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  • Tinubu’s aide holds first drone show, doles out brand new car

    Tinubu’s aide holds first drone show, doles out brand new car

    A resident of Abuja is set to walk away with a brand new car as Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Events has concluded arrangements to hold the first biggest drone count down show in Nigeria.

    Coming up on Sunday, Dec. 31 at Eagles Square Abuja, the show is open for all as Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Events has graciously made entry free for all.

    It would commence with a road walk at 9pm before guests finally converge at the event venue where the countdown to 2024 will commence.

    Tagged Nigeria Countdown 2024 with hashtag “Rep Your Culture” the show is targeted at showcasing the rich cultural attires of Nigeria and it will be hosted by some of the finest entertainment icons, MC Tagwaye, Ehis, with several musicians such as Magnito, Harrysong, Nazboi, and host of others as well as comedians like Sarkin Dariya, Chuks D’General and more.

    It was strategically put in place by to enable Nigerians all over the country usher in the new year with excitement and optimism.

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    It will also feature raffle draw the individual with the best traditional outfit will go home with a brand new car.

    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Events, Princess Ajanah, said the event avails thousands of Nigerians, especially Abuja residents to unwind, having worked hard to weather the storm since beginning of the year.

    She assured that adequate security, transport for those coming from Zuba, Nyanya, Maraba and refreshments has been put in place for every guest.

    The event will be covered by the world largest TV network, CNN.

  • ‘Leaf batteries will outlast car’

    Nissan claimed the batteries in its Leaf electric cars will last 22 years, an estimated 10-12 years longer than the average life of the car itself.

    Nissan reached its conclusions based on of data from the 400,000 Leafs it has sold in Europe since 2011, managing director of Renault-Nissan Energy Services Francisco Carranza said at the Automotive News Europe Congress.

    “We are going to have to recover those batteries,” Carranza said.

    Nissan is considering a number of options for reuse. As one example, it already has a three megawatt storage system at Amsterdam’s Johan Cryuff Arena, which uses 148 new and used Leaf batteries.

    The company also offers home solar panels and battery options, and like other carmakers such as Honda It is looking at ways to use its electric car batteries to store electricity from the grid and return it at the proper times, with revenue back going to the car owners. The company has been testing some form of vehicle-to-grid systems for years.

    Last year, the company even debuted a modern streetlight powered by used Leaf batteries and solar panels.

    Automotive News Europe also notes the Leaf is certified as an energy plant in Germany, Denmark, and the UK, which allows to connecting to the grid in more traditional ways. Carranza said,

    “It’s working even better than we anticipated selling back to grid. The more you dig, the more you find gold. The amount of revenue and profit by using vehicles to provide services to the grid is big,” he added.

    In 2018, Nissan introduced a programme to replace old Leaf battery packs. The carmaker also sold its battery cell manufacturing division last year after a long search for a buyer.

  • Panic at Lagos Airport over car engulfed in fire

    There was panic Saturday night at the open car park of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos when a salon car with unknown number plate caught fire.
    The fire outbreak caused confusion among many airport users, passengers and motorists , forcing them to scamper for safety in different directions.
    As at the time of filing this  report, the cause of the fire could not be ascertained while there was no fire fighting truck insight.
    The fire outbreak  led to a huge gridlock on the airport road as vehicles were on standstill.
    A source close to the Oshodi Axis of the airport said that the incident had led to traffic extension to that part  of the metropolis.
    An eyewitness close to the scene of the incident said: “When the incident happened, there was no fire fighters to quickly put off the fire. As I am speaking, efforts are being made to bring in fire fighters; but they are yet to arrive.”
    The eyewitness who gave his name as Chris said that the impact of the fire could have been curbed if fire fighters were on hand.
    Officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) could not be reached as they did not respond to calls on their mobile phones.

  • Russian reporters killed in CAR robbery – Ministry

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday a preliminary investigation showed that the three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic on July 30 by assailants who wanted to rob them.

    The three journalists, whose employer said they were investigating Russian mercenaries in the torn country, tried to resist their attackers when they were killed, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing in Moscow on Friday.

    Russian online news organization Investigation Control Centre (TsUR) said in a Facebook post the three journalists — identified as Orhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguyev and Kirill Radchenko — were in the country on assignment.

    Russia’s foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that three people with identification documents belonging to Dzhemal, Rastorguyev and Radchenko had been found dead and their bodies had been brought back to the capital Bangui.

