Hyundai Venue compact SUV given midlife makeover
Mike Ochonma
June 17, 2022
MIKE OCHONMA The Hyundai Venue compact SUV has undergone a facelift and been given a midlife makeover to keep it fresh in the face of increasingly strong competition. Announced in India recently, the upgraded model is yet to reach the Nigerian market through its local dealer and sole franchisee, Stallion Motors Nigeria Limited. From the […]
Toyota hits back to critics over EVs migration
Mike OchonmaJune 17, 2022
MIKE OCHONMA Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) says it needed to offer a variety of car choices to suit different markets and customers amid customers’ expectations of moving with the global trends on vehicle electrification. The automaker made the clarification while pushing back against critics who said it has been slow to embrace battery electric vehicles. […]
Ford recalls Mustang Mach-E electric SUV over battery safety concerns
Mike OchonmaJune 17, 2022
MIKE OCHONMA Ford has recalled nearly 49,000 Mustang Mach-E electric crossovers over battery safety concerns, and told dealers to temporarily halt selling the popular electric vehicle. The battery safety defect may render the vehicle immobile. The malfunction involves a potential overheating of the vehicle’s battery high-voltage contactors, which can lead the vehicle to fail to […]
Coscharis dangles free service voucher promo for Renault customers
Mike OchonmaJune 13, 2022
BY MIKE OCHONMA Coscharis Motors Plc has announced a free service voucher worth N150,000.00 for every Renault vehicle purchased from any of the company’s showrooms in Nigeria. Making the announcement during the recently concluded Lagos Motorfair, Sola Adigun, general manager, Renault sales, Coscharis Motors, said, “We want to use the opportunity of our presence […]
All- new Ford Bronco launched in Nigeria 100% American, says Coscharis
Mike OchonmaJune 7, 2022
BY MIKE OCHONMA Coscharis Motors has launched the all-new Bronco into the Nigerian market at the just concluded Lagos motorfair. The muscular SUV which is 100 percentage designed and manufactured in America according to Coscharis Motors; the local franchisee is engineered to deliver thrilling and confident off-road experience, building on the DNA of the original […]
Coshcharis to display Ford, Renault trucks, cars at Lagos Motor Fair
Businessam StaffMay 25, 2022
All is now set as Coscharis Motors, the exclusive distributors of Ford, Renault and Ford trucks and a number of other global automobile brands in Nigeria gears up to attend this year’s Lagos Motor Fair. The auto exhibition now in its 17th edition will run from May 30 to June 4, 2022 inside the Balmoral […]
ASR Africa, Rebecca Foundation construct 8 libraries in Ghana
Businessam StaffMay 25, 2022
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), a philanthropic organisation founded by Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Group, in collaboration with the Rebecca Akufo-Addo Foundation (RAAF) of Ghana, has commenced the construction of eight multi-functional libraries in schools across Ghana. The development is coming a few months after ASR Africa awarded the Rebecca […]
FirstBank wins African Banking Leadership Legacy Award
Businessam StaffMay 3, 2022
Nord Auto taps Funmi Ayinke as brand ambassador
Mike OchonmaMarch 29, 2022
BY MIKE OCHONMA Few years after its foray into the local automotive landscape, Nigeria’s local brand, the management of Nord Automobile has tapped Funmi Ayinke, an engineer and a social influencer as its brand ambassador. The contract agreement was signed last weekend in Lekki, Lagos between the new brand ambassador and the Nord team led […]
FirstBank delegation visits President of Ghana
Anthony NlebemMarch 21, 2022
Left-Right: Oluwatosin Adewuyi, executive director, corporate banking, FirstBank; Ini Ebong, executive director, treasury and international banking, FirstBank; Victor Yaw Asante, managing director/CEO, FBNBank Ghana; Kofo Majekodunmi, board chairman, FBNBank Ghana; Preident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of Ghana; Adesola Adeduntan, chief executive officer, FirstBank and subsidiaries; Rosie Ebe-Arthur, non-executive director, FBNBank Ghana; and Charles Adu […]