Month: August 2024

Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) under the leadership of Pastor Evelyn Joshua has floated a foundation in memory of the late founder of the church, Prophet T. B. Joshua. The Foundation called the T.B. Joshua Foundation is aimed at nurturing youths and helping them actualize their ambitions through financial and other forms of empowerment. […]

Father of Nigerian Tourism Chief Mike Amachree has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for throwing his weight behind the Ipada Initiative and Carnival. According to Amachree, by openly identifying with the festival as Patron and Chief Global Ambassador, President Tinubu has shown the seriousness of his government to support the tourism industry in Nigeria and […]

*How has UN Tourism CAF Meetings improved tourism in Nigeria? The news that Nigeria has again bidded and won hosting right for UN Tourism Commission for Africa (CAF), meeting for 2025 (68th)  came as a surprise to many Nigerian tourism industry practitioners.  Surprised in the sense that the last UN Tourism event in Nigeria, the […]

Federal Government, through the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has announced a hike in the fees charged for the processing of the country’s standard international passport. According to the NIS, the increase will take effect from September 1, 2024 and will affect all categories of the standard passport booklets, except the Diaspora. A statement signed by […]

Nigeria’s leader, President Bola Ahmed has assured that he would personally attend the Ipada Carnival billed for December 2024 in Lagos as Chief Host. This assurance was conveyed to the initiator of the project, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, by the President through his Chief of Staff Hon. Femi Gbajabiamilla in a letter dated August 9, 2024. […]

The chairman of the Steering Committee of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN) Abia State chapter and former General Manager, Abia State Tourism Board, Mrs. Onyekachi Atuloma-Loveday has described the Abia Hospitality Business Conference and Award slated for Friday, October 4 in Aba, as a programme designed to promote the state’s tourism and […]

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, the managing director of Landover Company Limited, Mr. Ed Boyo, and other top leaders in the Nigerian and West African aviation industry are expected to grace the 4th CHINET Aviacargo Conference holding in Lagos on August 22. Also, according a release […]

The Ekiti State Government has announced that a United Nations Tourism’s (UN Tourism) team will visit the state for  a Technical Assessment Mission to evaluate the state’s tourism assets.  The visit is billed for  Saturday, August 17th to Thursday, August 22nd, 2024. According to a release signed by the state tourism board’s director general, Ambassador […]

 A five-man delegation of the Osun State government is in Brazil from August 11th to 19th, 2024. The delegation is made up Prince Ayodeji Lukman Wahab (Sango of Africa), Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Cultural Affairs; Oba Lawal Munirudeen Adesola , Laminisa 1st (the Timi of Ede);  Alhaji Akindeere Adam Akintunde, Special Adviser […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has endorsed the Ipada Initiative and Ipada Carnival 2024, throwing the weight of the federal government behind the cultural tourism project. He urged the organizers to engage all relevant ministries, agencies, states and local governments to provide necessary support to ensure the success of the cultural event. The President, through the […]