The Nigeria Association Tour Operators’ (NATOP) ended its 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday in Lagos with the election of new national executives to run the affairs of the association for a period of two years. While congratulating the newly elected executives, the National President of the association, Hajia Bolaji Mustapha, who was returned unopposed, […]
NATOP calls for stronger institutions to showcase Nigeria’s tourism assets, holds 10th AGM
The National President of the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP), Hajia Bolaji Mustapha, has called for stronger tourism institutions to showcase Nigeria’s tourism assets and market the country as a destination. Mustapha said this while speaking at the 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association. Speaking on the theme for the year’s AGM: […]
NATOP opens 1st national secretariat, sets stage for 10th AGM
The Nigeria Association of Nigeria Tour Operators (NATOP) has unveiled its first-ever National Secretariat as a new chapter for Nigeria’s tour operating industry and a strategic step toward strengthening domestic tourism, promoting professionalism and expanding collaboration across the sector. The secretariat, located at 13, Osho Street, Opebi Link Bridge, Ikeja, Lagos, was officially inaugurated on […]
NIWA board chair Shagari seeks global expertise for Nigeria’s inland waterways
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, has intensified efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s inland waterways sector through international collaboration following a strategic meeting with the President of the World Maritime University, Professor Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., during the ongoing IMO Council Meeting. The meeting, held in […]
La Campagne Tropicana Resort founder pledges to work with Gov. Oyebanji to develop Ekiti tourism
The tourism investment drive of Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has attracted another giant icon of tourism investment to Ekiti State, as Ambassador Olawanle Akinboboye, President and Founder of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, led a 14-member investment and technical team to the state on a strategic tourism investment visit. Ambassador Akinboboye, widely regarded […]
Kebbi Hisbah personnel arrest 25 hotel lodgers in Argungu
Operatives of the Kebbi State Hisbah Board have arrested 25 lodgers in a hotel in Argungu town. The lodgers were accused of engaging in immoral acts. The Director of Shariah, Sirajo Kamba, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He said the raid was carried out on July 3 at […]
Akinboboye bags Lifetime Achievement Award at Lagos Enterprise & Excellence Awards 2026
Nigeria’s tourism icon and founder of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, has been honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Tourism at the 2026 Lagos Enterprise and Excellence Awards, in recognition of his more than four decades of pioneering contributions to Nigeria’s tourism and hospitality industry. The prestigious ceremony, held on […]
8th Hotel Managers Conference Africa to draw participants from 13 countries
Participants from about 13 countries, from within and outside Africa, are expected to be part of 8th edition of the Hotel Managers Conference Africa (HMCA) holding in Lagos Nigeria on July 11 and 12. Among the countries organisers are expecting participants from include Ghana, Togo, Rwanda, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Canada, […]
Ekiti tourism bureau DG to chair committee for Oyo NUJ’s 60th anniversary celebration
The Director-General of the Ekiti State Bureau of Tourism Development, Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre, has been appointed Chairman of the Central Planning Committee for the 60th anniversary celebration of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oyo State Council. The appointment places the respected journalist, lawyer, tourism administrator and former two-term Chairman of the Oyo State NUJ at […]
Why NATOP is opening ultra-modern secretariat, by Bolaji Mustapha
The President of Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) Hajia Bolaji Mustapha has said her association’s decision to open an ultra- modern national secretariat in Lagos was not just to consolidate NATOP’s position as a leading player in the Nigerian travel and tourism industry, but to offer members, especially from outside Lagos, a conducive out-station […]