Dangote Refinery Drops Fuel Price, As Marketers Hold Emergency Meeting

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the ex-depot price per litre of petrol from ₦880 to ₦840. This comes as petroleum product marketers plan an emergency meeting to drop fuel prices from Tuesday. As revealed in an update by a spokesman for the refinery, Tony Chiejina, the new ex-depot price took effect on Monday, June 30,…

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Coscharis Motors Launches Ultra-Modern Geely Aftersales Workshop in Nigeria

…Takes Motoring Journalists on Facility Tour  Nigeria’s leading auto company, Coscharis Motors, on Thursday launched an ultra-modern workshop and aftersales facility for Geely auto brand in Lagos. Assembled in Nigeria, courtesy of Coscharis, Geely, a frontline Chinese brand renowned for manufacturing of London Electric Taxi, at its Coventry-England plant ( through its subsidiary, the London…

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Nigeria Bemoans Unsafe Vehicles Dumps in Africa, Advocates Stronger Global Auto Export Standards for the Continent

FEMI OWOEYE Nigeria has condemned using Africa as a dumping ground for unsafe used vehicles from the western world. The Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin made the censure at the 194th session of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations organized by the United Nations…

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Facing Global Headwinds, Chinese Automakers Make Push into African Markets

Chinese automakers are pushing to unlock Africa’s underdeveloped potential, with a focus on electric and hybrid vehicles, as restrictions on exports to the United States and Europe send them on a global quest for new markets. Though home to over a billion people, low incomes and high import duties have long hampered manufacturers’ efforts to…

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