Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing this Site, reading articles, posting comments or otherwise interacting with the Site, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Site immediately.

2. License to Use the Site

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not:

• Republish, scrape or systematically copy our articles or images without written permission;
• Sell, license or commercially exploit any content from the Site;
• Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in a manner that could damage or impair it;
• Use automated tools beyond what is permitted by our robots.txt file;
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Site or our systems.

3. Intellectual Property

All original content on the Site, including articles, graphics, logos, layouts and source code, is the property of Aprokoman or its licensors and is protected by Nigerian and international law. Sharing individual articles via social links is encouraged. Reproducing full articles, even with attribution, requires our written consent.

4. User Comments and Submissions

When you post a comment, send a tip or submit content:

• You confirm the content is yours or that you have the right to submit it;
• You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, edit and display it in connection with the Site;
• You agree not to post content that is defamatory, obscene, hateful, threatening, infringing or otherwise unlawful;
• We reserve the right (but are not obliged) to moderate, edit or delete any submission.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to use the Site to harass or impersonate any person, spread misinformation, distribute malware, engage in spam or phishing, or violate any applicable law.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Aprokoman and its team shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising from your use of the Site, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

8. Third-Party Links and Advertising

The Site contains links to third-party websites and displays advertisements served by third-party networks, including Google AdSense. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content or practices of any third-party site or advertiser. See our Privacy Policy for details.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time. Material changes will be highlighted on the Site. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Nigeria. Where you access the Site from another jurisdiction, you remain responsible for compliance with local law.