Category: Tourism

  …It Is Not True—Port Health …Says There Are Enough Cards At Port Health Passengers travelling through the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport(MMA),Lagos may not be able to do so due to the nonavailability of International Certificate for Vaccination known as Yellow Cards from Port Health Services,a division of the Federal Ministry of…

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the International terminal of the Murtala Muhammed I Airport (MMA), Lagos has increased its visa issuing centres from one to two. The service has also improved on the immigration counters at the same airport from its initial three to eight. These developments are part of the Federal Government…

Another batch of Nigerians has arrived in the country after they were airlifted from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration. The returnees, numbering about 138 touched down at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were on ground to receive the…

A report released by The World Economic Forum has analysed the travel and tourism sectors in 136 countries. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report includes a ranking of how safe the countries are for tourists. The World Economic Forum ( WEF) ranked the safety of each of those countries based on its tourism and safety…

Two pregnant women and 119 others were on Wednesday evacuated from Libya by the International Organisation for Migration. According to the National Emergency Management Agency, who received them at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the 121 people had expressed interest to return home. The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA Southwest, Suleiman Yakubu who received them,…

Nigerians would soon be made to present their National Identification Number (NIN) before they can obtain or renew passports – Mohammed Babandede, the comptroller general of the Nigeria Immigration Service, said this is part of efforts to have a centralised database for Nigerians As from January 1, 2018, the federal government has announced that no…

  A Nigerian man has been arrested in eastern France after being found with condoms stuffed with 79,000 euros ($90,000) hidden in his stomach, customs officials said Monday. The man, arrested Saturday in Strasbourg, had another 13,000 Swiss francs (11,900 euros, $13,500) concealed in his clothes, the officials said. The man told customs agents that…

A South Africa’s Church has barred blacks from attending service as the church on Sunday disallowed two black journalists from entering. The Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk church in Orania, told the journalists “the church is only for whites”. Orania is an Afrikaans-only South African town located along the banks of the Orange River, in the arid…

Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine, BBC reports. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were abandoned by traffickers, who feared the security forces. A local official told the BBC that dozens of bodies had been buried, and 23 survivors were taken to the…

Africa’s tourism ministers and female CEO’s of tourism boards will be at the Women in Tourism discussion at the 13th Akwaaba African Travel Market 2017. According to a statement by the Organiser of the Akwaaba African Travel Market, the session, themed: Women in Tourism; Challenges and the Future will allow leading women in tourism to…