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The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture has announced that the highly anticipated Lagos Boat Regatta 2024 will now take place on December 21, 2024. Initially scheduled for the Easter period, the event was postponed to ensure optimal participation and provide an elevated experience for all attendees. In a statement issued by the […]

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji has called for increased collaboration between the federal agency and state governments to enhance the safety and security of inland waterways transportation. Speaking at a one-day consultative forum on safety and insecurities on inland waterways, organized by the Nigeria Transportation […]

Revelations from the preliminary investigation into the boat mishap that occurred in Kupa, Kogi State, at the weekend, indicate that the accident was caused by the boat driver’s attempt to evade the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Water Marshals, sources at NIWA and witness account have said. The Marshals, it was gathered were on the […]

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo SAN, and his counterpart at the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Mrs Hannatu Musawa have reiterated the imperative of improved collaboration between the tourism and transportation sectors in driving sustainable growth in the country’s economy. Speaking in their separate Goodwill Messages during the […]

The Drum Online Media Group, organisers of the annual Pan-Afrikan Drum Festival in Canada, has unveiled plan for the third edition of the festival billed for 2025. According Prince Segun Akanni the Managing Director of Drum Online Incorporated, the third edition of the festival will focus on youth empowerment, and an investment forum. Basking in […]

The famous African tourism twins, Ambassadors Taiwo & Kehinde Oguntoye, the founders of TWC Intercontinental Limited, initiators of Twins Tourism, World Twins Festival and the hosts of the popular travel & tourism magazine radio show “Travel With The Twins” has been selected as the pioneer winners of Dr. Naomi Barber King Youth Legacy Award 2024. […]

It was a grand home coming for Africans in the Diaspora and Lovers of Africa as they returned into the arms of fellow Africans at the sprawling 65 acres beachfront, popularly known as La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort at Ibeju-lekki, Lagos, yesterday, when IPADA Carnival 2024, continued in earnest, with a grand opening ceremony on […]

The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), in line with its mandate, will kick off today, December 1, a national registration of all personnel working in the tourism industry. The Director General of the agency, Dr. Abisoye Fagade disclosed this. According to Fagade, the institute will unveil a portal for registration today, Sunday, December […]

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has sent an emergency rescue team to search for missing passengers as a merchant boat capsized in the waters of Ebe community in Kupa South Local Government Area of Kogi State in the early hour of Friday, November 29, 2024. Preliminary findings by NIWA indicate that the wooden boat […]

VFS Global has announced the opening of Africa’s biggest UK visa application centre (VAC) in Lagos.  The centre commenced operations on November 19 according to a statement. VFS said Nigerians travelling to the UK can now book appointments to submit their visa applications through VACs located in Abuja and Lagos (Ikeja and Victoria Island). Marc […]