The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), West Africa’s largest body of travel trade professionals, has been honoured with the Best African Travel Association Award at the prestigious African Tourism Awards held in London, United Kingdom. According to the organisers, NANTA emerged as the first recipient of the awardContinue Reading

Nigeria’s tourism industry received a major boost recently as the Association of Nigerian Journalists and Writers of Tourism (ANJET) celebrated distinguished Nigerians whose contributions have shaped and sustained the country’s tourism and hospitality landscape. At its annual conference and awards ceremony held at the Sheraton Lagos Hotel, themed “The RoleContinue Reading

Former Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Frank Ogbuewu, has called on the federal government and stakeholders in the tourism sector to prioritise continuity of programmes and policies to ensure sustainable development of culture and tourism in Nigeria. Speaking in an interview, Ogbuewu lamented that many impactful initiatives introduced inContinue Reading

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has moved to strengthen strategic engagements with Turkish Embassy with a courtesy visit aimed at promoting international tourism cooperation . The visit to the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Nigeria, H.E. Mehmet Poroy, marks a new phase in Nigeria’s tourismContinue Reading

Ahead of the much-anticipated Argungu International Fishing Festival, which is scheduled to hold in February 2026, in Argungu, Kebbi State, the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy and the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) alongside the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) and the National Council forContinue Reading

The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, CON, mni, on Wednesday, attended the screening of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs at the National Assembly, Abuja. The screening exercise followed the nominations earlier forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, in accordance withContinue Reading

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), South East Zone, has called for stronger collaboration between the government and private sector to drive tourism growth across the region. This call was made during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Commissioner for Culture, Arts and Tourism, Anambra State, in AwkaContinue Reading