    TsUR said the journalists had been investigating the activities of the so-called Wagner group, an organization of private military contractors which, people with ties to the group have told Reuters, carried out clandestine combat missions on the Kremlin’s behalf in eastern Ukraine and Syria.

    Local and international media have reported that Wagner operates in the country since Russia delivered light arms to the country’s security forces this year and deployed hundreds of military and civilian instructors to train them.

    Reuters has been unable to verify the reports. Russian authorities deny that the Wagner group’s contractors are carrying out their orders.

    Henri Depele, the mayor of the town of Sibut, around 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the capital Bangui, said the journalists were killed at around 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Monday.

    Their driver survived the attack.

    “According to the driver’s explanations, when they were 23 km from Sibut … armed men emerged from the bush and opened fire on the vehicle. The three journalists died instantly,” he said.

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    TsUR’s statement said the journalists flew into Central African Republic last Friday and that its last contact with them was on Sunday evening.

    The organisation is financed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Russian oil tycoon who was jailed on corruption charges and now lives outside Russia. He is one of the most vehement critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    TsUR has published a number of investigations alleging corruption by senior members of Putin’s entourage.

    Central African Republic has been ravaged by violence, often fought along religious lines between predominantly Christian and Muslim militia, since a 2013 rebellion overthrew then-President Francois Bozize.

    Most of the country is beyond the control of the Bangui government and a 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission has struggled to keep a lid on the violence.

  • Car kills three teachers in Ogun community

    A car driver on Monday evening killed three teachers, all women, at Alapako in Ogun State.

    One of them is said to be a teacher at a public school in Ajebo village.

    The accident occurred opposite the office of the Ogunmakin Unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at Alapako.

    Another woman was injured.

    It was learnt that the teachers were waiting by the roadside for a vehicle to convey them home after school hours when the Toyota Camry car (1996 model) with registration number (Lagos) EPE 140 BP swerved off its lane and knocked the women down on Monday evening.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) Babatunde Akinbiyi recalled that “the driver lost control and hit the women (school teachers) standing by the roadside” when “one of the front tyres of the speeding Camry car” suddenly got detached.

    Akinbiyi said the injured was taken to the Victory Hospital at Ogere while the dead were deposited at the FOS Mortuary at Ipara by operatives of the FRSC.

    The TRACE spokesman added that the accident vehicle had been taken to the Alapako Police Station.

    It was learnt that the driver was heading to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, when the accident happened around 4.05 p.m.

     

  • Man dies as car rams into stationary truck

    A yet-to-be-identified man yesterday afternoon died when the Nissan Primera car conveying him rammed into a truck parked by the road side.

    The accident, which occurred at the Saapade (Ogun State) stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan, involved a Nissan Primera with registration number KSF 466 EG and unmarked Iveco truck.

    It left two other persons with various degrees of injuries.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, attributed it to burst tyre and excessive speeding.

  • Foundation, lawyers present wheel chair, car to colleague

    Foundation, lawyers present wheel chair, car to colleague

    Ubani Foundation and a group of lawyers from the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has presented a motorised wheelchair and a car to a physically challenged lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Idowu.

    Ubani, NBA Second Vice-President and Chairman of the NBA Welfare Committee said: “A lawyer brought the plight of Mr. Bamidele Idowu to my attention and I promised to help out.

    “When my primary constituency failed, I ran back to some of my colleagues who generously contributed initially for a motorised wheel chair, but fate changed the situation completely and we went for a car also in addition to a wheel chair.

    “Ubani foundation sowed the initial seed and so many other lawyer colleagues from Ikeja keyed in and that brought us this success story today.

    “I thank over 42 other lawyers who sowed this seed, most of them do not know want their names disclosed.  One Senior advocate of Nigeria who is a member of this branch gave us N100,000.00, the second highest donor after Ubani Foundation.

    “Others gave N50, 000.00 and several others N10, 000.00 and N5, 000.00 according to their economic strengths.”

    A director at the Citizens Right Centre of the State Ministry of Justice, Mrs. O.I. Adesina, who represented Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, praised Uani Foundation and the lawyers for their humanitarian gesture.

    She promised to draw the government’s attention Ubanui’s request that Idowu be offered employment in the Ministry of Justice

    Idowu expressed appreciation to his colleagues for the honour done him.

