Who We Are and How We Work
An independent editorial team reviewing Alpari for readers in Nigeria, with no ties to the broker and no financial services of our own.
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A reader once wrote to us after a broker changed its swap rates without notice. He had opened an account based on a review elsewhere that was two years old and had never been updated. That single message shaped how we work. We exist because most broker information available to Nigerian traders is either outdated, copied from press releases, or written by someone with a financial interest in the outcome. We wanted a place where the facts about one broker, Alpari, are kept current and checked against primary sources.
This site is for people in Nigeria who are considering or already using Alpari and want a plain, independent account of what the broker offers, what it charges, and how it behaves. We are not the broker. We are not affiliated with the broker. We do not open accounts, take deposits, or give financial advice. Everything here is editorial, and nothing here is a recommendation to trade.
We keep the scope narrow on purpose. One broker, reviewed in depth, is more useful than a directory of hundreds that nobody maintains. That focus lets us revisit pages often and correct them when something changes.
How we source and check facts
Every factual claim on this site comes from a named, checkable source: the broker's own legal documents, its published fee schedules, its platform terms, and direct observation of the account and platform experience where we can arrange it. Where a fact depends on regulation or registration, we point to the authority that holds the record rather than repeating a claim from a marketing page.
We check facts in two passes. First, the editor drafting a page records the source and the date of the source. Second, a second editor re-checks the claim against that source before publication. If a source cannot be verified, the claim does not go in. If a claim is contested or unclear, we say so in the text rather than smoothing it over.
We do not invent licence numbers, registration details, addresses, or contact information. If we cannot confirm a detail from a primary source, we describe what we know and note the gap. That is deliberate: a gap is honest, and a guess is not.
How often we revisit pages
Every page carries a date of last review. We revisit the core review pages at least once a quarter, and immediately when we learn of a material change: a fee adjustment, a change in account terms, a platform update, or a shift in how the broker handles withdrawals. News and explainer pages are rechecked on the same quarterly cycle unless something forces an earlier pass.
The review is not a formality. Each pass re-opens the original sources, confirms whether the claim still holds, and updates the text and the date only when the check is complete. If a change is significant for Nigerian readers, we note what changed rather than quietly rewriting the page.
When we miss something, the correction is logged on the page. We would rather show a visible correction than present a clean record that is not true.
How we test and score the broker
We test the broker the way a careful user would: we open an account where we can, go through verification, look at the platform, check the fee schedule against what actually appears in the account, and follow the withdrawal process through to the end where that is possible. We record what we see rather than what the marketing says.
Scores are built from fixed categories that we publish on the site: cost, execution and platform reliability, deposit and withdrawal handling, the quality and accessibility of the legal documents, and support responsiveness. Each category is scored against written criteria, and the weighting is stated so a reader can see how the total was reached. A strong score in one area does not cancel a weak one in another; the breakdown stays visible.
We re-score after each full review. If a category changes, the page shows the change and the reason. We do not adjust a score because of a reader complaint alone, and we do not adjust it because of anything the broker says about itself. The evidence decides.
What we will not do
We will not take payment for a verdict, a score, or a placement. We will not remove a factual finding because the broker objects to it. We will not publish a claim we cannot source. We will not present ourselves as regulated, licensed, or endorsed by any authority or by the broker, because we are not.
We will not provide financial services, open accounts, accept deposits, or give investment advice. We will not tell a reader whether to trade, what to trade, or how much to risk. We will not use a reader's contact details for anything other than answering the message they sent. We will not name other brokers or platforms in our pages, and we will not run a comparison service in disguise.
We will not invent details to fill a gap. If a fact is unknown to us, the page says so.
How the site pays for itself, and how you can challenge us
The site is funded by advertising and by readers who choose to support the work. Advertising is sold by placement, not by outcome, and it has no influence on what we publish. Advertisers do not see pages before publication, do not get to approve wording, and cannot buy a better score. If we ever run a commercial arrangement that touches a page, we disclose it on that page.
If something here looks wrong, outdated, or unfair, use the contact form on this site and tell us which page and which claim. Include a source if you have one. We read every message, check the claim against the original source, and reply with what we find. If we got it wrong, we correct the page and say so. If we got it right, we explain the basis for the claim and keep the exchange on record.
The same form is the route for corrections, complaints, and questions about how a score was reached. We do not publish a phone number or a postal address because we work online and want the record in writing. That keeps the process checkable for the reader and for us.
