ROTIMI ASHER The history of vehicle can be traced back, not to the days of Henry Ford like we have been made to believe, but to the days of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who at that time had two  chariots.(Genesis 41:43). The chariots were his official vehicles. So Pharaoh gave one to Joseph, when he became a prime minister ...

By: ROTIMI ASHER (rotimiasher@motoringworldng.com) On a serious note, I have often wondered why it is difficult for Nigeria to generate enough megawatts for 24-hour power supply. Sometimes, I have been made to think that our past leaders might have signed a deal with darkness to ensure that, no matter the amount of money sunk into the power sector, the country’s ...

By: ROTIMI ASHER Baba Ibeji, a commercial transporter, who hails from Western Nigeria, owns a compact Nissan car with which he does interstate commercial transport between Oyo and Ekiti State. On each trip, his car is overloaded with six passengers, two compacted at the front and four sandwiched at the back. He sees nothing wrong with driving that long distance ...

By: ROTIMI ASHER Today, the greatest achievement in the auto industry is that of a car that drives itself. Google, in partnership with an auto maker has completed one, already being tested in Europe and America. There is a Mobileye partnering with Audi in Middle East. There are more. Autonomous car is here. Quite significant! But what’s most significant is ...

By: ROTIMI ASHER The creator has given human beings raw materials required for their physical existence. In­venting an airplane for transportation to very far distances, ship for moving heavy goods from one continent to another, making exotic auto machines to cruise in and around the cities. Man’s technological develop­ment did not emerge from the blues; it started after the antediluvian ...

By ROTIMI ASHER Nothing is new under the heaven. Though witnessing things that happen every day in our environment or the entire world, one may be tempted to think otherwise. But, in reality, nothing is original. The fact becomes more evident while driving through the book of Ecclesiastes in the Holy Bible. The following verse emerges: “That which is has ...