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Global Links and Services Ltd, a leading IATA-licensed travel agency with over 20 years of experience in creating seamless travel experiences across Nigeria and beyond, has announced its participation in the recent Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) and South African Airways (SAA) B2B stakeholders meeting in Windhoek.  As one of the 15 invited African agents, Global […]

In a decisive move to reposition culture as a national economic asset, the President of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN), Prince Femi Fadina, has officially launched the ATPN National Youth Cultural Initiative, a bold framework aimed at transforming Nigeria’s cultural heritage into structured enterprise for young people. Unveiled before tourism stakeholders, youth […]

Nigeria has long been described as Africa’s “sleeping tourism giant” a nation richly endowed with cultural diversity, dramatic landscapes, heritage depth, and youthful creative energy, yet still navigating structural challenges that have limited its full participation in mainstream international tourism. In a recent international commentary published by eTurboNews and authored by Juergen Thomas Steinmetz, Ekiti […]

About 12 federal ministries, 64 agencies and departments, as well as 36 states’ ministries of sports and tourism are preparing to participate in the maiden edition of the National Sports Tourism and Exhibition – NASTOCE 2026 billed for Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March, 2026 at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja. Disclosing this during an […]

Some industries wait for oil. Some wait for foreign validation. We work with something more powerful—we work with our history, our culture, and the movement of our people. As President of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN), I speak today not just to celebrate, but to declare: Nigeria Celebrates Tourism Resilience Day as […]

The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) Mr. Olayiwola Awakan has called for fresh perspective and newness of ideas in the development and marketing of Nigeria as a tourist destination, adding that the country’s tourism industry can only grow when both the private and public sector work together. He said this during […]

The immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), has been honoured with the “Most Media Friendly Maritime CEO” Award, as the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, highlighted key safety, revenue, and regulatory reforms achieved under his leadership. The award, organised by the […]

Global Links and Services Ltd Group, a leading IATA-certified travel, tours, and investment facilitation company, has announced a productive recent dialogue between its CEO, Rev. Mrs. Chinyere Umeasiegbu, and the newly appointed Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Walde N. Ndevashiya. The discussion focused on building on the success of the Namibia-Delta Trade and Investment […]

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), the apex umbrella body for the organised private sector in tourism, has written to the Director General, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Dr Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, to suspend all activities of the National Technical/Mirror Committee (TC/MC), especially requesting nominations of its members into its Sub-Committees. Instead, it […]

“I love to be a Nigerian, but sometimes it gets very painful to be identify as one. Because how am I coming back from one country. I got to the international airport and I was treated wickedly. I called the driver because it was late. My flight was moved, moved, and moved. Then I came […]