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Heritage Bank partners Fitness Trainer to promote women’s well-being

Heritage Bank in partnership with Ruby Agu, a Fitness Trainer, is set to promote the well-being and “Timeless Health” of Nigerian women. The bank is doing this by organising a Dance Aerobics session this Saturday morning in Lagos aimed at fostering a sense of well-being among women staff and customers ...

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Kia Motors posts global sales of 206,438 vehicles in February

(SEOUL) March 10, 2017 – Kia Motors Corporation announced today its February 2017 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 206,438 units sold. In February, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in the Western ...

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Jaguar Land Rover to buy all EDF Energy’s electricity from renewable sources up to 2020

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc, the UK’s largest car manufacturer, Thursday, said it has sealed an agreement with EDF Energy to buy all its electricity from renewable sources up to March 2020. This is contained in a statement issued in Coventry, UK  based on Jaguar Land Rover’s renewables purchasing programme, ...

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Puma Lubricants partners Ford Performance NWM to sponsor 2017 Cross Country Series Campaign

Puma Lubricants has partnered with Ford Performance and Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) to sponsor the team’s 2017 South African Cross Country Series campaign. The exciting new Ford Performance Puma Lubricants partnership, according to a statement issued on Thursday,  will see the NWM-run squad fielding three Class T Ford Rangers for ...

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Duties on vehicles: Nigerian Senate summons Customs boss

As the controversy over the planned seizure of uncustomed vehicles and prosecution of their owners by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) continues, the Nigerian Senate on Thursday asked the Customs boss, Col.Hamed Ali (retired), to appear before it unfailing on March 15 over the matter. The Senate, following a Point ...

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Revealed in Geneva : Magna’s self-charging electric-fuel cell minivan

Magna International, the Canadian contract automotive manufacturers, is set to break the ‘rules’ as  automakers continue the search for a clean source of energy, with members of the Hydrogen Council taking the lead in the exploration of hydrogen-based energy while a few others are already exploring the great potential in ...

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Ethiopian Airlines lands Dreamliner at Kaduna airport as Nigeria shuts down Abuja airport

The Ethiopian Airlines successfully landed its aircraft at the Kaduna International airport Wednesday morning,  hours before the shutdown of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja   12: 00 midnight on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ethiopian airlines Aircraft, Dream liner Boeing 787  landed at the ...

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Vehicles duties payment: Nigeria Customs goes ahead with plan, approves 60% rebate

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) appears unmoved by the condemnation and controversy trailing the announcement of its plan to impound vehicles brought into the country without duties payment and prosecute owners of such vehicles after one month grace. And despite Tuesday’s condemnation of the plan by the Nigerian Senate, which ...

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Heritage Bank: Mary Akpobome remains our valued ED

Heritage Bank, a leading financial services provider in Nigeria, Wednesday, dismissed a media report alleging that the Bank had suspended a top member of its Board of Directors over issues bordering on loan recovery, describing the report as “appalling, malicious, unprofessional and unethical.” Re-affirming  its total commitment to strict adherence ...

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Project Hero: Land Rover deploys New Discovery to help Red Cross save lives

      Land Rover and the Red Cross are surely taking their 63-year global relationship  to the next level. The latest collaborative project between the two partners is a good pointer to this. Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a bespoke version of the new Land ...

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