Does Toyota Nigeria Merit LCCI 2016 Award?

By: FEMI OWOEYE Recently, Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) emerged only Nigerian Automobile Company decorated at this year’s Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) annual award, instituted to recognize deserving sectors of the nation’s economy. Not less than 19 awards were presented to different organizations for standing out in their various sectors. TNL clinched the…

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Review: How Fair Was 2016 Lagos Motor Fair?

By: ROTIMI ASHER (Motoring World’s Lagos Bureau Chief) [dropcap]E[/dropcap]leventh edition of Lagos Motor Fair was concluded last Wednesday. The fair has been organized by BKG Exhibition Limited, Nigeria’s multiple fair organizing company. This year’s edition was significant, because, for the first time, it witnessed collaboration with Senexpo International Fairs Inc. Istanbul, Turkey, as a result…

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Toyota Nigeria Forecasts Lower Auto Sales in 2016

FEMI OWOEYE [dropcap]T[/dropcap]oyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has forecasted a further drop in sales volume by the nation’s auto industry in the year 2016. The managing director of the company, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo made the submission recently during a press briefing held at TNL Lekki headquarters, Lagos. According to him, 2015 was very bad for the automobile…

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2016 AfricaBuild Lagos: The Automotive Connection

From its sound and concept, Africabuild event, which held and concluded last week was all about building, which is enough for relevant stars in the nation’s auto industry to feel irrelevant. If it be so, how come Nigeria’s Mercedes-Benz/Weststar, managed to outshine many seemingly more relevant stars at the event? ROTIMI ASHER, who covered the…

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