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Uber Strikes Strategic Vehicle Maintenance Deal with Germaine Auto Centre

Uber, the global taxi-hailing service company, has struck a strategic vehicle maintenance deal with Germaine Auto Centre – a Nigerian-based auto service and maintenance company. Under the deal, Uber driver-partners operating in Lagos can have their cars maintained and serviced at a world-class auto facility provided by Germaine Auto Centre ...

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Heritage Bank, Biase Plantations Seal N232m Deal on Oil Palm Production

    (By Our Reporter) Heritage Bank Plc, weekend, signed a N232million deal with Biase Plantations Limited (BPL) and its joint venture partner, PZ Wilmar Limited, for a pilot phase of an Oil Production Out-growers scheme. The deal, aimed at restoring Nigeria’s lost glory in the agricultural sector and reposition the ...

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Haval offers 10th Anniversary Special price on Steed 5

Haval South Africa has just announced a 10th Anniversary Special price on its Steed  5 pick-up, flaunting it as the most affordable turbodiesel pickup in the local market. When GWM first made a debut in the South African market 10 years ago, it comprehensively and crushingly redefined the term “value for ...

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Fiat 500: Celebrating an icon at 60

  The journey of the Fiat 500 has been 60 years in the making. The Fiat brand’s ‘great little car’ has travelled from Dante Giacosa’s design desk to the gates of the Mirafiori factory, from the long avenues of Torino to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, after ...

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Mercedes-Benz Strengthens Marco Polo’s Presence in the International Travel Van Market

As Mercedes-Benz Vans strengthens its presence in the international travel van market in 2017, it has, for the first time, taken the current Marco Polo model series overseas as a  right-hand-drive version of the Marco Polo ACTIVITY celebrated its market debut in Australia this summer. Also, a right-hand drive version of the Marco Polo was recently ...

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Here Comes Jaguar E-PACE, the Compact Performance SUV that Looks and Performs like a Sports Car

The Jaguar E-PACE is a five-seat compact SUV that packs the design and performance of a Jaguar sports car into a spacious, practical and connected all-wheel-drive vehicle.  Trademark Jaguar driving dynamics and stirring design put the brand’s sports car DNA in a practical design packed with advanced technologies. The E-PACE, ...

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Ford, Coscharis Motors restate commitment to youth skills development in Nigeria

As the World Youth Skills Day was marked on Friday as being done every year on July 15, Ford Motor Company and its local dealer in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, said they will continue to dedicate their efforts to showcase the importance of investing in youth skills development in the country. ...

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Mecofinder, new mobile app, launched in Lagos

Mecofinder, a new mobile app, which connects users with auto mechanics and technicians on a single platform in real time, has been launched in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city. The new mobile app, which was introduced at a media launch, Wednesday, is really an indication that the future of auto repairs ...

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FRSC Deploys Two Tow Trucks on Jebba – Mokwa Road

…As Corps Marshal assures gridlock will ease off  in two weeks The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed two heavy duty tow trucks on the Jebba-Mokwa road to enable prompt removal of broken down vehicles which cause obstruction as a result of the gridlock caused by the collapsed Tatabu ...

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Wow, you’re making hydrogen from wind and water?

( FEATURE/TOYOTA) Do you know what the most abundant element in the universe is? It’s hydrogen (H). The intense energy of the sun, like that of all the stars that shine in the night sky, comes almost entirely from hydrogen. So, where would you find hydrogen on Earth? Well, hydrogen ...

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