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These Travel Bloggers Would Make You Want to Take an Immediate Vacation | Top 10 Travel Influencers

Aeroplane tickets can be pretty expensive; otherwise, we will be writing this from the comfort of our vacation beach house in the Maldives, but since we can't tour the world…

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Don’t mind PDP, they cannot even provide electricity to roast boli – Tinubu

At a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state on Tuesday, APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu criticized the country's foreign currency (FX) rate management system. The…

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” unveils more Nigerian star artists featured in the soundtrack; Emirates suspend flights to Nigeria over blocked funds | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” unveils more Nigerian star artists featured in the soundtrackNigerian woman becomes General in US Army2023 Elections: Lagos APC inaugurates 163-Man campaign councilExperts Say Nigeria Can Earn…

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Top 7 tour centres in Lagos

We usually look at the economic value of tour centres in any society, and hardly have conversations on the effect tour centres have on cultures and human interaction. Tour centres…

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Explore your taste buds! Omu resort presents its first ever food festival

Omu Resort has announced the maiden edition of its annual Omu Resort Food Festival themed ‘Explore Your Taste Buds’, pre…

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FG restates resolve to diversify the economy through culture, tourism

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has restated the Federal Government’s resolve to diversify the economy through massive investment in culture and tourism. Mohammed highlighted this…

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“Challenges are the bread of champions,” | Leading Ladies Africa speaks to travel and tour maven, Chiamaka Obuekwe

 Meeting Chiamaka for the first time, and you immediately get a sense of her passion, vivacity and bubbly nature. She’s taken those traits and her passion for travel and transformed…

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Opinion: The need for improved services at Yankari Game Reserve

by Jide Ojo I was at Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi last week. From Tuesday, September 19 – Saturday, September 23, I was at the foremost Nigeria’s tourist site for the…

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Reno Omokri: How Nigeria conquered The Seychelles

by Reno Omokri For the past four days, I have been holidaying in The Seychelles, a beautiful Island with beautiful people on the Indian Ocean. Before I came here, I…

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Seven Bloody Days of Summer I: The 9/11 we tend to forget

Only days before 9/11, a weeklong episode of bloodletting began in the central Nigerian city of Jos as Christians and Muslims, neighbours for decades, fought to the death. But what…

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[The Presidential Blog] Lai Mohammed is back home in Kwara (PHOTOS)

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has spent the whole of today visiting with one of the traditional leaders in Kwara State. The Minister who incidentally hails…

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Nigeria now has an official Twitter account

And a coordinating Facebook page! We don't know who the handlers are for now but we already love the Twitter page and the brilliance with which its first 15 tweets…

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The Thread: All the reasons you need to fall in love with Nigeria – again

Yes. Boko Haram is possibly scouting their next suicide bomb drop as we write. Yes, another village in Southern Kaduna, we hear has gotten a visit from the dreaded herdsmen. Yes,…

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Wakanow set to launch commercial operations in the UK

Wakanow, Africa’s fast-rising tourism giant and Nigeria’s No.1 online travel company, has announced plans to formally launch commercial operations in the UK as part of her efforts for global expansion…

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TECHnically: Sulaimon Ajibode’s ‘Ajo’ will change the way we live in Lagos

Living in Lagos has always been a difficult thing. The traffic, the energy overload, the sheer stress of just getting by... they all take their toll on residents. This explains…

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Opinion: Governor Abubakar is polishing the pearl of tourism

by Ibrahim M. Farouq Any Kindergarten Economist will tell you that diversification of the economy is key to long-term growth and sustainable progress. It’s a no-brainer. We all know exploiting…

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Opinion: Thinking of a holiday destination this year? Think Calabar International Carnival

Olukayode Kolawole Here are four (4) reasons Calabar Carnival should be on your priority list Come December 2016, Calabar will bubble once again, as it does every last quarter of…

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Opinion: The challenges facing the growth of tourism in Africa

by Olukayode Kolawole I was privileged to attend the 12th edition of the African Travel & Tourism Conference (Akwaaba): a gathering of travel and tourism experts in Africa – both from…

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Opinion: Why you should not visit South Africa

by Ernest Danjuma Enebi Over the last few years, the South African government through its tourism arm — South Africa Tourism has rolled out an aggressive celebrity driven campaign to lure Nigerian…

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NGOs using Chibok girls in the U.S. for tourism, money making – Minister

The federal government and parents of some Chibok schoolgirls who escaped captivity from Boko Haram terrorists have accused some Non-Governmental Organisations of using the girls for tourism to make money,…

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If making someone smile every day is your hobby, then this is for you

If making someone smile every day comes naturally to you, then a career in hospitality may just be the thing for you. It is predicted by The World Travel &…

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Opinion: How Tourism’s growth is tied to Aviation

by Rex Showunmi Early in life while studying Homer’s Ilyad and the history of Ancient Greek, especially the story of Achilles and all the adventures that checkered the ten years…

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‘In Nigeria, tourism is insignificant’ – Senator Ben Bruce

Self proclaimed common sense advocate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has once again taken President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors of the country in- a lesson in common sense. The…

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Dubai Tourism Debuts at Akwaaba, rewards Nigerians with amazing travel and shopping experience

As part of a diverse programme of activities to mark the 2016 Dubai Shopping Festival, Dubai Tourism has launched a competition rewarding Nigerians with exciting paid travel experiences to the…

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@TranscorpPLC plans remarkable N8 billion, 1 week IPO

by Tunji Andrews Transcorp Hotels plans to start marketing its initial public offering (IPO) from September 24, aiming to raise N8 billion ($48.8 million) to part-finance the construction of two…

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Kidnappers of Bayelsa commissioner’s father demand N98 million

by Akintomiwa Agbaje File Photo The kidnappers of Pa Uroh Nelson Tempurah have demanded for N98 million ransom before he can be set free. Tempurah is the father of Bayelsa State…

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Sad news: Kidnapped Sokoto businessman dies days after release (PICTURED)

by Akintomiwa Agbaje   A Sokoto-based businessman, Alhaji Abu Dankure, who was kidnapped by four gunmen along Kupper road and released 11 days ago,died today at the Uthmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto…

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Opinion: Thumbs up for Rotimi Amaechi

by Ose Oyamendan But the custodians of Nigerian foreign policy and marketers are enigmatic. When they get attacked on CNN, they take out pages in Time magazine to explain their…

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Terrible: Priest attacked with acid in Zanzibar after 2 British women suffer similar fate

A priest was attacked with acid on the east African island of Zanzibar in the third such unprovoked assault in two months, and remained hospitalized Saturday, the cleric told CNN.…

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Opinion: The need to dispel the myth of tourism in Africa

by Yinka Obagun In 2011, the top 10 international tourism destinations did not feature any of the 54 African countries. None. Dan Eldon, the late English photojournalist once famously said…

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