December is here and a good number of people love the last month of the year regardless of their religious beliefs. This is because there will be quite a handful of holidays, a lot of giving, gifting and sharing not only by individuals but also by corporate organisations and the ambience will be celebratory.
Interestingly, gifting has become a trend for the yuletide to show appreciation to clients, loyal customers as well as groom or nurture relationships for the upcoming year. And corporate organisations and individuals are constantly searching for affordable and convenient ways to gift without breaking the bank. eCommerce is the solution.
Convenient Christmas Gifting
Interestingly, gifting has become a trend for the yuletide to show appreciation to clients, loyal customers as well as groom or nurture relationships for the upcoming year. And corporate organisations and individuals are constantly searching for affordable and convenient ways to gift without breaking the bank. eCommerce is the solution.
Convenient Christmas Gifting
eCommerce has already disrupted the way Nigerians make their purchases. Across the country, you will find not only millennials but also digital immigrants ordering items on Jumia, Nigeria's no 1 shopping destination.
Corporate gifting is not an exception here as organisations can outsource their gifting plans to an eCommerce company like Jumia. Jumia, in turn, takes the responsibility of delivering the best gifts notwithstanding if it is modern or traditional, at the most affordable price. Beyond this, Jumia assists you with the choice of product, discount requests, ensure availability and delivery. This will enable organisations to focus on offering sterling services to client and customers during the whole yuletide.
Alternatively, organisations can sign up to Jumia Corporate in which they will get the highest level of support/dedicated account manager, fast shipping nationwide, electronic invoicing, exclusive offers (employee incentive solutions, rewards solutions), effective return policy, access to express delivery options and largest assortment of products in Nigeria with over 2,000,000 products.
Gifts for Christmas
Corporate gifting is not an exception here as organisations can outsource their gifting plans to an eCommerce company like Jumia. Jumia, in turn, takes the responsibility of delivering the best gifts notwithstanding if it is modern or traditional, at the most affordable price. Beyond this, Jumia assists you with the choice of product, discount requests, ensure availability and delivery. This will enable organisations to focus on offering sterling services to client and customers during the whole yuletide.
Alternatively, organisations can sign up to Jumia Corporate in which they will get the highest level of support/dedicated account manager, fast shipping nationwide, electronic invoicing, exclusive offers (employee incentive solutions, rewards solutions), effective return policy, access to express delivery options and largest assortment of products in Nigeria with over 2,000,000 products.
Gifts for Christmas
Christmas gifts can either be traditional or modern depending on who you are giving. However, in Nigeria, the most shared Christmas gifts include rice, oil, hampers and promotional/customised gifts which you can buy on Jumia. Whatever the gifts you are giving, the most important things is for you to personalize it.
Tips For Giving The Best Christmas Gifts
Choosing effective and impactful corporate gifts for your clients and customers is not as difficult as many believe. Just follow these few tips and get the best gifts.
(a) Don't buy gifts that will end up in the trash: most companies have the basics handled. The world has gone digital, and your clients don't need a calendar to put on the wall near their desk. Unless they are a car enthusiast and you gave them images of their favourite automobiles, it's not likely that they'll hang your company calendar next to their desktop.
(b) Personalise it: you should try to include your business name on your corporate gift. There are no problems with a branded gift so long as it is tactful and provides value at home or in the office.
(c) Do think of something your client will appreciate: be thoughtful. Developing a rapport with your clients is important throughout the year. Use the holidays as an opportunity to let them know you were listening.
(a) Don't buy gifts that will end up in the trash: most companies have the basics handled. The world has gone digital, and your clients don't need a calendar to put on the wall near their desk. Unless they are a car enthusiast and you gave them images of their favourite automobiles, it's not likely that they'll hang your company calendar next to their desktop.
(b) Personalise it: you should try to include your business name on your corporate gift. There are no problems with a branded gift so long as it is tactful and provides value at home or in the office.
(c) Do think of something your client will appreciate: be thoughtful. Developing a rapport with your clients is important throughout the year. Use the holidays as an opportunity to let them know you were listening.
Heineken had the entire country buzzing earlier this year when they began the Heineken #192Countries Campaign.
What was the gag?
You could win a chance to visit some of the countries in which Heineken is currently being sold just by using the Shazam app to scan a code which unlocks a country.
