Terms of Use

Effective Date: August 3, 2025

Welcome to Nigeriawide.com, the premier digital business directory and media platform connecting local brands, small businesses, and corporate enterprises with nationwide consumers. Whether you are a local vendor looking to get your first 100 customers, an established corporate brand launching a nationwide campaign, or an event organizer driving ticket sales, Nigeriawide provides the targeted reach, search visibility, and marketing infrastructure you need to win the Nigerian market.

To ensure a safe, high-trust, and reliable environment for everyone, all user access, browsing behaviors, and platform interactions are strictly governed by these Terms of Use. If you are looking to promote your brand or list a business on our platform, your materials must also comply with our Advertising Policy. For details on how we safeguard your personal data and maintain local regulatory compliance, please read our Privacy Policy.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using Nigeriawide.com, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and you possess the full legal capacity to enter into this agreement. If you are accessing or using the Platform on behalf of a company, corporate brand, partnership, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the explicit legal authority to bind such entity to these Terms.

2. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to modify, adjust, or update these Terms at any time, for any reason, and without prior notice to individual users. Any changes will become effective immediately upon posting the revised Terms on this page, indicated by an updated “Effective Date” at the top of the document. Your continued use of the Platform after any such changes constitutes your official acceptance of the new Terms. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically to stay informed of our operating guidelines.

3. Services Provided by Nigeriawide.com

Nigeriawide.com serves as a comprehensive digital platform connecting you with people, places, events, activities, and the latest developments shaping the future of Nigeria. Our primary services include, but are not limited to:

• Business and Service Listings: A searchable, classified database of local businesses, vendors, artisans, organizations, and professional services across Nigeria.
• Event Information: Curated listings, operational schedules, and calendar details for various consumer and corporate events nationwide.
• Location-Based Information: Data, regional maps, physical vectors, attractions, and local insights across different Nigerian states and cities.
• News and Articles: Digital editorial content, business updates, PR distributions, culture spotlights, and current affairs relating to Nigerian developments.
• User-Generated Content: Interactive features allowing consumers to submit reviews, ratings, public comments, and other localized contributions.
• Advertising Opportunities: Structural tools providing a platform for local brands and corporate entities to promote services via Banner Advertisements or premium listing tiers.

While we strive to provide accurate, high-quality, and up-to-date information, we do not guarantee the explicit accuracy, completeness, safety, or reliability of all content on the Platform, especially regarding user-generated content or external third-party information.

4. Professional Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability

• General Information Only: All content on Nigeriawide.com is provided for general informational, navigational, and educational purposes only. While we check entries for basic reliability, we make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the reliability, adequacy, or completeness of any data on the Platform.
• Assumption of Risk: Your use of the Platform and your reliance on any business profile, contact number, route map, or consumer review found herein is strictly at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Nigeriawide.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential financial loss, property damage, or consumer grievance arising from your interactions with listed entities.
• Third-Party Advertising: We display automated advertisements (such as Google AdSense programmatic grids). We do not manually audit or endorse the specific consumer claims made in these automated third-party ad networks.
• No Professional Advice: The editorial material, business listings, and articles provided do not constitute binding legal, financial, architectural, or medical advice. No professional-client relationship is established through the use of this Platform. Always seek the direct counsel of a licensed professional before taking action based on Platform content.
• Official Non-Affiliation: Nigeriawide.com is a private commercial entity operated independently. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, any federal ministry, state government, or local government agency.

5. Financial Disclosure and Monetization

In the interest of full transparency and compliance with digital operating regulations, we openly disclose the following commercial and financial relationships:

• Bookings & Referrals: We may earn an administrative commission, referral fee, or brokerage fee when you complete an external transaction (such as travel bookings, hospitality stays, event ticketing, or service reservations) via affiliate hooks or partner links on our Platform.
• Affiliate Marketing: We participate in various localized and international affiliate marketing programs. We may receive structural compensation for purchases made through affiliate links at zero additional cost to the consumer.
• Direct Sponsorships: We sell premium directory tiers, display advertising banners, and publish editorial features funded directly by verified business entities, as outlined in our Advertise with Us rate card.

6. Platform Management

The Platform is exclusively managed, operated, and maintained by Mediawide Limited. The website domain, platform code framework, database architectures, user interface elements, and associated brand trademarks are the sole property of the respective corporate owner. You are strictly prohibited from reproducing, mirroring, scraping, or commercially exploiting any portion of the Platform without express written authorization from Mediawide Limited.

