A brand new boutique hotel and serviced apartments, FIESTA RESIDENCES will be opening soon in Accra. It is the first modern serviced hotel apartments in Accra Ghana. Currently, some of the rooms are available for guests since August 4th this year. FIESTA RESIDENCES – owned by the FIESTA HOTELS AND RESIDENCES and located in Cantonments […]
With 304 registered companies operating in the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria has been ranked 46th trading partner with oil rich Arab country coming after South Africa, Egypt and Ghana. Disclosing this within the week, the President and Chief Executive officer of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Mr. Hamad Buamim, said that the chamber […]
Armstrong Williams, the conservative commentator and business manager for Republican presidential front-runner Ben Carson, is now the largest black owner of TV stations in America, closing deals to acquire two new stations Friday. His purchase of KVMY, the MyNet affiliate in Las Vegas, and WLYH, the CW affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has brought his total […]
At exactly 5:00am on a rather cold August morning, the sun raring to see off the darkness with a harsh kiss, Amos, my guide and information officer of the community, knocked hurriedly on my door and summoned me to the beach nearby. “Come have a look at something” he called out. I was startled as […]
Nigerians like things big. Nigeria is the biggest economy in Africa. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa. Lagos is one of the largest (if not the largest) cities in Africa. The fleet of private jets owned by Nigerians is also probably the largest in Africa. Yet... there's no Nigerian airline that can lay claim […]
Contrary to trending news that Virgin Atlantic is about pulling out of the Lagos route, the airline has said it has no plans of stopping its operation on the route it has operated for fourteen years. The media was awash with the news that Virgin Atlantic was about pulling out of the Lagos route after […]
Unbeknownst to many Nigerians, tourism holds huge potentials for reversing the critical issue of unemployment which daily threatens the stability of the country. In 2013, here are the statistics from the World Travel and Tourism Council for direct tourism jobs created in the following African countries - Egypt (1.2 million); South Africa (645,500); Tanzania (402,500); […]
People in East Africa have far more Eurasian ancestry than previously thought, owing up to a quarter of their DNA to ancient Asians and Europeans who migrated into the region, according to a study that could reshape the way we interpret human history. The first-ever DNA sequencing of the skull of an ancient African – […]
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (file photo). Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria-economically, socially and otherwise. From the comical to the puzzling and the most shocking, it all happens in this city of over 15 million people. It is a fascinating place to be. *New Oshodi Due to the complexities that make Lagos unique, people have evolved […]
The declaration of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists has started to pay the desired dividend as one of them was arrested as he attempted to flee. At the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Sunday, a man suspected to be one of the declared wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Chindo Bello, was apprehended by Aviation […]
