Why I’m crowd-funding a documentary on Ajayi Crowther
On 27 September 2021 (World Tourism Day), I’ll be launching a crowd funding campaign for a documentary on Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809 -1891), who among other sterling accomplishments in
A taste of Kano
The cityscape gave way to verdant forests as we drove; traffic got less and less until we were the only ones left on an unpaved road.
[Travel Film] Finding Mary Slessor
Two haunting images set me off on my Mary Slessor quest in May 2021; two images I have had with me for about
An evening at a beach in Lagos
A beach scene in Lagos. Image by Adedeji Olalekan
By Pelu Awofeso
Nick, Reggie and Teddy go to the beach (on Lagos island)
Simbi Wabote: Nigeria is fertile for solutions-driven entrepreneurs
For any society to prevent falling into decline, the mantle of leadership and entrepreneurship must fall on the youths from time to time.
Finda Koroma: Africa must invest in more youth entrepreneurs
“In this modern day of increased access to internet, I encourage you to embrace continuous learning and personal development to acquire necessary skills to innovate and manage the solutions you create.”
Finda Koroma, ECOWAS Commission VP, to give keynote speech at JCI Summit in Lagos
Her Excellency, Madam Finda Koroma, Vice-President of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, will deliver the keynote address at the 11th edition of the Leadership Excellence
Lagos hosts JCI Africa and Middle East Summit
The JCI Nigeria Senate Association with the support of the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is hosting the 2021 JCI Africa and The Middle East (AMESA)
Inside Badagry’s slavery museum
This piece is re-published here in commemoration of International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its abolition
By Pelu Awofeso
Frozen
Temi-Tope Ogbeni-Awe: “I believe that one day Nigeria will make tourism work”
The Nigerian government doesn’t yet have the political will. If they did, they would grow infrastructure, roads, electricity, and enabling environment.
Singing, dancing and praying at the Osun-Osogbo festival
In this report, written in August 2011 and published now for the first time, ‘Fisayo Soyombo describes the spiritual and ecstatic atmosphere at the annual Osun-Osogbo Festival Grand
This Independence weekend, Spend 4 Exciting and Restful Days Exploring Akwa Ibom
We promise you a weekend to remember
You would love to take a short break from work, leave your familiar surroundings and spend a few
The story behind this striking sculpture in Uyo
Tiled The Reader 2 it is a feminine figure rising up to 30 feet and looking down at a book.