and even pay for the company of the most expensive escorts. Yet, none of it fills the void. I’ve achieved what most would call success, but it feels hollow. Every purchase, every indulgence, is just a fleeting distraction from the emptiness that lingers. The more I have, the more I realize how little it all means. What’s the point of all this wealth and status if, at the end of the day, I still feel utterly alone and unfulfilled?

I believe the Family is an important support system, whether its the one you were born into or the one you create. It sounds to me like your professional relationships are all you have and like the example you gave that can be extinguished in the twinkle of an eye.

By nature we tend to want to have deep connections with other people, however small that number may be. We like to share our successes and our pains. In fact its often good for our mental health to have a few deep connections.

The void you feel is a reflection of your nature as a human being.

Seek out reasonable connections with good people and with God and chances are the Void will be filled. People can also be very unreliable so tread with caution.

My opinion is not sacrosant

planting now means you will spend a lot on irrigation oooooo. also that that soil looks a bit low in organic content, consider using well cured manure.

griinfarms:
Hello guys.

So we are on a vegetable farming venture specifically for ugu,though we have introduced okra and pepper into same farm. So we made 52 beds on the farm with extra space for visitors. The land size is 100 x 100 in feet. We currently had plantains on this particular plot and another separate one also with plantains. But the other farm was doing far better than this one so we chose to convert this farm to a vegetable farm.
We started about two weeks now, and we already have updates from the first badge of 326seeds planted. So far, a total of 1300 seeds were planted with a spacing of about a foot on the beds.

We covered about 40beds with ugu, while planting the rest 12 with okra and pepper. Oh and yes dere were about two very small beds on one edge of the farm. I had some garden egg seeds so i threw some in there. Am going to be providing updates with pictures on this journey. Let's together see how profitable it will be.

E don finish already

ebubeson:
Before I continue.

Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it"

Ephesians 5:22 "Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord"

Your wife is to be treated with much love, respect, care, attention etc. You are not to be like a boss over, but a good leader to her. She can give you Godly counsel and guide you on matters she knows God's will on. You are not to be domineering, but flexible even as you lead.

On the part of the wife, respect your husband and submit to him. See yourself as a Deputy or Vice President of the home. Submit to him on things that are good and Godly. Anything that God hates and does not conform to God's will, do not submit to anyone on that.

A wife is to be good, humble, not toxic and not rude. A husband too should be good, humble, not to toxic and not rude. Do not give place to the devil in your marriage.

Husbands love your wives. Wives submit to your husbands.

Note: From the insight I got from someone, marry who you can respect.

Happy Sunday.

I fully agree and also I feel this issue should never be addressed with an unequal emphasis placed on the responsibility of the men.
Yes women are to submit to husbands and more so men are to Love their wives........not just love but to Love them like Christ loved the church.

That is a deliberate love that overlooks shortcomings and is sacrificial.

Well done for the balance OP

durentboi:
I messed up my life as a teen. I did not learn anything beneficial. I wasted all that time from age 16 engaging in vices, drinking, and fighting with people.

Now I'm ready to turn a new leaf and live like a decent human being.

But I still have many things to learn that I should have learnt all through those wasted years.

Everyone is looking at me side eyes, like it is time to move out and go to my own apartment.

I just started learning digital marketing and I'm waiting for my final year results to come out to see if I passed or not (I didn't do well during the exams because I was sick)
Please help me. I dont want to be poor

Good that you have identified your fault and hopefully I are ready to make amends. Pick up what you have and figure out what you can do with it. Even if you no pass, life never end. The day you decided to change for the better is your ground zero, from there na up remain. Focus, re-strategise and move up

SayAsSeen:
Did she try or what?

If this is everything. Then there are questions to answer

careful, the grass is greener where it is watered. if you would rate him in the top 20% compared to most men then............... be wise

AishaDant:
We have been dating for exactly two years now and to be honest, he is a very sweet and romantic man. I absolutely adore him because he is kind, caring, gentle and considerate. He also listens... Most men these days, do not listen. My boyfriend listens when it comes to most things. However, when it comes to matters of the bedroom, he is closed-minded, shy and quite reluctant. These are a huge turn off for me but I know nobody is perfect so I talk to him about it and it goes in one ear and out the other. He says fine he would try harder and do what I ask but when the time comes, he shys away, leaving me upset and even frustrated.

Am I being too coded? Alright! He enjoys bjs... He would moan, shake - these things I enjoy. I absolutely enjoy being able to fully satisfy him but what of me? He does not give head!
Crazy huh? Imagine wanting and enjoying something you refuse to give. How is your partner supposed to feel?
Oh and for those of you wondering, I am extremely clean. Maybe too clean even.
This is a problem for me. He is too reserved and finds it difficult to try new things.
Guess what guys? He is talking about marriage when he cannot even satisfy me in the bedroom. I just smile and change topics because I know I am not gonna marry him.
I don't want to be sad and miserable. I am young and I want to be happy and satisfied.

He wants to introduce me to his family officially before he comes to see my family this December. What do I do? He is a very nice man and he is well-behaved, sane, stable but he does not know how to satisfy a woman in the bedroom. What do I do?

OH and he is not on nairaland. He thinks nairaland is boring. He prefers Instagram so hopefully he doesn't see this ever. 😒