Lai Mohammed elected Vice-President of UN World Tourism Organisation

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has been elected Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly.

Mohammed, who represents Nigeria, was elected by acclamation to speak for Africa, alongside Cape Verde, at the 22nd General Assembly of the UNWTO, which opened in Chengdu, China, on Wednesday.

His election followed the country’s unopposed nomination by the UNWTO Commission on Africa (CAF), which met a day earlier. China was elected President of the Assembly.

Reacting to the election, the Minister said: ”To be called upon to serve as a Vice President of the General Assembly of the UNWTO is a very big honour to Nigeria.

”It has proven one thing, that in the last two years, we have succeeded in pushing tourism and the Creative Industry as a whole from the back burner to the front burner from a side issue to the main issue. This has also been noticed by the global community and I feel highly gratified by it.”

Nigeria, which will serve on the UNWTO General Assembly until 2019, will host the 61st edition of the UNWTO CAF Meeting in Abuja 4th-6th June 2018.

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The Grand Finale of the Annual Osun Osogbo Festival is Schedule to hold on Friday 18th of August 2017

The Osun Osogbo Festival is a fun-laden occasion that lasts for two weeks, beginning with the traditional cleansing of the town called Iwopopo.

The festival’s grand finale for 2017 which was schedule to hold on Friday 18th showcases the cultural procession of the people to the Osun Grove. Osun Grove has been enlisted officially as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Durban, South Africa.

The Dos and Dont at the Eyo Festival

Come May 20th 2017, below are the dos and dont at the Eyo Festival lagos state.

1. No smoking
2. No wearing of shoes/sandals
3. No shuku hairstyle by women
4. No riding of bicycles
5. No riding of okada
6. No headgear for men and women
7. Muslims can wear their white prayer caps
8. No picture taking of Eyo Orisha
9. No selfies with the Eyo.

 Be warned!!!

 

My Travel Destination Consult Present a Day Excurtion to National Museum Esie, Kwara state.

MY TRAVEL DESTINATION present A day excursion to the first Museum in Nigeria which happens to accomodate the largest number of soap stone images in the world.

The ESIE MUSEUM is famous for its stone figures which, according to records, were discovered in 1775 by people said to be refugees from old Oyo who migrated to the location where the museum now stands.
      The initial discovery was by a famous hunter known as Baragon during his hunting expedition, who then went back to tell his people.
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Muslims clashed with Egungun worshippers

many people were reportedly injured in a riot between Muslims faithful and some Egungun worshippers (Masqueraders) in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state.

the incident occured on Wednesday 3rd of may, during celebration of the 20th coronation anniversary of the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Moshood Aweda Lawal Arowoduye 11. this happened has a result of misunderstanding.

According to Daily Post, the problem started on Tuesday when a Muslim cleric identified as Alfa Lati insisted that masqueraders observing the annual Egungun festival should not pass through his street located at Koso, Mapo area of the town. The Egungun worshippers felt challenged and embarrassed by the order and decided to dare Alfa Lati. They said the street belonged to everyone regardless of their religious attachment and that no one could stop them from moving freely. They passed through the street, leading to a clash, a source told Daily Post.

It was also gathered that following an instruction from Alfa Lati, his followers reportedly attacked the masquerade (Egungun) with stones and other dangerous weapons, a situation that forced the Egungun to remove his mask, and ran for dear life. The masqueraders then planned a reprisal which they carried out on Wednesday. They were also angered that the masks of the masqueraders were removed which they considered a sacrilege and a bad omen. During the second clash, at least 15 people were injured and taken to a hospital in a nearby town for treatment while some were taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara state.

VALENTINE: The African who Died For Love

valentine, it is the celebration of love they say. Whenever sacrificial love is being talked about, they make it seem like Africans do not have the capacity to pay the ultimate price for love. They talk about how Jack died for the girl in Titanic, they talk about how Romeo died for Juliet, they talk about how St. Valentine died for a babe. You want to know the truth, they are all LIES! The Love story in Titanic was fabricated, Romeo was just a product of Shakespeare's imagination, and there was no St. Valentine death anywhere. Please confirm for yourself.

On the other hand, in Africa, we have some real genuine cases where guys died for the sake of their lovers. Guys who lived amongst us in flesh and blood, not some made up Jack Dawson, Romeo or St. valentine. Let me tell you the story of one of such people who gave his all for his love, here in Africa.

The Oyo empire was a very big empire in West Africa back in the days, it was situated largely in the country called Nigeria today. it formed one of the four major empires of Africa. To rise to become the king of the Oyo empire, a group of people called Oyo mesi (kingmakers) have to give their blessings. It so happened that at one time, the head of those King makers was a man named Gaa, his chieftancy title was "Bashorun", so he was called Bashorun Gaa!

Ha! Gaa was wicked! he was feared! Just the mention of his name made quite a lot of people develop weak knees. You think the biblical Pharoah was wicked? compared to