    “I feel great. My colleagues and the NBA have solved the problems of mobility for me. My greatest challenge now is how to have and maintain a regular income to sustain myself.

    “This will either come through employment or setting up a law office. I do not have a law office; I just do some charge and bail at Ikeja, Lagos to make ends meet.

    “I am optimistic as Mrs. Adeniji promised to mention my case to Governor  Ambode,” Idowu said.

  • Nissan unveils Leaf GT electric car image

    Nissan unveils Leaf GT electric car image

    Despite introducing a significant design with the 2018 Leaf, Nissan has shown interest in the launch of new sporty versions of its electric car.

    They have now released the first image of a new Leaf GT electric car concept to be unveiled at the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon next month.

    This grand touring concept of the new Nissan LEAF is coming right after the Japanese automaker unveiled Leaf with a Nismo upgrade.

    Those concepts haven’t amounted to much so far. They unveiled the Leaf Nismo RC concept in 2011 and not much came of it – though Nissan released a special-edition ‘Leaf Aero Style’ just for the Japanese market that was inspired by Nismo.

    But after unveiling the new Leaf in September, Nissan design chief Alfonso Albaisa said last month that they were considering launching performance versions.

    And now we get to see two new concepts: the new Leaf GT and the Leaf Nismo:

    Nissan will also display 15 exciting models equipped with the latest custom and after-market parts at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2018, from January 12 to 14.

  • Access Bank’s customers win house, car

    Access Bank’s customers win house, car

    Access Bank Plc has rewarded over 137 of its  customers who won several prizes in the ongoing  Family Fortune promo.

    The prizes won  include a four bedroom terrace house in Lekki, a 2017 KIA Cerato car, two 15 KVA soundproof generators, three all-expense paid trip to Dubai by a family of four and  five scholarships worth N1 million each for any member of the family.

    Others are 20 shopping spree worth N25,000, 50 DSTV decoders with  one month  subscription and 50 GOTV decoders with one month subscription each.

    Celestine Ikwuka Obinabor, resident of Oka Afa in Ejigbo area of Lagos won the four bedroom terrace house in Lekki, while Ayoola Olayiwola Noah, resident of Jos, Plateau State won the KIA Cerato car.

    The well attended event was graced by officials of National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Ernst& Young, Lagos Lottery Board and the Consumer Protection Council.

    A total of N150,000 for seven days is the least cumulative amount a family must retain to qualify for the weekly selections. For the monthly and mega selection, a total of N300,000 cumulatively for 30 and 90 days respectively is required to automatically qualify.

    Speaking at the draws, Access Bank Executive Director, Business Banking,Titi Osuntokun, said the mega draw is the first time in the country where people will win a house, car, 15 KVA soundproof generators two all-expense paid trip Dubai for three families, full scholarships worth one million for five, 125 consolation  prizes in one sweep.

    Group Head, Inclusive Banking, Access Bank, Ope Wemi-Jones, expressed appreciation to customers for their loyalty and trust in the bank, adding that the promo was initiated to add value to customers, who continued to do business with the bank.

    Access Bank’s Executive Director, Personal Banking, Victor Etuokwu, said the system under which the promo was conducted remains transparent making it easy for customers to win.He said there is benefits in saving .

    “You can imagine what has happened to the lives of the people that won. Family that saves together stays together.”

  • Nollywood actress’s car stolen

    Nollywood actress’s car stolen

    Coming at a wrong time of the year, Nollywood actress, Maureen Okpoko, on Sunday, lost her car.

    The actress said the Toyota Corolla, parked in front of the house in Surulere, Lagos, was stolen in the early hours of the day.

    The actress on her Facebook wrote, “What a sad beginning of the month of December; my car was stolen in the early hours of the 3rd of December, 2017.

    “Trying to think straight; the joy of the Lord is my strength.

    Speaking with The Nation, the actress disclosed that her spirit has been asking her to leave her present residence but said she could not achieve that, as she was duped in earlier in the year, while trying to get a new apartment.

    “I am very low in spirit,” she said.

    “My spirit has been speaking to me about this place. I would have moved out, but I was duped while looking for an apartment. The car was parked outside and nobody saw them as it was taken away.

    “But we have reported to the right authority”, she added.

    The actress has been getting consolatory messages from her friends and family.

    In 2016, she was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.