Use of this website is provided by EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS subject to the following Terms and Conditions
Effective: March 18, 2022
These Terms & Conditions (“terms and conditions”) apply to all websites operated and controlled by El-kanis and
Partners Limited (“EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS”) (either “we,” “us” or “EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS”) or any third party
agent of EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS, and other websites, where these terms and conditions are posted (the “Site” or
“Sites”). These terms and conditions set forth legally binding terms that govern and restrict your use of the
Sites.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully, because by using the Site you acknowledge that you have read,
understood, and agree to be bound to these terms and conditions. We encourage you to periodically review these
terms and conditions to keep up to date on how we are handling your personal information.
Please note the arbitration provision set forth below, which may, except where and to the extent prohibited by
law, require you to arbitrate any claims you may have against EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS on an individual basis.
ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE, AND YOU WAIVE, THE RIGHT FOR A JUDGE OR JURY TO
DECIDE YOUR CLAIMS, AND THAT YOU MAY NOT PROCEED IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY.
Use of this Site(s) are provided subject to the following terms and conditions:
Acknowledgement: Your use constitutes acknowledgement of these terms and conditions of your use of the Site. If
you do not want to use the site based on these terms and conditions, please do not use the Site.
Changes to Terms: EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS reserves the rights to change these terms and conditions at any time by
posting changes online. Your continued use of this Site after changes are posted constitutes your
acknowledgement of this agreement as modified.
Lawful Use: You agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the
rights, or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Site by any third party.
Privacy: We collect personal information on the Site, which is subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy.
Age: The Site is not intended for use by persons under the age of 16. EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS does not knowingly
collect information from visitors under the age of 16, and, in the event that we learn that a person under the
age 16 has provided EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS with personal information, we will delete such personal information.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ON THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS MAKES
NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE
OR THE CONTENT OR COMMUNICATIONS ON THE SITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR OTHER CONTENT OR SERVICE THAT MAY BE ACCESSIBLE
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE SITE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS DISCLAIMS IMPLIED
WARRANTIES THAT THE SITE AND ALL SOFTWARE, CONTENT AND SERVICES, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE ARE
MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, TIMELY, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR
NON-INFRINGING. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS OR A REPRESENTATIVE
SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY.
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THEY ARE ERROR-FREE, RELIABLE, WITHOUT
INTERRUPTION OR AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE
OF THE SITES, INCLUDING ANY SUPPORT SERVICES, WILL BE EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, AND ACCURATE OR MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITES AT ALL TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF
YOUR CHOOSING.
FURTHER, EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS DOES NOT ENDORSE AND MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF
ANY OPINION, INFORMATION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT ON THE SITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE CONTENT ON THE SITE.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION,
ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE,
REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITE.
Limitation of Liability: In no event shall EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS, its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners,
sponsors, advertisers, agents or licensors, or any third parties mentioned on the Sites be liable for any
damages (including, without limitation, incidental, consequential or other indirect damages, personal
injury/wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting
from the use or inability to use the Sites, the Content or any communications of the Sites, whether based on
warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS is advised of the
possibility of such damages. EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS is not liable for any personal injury, including death,
caused by your use or misuse of the Site or Content.
In addition, when using the Site, information will be transmitted over a medium which is beyond the control and
jurisdiction of EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS, its partners, advertisers, and sponsors or any other third party
mentioned on the Sites. Accordingly, EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS assumes no liability for or relating to the delay,
failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the
Sites.
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OTHER DISPUTE WITH EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF
THE SITES OR ANY SERVICE OFFERED BY EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
NOTE THAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS.
Copyright restrictions: The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information,
including videos, comments, articles, information, catalogs, brochures, data, text, software, photos, and
graphics (“Content”). This Content is subject to copyrights owned by EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS and other individuals
or entities and is protected by Nigeria and international copyright laws. Commercial use or publication of all
or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior authorization from EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license by EL-Kanis AND PARTNERS to use any item
displayed. Documents may be copied for personal use only on the condition that copyright and source indications
are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and
photos may have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS). In this case, all rights are reserved on these documents, and permission to copy them
must be requested from EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS, who will, in turn, ask permission from the copyright owners. YOU
MAY USE THE SITES AND THE CONTENT OFFERED ON THE SITES ONLY FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES. EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
authorizes you to view a single copy of the material on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use.
