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The Chinese Cultural Centre, Abuja in collaboration with the Youth Tourism Development Organisation (YTDO) marked the 2025 World Poetry Day to celebrate Nigerian and Chinese ancient and modern poets. The celebration which was initiated to coincide with the UNESCO World Poetry Day is also targeted at stimulating people’s interest and passion in poetry and poetic […]

Taraba State prides itself as ‘Nature’s Gift to the Nation’. A casual visitor to the state is wont to disregard this statement. Quite true there are some few eye catching rock formations in and around the countryside. It is equally true that towns such as Wukari, the ancestral home of the Jukun people, is steeped […]

Aare Abisoye Fagade appointed the Director general and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu few months ago. In this first interview with Africa Travel Herald (ATH), he talked about his vision for the institute and his desire to register every tourism practitioner in the […]

Radisson Blu Ikeja, Lagos has won the coveted Excellence Award for best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) 2025. The hotel emerged as number one on a list of over one thousand Radisson Hotels world-wide. The hotel  is also the only property in Africa to emerge winner in 2025, within the vast portfolio of […]

More than two months after issuing registration notice to tourism practitioners in Nigeria, the Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), is set to enforce national compliance as the Director General of the parastatal, Aare Abisoye Fagade, has commissioned a registration compliance team of the institute in Abuja. The team headed by Mr. Chike Ukekwe, the […]

The Nigerian tourism industry is currently in the twilight of the eight years tenure of the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) Mr. Folorunsho Coker. By March 31, he would have completely the second term of his mandatory eight-year tenure, and will exit from the office. It was an eight-year tenure that […]

 An electrical substation fire incident in west London, which supplies Heathrow, has caused a major power outage at the airport, prompting the closure of Heathrow Airport, London. It is one of the world ‘s busiest airports. The airport shutdown has sparked travel chaos across the globe, with tens of thousands of passengers left stranded at airports […]

A new permanent secretary has been appointed for the Lagos State Ministry for Tourism, Arts, and Culture. He is Mr. Olanrewaju Adetokunbo Bajulaye. Welcoming him to the ministry, the state’s Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, described the appointment as well-deserved. She said: “This appointment is a well-earned recognition of your dedication, […]

… unveils 5 years programmes In a rare move, the Founder and President of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, has penned an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In the letter personally signed by Akinboboye and dated March 10, 2025, he among others commended and expressed appreciation to the President for […]

In a significant move to foster a positive media environment, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has agreed to collaborate with the Catholic Church in Nigeria to promote a healthy screen culture. The partnership was announced during a visit by a delegation from the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, led by the National Director […]