Travel & Leisure

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (2)

According to the World Tourism Organization, tourism generates over $1 trillion in exports annually, creating millions of jobs and stimulating local economies. Be that...

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1)

Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s...

Princewills Trust: Second Batch Winners set to hit Dubai

Winners of the 2022 edition of the Princewills Trust Vision and Success Opportunity Challenge have just departed for a one-week all-expense-paid Bootcamp and tour...

What makes Afrozons Dubai Sound off authentically captivating and irresistible

As the global Dubai Expo 2020 kick starts, there lines a number of tourist side attractions designed to add world-class tourism flavour to the...

Abuja Ten Years from Now

I am on board the Virgin Bombardier Eco-6 train that runs a daily route from Kaduna to Abuja. This high-speed rail service has allowed...

Anthony Bourdain: In Memoriam

Just read that Anthony Bourdain has joined his ancestors.  He killed himself, as the news made clear.  Anthony Bourdain was a CNN Chef, who travelled the...

Travel and Black Identity: Location, location, location

In an ideal world, travelers would manifest the ideal of what it means to be colorblind. I find it quite amusing what's considered "significant" accomplishments...

American Historical Sites and Monuments

The tour was scheduled for Sunday, August 13, 2017, between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m., directed by Ms. Jeanne Fogle, a fourth-generation Washington and Certified...

Sister Cities: Of Chicago and Ibadan: Music, Architecture, Disney et al

There are interesting coincidences between Chicago in the U.S. and Ibadan city in Nigeria. In Chicago is the Chicago Tribune, the largest Newspaper outfit in...

Journey to Sapele…

If indeed travel takes your mind for a ride, what happened to me over the weekend in Sapele was indeed an eye-opener. The family...

Ibadan to Accra by Road

My Facebook readers know I am not one of those propagating the false impression that Accra, or Ghana as a whole, is Africa’s new...

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Diran Odeyemi: The Chief Hypocritical Sycophant in Oyo State

Before sitting down to write this piece, I spent two days going through Odeyemi’s past articles. I am convinced that if Adedibu and Obasanjo have access to Odeyemi’s old write-ups, they will discover that the man is a fair-weather friend...

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America's Afghanistan Withdrawal Should Be Accelerated?

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Strategic Factors and Options in Ijaw Land: Responding to Priye Torulagha

What is the level of “federal presence” in Ijaw land? How many colleges of education, polytechnics, colleges of arts & science, roads, hospitals and clinics, bridges, highways, and the likes do we have? And to think that for its economic survival, Nigeria is riding on our back and shoulder?

Lessons On The Bare Floor!

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