7. User Accounts

Certain premium dashboards or listing configurations on Nigeriawide.com require you to create an active user account. When creating an account, you explicitly agree to:

• Provide perfectly accurate, current, and complete registration information.
• Maintain the absolute confidentiality of your account password and prevent unauthorized third-party access.
• Accept sole responsibility for all internal database activities, profile edits, or communication vectors that occur under your registered account.
• Notify us immediately at our compliance address regarding any unauthorized use of your account or any other suspected security breach.

We reserve the right to temporarily suspend or permanently terminate your account at our absolute discretion if we believe you have violated these Terms, compromised platform security, or for any other reason, with or without prior notice.

8. User Conduct and Responsibilities

You agree to use Nigeriawide.com responsibly, ethically, and lawfully. You must not:

• Engage in any illegal, fraudulent, or deceptive commercial activities.
• Post, upload, or transmit any user-generated content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable to the Nigerian public.
• Impersonate any individual, vendor, or corporation, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your operational affiliation with any person or entity.
• Upload, post, link, or otherwise distribute any unsolicited or unauthorized marketing, bulk text templates, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of coercive commercial solicitation.
• Upload any files, scripts, or media containing software viruses, corrupted elements, or malicious code designed to damage or disrupt the operations of the Platform or users’ computing devices.
• Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international data transmission laws, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) or other relevant telecom and digital authorities.
• Interfere with, bypass, or disrupt the architectural firewalls, indexing server protocols, or hardware networks connected to the Platform.
• Collect, crawl, harvest, or store personal data (including phone numbers, physical addresses, or emails) about other users without their express, written consent under NDPR protocols.
• Scrape, automated-crawl, or use any programmatic bot structures to lift directory data from the Platform without our explicit, written consent.

You remain solely and legally liable for all digital assets, text blocks, review scores, and listing documentation you upload or make available on the Platform.

9. User-Generated Content (UGC)

Nigeriawide.com allows accounts to submit, post, or publish public content, including text reviews, photos, videos, listings, and other descriptive materials (“User-Generated Content” or “UGC”).

• License Grant: By submitting UGC to Nigeriawide.com, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, perpetual, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, and prepare derivative layouts of that content across any media formats and channels for promotional or scaling purposes.
• Warranties: You represent and warrant that you own or possess all the necessary commercial licenses, intellectual property rights, consents, and legal permissions to authorize Nigeriawide.com to utilize your submitted UGC.
• Monitoring & Removal: We reserve the right, but maintain zero operational obligation, to monitor, audit, filter, or remove any UGC at our sole discretion, without notice, for any reason, including if we believe the content violates our community standards or causes harm to our users.
• UGC Disclaimer: Nigeriawide.com does not control and is not legally responsible for the accuracy, completeness, legal compliance, or appropriateness of any UGC posted by users.

10. Third-Party Links and Content

Nigeriawide.com may contain links to third-party websites, advertisements, or content not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. The inclusion of any link doesn’t imply endorsement by Nigeriawide.com.

You acknowledge and agree that Nigeriawide.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites or services. Your use of third-party websites and resources is entirely at your own risk.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Nigeriawide.com, its corporate operator Mediawide Limited, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that such parties may incur as a result of or arising from your (or anyone using your account’s) violation of these Terms or any applicable law, your User-Generated Content, or your access to or use of the Platform.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

• Governing Law: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
• Jurisdiction: You agree that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be exclusively brought in the federal or state courts located in Lagos, Nigeria.
• Dispute Resolution: While we encourage direct communication to resolve disputes, if a dispute arises, you agree to first attempt to resolve it through good faith negotiation. If a resolution cannot be reached, parties may agree to mediation before pursuing formal litigation.

13. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to the Platform immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform will immediately cease.

If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Platform or follow any specific account termination procedures provided on your account dashboard. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

14. Miscellaneous

• Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and completely enforceable.
• Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Advertising Policy, constitute the entire legal agreement between you and Nigeriawide.com regarding your use of the Platform.
• Waiver: No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
• Assignment: You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms without such consent will be null and void. We may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us at:

• 📨 Email: compliance@mediawide.com (or compliance@nigeriawide.com)
• 💬 WhatsApp: +234 806 501 1968
• 📍 Address: Lagos, Nigeria