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Nissan pioneers world’s first digitally-powered shared car ownership scheme

Nissan has announced a plan to pioneer new digital-first shared car ownership service which is set to transform the traditional car sharing industry. NISSAN INTELLIGENT GET & GO MICRA, revealed by Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, will give people the possibility to ...

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Opel plans model offensive, to roll out seven new models in 2017

Opel has unfolded plans to launch a model offensive , appropriately tagged “7 in 17”, with  seven premieres in 2017 across all its vehicle categories. Never in its long history – automobile production since 1899! – has Opel had so many new models in a single calendar year. The “7 in ...

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EuropaCorp partners with Lexus over science fiction film

Lexus, Thursday, announced the formation of a creative partnership with film studio, EuropaCorp. One of the early highlights of this collaboration will be the highly anticipated 2017 science fiction film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan. Lexus collaborated with the Valerian creative team, ...

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Mercedes-Benz pickup trucks are perfect for the Nigerian market – Mirko Plath

Mirko Plath, Managing Director/CEO of Weststar Associates, sole general distributors of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Nigeria, Monday, described the newly-unveiled Mercedes-Benz X-Class pickup trucks as perfect for the Nigerian market. He maintained that his company was looking forward to the arrival of the new premium pickup trucks next year. “We are ...

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Double Podium for Toyota GAZOO Racing

  Toyota GAZOO Racing returned to the podium with second and third place finishes in the 6 Hours of Shanghai, the penultimate race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. The #6 TS050 Hybrid of Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi recovered from the misfortune of two ...

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Kia Motors posts 4.9% rise in global sales in October

Kia Motors Corporation Monday announced its October 2016 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 263,854 units sold. This figure, according to a statement issued in Seoul, Korea, represents a 4.9% year-on-year increase compared to ...

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FG to review PMS price template

(NAN) The Federal Government, weekend, said it would undertake a review of the pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to forestall a further increase in the price of the commodity. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this during a grand award ...

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Lagos restricts LAGBUS buses from Ikorodu Road BRT corridor

Lagos State Government will from this Monday restrict all LAGBUS buses from using the Ikorodu Road BRT corridor. While LAGBUS buses will now be using the Expressway and service lanes along the Ikorodu Road stretch for their services, the operations of LAGBUS buses are to be moved to other 14 ...

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Rosemary’s Showroom leverages on economic recession to increase local content…opens Abuja office

    An indigenous soft furnishing company, Rosemary’s Showroom, has increased the amount of local content contained in its production of various products. The company made a U-turn from its hitherto production formula when over 65 percent of its raw materials were sourced from abroad. Mrs. Ezinne Kufre-Ekanem, Chief Executive ...

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Rosemary’s opens showroom in Abuja

Rosemary’s, the soft furniture company, has concluded arrangements to extend its frontiers beyond Lagos as it opens its showroom in Abuja this weekend. This is in a bid to make its world-standard soft furnishing services available to individuals and corporate organisations in the Federal Capital Territory. Established in 2003, Rosemary’s is a ...

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