Hotel Market in Nigeria To Grow To US$507 Million By 2020 ~ PwC Outlook

The hotel market in Nigeria has not fared as well as South Africa with stay unit nights dropping 12% and room revenue down by 3.6% over the past two years.

There are a number of new hotels planned or under construction and we forecast an additional 4 700 rooms to be added in Nigeria during the next five years. Hotel room revenue is expected to grow to US$ 507 million in 2020 from the US$321 million achieved in 2015, due to increases in both stay unit nights and average room rates.

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South Africa’s Hotel and Tourism Sector Set for Steady Growth as Visitor Numbers Continue to Grow: PwC Outlook

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South Africa’s Hotel and Tourism Sector Set for Steady Growth as Visitor Numbers Continue to Grow: PwC Outlook

The new visa regulations had a sharp impact on the South African tourism industry

Human Trafficking is the Third Biggest Criminal Enterprise in the World

Fellow delegates, human trafficking is the third biggest criminal enterprise in the world.

As long as ISIS is selling girls for $165, and parents in Nigeria are left with nothing but bows and arrows to chase the terrorists who steal their daughters in the middle of the night, we will never have a just and good world. Because when women are held back, democracies falter.

~ By Honorable Amy Klobuchar at 2016 Democratic National Convention.

President Muhammadu Buhari is Fighting Corruption in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best in fighting corruption in challenging circumstances.
The fact that several looters have been arraigned and they have agreed to return their I'll gotten loot is enough proof of his progress.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan never fought against corruption. He was complicit in the looting.

TOP SELLING BOOK ON PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

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Verizon To Acquire Yahoo’s Operating Business for Approximately $4.83 Billion

Verizon to acquire Yahoo's operating business

Transaction will create a new rival in mobile media technology reaching over 1B users* with a roster of the world's most beloved brands

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announce they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Yahoo's operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.

Enough Is Enough: A Letter From Mohammed Zakzaky, Son Of Shiite Leader Ibrahim Zakzaky

Mohammed Ibraheem Zakzaky's Letter To Nigerians by shehu313: 12:55am On Jul 23
Passionate Letter From Zakzaky's Oldest And Only Surviving Son To Nigerians

Enough Is Enough: A Letter From Mohammed Zakzaky, Son Of Shiite Leader Ibrahim Zakzaky

Nigerian Nnimmo Bassey and Others Call On World Bank President Kim To Step Down

Nigerian Nnimmo Bassey and Others Call On World Bank President Kim To Step Down

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly sixty inflamed leaders from environmental and human rights organizations, including Foundation Earth, called on World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to resign and not seek a second term. They state that the world and the World Bank needs new leadership.

For the past four years of his five-year term President Kim has failed to lead, instead proceeding with problematic large projects that paradoxically will increase poverty rather than reduce or eliminate it. World Bank projects are contributing to the 6th Great Extinction.

NNIMMO BASSEY, Earth Rights International (Nigeria): President Kim has continued with the types of projects that harm people and ruin the environment they depend on for their survival.

Solar-powered airplane : Aquila's First Flight: a Big Milestone Toward Connecting Billions of People

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Aquila's First Flight: a Big Milestone Toward Connecting Billions of People
Aquila's first flight is part of Facebook’s overall commitment in overcoming the remaining barriers to universal connectivity

Neglected Hunger Crisis Surges behind Front Lines of Fighting Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria

© UNICEF/UNI193663/Esiebo A young girl is screened for malnutrition in the Dalori camp for internally displaced people in Borno State, Nigeria.

Neglected Hunger Crisis Surges behind Front Lines of Fighting in Northeast Nigeria
Humanitarian community races to assess needs in areas cut off from aid for about two years

L’Oréal Accelerates Product Development for Sub-Saharan Africa

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L’Oréal Accelerates Product Development for Sub-Saharan Africa Thanks to New Research & Innovation Center

It hosts product development, evaluation and advanced research teams and will employ scientists from the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, physiology, cosmetology and biochemistry