NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

It was real fun and extra-ordinary sensation as Coscharis Motors Plc, exclusive representative of Rolls-Royce cars in Nigeria, gave members and friends of the Lakowe Lakes Golf Resort a memorable experience of the luxury brand at the recently-held annual anniversary tournament in Lagos. General Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Coscharis ...

  The chairman/ CEO of Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, Allen Onyema, weekend denied allegations of fraud and money laundering by the United States Department of Justice, saying the allegations are false. Maintaining that the charges are not in line with his character as a person and as a business ...

‘Unite and make a difference’ was the overarching theme as the continent’s organised labour jointly strategised recently on how to achieve policies that deliver for working people, build industry, tackle corruption and end illicit financial flows. Over 500 representatives from workers’ unions across the continent gathered in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria,  ...

  Japanese auto giant,  Isuzu Motors, last week confirmed that it will be investing R1.2 billion into the next generation bakkie programme in South Africa, while an additional total local content value of R2.8 billion will be generated through the lifecycle of the programme. This milestone development follows Isuzu’s take over ...

  It’s 05:30 at Ford’s vehicle assembly plant in Silverton, east of Pretoria, and veteran Motorvia driver Samukelo Mthethwa is preparing to hit the open road. He’s just spent around three hours loading and securing seven brand new Ranger pickups onto the double-deck open trailer attached to his truck. As ...

  Weststar Associates Limited, authorized general distributors of Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles in Nigeria, has taken delivery of more units of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans. The arrival of additional units of the flagship model of Mercedes-Benz Vans, according to Weststar, is in response to the growing and diverse needs ...

The successful partnership between Azuri Technologies,  a leading pay-as-you-go solar solutions innovator, and Fortune 500 company, Marubeni Corporation,  has been awarded Best UK-Japan Partnership for 2019 at the British Business Awards. The annual British Business Awards, which were held in Tokyo penultimate Friday, showcased game-changing achievements of British and Japanese ...

  (David Sanni) Commonwealth Young Person of the Year, Nigeria’s  Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, has been listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 world rising stars who are shaping the future. Osowobi, a women’s rights activist,  is one of 53 women on a list of 100 names Time has ...

Nigeria’s leading bank, Heritage Bank Plc, Wednesday in Abuja, examined the great potential in the country’s gold market, saying it is worth £4 billion pounds with high prospects of profitability for all players in the subsector. MD/CEO, Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo, who disclosed this at the Nigeria-Canada Investment Summit, held ...

(Olaolu Olusina with Agency Report) A new report has listed Lagos as one of the worst cities to drive in the world as the study ranks the  commercial nerve centre of Nigeria #97 out of 100 best cities to drive world-wide.   The 2019 Driving Cities Index, released Thursday, in ...