German mega carrier. Lufthansa Airlines on Wednesday offloaded 45 passengers and all the luggage of about 200 passengers fully booked for the Abuja-Frankfurt flight, to reduce the weight of the aircraft so that it could take off from a shorter length of the runway. This was because a big hole developed at one end of […]
Nigerians who seek visa to travel to major countries in Europe, the United States and Asia spend over N75 billion annually on non-refundable payments for visa, THISDAY investigations have shown. THISDAY carried out investigation to confirm that over 60 per cent of these visa requests are rejected and many of the applicants have to apply […]
Director of Private Sector at the ECOWAS Commission in charge of tourism, investment and business development, Dr. Tony Luka Elumelu, speaks on the commission’s participation at the Accra Weizo, a tourism expo put together by organisers of Akwaaba, the factors militating against tourism in West Africa, among others. Charles Ajunwa brings excerpts What’s your assessment of tourism […]
Travel agents and others have called on the federal government to introduce a law that will punish Nigerians who commit crimes while in overseas in order to rebuild the country’s image and reduce the number of Nigerians who engage in illicit activities outside of Nigeria. Nigerians in travel and tourism sector lament that few numbers of the citizens have […]
NAHCO’s efforts at operating a globally acceptable standard export processing centre, received a boost when the Comptroller – General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi told the management of the ground handling company that it has Customs’ full support to operate the NAHCO Export Packaging & Processing Centre (NEPPC). Adeniyi, who gave the assurance during a visit […]
