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SON, Police collaboration leads to seizure of 504 cartons of substandard products in Lagos

    The robust collaboration between the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Nigeria Police was further demonstrated recently when the Divisional Police Headquarters, Ebute Ero, Lagos handed over 504 cartons of seized suspected substandard Bic brand of shaving sticks to SON representatives in Lagos.     The Divisional ...

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Massilia Set to Pull the Wrap Off the New Generation Mitsubishi Pajero Sport

  • As Nigeria’s First-Ever Virtual Car Launch Holds July 31 Massilia Motors, the sole distributor of Mitsubishi Motors in Nigeria, is set to pull the wrap off the New Generation Pajero Sport as it hosts the live premiere of the New SUV, a first of its kind in the country.  ...

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TIPP OIL unveils strategy for market expansion in Africa

    TIPP OIL, German premium lube brand, has unveiled its new strategy for real market expansion into the African markets, among others.     Though the leading lubricants manufacturer has been circulating its products in a few markets in Africa through local agents, the current effort is aimed at ...

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Kia floats ‘Purple M’ start-up to accelerate EV mobility services

  Kia Motors Corporation, Monday, July 20, said it has floated Purple M, a new mobility service start-up, designed to offer customized EV mobility services. Purple M is a new joint venture created in partnership between Kia Motors and CODE42.ai, a Korean technology firm pioneering the transition to autonomous Transportation-as-a-Service ...

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Heritage Bank upgrades HB ‘Padie’ Mobile App for easy access to banking services

                Heritage Bank plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, has upgraded its HB ‘Padie’ mobile application to HB ‘Padie’ 2.0, which comes with new improved features for convenient, quick, secure and affordable way for seamless 24/7 banking transaction.      The HB ‘Padie’ 2.0 ...

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Azuh Amatus Unveils Nollywood Media And Research Centre 

                  Nollywood Media And Research Centre, (www.nomarec.com), a new information resource hub that is out to provide media-driven and in-depth research on Nollywood—the globally renowned Nigerian motion picture industry, its practitioners and various publics has been unveiled. According to a statement issued ...

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FG Backs Lanre Alfred to write book on Nigeria @ 60 

   The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC, has endorsed a forthcoming book titled, Nigeria @60: 60 Foremost Nigerians In the Last 60 Years; being written by celebrity journalist and author, Lanre Alfred.   According to Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, NCAC, “The book ...

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Condemnations Trail Matarbari Coal Power Plant Accident

Condemnations have continued to trail the recent accident at the  controversial Matarbari Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh . Civil society organizations, last week, called out the authorities at the plant funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) over unsafe working practices which resulted in the death and serious injury of ...

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Hungarian Grand Prix: Lewis secures 90th pole position as Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team locks out the front row

    It was a great race, Saturday,  for Lewis Hamilton as he secured the 90th pole position  of his F1 career – his second of 2020 and seventh at the Hungaroring, equalling Michael Schumacher for the most pole positions at this race.     But Valtteri Bottas missed out on ...

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