7 lucky Nigerians won the opportunity of a lifetime to tour the world for ten days and in case you were wondering who they are, here’s a hint: they are just like us.
1. The Selfie-takers: Let’s not act like selfies are not important. An all-expense paid trip around the world is cool and all but what fun is it if you don’t have any front camera action.
2. The History-lovers: Some people are looking for proof of a good time, some just wanted to soak up the culture and history of the country. Visiting ancient sites and museums in a foreign country is definitely an experience of a lifetime so why not take it all in?
3. The Sociable Ones: You win a trip to Europe courtesy of the #Heineken192Countries campaign, you really want to meet people from 192 countries.
4. The Adrenaline Junkies: Rollercoasters and scary rides are not for everyone but for those who have a thrill for adventure, Amsterdam was definitely the place to be. Chilly weather or not, some of the tourists went out to play and had the rush of a lifetime.
5. The Shopaholics: You can’t return to Nigeria after taking a trip to the abroad without coming back with goodies. Some of the tourists traveled fully prepared to take on the Amsterdam market and return victorious.
6. The Amateur Photographers: With scenery as gorgeous as the landscape in Amsterdam, the inner photographer in anyone is bound to come through. From the vintage feel of the country to the waterside, the tourist took some incredulous shots of the country space.
7. The Foodies: Good food is essential to human survival and it is a more amazing experience when you get to discover new meals from other parts of the world. While some people were looking for jollof rice on the menu, other were embracing the delicious palettes of Amsterdam.
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For those who are religious, you would feel a certain kind of loss. It's permanent. I am not going to tell you if sex is actually sweet and worth all the hype. Coz if I do, then you will accuse me of not being a virgin. And if I don't, well, you never know.
Truth is, let no one pressure you into having sex...
...Most people have sex to please their circle of friends yet they think it's their choice. Whereas it's not a choice of WILL but a choice TO BELONG.
To be able to say "Yes I have" or "I know what it's like" or "I prefer 69 or missionary"
Wrong priority!
Some people are currently in a relationship they don't like with people they don't like, doing things they don't like and having sex they don't like just to prove a point to people they don't like.
How messed up is that.
Then again, some people help the devil do his job, they tempt themselves. Sometimes people want to test your courage when it comes to the subject of sex.
You hear statements like:
- "So you can't visit me, are you a baby?"
- "Come over jare, it's just a harmless visit"
- "Sit on the bed, why are you so scared? "
- "Spend the night, nothing will happen, we are both mature"
My sister, my brother, you re a baby! You re scared! Something will happen! No one is ever mature when it comes to sex, your body must react! It's biology! You don't have anything to prove to anyone!
When you start having sex, e no dey belleful oh!
Don't tempt the devil!
St. Phillip says "When it comes to the subject of CHASTITY, cowards are heroes"
Igbo people would say "Nkwụcha abụrọ ụjọ" which translates to "Vigilance is not cowardice."
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Sadly, a lot people have desecrated their bodies so badly even sex itself is angry with them. How can someone's daughter be having sex at the 3rd floor and she's moaning so loud you could hear it from the 2nd floor?
I couldn't sleep that night, for over 20 mins!
Again, how do you have sex with someone who you know you can never marry? This is beyond me! Worse is, some human beings use hard drugs to energize themselves to pound someone's daughter and future wife.
And the someone's daughter and future wife will be shouting "Harder! Harder!"
The biological consequences start to set in when your body's biology becomes so dependent on those drugs, it can't function without them.
Let me not just talk too much...
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At the end of the day, after ruining the body and with excess sex - pressured sex from drugs, alcohol, etc...
You can't think straight, because while the person in front of you is talking, your mind is mentally undressing the person and your eyes scanning every inch of...
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You get married, your spouse gets to suffer it! You accuse the innocent man or woman of being a 2-mins person, whereas it is you who is sexually insatiable!
Succubus! Incubus!
Probably 10 years into the marriage, there's no kid, you're saying "God's time is the best".
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Stop visiting a 'brother' that is not your brother... And you think it's only phone you will charge there.
If you must have sex, do it with someone that have sense.
In fact, don't have sex at all! You were not designed a sex robot!
Wait, get married and do it till you tire!
Ask your God to be with you, he will.
The patience is difficult, but in the end, it will be worth it.
