NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

  Coscharis Motors, local distributor of Ford Motors in Nigeria, Friday, played host to contestants of the ongoing entrepreneurial reality TV show, The Next Titan, who paid a courtesy call on the local  dealership at their Ford office in Victoria Island, Lagos. Welcoming the contestants on behalf of the company, ...

(By David  Sanni)   The Council of Europe on Friday announced Nigerian anti-corruption network,  Follow The Money,  as winner of its Democracy Innovation Award.  The announcement,  according to a statement issued in Strasbourg,  France,  was made at Friday’s closing session of the 2019 World Forum for Democracy.  Follow The Money , ...

Hyundai on Thursday  announced its commitment to introduce 13 alternatively fueled vehicles by 2022, including six sedans and seven SUVs. Upcoming highlights from this eco-friendly commitment include a refreshed 2020 Ioniq Electric, Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid to be revealed later this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In addition, ...

Kia Motors Corporation has inaugurated a new public healthcare center in Ghana, the latest step in the company’s ‘Green Light Project’ global corporate social responsibility program that seeks to improve public health, education and skills in developing countries. More than 100 guests including Sungsoo Kim, Ambassador of the Embassy of ...

    Mercedes-Benz sold 199,293 cars worldwide in October, thus surpassing the prior-year month, which had been the bestselling October for the brand with the three-pointed star, by more than 9,000 units (+4.9%). The growth in October was largely driven by the new A-Class Saloon and the new GLC. The ...

      David Sanni Hello Tractor,  a Nigerian digital platform and a farm equipment sharing application that connects tractor owners and smallholding farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, has emerged one of the two winners of the Bosch Africa Smart Mobility Competition. The second winner is BuuPass, a Kenyan start-up,  which ...

 KIA Motors on Monday  revealed its new Futuron Concept, an illuminating all-wheel drive SUV coupe which proposes new designs for future electric vehicles. The Futuron Concept represents the modern and confident image of a progressive electric SUV coupe envisioned by KIA. The Futuron name itself is a portmanteau of ‘future’ ...

  As a way of breaking the ignorance among motorists on the necessity of obtaining genuine third party insurance policy as well as access its numerous benefits, Cornerstone Insurance Plc has taken campaign to garages in Lagos to sensitise the drivers on the need to acquire third party insurance policy ...

  _By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary–General   Our world seems to be changing faster than ever – technologically, environmentally, socially – and in so many other ways. It is hard for any of us to keep up with the astonishing pace and scale of developments, and their impact for better ...

The BMW R1250 GSA   David Sanni   Coscharis Motors,  the sole franchisee of BMW vehicles and Motorrad in Nigeria,  recently welcomed Mariusz Sliwa to its showroom in Lekki,  Lagos while on tour of Africa in his BMW R1250 GSA.  BMW Motorrad’s vision is ambitious but simple: Becoming the most ...