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 […]

The Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hospitality and Tourism Management Association of Nigeria (HATMAN) to enhance human resource and manpower development of the Nigerian travel, tourism, and hospitality industry. The signing of the MoU, which took place during the week at the ITPN Headquarters […]

The Director General of Ekiti State Tourism Bureau, Ambassador Wale Ojo-Lanre has been awarded the Long Service Award in Nigeria Tourism Development and Promotion by the National Tourism Transportation Summit (NTTS). This prestigious recognition highlights his three-decade-long dedication to advancing Nigeria’s tourism industry. The award ceremony, scheduled to take place in Abuja on December 4, […]

As the yuletide season approaches, one of the leading African hair salons in London, Ama Hair Salon in Tottenham, is poised to offer its clientele a taste of authentic African experience during the yuletide through the different services available. The salon combines different hair services with top notch hospitality experience. One of the clients, while […]

In an unprecedented initiative, Nigeria is set to digitize its cultural heritage through a transformative collaboration between IHS Nigeria, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), and the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy (FMACTCE). This partnership will establish a digital museum to preserve and showcase Nigeria’s historical artifacts, artworks, and […]

Cultural Tourism mogul and administrator Olusegun Runsewe is set to bankroll the biggest post National Transportation Summit (NTTS) awards celebration for the notable recipients, Frank Meke, Okorie Uguru, George lucky and Andrew Okungbowa In a letter of congratulations he personally signed and sent to Frank Meke, who won the Pioneer Tourism Journalism leadership award instituted […]

The organisers of the National Tourism and Transportation Summit (NTTS) will be honouring some of Nigeria’s leading travel journalists at this year’s summit billed for December 3 and 4, 2024. Among those to be honoured is frontline multi talented print and broadcast journalist Frank Meke. Other recipients are Andrew Okungbowa of New Telegraph newspaper, Lucky […]