The Future Is Looking Bright For Tourism in Nigeria

The Future Is Looking Bright For Tourism in Nigeria

The report by World Travel Market and Euromonitor International states that the amount of foreign tourists making their way to Nigeria is predicted to rise by at least three percent each year until 2016. The amount of people booking trips to the country is set to rise by four and a half percent by the end of 2013. This means extra money for the hotel, entertainment and travel industries. According to a recent study, Nigeria ranks first in the world for rate of hotel construction, with over forty new hotels set to open within the next half decade.

Lagos has emerged as the main site for holiday accommodation, with numerous luxury hotels in the works. Hopefully within the next decade, Nigeria will be one of the world’s premier vacation destinations. The country has everything from wildlife and breathtaking scenery to one of the world’s best film industries so it is high time that it became a hub for foreign visitors. Perhaps this could be the boost to Nigeria’s economy that will alleviate the poverty that grips some of the nation.

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Warning To Irresponsible Nigerian Parents To Protect Our Children

There are many irresponsible Nigerian parents breeding children who grow up into irresponsible adults, because of bad parenting.

Nigerian churches and mosques should not only preach and quote the holy Scriptures, but must teach good parenting. A stitch in time saves nine. Well bred children grow up to become responsible adults and not juvenile delinquents and criminals.

Underage children sent to hawk on the streets.

Many children are maltreated and assaulted by wicked parents, guardians and predators.

Irresponsible Nigerian parents send their underage children on errands and expose them to  dangers on the streets.
Irresponsible Nigerian parents suffer their children gladly as underage housemaids and hawkers on the streets.
Several unfortunate children have been lured by kidnappers, rapists and ritual killers lurking around as predators in different parts of Nigeria.
Irresponsible Nigerian parents let their underage children go to school alone without escorting them. I have seen irresponsible parents risking the lives of their innocent children in the hands of housemaids. I have seen  housemaids struggling to take little children across the streets facing the dangers of reckless drivers.

Only irresponsible parents will leave three to four little children for an housemaid to take to and from school while their mother is at home pretending to do chores, but watching TV or chatting and gossiping with her mobile phone.

Parenting is the foundation for nation building.

There is nothing more important to a family than the children. Don't risk their innocent lives no matter the circumstances of their birth. If you are too poor and insecure to take good care of children, please don't have them. If you cannot make children happy, please don't have any child.
No child asked to be born poor and underprivileged.

Nation building begins from the cradle and not until you get to the corridors of power.
Parents are the ones who nurture well bred children to become well bred leaders of the future.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
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Without Film Treaties Nigeria is Lagging Behind South Africa in the Global Film Industry

Without film treaties, Nigeria is lagging behind South Africa in the global film industry.

South Africa has so far signed co-production treaties with the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, New Zealand, France, Ireland and Australia.
Establishing the legal framework for international co-productions is more important than repeating publicity stunts on CNN, because showcasing Nollywood and Kannywood on CNN or Al Jazeera is nothing new since they have been done before.
Don't waste the money on such unnecessary hype.
Let us stop misplacing our priorities in the sustainable development of the Nigerian entertainment industry.

Who are the 20 notable filmmakers the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture wants to showcase on CNN?
Based on which criteria?
Lancelot Imasuen has been on both CNN and Al  Jazeera.
Jeta Amata has been on CNN.
Femi Odugbemi, Mahmood Ali-Balogun and other notable Nigerian filmmakers have been on Al Jazeera.
You can see the video on http://www.indiewire.com/2014/05/is-nollywood-a-genre-or-the-new-name-for-the-entire-nigerian-film-industry-235876/.

If you are showcasing 20 notable Nigerian filmmakers, don't forget the best Nigerian female directors noted on http://totnaija.blogspot.com.ng/2017/07/nollywood-and-best-nigerian-female.html.
Then also highlight the best tourist locations for film productions in Nigeria as shown on http://totnaija.blogspot.com.ng/2014/01/the-best-film-locations-in-nigeria.html.

Let us establish the priorities in the development of the Nigerian film industry. 


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Farewell Prof. Abiola Irele, Greatest African Scholar of Literary Criticism

Prof. Abiola Irele (22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017) was the greatest African literary scholar of his generation and will be remembered as one of the greatest erudite literary scholars of all time. An icon of the canon of modern African literary criticism.

I recommend a library should named after him. Preferably, the library of the University of Ibadan.

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2019 Presidebtial Election and the Rule #1 of 48 Laws of Power

Many people in the world make the terrible mistake of violating the Rule #1 of the 48 Laws of Power and the worst place to make this mistake is in the corridors of power; from Alausa to Abuja.

2019 is going to be a very interesting year for the political leadership of Nigeria. There will be two new presidential nominees from the APC and PDP. One of them will have an Igbo Vice Presidential candidate.

In 1990, I was still in my 20s, but employed as a PA to Hon. Babatunde Ereola, the Director of Publicity for Alhaji Bamanga Tukur's Presidential Campaign with High Chief Raymond Dokpesi as the Director of Security.  I saw the handwriting on the Wall and left. What followed next was the cancellation of the presidential primaries to stop the leading presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the retired Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua (March 5, 1943 – December 8, 1997) from wining the presidential election.
I knew that the presidential elections would be aborted.

Majority of Nigerians don't know that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was one of founders of the party that later produced the leadership of the SDP that contested against the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the ill-fated presidential election of 1993.
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua and his group formed the People's Front of Nigeria. Members included Babagana Kingibe, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu,Magaji Abdullahi, Ango Abdullahi, Ahmadu Rufa'i, Yahaya Kwande, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Wada Abubakar, Babalola Borishade, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,M.S.Buhari and Farouk Abdulazeez.


