With its Bullet-proof Quoris now on sale in Nigeria, Kia has succeeded in providing a capable automotive alternative for high net-worth individuals, top chief executive officers and government functionaries in need of a vehicle that will always provide the best protection against kidnapping attempts or terrorist attacks, reports ROTIMI ASHER It is tough. It is hyper secure. Although it stormed ...
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Rolls-Royce Bespoke ‘Wraith – History Of Rugby’
Celebrating the illustrious history of Rugby, Rolls-Royce Motor has introduced what it named the Rolls-Royce ‘Wraith – History of Rugby’, a unique creation from the company’s Bespoke Design Studio in Goodwood, England, reports MATILDA FRANCES With the ‘Wraith – History of Rugby’, Rolls Royce is celebrating England’s fundamental attachment to the great game, through an expression of individuality in keeping ...
Read More »Jaguar Driver Legend, Oldest Ever Contestant Enters Mpg Marathon
Norman Dewis, OBE, chief test driver and development engineer for Jaguar Cars from 1952 to 1985, is set to become the oldest ever contestant when he drives in this year’s MPG Marathon – at the tender age of 95! Dewis, who was born in 1920, will be entering this year’s event, rated as the UK’s most prestigious lean-driving challenge, in ...
Read More »Hilarious: Speed Limit Solution for a Village
The local council could not afford a speed camera, so they put up a sign saying: “Slow down Old People’s Home.” It had no effect. At the next meeting they decided to play on the paternal instincts and put up a different sign: “Danger – Children at Play.” The result was no discernible reduction in traffic speed. Then the chairman ...
Read More »Automobile Festival Kicks off at LTV, Lagos
…Attracts Over 3000 Mechanics, Motorists, Women Trainees By: ROTIMI ASHER Premises of Lagos State television located at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos is expected to, from today(Monday, 29th September), host thousands of visitors, and lovers, buyers, sellers and assemblers of automobiles and related products, as first ever Motor show to hold in Lagos Mainland kicks off. The event tagged Automedics Auto-Fest is being ...
Read More »FRSC Mobile Court Convicts 25 Motorists
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Mobile Court, Kakau Unit in Kaduna, has convicted 25 motorists for various offences. A legal officer in the commission, Mr Fawzy Garba, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna, said among the 25, three were convicted for driving licence violation, 10 for overloading, three for worn ...
Read More »2015 Eid-el-Kabir Celebration Records Less Accident– FRSC
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has expressed satisfaction over the traffic situation the commission witnessed across the country during the commission’s nationwide special Eid-el-Kabir patrol, saying from all indications, there was no cause for alarm. Mr. Oyeyemi gave the verdict in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, while monitoring traffic on some major roads ...
Read More »Bus Crashes Along Gwagwalada-Abaji Road
A Mass Transit bus crashed on Saturday along Abaji – Gwagwalada Road in which two women and a baby got injured. Luckily, no death was recorded.
Read More »Nigeria Looses Over N2 Trillion Monthly –NNPC
…As NNPC Plans to Sell Inefficient Refineries The Group managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed that Nigeria losses N2.2 trillion every month due to inefficiency of the nation’s three petroleum refineries. Speaking last week during an interactive session with news men, NNPC boss, therefore, warned that any refinery that fails to work ...
Read More »Volkswagen CEO Resigns Over Emission Test Scandal
Volkswagen AG’s Chief Executive, Martin Winterkorn has resigned today(Wednesday), following his company’s alleged involvement in deceit over emission test of a number of its car models, an incidence that has kept the company’s reputation in bad light since last Friday. After four days of wallowing in the scandal, the company’s core shareholders and labour representatives held a marathon meeting, lasting ...
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