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Anthony Joshua Lights Up Christmas For NSPCC Children

      World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua visited the NSPCC centre Boole House in Coventry, United Kingdom recently to surprise a group of children with a unique Christmas lights switch-on. Jaguar and Joshua are teaming up to promote the NSPCC’s ‘Light up Christmas for Children’ campaign by encouraging ...

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Peugeot 301 Midlife Voted Nigeria’s Car-Of-the-Year 2017

For the second successive year, Peugeot 301 has won the Nigerian Car-Of-The-Year (COTY) Award at an award night organised yearly by Nigeria auto journalists just like it is being done by others in many countries. Peugeot 301 Midlife which competed with the Nissan Almera and Kia Rio was announced as ...

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Microbiologist Wins N5m, Ford Ranger Heritage Bank’s Sponsored Next Titan Season 4 Top Prize

  A 22-year-old graduate of Microbiology from Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu who is also a fledgling entrepreneur, Mr. Iyeh Kennedy, has emerged winner of Season 4 of the Next Titan, Nigeria’s entrepreneurial reality TV show which has Heritage Bank Plc as headline sponsor. Kennedy is the MD of Blue Leaf ...

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ECOBA Lagos Honours AVM Ehigie, Olotu,Three Other ‘Old Boys’

  The Lagos Chapter of  Edo College Old Boys Association (ECOBA) has honoured retired Air Vice Marshal Joe Ehigie with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his meritorious service to the country and contributions towards the development and progress of Edo College, Benin City. The Award was conferred on Ehigie at ...

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Volvo Engages Swedish Families to Test Autonomous Drive Cars

  Volvo has started the development of  its autonomous drive cars with help from Swedish families who are currently testing the  cars on the public roads of Gothenburg . They are expected to  feed back their impressions to Volvo Cars engineers.  The first two families, the Hains and the Simonovskis ...

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Goodyear South Africa Unveils Upgraded Manufacturing Facility in Uitenhage

  Goodyear South Africa has officially unveiled its upgraded, state-of -the-art Uitenhage manufacturing facility at an event officiated by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor, Cllr Athol Trollip. Goodyear has invested close to ZAR 1 Billion in the Uitenhage facility to improve the plant’s high technology consumer tyre production capacity. By ...

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Imperial, Hyundai Partner Bakwena Again for Safe Holiday Motoring

Imperial and Hyundai Automotive South Africa are, again, partnering with the Bakwena N1N4 concessionaire to drive and promote road safety awareness and provide additional patrol support on the N1 and N4 routes this holiday season. This partnership comes in the wake of calls by the Minister of Transport, Joe Maswanganyi, ...

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Kia Readies Luxurious Sedan, Stinger, for 2018 Nigeria Debut

Kia Motors Nigeria said it is ready to introduce the revolutionary and uniquely built luxurious sedan, Kia Stinger,  to the local market in 2018. Buoyed by Kia’s continued offering of best-in-class premium sedans, the appealing style of Kia Stinger set the world aflutter with its striking design. With its gran ...

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FG, Lagos Agree to Demolish Jibowu, Costain Bridges for New Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line

The Federal Government has finally reached an agreement with the Lagos State Government to pull down the popular Jibowu and Costain bridges in the mainland area of Lagos in order to make way for the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line scheduled to be completed in December 2018.  Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, ...

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