Nigeria offers a wide variety of tourist attractions such as extended and roomy river and ocean beaches ideal for swimming and other water sports, unique wildlife, vast tracts of unspoiled nature ranging from tropical forest, magnificent waterfalls, some new rapidly growing cities and climatic conditions in some parts particularly conducive to holidaying.
Other attractions include traditional ways of life preserved in local customs; rich and varied handicrafts and other colourful products depicting or illustrative of native arts and lifestyle, and the authentic unsophisticated but friendly attitude of many in the Nigerian population.
Three Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria -Xinhua Reuters Three Chinese workers from an engineering firm have been kidnapped by unidentified attackers in Nigeria's southern Cross River state, the official Xinhua agency said...
Nigerian President Under Pressure to Probe Predecessor VOA Groups in Nigeria are intensifying pressure on President Umaru Yar'Adua to open a criminal investigation into alleged corrupt deals under his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo. The country's two...
Olympics course for sports journalists in Nigeria Nigeria News.Net Lagos, (Xinhua) The International Olympic Committee in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, said that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games' coverage.
WAfrica Crude-Most Nigeria loadings emerge, dealing thin Reuters The spot West African crude market was relatively quiet as the loading programmes for most Nigerian grades finally became available, traders said on Thursday. June...
Briefs 4-Coton Sport, Enyimba reach African Champions League Reuters ... (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from around the world: Soccer-Cameroon's Coton Sport and twice winners Enyimba of Nigeria became the first two teams to reach the group phase of the...
Nigerian interest rates climb after cash mop-up Reuters Nigerian interbank interest rates climbed to 10.33 percent on average this week from 7.33 percent last week after an aggressive cash mop-up by the central bank, traders...
Shell says no timeframe yet for Nigeria oil return Reuters Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday part of its oil production in Nigeria remains shut following a spate of sabotage in April to its oil facilities and it still does...
Nigeria June oil exports at 1.98 mbpd with Bonny Reuters Updates May volumes with further delays) Nigerian crude oil exports are expected to rise to 1.98 million barrels per day in June, including Bonny Light, after a dip...
Asia Crude-India IOC buys 4.6mln bbls in July tender Reuters Adds sellers, price, details throughout) State-run Indian Oil Corp bought 4 million barrels of West African and a rare 600,000-barrel cargo of Libyan...
Niger Delta Struts the Path to Peace [opinion] All Africa The commitment of President Yar'Adua's administration to give urgent priority to the problems in the Niger Delta has given impetus to hopes that a peaceful settlement might finally be in sight for...
Two New Ambassadors Present Credentials All Africa The President stated this at separate audiences he granted the new Thai and Cote d'Ivoire ambassadors to Nigeria after he received their letters of credence on Friday at the State House, Abuja.
New Fiction Creates Stir in Northern Nigeria VOA In the northern Nigeria, more women writers are producing fiction novels in the local Hausa language than ever before. The books generally focus on matters of the heart - love, romance, and marriage...
Group Raises Alarm Over One-Party State Plot All Africa Prominent stakeholders in the Nigeria project have raised alarm over secret but deliberate plans by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to turn the country into a one-party state.
50,000 Tree Seedlings to Fight Desertification All Africa A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Africa Desertification Control Initiative (ADCI), has disclosed its preparedness to battle the menace of desertification in the country with a free...
Envoys Ask Govt to Address Security Problem All Africa High Commissioners and Ambassadors in Nigeria have advised the Federal Government to address problems associated with youth restiveness in the Niger Delta, security and poor infrastructural...
Police Avert Bloody Clash All Africa What would have resulted to a bloody political clash between members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party was on Wednesday averted by the police in Ibadan.
Explosion Rocks Bayelsa PDP Secretariat All Africa Unknown people yesterday threw a dynamite into the Bayelsa State Secretariat of the PDP in Yenagoa just 48 hours ahead of the flag-off of campaigns for the re-run governorship election in the state.
CML Tour Acquires New Franchise All Africa The Jamaican Doubles, which is often referred to as the International Doubles is similar to the International Pairs competition in format. The International Doubles is opened to players who are...
Not Officially Invited, Says Obasanjo All Africa Former president Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday that he had not received any official invitation from the House of Representatives to appear before the committee on power, currently investigating...
Okah, Mend Leader, Appeals Court Ruling All Africa The leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr Henry Okah, has appealed the ruling of the Federal High Court in Jos presided over by Justice Stephen Adah, declaring...
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