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People feel increasingly polarised by unrest, upheaval and other changes taking place in the world, and more than 60 percent of adults globally say they feel overwhelmed by things happening around them. Ford’s 2018 Looking Further with Ford Trends Report examines not only the issues dividing the world, but also ...

Indigenes of Egba and Yewa from Ogun State in North America have announced the 2018 N1m scholarship scheme for their fellow citizens in accredited institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. The applications for indigent students from Ogun Central and Ogun West senatorial districts to access the scholarship fund have commenced ...

  Heritage Bank Limited has partnered with Generation Next, a-non-governmental organisation, to prepare over 1, 500 secondary school students for leadership role that will take Nigeria to greater heights in the future. The programme, themed: “Raising Emotionally Intelligent Generation,” held in Lagos yesterday, spanned digital knowledge, career, education and confidence building ...

Honda is set become the world’s first car manufacturer to adopt new state-of-the-art driving simulator technology, based on a revolutionary architecture called DiM250 (Driver-in-Motion). Most driving simulators make use of motion technology derived from flight simulators, and typically use six actuators to deliver six ‘degrees of freedom’. However, to accurately ...

In one of the automotive industry’s most recognised and rigorous vehicle tests, the Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport have been awarded 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ recognition. In addition, Hyundai’s Ioniq Hybrid, Elantra, Elantra GT, Sonata and Tucson models were Top Safety Pick award winners “Hyundai was one of the leading brands for Top Safety Pick+ and Top ...

      From 2018, Continental will be an official partner of the Tour de France, entrenching the pioneering German tyre manufacturer’s reputation for producing best-in-class tyres for the original equipment and replacement markets, covering everything from cars to trucks, motorcycles and, of course, bicycles. The sponsorship agreement was officially ...

This November, Mercedes-Benz delivered 195,698 vehicles to its customers, thus achieving the 57th record month in succession with a 7.2% increase. This adds up to a sale of 2,095,810 units since the beginning of the year 2017. This represents not only the best-ever figure for the period of January to ...

Weststar Associates Thursday in Lagos said it has agreed to a mutual termination of  its distributorship agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA ) as it announced its plans to consolidate and expand the Mercedes-Benz business in Nigeria, Weststar said with effect from Monday, 5th December 2017, it will no longer distribute the ...

The high performance Jeep® Grand Cherokee SRT has been honoured by readers of the influential German magazine Auto Bild Sports Cars. The powerful Jeep model scooped the readers’ choice award for best import in the Vans and SUV category. This is the first time the famously knowledgeable readers of the ...

    … 190 E 2.5-16 and 560 SE Three decades ago, two exclusive Mercedes-Benz models celebrated their premiere: The 190 E 2.5-16 (201 series) prepared the way for the then compact class to become a star performer, while the 560 SE (126 series) combined the top performance of the flagship S-Class model with ...