Ford to invest $6.2bn, create 12,000 new jobs
Ford Motor Company plans to invest $6.2bn to expand its United States manufacturing base, a move that will help it save 3,240 existing jobs and add another 12,000 positions by 2015. A large chunk of...
View ArticleLuxury vehicle dealers in race to pamper buyers
Luxury vehicle buyers want service – not just repairs done right, like the kind of pampering they get at high-end hotels, restaurants and boutiques. In response, luxury vehicle brands are stepping up...
View Article150 trains running daily on new high-speed rail
More than 150 pairs of high-speed trains will run every day on the world’s longest high-speed rail line opened in China last week, the official Xinhua News Agency has said, citing the Ministry of...
View ArticleIndia inaugurates longest railway tunnel
The third longest railway tunnel in Asia had opened in India through the Pir Panjal mountain range, rail.co reported on Tuesday. The tunnel, which connects Kashmir Valley to Banihal town, is the...
View ArticleVW, Nissan plan more budget cars
Volkswagen’s desire to introduce a low-cost brand and Nissan’s plan to sell Datsun for as little as 2,300 euros underline the rising interest from auto makers to tap demand for budget cars in...
View Article‘Volvo buyers have highest credit score’
Volvo buyers had the highest average credit score in a recent study from Experian Automotive – not a more prestigious brand like Mercedes-Benz, say, or Porsche as you might expect. That means Volvo had...
View ArticleFord brand tops two million sales in US
Ford Motor Company’s namesake brand will top two million vehicles in the United States sales this year and its Focus compact car was the top-selling model line worldwide through September, the auto...
View ArticleKaduna NMA protests killing of members
The Kaduna State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association on Monday cut down its work hours to protest the continued killing of its members by gunmen. Its Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Bappah, told the News...
View ArticleProtesting youths destroy Kuru bridge, STF confirms arrests 10 persons
Youths protesting against Sunday killing of their peer by a stray bullet in Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State on Monday destroyed the only bridge in the area. The Special Task Force Media Officer, Capt....
View ArticleGhana bans second-hand fridges
A ban on the import of second-hand refrigerators is coming into force in Ghana to reduce energy consumption and harm to the environment. Many old fridges contain chemicals called Chlorofluorocarbons...
View ArticleKeshi raises concerns over white coaches in Africa
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has strongly criticised the role of some white coaches in African football just weeks before the Africa Cup of Nations. Frenchman Herve Renard coached Zambia to the 2012...
View ArticleBez takes charge
The Bez Super Sun Live in Concert took place last weekend at the Eko Hotel and Suites. Headlined by Nigerian singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist, Emmanuel Bez Idakula, popularly known as Bez, it...
View Article‘South-West PDP has no BOT chairmanship candidate’
The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has said it will not call for the adoption of any candidate for the party’s Board of Trustees chairmanship position. It had earlier proposed the zoning of...
View ArticleNigeria’s official death convoys
The idea of this piece was conceived a long time ago as an academic conversation addressing the phenomenon of incessant cases of avoidable crashes of official convoys in Nigeria. Several years on, we...
View ArticleUSDA revamps plant hardiness map
For the first time since 1990, the USDA has revamped the zones in its plant hardiness map. While this is big news for America’s 80 million gardeners, it’s also important for farmers, reports...
View ArticlePolice brutality: Blind in the service of fatherland
nthony Onuagbara is a typical Nigerian youth who had high hopes after graduation. However, for the indigent 26-year-old graduate of Marketing from Anambra State University, hope is fast giving way to...
View ArticlePacquiao given Parkinson’s warning
A neurologist, who is president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, has been quoted as saying that Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao, has shown early signs of Parkinson’s disease,...
View Article2013 is the window to 2015
If anyone was left in doubt, the President – or those pushing for him – have sounded the beagle; forget any pretence to the contrary: the race for 2015 has begun! Ghost posters appearing overnight all...
View ArticleMalala: The girl that beat the Taliban
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban and treated in Birmingham walked out of hospital on Friday – three months after she was gunned down at point blank range for standing up for...
View ArticleAFCON: Keshi ‘growing grey hairs’ over final squad
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is “growing grey hairs” over picking his final 23-man squad for the AFCON, officials said. Nigeria team spokesman Ben Alaiya disclosed that the performance of the players in...
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