The Nigerian High Commission in London has renewed the passport of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Nasir el-Rufa'i, after the presidency overruled instructions to deny him.
The recent introduction of the air passenger duty (APD) for departures from United Kingdom airports to long haul destinations is causing jitters within the tourism industry, with players fearing that they could lose British tourists.
That Nigeria remains the fastest growing society as far as internet usage is concerned, has become a fact, of sorts, as attested to by the growing subscriber base of not just telecommunication firms operating in the country, but also from the increasing returns posted by a lot of the Internet Service Providers (ISP).
The long-awaited guidelines on the standard criteria for classification of hotels and other tourism facilities have been launched.
Arik Air Airline has announced the secondment of two executives from Arik International SA with the appointment of Mr. John Roijen and Mr. Kevin Dudley as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) respectively.
Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced the selection of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power its new Airbus fleet of 10 A330-300s, the aircraft due for delivery from early 2011.
AFRE Chief Executive Officer Patterson Timba has increased his shareholding in Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) after British millionaire Nicholas Van Hoogstraten sold his 10% stake in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hotel and leisure group. This comes after 160 million shares were snapped up on the market by Renaissance Securities, a company controlled by Timba on Tuesday in a deal valued at US$4,8 ...
Travelling in Nigeria by air is now safer as government's investment in making the sky safe again has started yielding fruits.
The chiefs and people of Gbadzeme in the Avatime Traditional Area in the Ho Municipality, have discovered a number of new tourist sites which should be developed to attract both local and foreign tourists to the area.
Arusha will soon have yet another world-class hotel following injection of multi-million dollars to the rehabilitation of Mount Meru Hotel, along Arusha-Moshi road.
You may have a different opinion but after paying your hard -earned CFA 10,000 for a hotel room, you discover the unexpected. No water and blurred TV images. The hotel proprietor is evasive and bites his lips as he unconvincingly tries to convince. He shouts at his staff for water to be carried from a nearby public tap.
The Federal Airports Au-thority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened the newly resurfaced Kaduna runway for flight just as the authority announced the commencement of the metal fence project at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Ikeja, LAgos.
