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FG Lauds Heritage Bank over Commitment to Entertainment Industry

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has commended Heritage Bank Limited, Nigeria’s most Innovative Banking Service Provider, for its commitment to the development and growth of the creative industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the commendation at a two-day Creative Nigeria Summit held in Lagos ...

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Hino Bags Historic Platinum Award in NADA Survey

Hino has made history for winning the first-ever platinum award in the South Africa’s National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) dealer satisfaction index (DSI) as it topped the commercial vehicle category and overall in the NADA  DSI for 2017. The results were announced at a recent NADA awards function in Johannesburg. ...

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Oyeyemi and Triumph of Doggedness in FRSC

  By Sani Abdullahi Exactly three years ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria appointed the then Head of Motor Vehicle Administration of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi to head the nation’s road safety lead agency. The choice of this hardworking, committed and dogged Nigerian was ...

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BMW rejects accusations on diesel manipulations

…Insists its specific technology secures low emissions in real-life driving The BMW Group on Sunday vehemently rejected accusations that it manipulated the engines of its cars to beat emission regulations. The German carmaker also denied the accusation that it connived with other carmakers to fix the prices and designs of ...

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Ford Unveils the F-150 Police Responder

Ford said it is revealing the industry’s first pursuit-rated pickup, the 2018 F-150 Police Responder, giving law enforcement agencies a more versatile and capable patrol vehicle. Ford said in a statement issued in Dearborn, Michigan, that the all-new F-150 Police Responder, which is capable of running up to 100 mph,  ...

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Road Test for New Generation MAN Lion’s City Buses Begins September

  Ahead of the March 2018 launch of the new generation of MAN Lion’s City buses, the completely re-designed City buses are due to hit the roads as from September 2017 for practical road test in several European cities with selected transport companies.   Flaunting the new city buses as ...

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New Nissan Leaf Coming with e-Pedal Technology

Nissan is surely stepping up its game as it continues to prove that, sometimes, little things do come with amazement. Already set to up the ante with the Nissan Leaf, which is the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle and the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, with more than 277,000 sold globally, ...

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2017 Kia Forte Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus Rating

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to the 2017 Kia Forte built after March 2017 when equipped with optional front crash prevention and high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights with Dynamic Bending Light. This top safety award came right on ...

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Mercedes-Benz, Laureus Kick – start 2017 Golf-themed Breakfast Series

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) and The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation South Africa have kick-started their nationwide sport-themed breakfast series for 2017 as the first of the series for the year was hosted at the Mercedes-Benz Pinetown dealership n Durban on Thursday, July 20 to coincide with the first day ...

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Mahindra Launches Farm-To-Folk Initiative in Nigeria

 Springfield Agro Limited, a Kewalram Chanrai Group company, in partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a part of the US $19 billion Mahindra Group with a growing global presence, Friday announced its collaboration with Katsina State Government and launched the Farm – To-Folk initiative. An end-to-end farm mechanisation solution, the ...

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