Nigeria Corruption

eTN Inbox: Nigeria’s corruption shame

What a shame the varies factions in Nigeria remain incapable of ridding
themselves of their prejudices - and to unite and promote their country.

Ministry Overspent 2008 Amended Budgetary Allocation

Shame of Nigeria: lawmakers order Nigeria tourism minister to refund N1.4bn

LAGOS, Nigeria (eTN) - Having just survived cabinet reshuffle, the Nigerian House of Representatives on Thursday told Nigerian Culture, Tourism and National Orientation Minister Prince Adetokunbo Kayo

World Tourism Day

UNWTO shame: fails to honor World Tourism Day initiator again

It is exactly two years ago today that the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) wrote to inform the Nigerian government that one of Nigeria’s illustrious son and Nigeria’s foremost to

Participates In Akwaaba Travel Market And World Travel Market

Golden Beach Hotels storms Nigeria and London

Golden Beach Hotels is pleased to announce its participation in this years’ Akwaaba Travel Market scheduled to be held at the EKO Hotels and Suites in October 2008 and the World Travel Market schedu

Richard Branson

Branson’s Virgin Nigeria nightmare

Reports have reached from acquaintances in Nigeria about the latest developments over Sir Richard Branson’s Nigerian aviation (mis)adventure.

Legal Notice

Were you scheduled to fly between US and Nigeria on World Airways on or after December 23, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (August 6, 2008) - Legal Notice: If You Were Scheduled To Fly on or After December 28, 2003 Between the United States and Lagos, Nigeria on World Airways, and World Airways Did Not Fly Yo

Nigeria

Ministry to reposition tourism

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Adetokunbo Kayode, says tourism in Nigeria will soon be repositioned in line with international best practices following a national retreat to be organised by the ministry soon.

Delta Airlines

Nigerian gov’t denies Delta Airlines direct flight to Lagos

ABUJA, Nigeria (eTN) - America’s second largest airline, Delta Airlines, has been dealt a big blow by the Nigeria’s Ministry of Transportation officials following its refusal to approve a proposed direct flight between New York and Lagos.

Nigeria

Minister blames low tourism ranking on lack of initiatives

Nigeria ranks low in African tourism because of the absence of purposeful tourism initiatives in the country, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, has said.

The Minister made the observation in Abuja during an interactive session with journalists.

Nigerian Aviation

Confusion over missing aircraft

Arusha, Nigeria (eTN) – Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Air Transport Minister of Felix Hassan Hyat announced the location of a Beechcraft 1900D aircraft 48 hours after it was declared missing, the authorities have retracted their statements.

Nigeria

Sylva turns militants' camps to tourist centres

In a renewed bid to reduce the social impact of militant activities as well as promote tourism potentialities, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has announced plans to convert camps currently used by militants to terrorise others to tourist centres while promising that electricity would be available round the clock in the shortest ... read more

Nigeria

Tourist toilets clean up Nigeria

A new range of public toilets has been launched in Nigeria in a bid to clean up the country for tourists.

The toilets will be stationed at markets, public transport hubs and mobile ones used for festivals.

At 20 naira ($0.16) for each visit, the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation hopes the promise of "money for muck" will ... read more

Nigeria

Tourism tax - killing tourists softly in Lagos

The report in THISDAY of Wednesday, January 2, 2008 calls for further explanation from Lagos State on the modalities, intention and expected yield from the new imposition contained in the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Bill which is before the State House of Assembly.