You will have a happy marriage, an inexplicably lovely spouse and a cute baby that looks like this. 👇 😘
Daalụ nụ (Thank you)
Alright, there's already a high rate of ladies who are really having a shy personality in bed. COLOSSUS GISTS wants to let you know that being shy doesn't mean you can't be a tigress in bed.
All you need to do is to first and foremost, identify that you should always play an active part in your man's pleasure too.
With the following tips below, we believe it can help you enjoy the man you love confidently.
1. Always Be Really Connected
A lot of men love to connect with their partner. They want to know they are satisfying you as their partner, not just as a woman. So, you need to build on that. Try for eye contact from time to time and let him see the lust and desire in your eyes.
2. Learn How To Dirty Talk
You can dirty talk with the man you love. No need to go overboard if you are troubled. Just some reassuring words like how he turns you on, how you love it when he touches you somewhere, etc, will do until you are more relaxed.
3. Think Way Beyond His Penis
Women wrongfully assume that all a man need is to have his dick aroused which is not true. A man also likes to be teased and enjoys it when a woman takes the time to explore his body. Find his erogenous zones. Males have a sensitive spot between their Adam's apple and chest.
4. Be Fearless
He finds you beautiful, that is why he wants to make love to you. Forget those insecurities and show him how much sexier you can be. Tell him what you like. Show him what you enjoy.
We’ve all been at the McDonald’s drive-thru window, salivating over the food that has been handed to us only a matter of seconds after we ordered it – but how does it get there so quickly? Reporter NEIL ATHEY took a look behind the scenes at one of the chain's restaurants
“A MEAL needs to be completed in about 60 seconds,” says crew trainer Will Harvey in the kitchen of the Rising Bridge McDonald’s restaurant.
“We’ve got to respond to an order in five seconds and start the process immediately, it’s a really fast run,” says Will as he places fresh buns in the toaster.
Numerous alarms and signals go off at once as the complex cooking system tells staff food is either ready to go or has been standing too long and needs to be thrown away.
Taking my first steps into the kitchen, I thought it looked chaotic and demanding, however, I discovered there was a rigorous, tried and tested system all the staff is accustomed to.
Each station - fries, burgers, drinks and ice cream - has a dedicated staff member constantly producing orders which are distributed via a hi-tech computer network.
A £900,000 refurbishment of the restaurant, which took place over six months, has transformed how the staff work on a daily basis.
Shabana Khan, the assistant manager, showed me how the drive-thru is monitored and how cars are followed from order to delivery, making sure the process is as quick as possible.
Shabana said:
“The technology has really helped us so much.
“The kitchen is a lot calmer and more efficient, we get food out a lot quicker and customers are able to tuck in sooner than ever before.
“Our record for the most drive-thru orders completed in one hour is 114, but we’d love to beat it.”
I don my McDonald’s cap, shirt and pinny - complete with name badge - and try my hand at making a Big Mac for the first time.
I start off by toasting the ‘heel’, the bottom half of the bun, and the ‘crown’ - the top half.
I add a dollop of McDonald’s Big Mac sauce to each half, following by a garnish of onions, lettuce and two slices of pickles.
After carefully balancing the ingredients, I added two beef patties on each side to finish.
I was impressed by the speed and coordination of the staff as I slowly built my burger and others sped through the several orders that came flying through.
Fries are placed into hot oil and cooked, before being put under a heater, ready to be served.
However, with freshness being key, each batch is only allowed to stand for five minutes at most before they are considered not fresh enough to serve.
The restaurant’s new look, the McDonald’s ‘Alphabet scheme’, was really appealing, I thought.
It provided a modern, clean, inviting interior complete with wooden seating, white tiled walls and pleasant lighting.
The new look also comes with a touch-screen self-order service point so customers can pick their order and wait at the counter for it to be made.
Customers can also have table service so the risk of dropping a large order on the way from the counter is now a thing of the past.
David Duncan, the franchisee of the restaurant, also runs five others in the area and has been keeping them to the highest order for 19 years.
David said the refurbishment has brought a better customer experience to the restaurant like never before.
He said:
“The whole experience of ordering food has changed.
“You can order it at the self-service point, you can order it on your phone while in the restaurant, or have it delivered.
“We get customers who like the face-to-face interaction and they use the till, but we get others who like the new technology.
