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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, December 11, 2022, said the drugs were brought …

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I came late to a love of travel. A combination of early marriage, child rearing and a focus on my own front yard were to blame for the delay. But I recovered from all three and started to focus on the horizon instead. Being well into my 50s, I knew …

Lonely Planet has chosen Manchester as one of its must-visit destinations for 2023, the only UK destination to make the guidebook’s annual Best in Travel list. The city is described as “one of the best – if not the best – cities in the UK, with something for everyone” in …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said that if elected to become Nigeria’s president come 2023, his administration will prioritize correcting all anomalies in the nation’s health sector. The former Governor of Kano State also expressed hope that he would not visit abroad for medical …

The Camino de Santiago has been a confluence of culture since the eighth century, a trail where like-minded souls from all over the world share the sacred act of pilgrimage. Routes from the north, south, east and west of Europe crisscross Spain but all converge on the shrine of Saint …

David and Viv Boardman have just arrived in Germany after a long bus-ride between Lille and Dusseldorf. They’re in the middle of a five-month stint backpacking around Europe, America and Australia, deciding where to go a week in advance, and they’ll return home when their money runs out. They haven’t …

Liberated from pandemic restrictions, travel firms finally looked through the worst. Yet as industry leaders jetted in for a “survivor’s celebration” in Marrakech this week, fresh storm clouds were gathering. With their customers facing the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation, two articles of faith are sustaining the …

The travel industry has been urged to prove its commitment to sustainability with “rapid decarbonisation” to avoid a climate disaster. James Thornton, chief executive of Intrepid Travel, one of the first carbon-neutral tour operators, warned delegates at the Abta travel convention in Morocco that urgent change was required. “The travel …

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Swit-swoo! Travalo has got fancy. I’ve had various iterations of Travalo over the years (it’s a mini atomizer that you decant your favourite fragrance into so you can take it about or abroad with you) but this one stopped me in my tracks! If you told me it was …