The cultural market at the ongoing National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), in Lagos, has been declared open for commercial activities. Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director – General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), organiser of the festival, on…
Finland to close Russian border amid travel spike from Putin’s mobilization
Finland, which has the longest border with Russia in the European Union, is moving to restrict Russian tourists from entering the country as the war in Ukraine continues to intensify into its eighth month. On Thursday, the Finnish government announced…
A journey with Greece’s last nomadic shepherds
The sustainable farming practice of herding sheep hundreds of kilometers dates back millennia. We meet the people keeping the tradition alive despite pressure from industrialised agriculture, tourism and climate change. Eleni Tzima and her husband Nasos Tzima have herded their…
FG to establish fund for the arts, launch national policy on culture, tourism
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the federal government has finalised plans to launch a national policy on culture and tourism that will serve as the legal framework for the sectors. He made the…
From Ambode, a parting gift to Lagos arts community (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday commissioned the Lagos Theatre located in Oregun, in Lagos as part of his official visit to the state and inauguration of major landmark projects executed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The 400-capacity theatre is one of…
10 things the UAE does better than anywhere else (CNN)
The United Arab Emirates is famous for its relentless sunshine, its golden dunes that roll on for miles and some of the most ambitious, opulent building projects of modern times. But it’s not all super-tall skyscrapers and shifting sands. The…
Steve Ayorinde loves Lagos
Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in Lagos State, Steve Ayorinde, who says he is a big city person, loves Lagos because it is his idea of an abode of a city that is not boring. But that is just…
Eko Theatres will provide sufficient avenues for people to display their talent –Steve Ayorinde
thisislagos.ng sat down to an exclusive interview with Steve Ayorinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture. We continue this week the second part of the interview in which the honourable commissioner reveals the state of the theatres the…
We have great plans to make Lagos a tourist haven – Steve Ayorinde
On Monday April 16, 2018, Tourism will take a new turn in Lagos as the state convenes a Tourism Summit at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites. Long before the landmark event, thisislagos.ng sat down to an exclusive interview…