FG launches Temporary Passport for Nigerians in the diaspora
Online Editor
March 10, 2021
Arakunle Kayode Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, has launched the Nigerian Temporary Passport (NTP) on Tuesday at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) headquarters in Abuja. The new temporary passport is a variety of passport that will be issued at the Nigerian Embassies or at the Nigerian High Commissions outside the country to Nigerians desirous […]
MARRIOTT IKEJA GRA: Marriott’s marks are all over 5-star hotel wonder in Ikeja GRA
Phillip IsakpaJanuary 26, 2021
SIFAX Group’s hospitality hotel almost ready Exquisite luxury on offer to business travellers C-suite executives traversing the world for business meetings, where they discuss and negotiate deals, are always on the lookout for two things – their flight arrangements (if they are not using executive chartered or own jets) and the destination hospitality accommodation […]
Air Peace extends horizon, commences flight to Markurdi
Zainab IwayemiDecember 8, 2020
By Zainab Iwayemi In continuation of its expansion drive, Nigeria’s current airline, Air Peace, on Monday, commenced commercial flights into Makurdi, Benue State. The development saw the state government and indigenes of Benue come out in a pool of excitement as it marks the only airline with commercial flights into Makurdi, Benue State at […]
Covid-19 hits global vacation rental business, records $35bn loss in 2020
Zainab IwayemiDecember 3, 2020
By Zainab Iwayemi Short-let apartment rental business has over time become a new trend as sojourners now show great preference for a fully furnished home, rather than a hotel or motel. Sadly, Covid-19 pandemic has caused a heavy storm in the business as the compulsion to stay home during the lockdown made it impossible […]
Covid-19 hammers Ikeja Hotels with N1.4bn post tax loss, Q3 financials show
Charles AbuedeNovember 4, 2020
By Charles Abuede Loss to affect year-end dividends declaration Legal tussle with Lagos State could cost N4.63bn Ikeja Hotel Plc, the hospitality company listed on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has informed its shareholders that the effects brought about by the pandemic will likely affect dividend declaration for the year ended December 31, […]
Nigeria’s sub-regional Anambra building cargo-passenger airport to change air travels dynamics
Ben EguzozieNovember 3, 2020
Terminal development without foreign loans To compete for passenger share with 17 big terminals, including nearby Asaba, Enugu, Owerri Nigeria’s sub-regional, Anambra State’s incoming large cargo and passenger airport at Umuleri, Anambra East Local Council of the state, already adjudged as Nigeria’s second biggest airport after the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, […]
Obudu Ranch Resort N10bn tourist hotspot finally catches Ayade’s fancy in twilight of his administration
Ben EguzozieSeptember 1, 2020
One of many neglected for 5 years Governor Ben Ayade, a professor of micro-biology, has roughly 36 months to the termination of his final term as chief executive of Cross River, a littoral state with estimated $12.3 billion gross domestic product (GDP). With less than three years to leave office, Ayade, after a week’s […]
Media, airlines get special facilities as CBN extends sector-critical intervention amid Covid-19
Charles AbuedeAugust 26, 2020
By Charles Abuede The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), banks and members of the Bankers’ Committee have without objection consented to extend special facilities to Nigerian-enlisted airlines and the media business to empower them to address the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, while addressing the bank CEOs at the […]
Nigerian airports reopen for commercial operation June 21
Samson EchenimJune 3, 2020
Five airports in Nigeria will resume commercial scheduled flights June 21, the country’s aviation regulatory authority has said. In a statement, Tuesday, Musa Nuhu, director-general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said flights would resume in five airports on June 21, adding that other airports would be added after review and assessment. “The closure of Nigerian […]
Get ready, we’re flying soon, Dana Air alerts passengers
Samson EchenimJune 1, 2020
Nigerian airline, Dana Air has alerted its passengers it is coming back to the airspace soon, after two months of break due to the Covid-19 lockdown in the country that saw all airports closed. Amidst concerns that some airlines may not bounce back after the forced grounding, Dana said it was working with aviation authorities […]