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FRSC : We’ll sustain current tempo of patrol activities in 2017

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has restated its commitment to sustained campaign in 2017, promising to maintain the current tempo of patrol activities across the country. This, according to the Corps, is  to ensure that the gains of the last special end of year patrol are not lost. The ...

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Nigeria releases N72 bn counterpart funding to China for Lagos-Ibadan railway

  The Nigerian Government has released the sum of N72 billion as counterpart funding for the construction of Lagos-Ibadan modernisation railway project to China. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, made this known at the quarterly Presidential Business Forum which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the ...

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Real reason CAF ordered 16 MAN Lion’s Coaches for Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon

  Indications have emerged on the reason the Confédération of African Football (CAF), organisers of the Africa Cup of Nations, ordered 16 MAN Lion’s Coaches for the 2017 tournament currently going on in Gabon. #AutoReportAfrica gathered that the buses which had since been delivered and are presently being deployed as team ...

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Kenya to inaugurate $3.8bn Nairobi-Mombasa rail line in June

Kenya  appears set to ensure that its Chinese funded rail line between its capital,  Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa, is inaugurated not later than June. The 472-kilometre railway is 90 per cent funded by Chinese Exim Bank and the inauguration  is scheduled for June 2017. The project will cost ...

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Trump meets with CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

  In a bid to push for the creation of more jobs in the automotive sector, newly-inaugurated U.S President, Donald Trump, is to meet with  the Chief Executives Officers of General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Corporation and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) this Tuesday, according to Automotive News . Trump, according ...

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Revealed: smart fortwo | BRABUS tailor made by Veronika Heilbrunner

    Style icon and international designer, Veronika Heilbrunner, has just proven that everyone can create their own personal smart. At the just-concluded Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Veronika Heilbrunner revealed her individual smart fortwo | BRABUS tailor made under the motto “Reveal the Iconic You!”. The reveal , which is the ...

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Toyota’s hydrogen-powered future campaign lands in Canada with three Mirai FCEVs

Toyota is bringing three Mirai fuel cell electric cars (FCEVs) to Canada as the Mirai awareness campaign kicked off last weekend at the 2017 Montréal International Auto Show. The move by the Japanese car maker is in continuation of its hydrogen-powered future awareness campaign, which would be followed by other major ...

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Meet Daniël Kotze: The SA mechanic who knows Isuzu KB bakkie from generation to generation

Daniël Kotze is a diesel mechanic who lives with his family in the West Coast hamlet of Vanrynsdorp, a stone’s throw from Vredendal, some 270 kilometres up the N7 from Cape Town, South Africa. Described as “a walking KB encyclopedia” because of his knowledge of Isuzu KB bakkie from generation ...

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Toyota partners with four organisations to create an hydrogen-based society in United Arab Emirates

Toyota has signed an agreement with four organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a collaborative research programme to create an hydrogen-based society in the Emirates.  The agreement follows the recent inauguration of the “Hydrogen Council” in Davos by 13 global automotive and oil companies in a bid to explore the ...

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BestRide.com names Hyundai Sonata, Santa Fe Sport Bestrides of 2016

The 2017 Hyundai Sonata and 2017 Santa Fe Sport have made the BestRide.com’s list of BestRides in 2016, according to a statement issued in Fountain Valley, California headquarters of Hyundai Motor America. The statement said in two of the most competitive segments in the entire industry, the Sonata was a ...

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