The African Development Bank(ADB) has launched the first Africa Visa Openness Index, which shows that the African continent remains largely closed off for African travellers – a fatal but easily avoided roadblock for business travel on the continent. Business and overall travel on the African continent is on the rise. As is development in Africa. […]
Kunta Kinte Island sits at the mouth of the Gambia River. Though tiny — it is barely big enough to house some ruins of its past and a baobab grove — the role it has played in world history has been large indeed. Because the Gambian river runs like an artery from the Atlantic into […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors Limited, Captain Fola Akinkuotu and the Vice Chairman of SAHCOL Mr. Chike Ogeah have both confirmed their attendance as speakers at the 2nd Accra Weizo. Akinkuotu who was the former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), is also a pilot, as well as flight and […]
As the first International Airline to Fly into the South East of Nigeria Ethiopian Airlines was presented with an Award of Excellence at the Oganiru event hed in Enugu last week. Oganiru is the Enugu state government organised 3 day long investment summit that brought together the best minds and leaders from across Nigeria to […]
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren’t all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. “The queens have a great role to play in the fondom,” notes Prince Nickson, […]
This is an important story of a lost old-fashioned city you've probably never heard about. Benin City, originally known as Edo. It was once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire located in the present southern Nigeria. The Benin Empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in West Africa, dating back […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned the launching of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in the Nigerian airspace without the permit of the authority and the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA). This is contained in a statement issued by the General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA,Mr Sam Adurogboye, which was made available to the […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed optimism that the activities lined up for the forthcoming Lagos International Jazz Day will go a long way to showcase the tourism potentials of the State to the World. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja when he played host to some of the […]
For refusing to comply with the executive bill being processed to be passed in to law, should the bill go through in a couple of weeks, it is seemingly crystal clear that over 5,000 pastors would be jailed in the Northern State of Kaduna in Nigeria. In reaction to what many clergy across the country […]
As the government seeks additional income from the non-oil sector, ANNA OKON takes a look at the nation’s festivals, heritage sites as veritable sources of revenue. Nigeria is a culturally rich nation. The country’s festivals and heritage sites are well documented tourist attraction to people all over the world. A visitor to Cross River State […]
