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Don’t you just dislike it when you bargain over something and leave feeling like you could have done better or saved more? If you do, Jumia Travel shares 5 tips that can help you improve on your negotiation skills. Get Information Get information about what you want to negotiate on. Don’t go into a negotiation without a clue about what to expect in terms of numbers, price or quantity. Ask questions, check websites, do research, do what you need to do to get the information you need. This helps you determine your ‘target price’ (the price, number or quantity you are hoping to get out of the negotiation) and walk-away terms before you attempt a negotiation; and thus elevates your level - even if only slightly - on the ‘negotiation field’. Know Your Priorities This is another factor that influences the determination of your ‘target price’ and walk-away terms. You need to know your priorities in negotiations - determine what is most important and what you are either willing to compromis

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has appealed to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) not to relocate its corporate headquarters from Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Peterside’s appeal comes as the Rivers State Government on Wednesday, through its Attorney-General, Mr. Emmanuel C. Aguma petitioned the Senate over the “planned relocation” of SPDC headquarters from Port Harcourt to Lagos state. Speaking on the issue, Dr Peterside stated that if the petition of Rivers State Government against Shell is true, then it portends grave consequences for the State that has been embroiled in all manner of needless controversies due to the “reckless statements and actions of a governor that seems not to know what governance is about,” adding that “it took political brinksmanship to bring SPDC headquarters to Rivers State" The 2015 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state admoni

Topic: A Day to Remember [Saturday January 28, 2017] Text:  Exodus 23:14-19 Key Verse:  "Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)"  (Exodus 23:15). Many nations of the world have special days of national holidays when they remember and mark events that are of great importance to their history and development as a nation. For some, it is a day of national independence, rebirth or a day they commemorate a national disaster that brought a change upon them as a nation. For the nation of Israel, the case is the same. In our text, God gave them specific instructions as to the significant days they were to mark all through their generations. One of such days that was very significant to their existence as a nation, was the day of their miraculous deliverance from over four hundred years of bo

By SKC Ogbonnia Donald John Trump is finally the president of the United States of America. Expectedly, there is a palpable tension around the world. The Americans themselves have remained apprehensive. Countries in the East and the West are gripped in fervent fear. Even those in Africa are not left behind, all quivering as if they have never encountered an American horror movie before. Nigeria, however, must not expose itself to the flitting phobia. As Mr. Trump himself would say, what the hell do we have to lose? Actually, Nigeria may as well gain more under Donald Trump than under any other American president before him. But the path behooves a paradigm shift. Instead of maintaining a subservient profile, Nigeria ought to approach Trump from a position of strength. The American president, remember, has begun his reign on a gratuitous promise of radical nationalism. The implication is that Trump may finally dump Nigeria's oil for good and, of course, care less about our intern

Topic: Don't Be Stony Ground [Saturday January 28, 2017] And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. - Mark 4:16-17 There seems to be an abundance of "stony ground" Christians these days. Initially, they get excited about the Word of God. They'll hear a message on prosperity, for instance, and they'll go home saying, "Hallelujah! I'm going to prosper in the Name of Jesus!" But then, somehow, things don't work out like they thought they should. Their bank balance doesn't double overnight. They go through some disappointments. They suffer some criticism. Then, before you know it, their faith has withered away. If you don't want that to happen to you, make up your mind right now that y

Topic: Always Loved, Always Valued [Saturday January 28, 2017] Read: Romans 8:31–39, Bible in a Year: Exodus 19–20; Matthew 18:21–35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  Romans 8:35 We serve a God who loves us more than our work. Oh, it’s true that God wants us to work to feed our families and to responsibly take care of the world He created. And He expects us to serve the weak, hungry, naked, thirsty, and broken people around us even as we remain alert to those who have not yet responded to the Holy Spirit's tug on their lives. And yet we serve a God who loves us more than our work. We must never forget this because there may come a time when our ability to “do for God” is torn from us by health or failure or unforeseen catastrophe. It is in those hours that God wants us to remember that He loves us not for what we do for Him but because of who we are: His children! Once we call on th

Topic: Jesus Is Our Comforter [Saturday January 28, 2017] . . . our Lord Jesus Christ . . . which hath loved us . . . comfort your hearts . . . -   2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 Christ is the answer to sorrow. When Harry Lauder, the great Scottish comedian, received word that his son had been killed in France, he said, “In a time like this, there are three courses open to man: He may give way to despair and become bitter. He may endeavor to drown his sorrow in drink or in a life of wickedness. Or he may turn to God.” In your sorrow, turn to God. There are thousands of people who have turned to God, but you may be still carrying your burdens. God begs of you, “Cast all your cares on me, for I care for you” (1 Peter 5:7). You who must go through the valley of the shadow of death, you who must say goodbye to those whom you have loved, you who suffer privation and misery, you who are unjustly persecuted for righteousness’ sake-take heart, take courage. Our Christ is more than adequate for so

Topic: The Secret Of Fruitfulness [Saturday January 28, 2017] Scripture:   God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."   Genesis 1:28 (NIV) Thought For The Day:  Where forgiveness is lacking, fruitfulness is not in view. From the anchor scripture, it is very clear that fruitfulness is God’s will for His children. It is a Divine command to be fruitful. Therefore, to be fruitless is to not fulfilling Divine mandate for living. Sometime ago, a woman in our church had been barren for years. One day, she heard me preach on the subject of fruitfulness being a command and not an advice and that if rats could give birth effortlessly; there was no reason why we should not be fruitful. The woman heard the word and her life changed from that day. God’s purpose for His children is all-round fruitfulness. Today, we wi

Topic: Keep Pressing On [Saturday January 28, 2017] I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]; forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. —  Philippians 3:13-14 Our relationships with God are progressive and we all move from one level to another. No one ever “masters” communication with God because there is no limit to the depth of relationship we can have with Him; it just keeps growing, keeps going deeper, keeps getting stronger. Our ability to hear His voice develops and improves over time. Over time and with practice, we get better at sharing our hearts with God and we become more skilled and experienced at hearing His voice and understanding what He is saying to us. We never become certified experts in prayer and we never stop learning to communicate with God; our experienc

Topic: Be Thankful [Saturday 28, January 2017] Memorise:   Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.  –  Psalm 100:4 Read:  Luke 17:11-19  (KJV) 11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this strang

Topic: How To Maintain Relevance [Saturday January 28, 2017] Standing firm and fast at your God ordained duty post is the only way to maintain your relevance. Refuse to be attracted to what is popular. Stay at your appointed place if you don’t want to suffer disappointment in life. If you don’t want to loose your defence, stay in your place. Your safety, defence and security is in your place. Rather than looking for position abide in your already found place. Your stardom is tied to your place. Instead of looking for recognition, maintain relevance. Relevance is far more important than recognition. Your fruit is tied to your root, remain rooted to remain fruitful. Everyone has his God given capacity to shine in his place of assignment. Therefore, stand in your place, take root downwards and bear fruits upward.

Topic: Pray without Ceasing [Friday 27, January 2017] Memorise:  And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.  –  Luke 22:40 Read:  Luke 18:1-8  (KJV) 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Bible in One Year:  Luke 6,