Adventure
Tourism 4 – Day 1: Calabar Slave Trade
The Journey of a thousand miles starts with a step The initial plan was to travel to at least seven African countries in the space of 3 weeks. In as much as I had a …
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Nigerian Passport Replacement Now Simplified
Muhammad Babandede, the new comptroller-general of the Nigeria immigration service (NIS), says he has authorized state commands to replace lost passports, and also commence change of name due to marriage. Both exercises were hitherto done in …
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Nigerian Passport Will Now Be Valid for 10 Years
The Nigerian President has directed that the validity of passports issued in the country, should be increased from five to ten years. The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, revealed this on the …
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Ecuador and Nigeria Signs Visa Free Pact
Nigeria and Ecuador has just signed a visa-free pact to strengthen bilateral relations. This will help boost tourism and businesses between the two countries. Let’s note that all Africans can travel to Ecuador except for …
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Nigerian Immigration Ends Visa-on-Arrival
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended the issuance of Biometric Visa-On-Arrival to foreigners arriving into the country indefinitely. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, 26th of June 2018 at the …
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Birthday Gift: Equatorial Guinea Visa!
Morning sir, please can you take me to Murtala Muhammed ‘Road’ in Ikoyi. I was trying to get a motor bike popularly called okada used for transport in Lagos and most parts of Nigeria to …
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Badagry Slave Trade Visit
On that Friday evening, I had two other cities in mind to visit. The cities were Badagry – to see the Slave Trade Museums and Abeokuta, to see the Olumo Rock. Coming to a decision …
Adventure
My First Tourism Trip Abroad
Learning a Foreign Language I was inspired to learn French after my first visit to London for a training sponsored by my employer. During those days in a hostel I stayed in London, I had …
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Visa Denial at Mauritania
Leaving Bissau After the wonderful evening I had with my friends Costa and Nelson from Bissau and some tourists from Portugal who were in the hotel with me, I decided it was time to move …
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Portuguese Practice in Bissau
I arrived Brikama moments later, I spent like 10 minutes at the park before getting a shared taxi to the border. The 35-minute ride to the Senegalese-Gambia border cost only 50 Dalasis ($1). Immigration stamping …