Nigerian Times

PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM THE CALABAR CARNIVAL'S WEBSITE . Calabar Carnival and the Governor’s Booth Tourism For instance at the stadium yesterday (during the carnival), a seat at the governor’s booth sold for N25, 000 and I think that we made more than N5 million ($35, 000). So there are products that we think we can generate revenue from and we are hoping to get to a stage where we can concession it whereby somebody comes in and says I want the governor’s booth and pay for it then market it. The same on the carnival routes, vendors on the routes are registered and pay for space . ~ Senator Liyel Imoke, Governor of Cross River State in Nigeria, in DESTINATION , page 42, TRAVEL & TOURISM SECTION of The Guardian of Nigeria on Saturday January 28, 2012. PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM THE CALABAR CARNIVAL'S WEBSITE . Only God knows how much in billions of naira the administration of Senator Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has spent so far on the so called Calabar Carvival , dubbed as Africa’s...

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Del-York International is taking Nollywood to São Paulo, Brazil. Del-York International is teaming up with Kinopedia Ltd and the Departamento de Expansão Cultural da Secretaria de Cultura, Prefeitura de São Paulo to host the first Nollywood film festival in South America from 18th–27th November 2011. This milestone will be held at the Cine Olido in São Paulo, Brazil,, which will host a roundtable discussion featuring some of Nollywood’s most respected practitioners as well as showcase a retrospective of nine films by the award-winning director Tunde Kelani. Since the Festival marks the beginning of a multi-year cultural exchange with the government of Brazil, The film festival aims at promoting Del-York’s mission to inaugurate a sustainable relationship between the Nigerian film industry “Nollywood” and the Brazilian people, by celebrating the Yoruba heritage and traditions shared by both nations. especially those that trace their origin to the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria and Africa at la...

Photo Credit: Gringo In Bueno Saires 21 Jul 2011 19:14 Africa/Lagos More Than Half of Argentines Online Visit Sports Sites OLE.com.ar, Gran DT and Canchallena.com Lead as Most-Visited Sports Destinations PR Newswire BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 21, 2011 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on the online Sports category in Argentina based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service. The study found that Argentina ranked as the tenth largest global market by percent reach of sports sites with more than half of all online users in the country visiting a sports destination in May 2011. The study also found that OLE.com.ar ranked as the most-visited sports destination with more than 2 million visitors, followed by Gran DT and Canchallena.com. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO) "Argentines' passion for sports is apparent both on the fie...