You may not either directly or through the use of any device, software, internet site, web-based service, or
other means, modify, publish, transmit, stream, upload, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create
derivative works, or in any way exploit the Content of this Site or any portion of such Content except as
expressly provided herein. You may not use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction
tools on the Content, frame any portion of this Site or Content, or reproduce, reprint, copy, store, publicly
display, broadcast, stream, transmit, modify, translate, port, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell,
loan, or otherwise distribute the Content without our prior written consent. You may not circumvent any
mechanisms included in the Content for preventing the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of the Content.
You may not introduce viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that interrupt, destroy, or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or damage, disable,
overburden, impair, or gain unauthorized access to the Site, including EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS’s servers, computer
network, or user accounts.
Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and
Conditions and may violate Nigeria or international copyright, trademark, and/or other laws.
Trademark Rights: The names, trademarks, service marks, and logos of EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS belong exclusively to
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution or confusing or misleading uses
under national and international trademark and copyright laws. All other trademarks, service marks, and logos
(including third-party product names) are the property of their respective owners. The use or misuse of these
trademarks is expressly prohibited and nothing stated or implied on this Site confers on you any license or
right under any patent or trademark of EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS or any third party.
License Grant: If you make any submission to or communications on the Site, you automatically grant, or warrant
that you and/or the owner of such content has expressly granted EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS, a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, unlimited, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works
from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content material
in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.
If you violate these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates.
Links to External Sites: EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS takes no responsibility for the content of external Internet
sites. Other websites that we may link to are owned and operated by third parties, and EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS has
no control over them. The fact that we include links to other websites does not mean that EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
approves of or endorses any other third party website or the content of that website. We accept no liability for
any statements, information, products, or services that are published on or are accessible through any websites
owned or operated by third parties.
User Supplied Material: Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the
site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as,
non-confidential and nonproprietary information.
Order of Precedence: If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms
and conditions appearing on this site relating to specific material, then the latter shall prevail.
Dispute Resolution: By using the Sites, you and EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS agree that, if there is any controversy,
claim, action, or dispute arising out of or related to your use of the Sites, or the breach, enforcement,
interpretation, or validity of these Terms and Conditions or any part of them, other than disputes related to or
involving EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS’s intellectual property, (“Dispute”), both parties shall first try in good faith
to settle such Dispute by providing written notice to the other party describing the facts and circumstances of
the Dispute and allowing the receiving party 7 days in which to respond to or settle the Dispute.
Notice shall be sent to:
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS at:
Awards & Compliance Unit
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
1 Enen Afaha Street,
Uyo
Akwa Ibom State
Nigeria
Both you and EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS agree that this dispute resolution procedure is a condition precedent that
must
be satisfied before initiating any litigation or filing any claim against the other party. IF ANY DISPUTE CANNOT
BE RESOLVED BY THE ABOVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE, YOU AGREE THAT THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION FOR
SUCH
DISPUTE WILL BE DECIDED BY BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS MEANS
THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE, AND YOU WAIVE, THE RIGHT FOR A JUDGE OR JURY TO DECIDE YOUR CLAIMS, AND THAT YOU MAY NOT
PROCEED IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY. Other rights that you and we would have in court
will not be available or will be more limited in arbitration, including discovery and appeal rights.
The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve
any dispute arising under or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of
these
Terms and Conditions, including any claim that all or any part of these Terms and Conditions are void or
voidable,
with the exception of disputes related to or involving EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS’s intellectual property.
Governing Law: These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of
Nigeria.
You agree that the laws of Nigeria govern this contract and any claim or dispute that you may have against us,
without regard to Nigeria’s conflict of laws rules. The parties acknowledge that these Terms and Conditions
evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the provision in the preceding paragraph
with respect to applicable substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of these Terms and
Conditions shall be governed by the Nigeria Arbitration Act.
Choice of Forum: You further agree that any disputes or claims not subject to the arbitration provision
discussed
above shall be resolved by a court located in the Nigeria and you agree and submit to the exercise of personal
jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. PLEASE NOTE THAT BY AGREEING
TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ARE: (1) WAIVING CLAIMS THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE AGAINST EL-KANIS AND
PARTNERS BASED ON THE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN; (2) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTING TO THE
EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, LOCAL OR FEDERAL COURTS IN THE NIGERIA FOR ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS BROUGHT UNDER
THIS PROVISION; AND (3) SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN NIGERIA FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RESOLVING ANY SUCH DISPUTES OR CLAIMS.
If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, the use of this site must be terminated immediately.
Contacting EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS: If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us
at
the following address:
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS at:
Awards & Compliance Unit
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS
1 Enen Afaha Street,
Uyo
Akwa Ibom
EL-KANIS AND PARTNERS is a for-profit organization duly registered in Nigeria.
