Nigeria’s NAIDP Bill: Investors’ Confidence Remains High

MESHACK IDEHEN [dropcap]S[/dropcap]takeholders and investors’ confidence in the Nigerian automotive sector remains high, despite the interval in the passage of The National Automotive Industry Development Programme (NAIDP) Bill currently awaiting presidential assent. This affirmation is coming following renewed commitment of global automotive companies and countries interested in entering into and investing in the automotive industry…

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Autosport International Racing Car Show 2019: Stars To See (Watch video)

Autosport International will once again give fans the chance to meet and hear from a plethora of stars from some of motorsport’s most popular race series. At various points throughout the four days of the show, the drivers will be in attendance taking part in on-stage interviews, autograph sessions and meet and greets. Lando Norris Norris,…

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Fate of Nigeria’s Automotive Policy under President Buhari

FEMI OWOEYE After the 2015 General election, which brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power in Nigeria, there were speculations that the nation’s auto policy handed in by the regime of the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) would either be jettisoned or made to undergo a complete redraft. But President Buhari, through the Minister of…

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Off Road Electric Vehicles Prosper While On-Road Hits Trouble

The on-road electric vehicle industry knows it is headed for a vicious fight to the death as the biggest category, private cars, collapses due to people moving to cities and nothing compensates for saturation of the Chinese electric bus market. In contrast, off-road EVs will be prosperous growth markets. In particular, dwarfing forklifts, the construction, agriculture and mining “CAM” vehicles are one business now.  The new 163…

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