Month: July 2024

Plans are on for the maiden edition of the Drum Against Malaria (DAM) Global Summit in Halifax, Canada. The summit, a three-day programme, is scheduled to hold from April 25 to 27 next year (2025). The high point of the summit will be on April 25, the World Malaria Day. Organisers of the summit hope […]

National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) have agreed to work together with a view to exploring opportunities for collaborations in the culture and tourism sector. The agreement was reached  in Abuja, when the newly elected President of NATOP, Hajia Bolaji Mustapha, led a delegation of her […]

Leader of Oyotunji African Village, Oba Adefuunmi 11, was stabbed to dead allegedly by his sister. A woman,alleged to be his sister is being held by the police over the incidence.According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), Southrn Carolina, the stabbing happened in the Oyotunji African Village, located on Bryant Lane in Sheldon, around […]

Time is so ephemeral, so flitting. Now we think we have it; now it’s gone. One begins to wonder what one did with time. Time is relentless, never grinding to a halt. The four-year tenure of the current Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa would end […]

*Family announces burial plan The Publicity Secretary of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), a member of the Association of Nigerian Journalists and Writers of Tourism (ANJET), and a journalist with the Nigerian Tribune newspaper, Prince Wale Olapade, has announced the passage of his father Pa Charles Olatunbosun Olapade. He was aged 84 […]

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), the umbrella body for private sector tourism practitioners in Nigeria is set for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 30th in Abuja. Although the AGM is a non-elective, the federation would fill the vacate positions of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman recently vacated by Chief […]

Kwara State Governor Abdulraman  Abdulrazaq has said the goal of his administration is to make the state the leading tourist destination in the country. Governor Abdulrazaq said this in his welcome speech to members of the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) for the 2024 annual General Meeting (AGM) in the state capital, Ilorin tagged […]

Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has express excitement and satisfaction over the the construction work at Blake Entertainment Center, Marina Resort, Calabar. This was after the governor’s inspection tour of the site. He recalled with nostalgia his visits,  with friends,  to  Blake Resort in Abuja many years back. The governor praised the Managing […]

Alhaja Bolaji Mustapha of Grand Express Tour (GET) Centre has emerged as the new President of the Nigerian Association of Tour Operators (NATOP). Mustapha was elected unopposed as President of the association during 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Ilorin, Kwara State. Until her election, she was the Deputy President of the association. Other […]

President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), Mr. Nkereuwem Onung has called for Nigeria’s return and participation in major international expos. He said the expos offer practitioners in the travel industry the necessary exposure to understand the nitty-gritty of the industry.   The FTAN President, while speaking with Africa Travel Herald, said these […]