GENERAL NEWS (NIGERIA)

All is now set by the leading automobile dealer in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors Plc, the exclusive distributors of Ford, Renault, Ford Truck and a number of other iconic global automobile brands in the country,  to attend this years’ Lagos Motor Fair. The Fair, which is in its 17th edition, will ...

A  brainstorming session to discuss burning auto industry issues in Nigeria is scheduled to hold in Abuja on May 26. 2022. Involving chief executives/ managing directors of major auto firms in the country and heads of government agencies regulating the industry, the meeting is the maiden edition of Auto CEOs ...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have expressed their commitment to a marked increase and improved quality of the local content of materials and products used in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry . This commitment was expressed during a courtesy ...

BKG Exhibitions Limited, organisers of the annual Lagos Motor Fair & Autoparts Expo Africa, said this year’s edition of the shows would come with a difference.  Managing Director, BKG Exhibitions Limited, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu, who is also the Chairman of the Organising Committee for the event, said the 16th Edition of the ...

The automotive industry in Nigeria has so far attracted over N500 billion investment from the private sector.  The Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, revealed this while speaking with journalists  in Sokoto on Sunday as he explained NADDC’s efforts  at bolstering  the local production of vehicles ...

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) said it would soon embark on advocacy campaign  to enlighten Lagosians on the State Blue Rail Line System ahead of the commencement of the system . The Managing Director, LAMATA, Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed this  last week when she met with officials of Ministries ...

A new research has revealed that Nigeria has the 8th cheapest petrol in the world, only costing $1.82 per gallon of petrol! This came as gas prices have fluctuated significantly all around the world and drivers will be paying very different prices for gas this year.  The team at Zutobi ...

No fewer than  200 trainees, on April 29, 2022,  graduated from the BOSCH- Innoson Kiara Academy (IKA) in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.  The graduation ceremony of the trainees, who were inducted into the  training programme in automobile maintenance for youth in the five States of South Eastern Nigeria at the ...

Pacesetter Transport Service/Makinde Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State recently went on an inspection visit to the premises of the Pacesetter Transport Services in Ibadan, the state capital,  to inspect the mass transit buses acquired by his administration for the state-owned transport service. These buses, according to the Governor,  will ...