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FRSC Sanctions 29 Driving Schools over Standards’ Violation

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has sanctioned 29 driving schools in Nigeria for violating certain standards required by the Federal Government. Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this while speaking at the recently held workshop in Abuja for operators of  Driving Schools in Nigeria. He promised that the ...

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Okporo Technical College Students visit Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Plant in Nnewi

(By Olaolu Olusina)  Visiting the production facility of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company in Nnewi, Imo State, Nigeria was a dream come true for about 40 students and two technical instructors from the Automobile Engineering Department of Okporo Technical College, Orlu, Imo State. So close were they to the popular Innoson ...

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IndianOil to build world’s first gas-to-bioethanol Plant, Signs MoU with LanzaTech

India is pressing ahead with its adoption of a cleaner and greener economic growth pathway with a plan to build the world’s first gas-to-bioethanol plant in the country, F+L Asia reported on Wednesday. The report said the country’s national oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), which is in the ...

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New Enactus Ford College Community Challenge (C3) Projects seek to Improve Lives in South Africa

General Manager, Communication, Ford South Africa, Rella Bernardes at the Enactus Awards Four new student-driven community projects selected by global NPO, Enactus,  and the Ford College Community Challenge (Ford C3), seek to improve lives in South Africa by focussing on job creation, economic empowerment, recycling and environmental sustainability. ”The purpose ...

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Macan, Panamera boost growth as Porsche reports most successful first half year in history

Porsche has recorded its most successful first half year in history, reporting an upwards trend in the first six months of 2017. With 126,497 vehicles delivered worldwide, Porsche said in a statement issued in Dubai that it exceeded the record figure from the previous year by seven per cent in ...

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Toyota moves to assemble Fortuner in Egypt, inaugurates $8.5million production line

Toyota is making good its promise to assemble the 2017 Toyota Fortuner in Egypt as Toyota Egypt, on Monday, inaugurated a $8.5million Toyota Fortuner production line, Enterprise, an Egyptian online business news platform, reported on Tuesday. Quoting Daily News Egypt, Enterprise said Toyota Egypt’s CEO, Ahmed Monsef,  disclosed at the ...

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Volkswagen’s Problem Solving Programme Excites as Teams Showcase Skills

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has showcased the gains of its Problem Solving Team Programme as the programme has,  over the past six years,  improved work times and ergonomics resulting in financial savings.  Introduced in 2011, the programme is a tool that encourages employees to look at their work environment ...

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Heritage Bank Staff Not Involved in alleged N150m Fraud – Management

Heritage Bank has refuted a media report by an online news portal purportedly linking its staff to a fraud allegedly perpetrated in collusion with some MTN staff.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, the Bank said: “Our attention has been brought to the report published by an online news ...

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Acting President Osinbajo: Collapsed Mokwa-Jebba bridge to be repaired within two weeks

Acting President of Nigeria, Prof.  Yemi Osinbajo,  on Monday, visited the collapsed Mokwa-Jebba Bridge in Niger State for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage where he promised that the bridge would be repaired within two weeks. He was accompanied by Niger State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello and Minister of Power, ...

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BMW holds National Media Launch for the new 4 Series in South Africa

The BMW Group South Africa last week held a national media launch for the new BMW 4  Series Range in Mpumalanga, South Africa. At the media briefing for the launch, Edward Makwana, Group Product Communication Manager for the BMW Group South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa Region, gave a brief introduction ...

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