GENERAL NEWS (NIGERIA)

It was great fun with long-lasting excitement as Geely Nigeria recently hosted the graduating learners of Chrisland School, Lekki with a few of their teachers to a knowledge-packed tour of the Mikano Motors Assembly Plant at the company’s Karameh Industrial City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The learners ...

To Provide Vehicle Subscriptions, Electric Vehicles and Service Centres to 50,000 GIG Drivers in Nigeria Moto Business Service Nigeria (MBSN), a subsidiary of Japan’s Yamaha Motor Corporation,  has announced a strategic partnership with Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX) – Africa’s first mobility technology platform,  to finance and maintain over 50,000 ...

As part of its sustainability drive in the corporate social responsibility space, Heritage Bank Plc has reiterated its commitment to improving the welfare and economic development of communities by feeding over 500 underprivileged children. The support is in collaboration with Adyva Foods’ project tagged, “Feed a Kid,” which was in ...

By Joy Onuorah The authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG , Nigeria have signed  a Memorandum of  Understanding (MoU) with indigenous automobile company, Nord Motors, to provide keen and qualified students with hands-on training in automobile assembly, repair, service and maintenance. The agreement with Nord Motors is coming  over a ...

Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX), Africa’s first mobility technology platform, Tuesday,  13 July,  announced  that its drivers have completed over 100 million kilometres  of journeys as drivers using MAX have travelled a distance equivalent to the Earth to the Moon, and back, over 130 times. MAX is Africa’s largest, low-to-zero emission ...

The 2022 edition of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) Training/Capacity Building programme holds on Friday, July 29, 2022 at the Golden Tulip Hotel Essential,  International Airport Road, Lagos.  The programme, according to the Training Committee,  is geared towards developing the capacity of the auto journalists to enable them contribute ...

Heritage Bank has disclosed plans to further adopt Ynspyre, a digital product, to help cater and deepen support for professionals and amateurs for the creative and entertainment industry’s growth. The bank stated that in a bid to further expand its reach by connecting with more groups that align with its ...

Moove, a Nigerian mobility fintech aiming to democratise access to vehicle ownership in Africa, has secured a $20 million, four-year structured credit investment from the British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI). The investment reflects BII’s focus on mobilising capital to build self-sufficiency and market resilience in Nigeria, ...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector in Nigeria is expected to create 2.6 million new jobs over the next decade, doubling the number of those employed within the sector by 2032.  The forecast from WTTC’s Economic Impact Report (EIR) shows an average ...

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is currently optimising its payment procedures for utmost efficiency and taxpayers’ convenience. The Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Mr Ayodele Subair, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the Agency, as part of its digitalization process, is discontinuing all previously used bill references effective ...