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Tech Billionaires Positioning Themselves for $1 Trillion Cybersecurity Boom

Tech Billionaires Positioning Themselves for $1 Trillion Cybersecurity Boom
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LONDON, July 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Make no mistake: Your data is under attack and hacker extortionists are getting rich-but this is a war with opportunities on both sides, and for the warriors fighting cybercrime, it's a $200-billion-plus opportunity with endless market potential.

When your email can be hacked by a 12-year-old, and giant Internet of Things (IoT) companies like Yahoo!, Google and Facebook can't keep you safe, the e-mail of the future promises to halt data theft in its tracks. Keeping a close eye on PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSE: HACK), Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ: SCWX), Pure Storage, Inc. (NYSE: PSTG)

And one little-known company is doing just that.

California-based Identillect Technologies Corp. (ID; IDTLF)  is storming the data security space with a historical first: an email encryption solution that is cheap and easy to use-for everyone.

In fact, it's a brilliant 2-minute email install solution that has the potential to win the lion's share of the profits in an industry where security is now the Holy Grail.

Identillect is ready to storm this war zone with the first solution that fights back against hackers with the push of a button, and their solution can be used as a plugin on Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, Hotmail, and on mobile-optimized web portals.

With Identillect now approaching 40,000 subscribers and enjoying amazing 70 percent margins, low churn and phenomenal subscriber growth, this 10-cents-a-share company could be the fastest path to outsized gains for first-in investors.

Here are 6 reasons why you should keep an eye on Identillect Technologies Corp. (ID; IDTLF):

1) CyberSecurity is the Hottest Sector Right Now

Not only can your email be hacked by a pre-teen, but giant companies are paying out massive money to hackers directly or indirectly.

• Hackers cost Yahoo! some $350 million last year when they breached one billion user accounts, causing Verizon to reduce its purchase price tag.  
• Google and Facebook wired a hacker for $100 million.

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Top 10 Best Countries to Be An Immigrant

Sweden is the Best Country to be an Immigrant, followed by No. 2 Canada and No. 3 Switzerland

Top 10 Best Countries to Be An Immigrant

1. Sweden
2. Canada
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
5. Germany
6 . Norway
7. United States
8. Netherlands
9. Finland
10. Denmark

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Navigating Lagos, Africa's Largest Megacity: At the Tejuoso Shopping Complex

At the popular Tejuoso Shopping Complex in Yaba during the fact finding road tour of sites where residents and traders have been displaced or evicted in Lagos state. The road tour was part of The Heinrich Böll Foundation's Workshop on Co-Creating An Inclusive Lagos from July 4-5, 2017 at the CVL (Centre For Values in Leadership) on Victoria Island, Lagos.

Andrew Maki, Co-Director of Justice and Empowerment Initiatives (JEI), a legal campaign group that works with Otodo-Gbame evictees was there.

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GAC Motor Refreshes Sales Record in First Half of 2017

Leading in Chinese Auto Market, GAC Motor Refreshes Sales Record in First Half of 2017

  
GUANGZHOU, China, July 7, 2017  /PRNewswire/ -- China's fastest growing auto brand GAC Motor has reported record-breaking sales volume in the first half year of 2017. Relying on leading innovation and quality, the company sold 250,878 cars worldwide, a 57 percent year-on-year increase that's significantly greater than the industry average and exceeded the sales target. A total of 43,360 vehicles from all lines have been sold in June, marking a 39.2 percent year-on-year increase.

The sales of the flagship luxury seven-seat SUV GS8 has reached 50,622 from January to June. The signature SUV GS4 has secured its position as a leader in Chinese SUV market and sold 180,725 cars.

Meanwhile the sales volume of the sporty GA6 sedan has marked a 251.9 percent year-on-year increase in June, and the new generation luxury sedan GA8 continues to lead the sales volume of domestic brand C-Class luxury sedan.

"Thanks to our persistence in quality, GAC Motor has achieved breakthroughs in production and sales as well as maintaining balanced development of SUV and sedan, we've delivered satisfactory progress and demonstrated the legendary 'GAC Motor speed,'" said Yu Jun, president of GAC Motor.

South Africa and Nigeria Lead Sub-Saharan Africa OTT TV That Will Account for 40% of Revenues By 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa OTT TV is expected to account for 40% of the region's revenues by 2022
   
NEW YORK, July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights

·         Sub-Saharan Africa OTT TV and video will still be a very immature sector by 2022, with movie and TV episode revenues reaching $640 million for 35 countries.

·         SVOD is already the main revenue driver for OTT TV and video.

·         SVOD revenues will reach $475 million by 2022 (or 74% of the OTT total); up by 22 times on the 2016 total (40% of OTT revenues).

·         by 2022.

·         Digital TV Research forecasts 10.12 million SVOD subs by 2022, up from 525,000 at end-2016.

·         South Africa (2.70 million by 2022) will remain the leader, but Nigeria (2.64 million) will be close to taking top slot.

Sub-Saharan Africa OTT TV and video will still be a very immature sector by 2022, with movie and TV episode revenues reaching $640 million for 35 countries. However, this total is up by a multiple of 12 on 2016's $52 million, according to the Sub-Saharan Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. South Africa will account for 40% of the region's revenues by 2022, with Nigeria bringing in a further 21%.