Germany’s luxury automaker BMW is going to recall 23,700 diesel cars in Europe over an engine fire danger, following a similar action in South Korea, a German media newspaper reported Tuesday. The recall is to fix a faulty component that was aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in […]
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Volkswagen, car manufacturing company, says it is ready to produce two million made-in-Nigeria cars yearly as soon as the automotive bill is signed into law to curb the dumping of used cars in Nigeria. Thomas Schaefer, Chairman of the company said in Abuja during a discussion on “Developing the African automotive industry by adopting an […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service has impounded a trailer load of tramadol and cannabis sativa along the Lagos-Benin expressway. The seizure was made by men of the Customs Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, in line with the Federal Government’s onslaught on the ban on tramadol and other heinous drugs in the country. Zonal Controller of FOU […]
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German car-maker BMW has resolved to recall 11,700 cars to fix their engine management software after it discovered that the wrong programming had been installed on its luxury 5- and 7-Series models. “In the course of internal tests, the BMW Group has discovered that a correctly developed software update was mistakenly assigned to certain unsuitable […]
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The Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 57 assorted vehicles suspected to be smuggled in Omole Estate and Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The Comptroller of the Unit, Mohammed Garba, who made this announcement on Wednesday in Lagos, revealed that the service also seized seven other assorted vehicles, mostly brand new, along […]
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The house of representatives says it has taken delivery of 200 of the 360 Peugeot 508 cars it ordered from Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN). The vehicles are estimated to worth about N3.4bn, at a time when the country is struggling to get out of economic recession. DailyTrust quoted Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house, […]
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The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) is warning fraudulent bidders involved in making unrealistic bids to stay off its e-auction platform or risk prosecution. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that the service would not spare those undesirable elements making fraudulent and unrealistic […]
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