Revealed: Inside Volkswagen Plant, Lagos

20 years after Nigeria’s Volkswagen plant had gone moribund, the joy of new owners knew no bound, when last week Tuesday, blue-ribbon was cut to declare the massive German-built plant officially opened. But what goes on inside the plant will shock critics of the nation’s auto policy, Motoring World’s FEMI OWOEYE reports… Guarding two gates…

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Nigeria’s Lewis Hamilton in the Making

He picked the first ticket for the preliminary contest staged recently at Coscharis 4×4 Test Track in Lagos. He is Ugochukwu Onuiri, one of three candidates representing Nigeria at this year’s Ford Ranger Odyssey Contest holding in Southern Africa. Ugochukwu is a car lover and a freak. He is passionate about motoring. Indeed, he was…

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President Buhari Should Consider Solar Energy – Emeka Messiah Nwokeoma, Chairman and Managing Director Emesonic Electronics

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]peaking to Motoring World’s Correspondent, last week, in his Lagos office located along Adegbola Street, off Anifowose, Ikeja, Managing Director of Emesonic Electronics Technology Ltd, Mr. Nwokeoma lamented over ignorance of Nigerians about what he described as advanced and effective Solar energy. He voiced recommendations to the recently elected President Buhari’s government on how solar…

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Airbags Or Car Bombs?

Indications are that lives of some hundreds of motorists in Nigeria and other African nations are being exposed to daily possibility of fatal accidents resulting from airbag bomb explosion. But how does a device meant to protect lives become an explosive capable of killing vehicle occupants? FRANK BOYEDE finds out. [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or some years, it has…

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