Category: Travel and Tourism
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Video: ‘Most insecurity situations in Nigeria are exaggerated’ – NIS Comptroller General
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has said most insecurity situations in Nigeria are exaggerated. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Babandede stated this while discussing the visa-on-arrival policy on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), stressing the policy will not apply to all visa classes. “Most of the insecurity situations in Nigeria are exaggerated,…
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Need to get to the airport fast? Here is Uber helicopter taxi
Quite recently, a video went viral on social media of a Nigerian who was stuck in a gridlock on Lagos-Benin Expressway for several hours on a Sunday, and called a helicopter to pick him up from Ore. The unnamed individual was subsequently airlifted out of a soul-cringing stressful environment owing to a bumper-to-bumper traffic snarl…
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See endless list of all places to visit in Nigeria in 2020 and beyond
Earlier, TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) brought to you the top 20 destinations around the world for you to kick off the new decade, if you seek travel inspiration for the new year 2020, but here we are presenting you 20 wanderlust-inciting destinations to visit in Nigeria in 2020. If you look hard enough, you can find something…
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See the top destinations around the world to visit in 2020
If you seek travel inspiration for the new year 2020, here are the top 20 destinations for you to kick off the new decade. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathers these wanderlust-inciting 20 destinations for 2020 from a list curated by Forbes Travel Guide’s editors. If you look hard enough, you can find something enticing about nearly every…
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JUST IN: FAAN bars any form of escorts at airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has barred any form of escorts at airports across the country, stressing it was in the interest of common safety and comfort. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement by Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.), General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the FAAN. FAAN, in the statement, also directed…
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Suspension: Turkish Airlines pledges to freight leftover passengers baggage
Turkish Airline has pledged to commence immediately freight of all leftover passengers’ baggage in Turkey to Nigeria following the suspension of its operations in Nigeria. The General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Sam Adurogboye, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Adurogboye explained that the management of the airline…
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Again, FAAN reacts to banning Uber, Bolt, others from airports
The Management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it did not ban Uber, Bolt and others at Lagos and other airports in the country. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, said in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday that the attention of FAAN was drawn to an online report,…
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Nigerians react over notice banning Uber, Bolt from picking passengers from airports
Nigerians have reacted over a notice allegedly emanating from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that seek to ban ride-hailing services such as Uber and Bolt from picking up passengers from airports across the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports a public notice printed on a sign post and mounted at an undisclosed airport has since…
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N10bn airlines debts: NCAA introduces automation to prevent new debts
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says the agency has put in place automation to prevent emergence of new debt from airlines. Mr Samuel Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA told News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday that airlines indebtedness to NCAA was more than N10 billion. Adurogboye said that old debts…
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Breaking: British Airline pilots commence 48-hour strike, cancel hundreds of flights
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) on Monday commenced a 48-hour strike in a dispute overpay. BALPA said almost all British Airways flights, totalling hundreds, were cancelled and an estimated 195,000 customers would be affected. The association said 8.50 a.m. scheduled flights were cancelled, and passengers would be offered a refund or a later flight.…