There was panic in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Monday evening as another man was killed by unidentified gunmen in daylight. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the killing of the man, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, came barely three days after a close ally of former Gov. Segun Oni, Mr. Bunmi Ojo was ...

FEMI OWOEYE Barely four months after the 2018 Toyota Camry debuted at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) on Thursday unveiled its tropicalized version into the Nigerian market. Introducing the car to journalists and dealers at the company’s Lekki, Lagos showroom, venue of the launch, TNL’s Managing Director, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo, who was represented by ...

… Makes case for State-Owned Model Driving Schools The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gida Mustapha has urged the state governments to set up model driving schools in their states as an antidote to curbing cases of quackery in the driving school operation in the collective efforts to restore sanity to the nation’s roads. He gave ...

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has paid glowing tributes to the founding fathers of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) describing them as visionaries. In his goodwill message at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Union held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Oyeyemi while congratulating members stated that the emergence ...

The Coscharis Jaguar Land Rover dealership will be continuing its association with Coca Cola Nigeria, the official sponsor of the ‘Road to Mauritius Golf Tournament’ scheduled for August 4, 11 and September 15, 2018 across Ibadan, Abuja and Lagos respectively; as it plans to officially launch its latest luxury automobile variants – the Jaguar E Pace, Range Rover Velar and ...

ROTIMI ASHER Despite massive global awareness about road traffic crash problem, population of peopel killed via road accidents may increase to 1.9 million annually by 2020. The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi gave the warning at the 2018 Nigerian Auto Journalists Association(NAJA) Training workshop held recently in Lagos, Nigeria. Quoting the The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The Federal Government plans to inject N300bn into the nation’s vehicle assembly plants as part of measures to accelerate the development of the automotive industry. Already, contributions into a support fund initiated to facilitate the vehicle production finance scheme have risen to N11bn. The Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Jelani Aliyu, who gave the indication at a forum ...

As part of the efforts of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to further decongest the traffic gridlock on Apapa port axis, Hadiza Bala-Usman  Managing Director of NPA in February this year flagged off the first export consignment of manganese, a solid mineral resource from the Ikorodu lighter terminal to Apapa port. This initiative has since resulted in the movement of ...

…As Ambode Shuts Down Illegal Terminal In Ajegunle …Directs Removal Of Trucks From Area Within 24 Hours Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday assured that the anticipated reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway would commence within the next two weeks as part of the Federal Government’s resolve to finding lasting solution to the chaos in the Apapa axis. Osinbajo, ...

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO has said 90 per cent of vehicles imported into Africa are old and are dangerous to public health. Ms Priyanka Chandola, Programme Manager, Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility Programme of CSE disclosed this after a study on used vehicles made available in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. She said there was ...