“It really has freed up the till area. Even when it gets busy the queue flows nicely.
“The table service has been really beneficial for the customers. Families with children can sit down and wait without having to worry.”
Cameron Rhodes, 20, another crew trainer, has worked at McDonald’s on and off for four years while studying at college and university.
He said:
“The flexibility of working hours is fantastic.
“I work during the holidays and I’m able to just slot right back in and I’m always wanted back for shifts.
“I really like the table service, you’re able to speak to customers and chat about the food and if everything is okay, you also get to build up a relationship with regular customers.
“We’ve had great feedback from everyone about the store’s new design, we really like it too.
“Staff gets on really well together and that is key to working in a place like this, a high-pressure environment.”
Around 90 members of staff are employed at the restaurant.
Eileen Murphy, brand ambassador for the restaurant, said the franchise is always engaging in community projects, including litter clean-ups, volunteering with the North East Lancashire Riding School for the Disabled, sponsoring the Blackburn with Darwen Good Neighbour Awards and helping with tile restoration at the Exchange Building in Blackburn.
I was impressed at how well the restaurant was run and how smoothly the process was.
Everyone knew exactly where to be and what to do at the right time, it was like complex clockwork, with all parts fitting together perfectly, all relying on the other to do their bit.
Staff were in high spirits and enjoyed working as a team.
Any ill-founded rumor of McDonald’s food not being as fresh as possible should now be a thing of the past.
The Rising Bridge restaurant is the future of McDonald’s.
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Stop seeing breasts as simply sexual objects and you'll be less provoked. Model Mara Martin went viral for breastfeeding five-month-old daughter, Aria on the runway of a fashion show in July
In pre-advanced societies, high-class women used wet-nurses to breastfeed their infants - for some, to prevent an inevitable breast sag, the average woman has been shamed for public breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding in public in Nigeria
"I had my son 6 months ago, and he has been my greatest blessing. Some time ago, he was crying at a party, so I excused myself from the gathering to 15 yards outside the hall.
"My Husband had stepped away with his car. As I sat on a car's hood to breastfeed him, passersby starting giving me judgmental glances. I never felt so proud to be a Mother, yet so ashamed of myself" Jola, a 31-year-old lawyer, in Lagos, Nigeria tells Colossus Gists.
Attitudes to public breastfeeding differ by society. It's not completely outlawed in most liberal societies, but 'cover-up' has become a seeming mantra for the 'offended'.
Ventures Africa - Breastfeeding in public in abroad
In June 2017, an American mum Brei Theisen was shamed at a public pool in Wood River, Illinois, for breastfeeding her daughter.
A manager told her she was offending others in the area. Her response was amazing. "I told him, I'm not going to cover my daughter's head in 90-degree weather — should the people at the food court also cover up?'"
Although the public pool's management apologized, the insensitive damage had been done.
Perception of Motherhood in Africa
In Africa, women carry their babies and infants on their backs. They are praised for it. In fact, motherhood is a cherished phenomenon in Africa - Nigeria, in this case.
In Yoruba, and the phrase 'Iya ni wura' which means 'A mother is gold' highlights the threshold esteemed mothers were held to.
Nigerian mothers get preferential treatment on this soil – or they used to. You see people treating 'Iya aburo' which roughly means 'a nursing mother' with incredible care.
In a taxi, they receive goodwill. Whenever they want to get into a cab, you see people helping the guide the heads of infants on their backs, so they don't hit their heads against the rusty danfo metal.
What is wrong with public breastfeeding?
Public breastfeeding was fairly accepted in Nigeria. So why the sudden goalpost shift?
Life is hard enough as it is and nursing a child is even harder. Women are warriors, we should treat them as such.
John-George, a 29-year-old Lagos Pharmacist blames "Enlightenment. It has its good and bad sides".
Yes, nothing is perfect but should 'wokeness' be blamed for insensitivity? We are used to public breastfeeding and even praise nursing mothers. So, why the sudden change in attitude?
It seems a sad state of affairs that a woman like Jola, one of many victims of this continued judgment can't enjoy certain privileges of motherhood. After all, procreation is not an offence, is it?
In August 2016, an article by Chukwuma Muanya and Ruth Adekunle for The Guardian revealed that only 17 percent of nursing Nigerian mothers still breastfeed their infants.
