Posted on September 5th, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
Its time for the Nigerian Blog Awards 2012 and nominations are now open. Naijatreks aspires to win in the “Best Travel Blog” and “Nigerian Blog of the Year” categories. Please, ejoor, biko, abeg… kindly nominate Naijatreks for these two categories oooh. It’s easy.. – Simply go to http://nigerianblogawards.com/register.php – Fill your name and email into [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
The United States has returned 11 cultural artefacts to Nigeria. Authorities said French customs officials tipped off the U.S. in April 2010 about a shipment headed to New York’s Kennedy Airport. The 10 Nok statues and a carved tusk were seized from a Manhattan gallery owner, and an investigation determined they were bona fide antiquities. [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2012 by Folarin Kolawole
Posted on September 28th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
Yesterday, 27th Sepember marked the annual World Toursim Day (WTD) and the Egytian City of Aswan was selected to host this year’s celebration. At Naijatreks, we took the day as a moment to reflect back on our ventures so far across the Naija landmass and we have been greatly overwhelmed by the volume of our [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
Naijatreks has announced its discovery of a rare turtle species- not in some far-off exotic location, but in the southwest Nigeria. Discovered in well hidden granite gnammas (rock pools) on some inselbergs dotting the northern outskirts of Akure in Ondo State, this species of turtle is believed to belong at least to a unique sub-species [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
Finally, this year’s winners of The Nigerian Blog Awards have been announced (http://nigerianblogawards.com/details/the-winners-2011-nigerian-blog-awards/) and we extremely glad to inform you that Naijatreks won the Best Travel Blog of the year. We also wish to express our appreciation to all those that nominated and voted for us. Thanks also to all our subscribers and readers, and [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
Following our June 30th, 2011 article on Sahara Reporters (http://saharareporters.com/article/errant-crocodiles-and-alligators-ajah-residents-fears-rising), there had been several funny (infact, hilarious) as well as creative comments from readers. Here are some of them: * Submitted by Naija na Wah! on July 1, 2011 – 14:50. The reptiles should be the least of their worries. They should wait until the [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
Following our Feb. 18th, 2011 publication on Naijatreks (http://wp.me/p1gRwE-8Z) and an April 5th, 2011 article on Sahara Reporters (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/crocodile-roaming-free-ajah-victoria-island-naijatreks-calls-nigerian-conservation-foundatio), there had been increased reports of both crocodile and alligator- sighting at the Green-Ville Estate pool. In response to the SR publication on the errant crocodiles, officials of NCF called Naijatreks and claimed that they had [...]
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Posted on June 29th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
We wish to thank you for nominating Naijatreks.com as your favourite Nigerian travel blog of the year. Now, we are among the top five nominees for the Naija Travel Blog Category and its time to vote for the best. To vote for Naijatreks as the Best Naija Travel Blog for the year, – kindly log [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Folarin Kolawole
A 10m plunge of raging limpid waters was recently discovered tucked away in a remote corner of Effon Ridge near the town of Effon-Alaaye, Ekiti State. Gracious plunge of pristine spring waters, hard to miss yet so hard to find; lost for decades, now discovered and thrown in the lime light. Known records of tourist [...]
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