Collectively, we've touched down on every continent on earth and we're closing in on every country. But we're nowhere near perfect travelers. Every one of the travel chokes on this list comes from painful personal experience -- often multiple times repeating the same mistakes. (We're nothing if not persistent.) 1. Overpacking At home, with your […]
Maiduguri — The Maiduguri International Airport is to reopen for commercial flights Friday, nearly two years after it was shutdown, Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zanna Umar Mustapha, said yesterday. He said the first commercial flight would land at the airport on Friday, assuring that all arrangements had been put in place to ensure hitch-free […]
And, most want to spend your holiday in hot countries, where being caressed by sunlight, you can swim in the clear blue sea or ocean, where the exotic - just a lifestyle. But not all think about what you are moving far enough and they find themselves in a completely different climate zone, our body […]
For millions of peoples, the idea of getting on a plane and flying is one of the most scary imaginable. People all over the world struggle with this fear, which recent studies ranked number three on the list of the top ten phobias. Statistically speaking, flying is 29 times safer than traveling in a car. […]
Three Ghanaian domestic airlines have barred a physically-challenged Nigerian, Ndifreke Andrew-Essien from travelling. One of the airlines had also refused to refund Andrew-Essien, a fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The three airlines, Africa World Airlines, Antrak Air and Starbow Airlines told the Nigerian, who uses a wheelchair to move around […]
For millions of Nigerians, the internet has become an essential part of their everyday social and business lives; although almost taken for granted, technology has helped organisations, corporations, and individuals steer through daily life with less hitches and headaches as was the case some decades back. Social media today, as a direct offshoot of technological […]
Just within three weeks of its launch, the Multi-million dollar Delta Mall located in the Warri-Effurun metropolis has been recording about 12,000 visitors daily. This was disclosed by head of the Mall’s management team of Broll Properties, consultants to investors of the Delta Mall, Oni Olusola, who said that the project would be launched in […]
The High Court of Akwa Ibom State, sitting in Uyo Judicial Division, has called for an immediate end to the tolls that Akwa Ibom State Government and the Ministry of Transport collect from commercial vehicles. The tolls include regular motor park fees and other charges usually collected from commercial motor vehicle operators in the state. The court […]
Immediate past Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has stated operations at Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, may be crippled except the regulatory body sources for funds to close its over N30 billion funding gap in its pension liabilities. According to Chidoka, if the huge debts the organization is being owed by airlines are not retrieved, it may […]
Conceptualised to attract the much needed traffic to Tinapa Resort, Summit Hills is the next big thing to happen to tourism in Nigeria, writes Solomon Elusoji Across the world, tourism is big business, some economies are built on it, and it barely fails to deliver substantial revenue. According to the World Tourism Organisation, 698 million […]