The article also revealed the attitude of the World Health Organization (WHO) to help women breastfeed anytime and anywhere.
In the same article, 68-year-old Registered Dietician Nutritionist (RDN), Mrs Ede-Osondu, attributes this low statistic to lack of support and societal influences a.k.a 'cover-up'.
It's a worrying statistic. Research has shown that breast milk boosts IQ and the immune system while reducing risks of ovarian cancer in mothers.
Why Do People Take Offence?
In October 2011, a thread on Nigerian discussion platform, Nairaland discussed this issue.
A femmy2010 said, "For me, I do say Public breastfeeding is not appropriate because it violates common standards of decency. What is the take on NLers on this?"
Another user, MissIfe replied
"It depends how it's done. I occasionally had to breastfeed in public, but nobody ever saw my breast, I used to carry a large scarf to cover the baby's head."
Everyone seems to be obsessed with 'cover-up'. Another user hotstepper said "people can buy the nursing canopy, very essential". Really? Carry canopy around, just to breastfeed?
Deji, an entrepreneur and staunch critique who believes public breastfeeding as "irresponsible and not befitting of a married woman. Her body should not be revealed to the public like that" he tells Colossus Gists.
Chigozie, a 64-year-old medical practitioner has a different perspective;
"Breastfeeding isn't sexy. You would find that a significant amount of critics are men. People think it's public nudity - an indecency. But if they evaluate well, they will realize that public breastfeeding is usually more of a need than a choice. Some say it's laziness, but special dispensation should be granted to women over the need, it should be a right."
Indecency needs intention as a fundamental ingredient. While some women or men think their indecency is 'fashionable', without proper evaluation of the optics, it still is indecency.
But then, should feed a fragile infant, whose sole mode of communication is crying not far outweigh our moral compasses for critiquing? I think it should.
The Guardian - The primary way of feeding an infant is through breastfeeding
Publicly revealing a boob or two isn't usually a fashionable choice. It is to quench the hunger of a human being. That one we all feel when we complain about needing to eat.
In the words of Míriam, a 46-year-old architect
"I think some of these men don't understand how hard it is to be a nursing mother. Asides the pressures that change your life, you might have a child crying his eyes out. That puts you under immense pressure. Mothers are fragile and they panic easily.
"Their major instinct is to just stop that kid from crying because it helps sometimes. It can be a little unfair to then ask the mother to move, despite all her pressure. Make no mistake, it's also not easy for some mothers to reveal their boobs in public, they just have to do it. Insecurities have nothing on necessity."
Remember, Chigozie says "breastfeeding isn't sexy". Despite the male obsession with boobs, it's crazy how some of are the greatest critics of public breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is one of the few acts of 'breast reveal that some men complain about.
Sometimes, I ask myself; Will the guy, so against public breastfeeding complain if it were Beyonce or some peng thing breastfeeding?
What is offensive about nudity and boobs?
Chigozie says "there's perversion in every man." and I agree. We have all fed our eyes to pornographic images at one time or the other.
In fact, female nudity of any kind gets the average, healthy heterosexual male 'going'.
Breasts are highly sexualized. It is because of the way we perceive breasts and nipples as merely erotic objects that gave birth to the #freethenipple movement.
Paper Blog - The Free The Nipple Campaign was created in 2012 to fight against the overt sexualization of breasts
It seems men are against public breastfeeding because they're probably not attracted to the boobs or because breastfeeding isn't a sexual act. You like seeing breasts, but hate it when it comes to breastfeeding. It's a compelling case, isn't it?
If you can't see breasts as anything more than sexual props or objects of lust, you won't understand why breasts are also a medium of feeding. I lean towards thinking it's a case of lack of deep evaluation.
Arguably, breasts are first, feeding mechanisms than anything else.
Yes, the penis and the vagina are also used to pee and birth children, and that doesn't necessarily reflect their sexual nature, but none of them are for quenching as base an instinct as feeding.
You can only take offence to public breastfeeding if the only thing you see breasts as is sexual objects, never to be revealed in public. If you understood the feeding functionality of breasts you'd perceive them differently. You would take less offence to see breasts in public, for the purpose of feeding an innocent infant. You wouldn't think it irresponsible to reveal a sexual prop in public.
As long as you see breasts as simply sexual objects that only trigger provocation and attention, you would continue to bash public breastfeeding.
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