An SUV is  not meant to outperform a supercar, but that’s exactly what happened when the new Range Rover Sport SVR took on a fearsome mountain road in China. Land Rover’s performance SUV, driven by Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver, Ho-Pin Tung, has smashed the record for negotiating the 99 corners of the famous Tianmen Road.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Ekerete Udoh, yesterday, said there was no rift between the governor and his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

Ekweremadu stirred the hornet’s nest when he spoke fearlessly against the high-handedness of the executive and some APC governors,warned that we were creating fertile grounds for another military adventure into politics

The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), a private sector renewable energy group in Nigeria, has claimed that up to 10 percent import duty is being charged on solar panel by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), despite a government directive that classification for import duty tariff on solar panel should be zero percent.

THE Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the service chiefs for allegedly failing in their duty to curb the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians.

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, has ordered that a substituted service be served on a former lawmaker Senator Ikechukwu Obiorah over a N2 billion suit filed against him by the Chairman of Folio Communications Limited (Publishers of Daily Times of Nigeria) Mr. Fidelis Anosike and the Group Managing Director of the company, Noel Anosike.

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has been called upon to look into the plight of a crew of two detained ships, MT United Trader and MT United Venture detained for the past nine months.

MOTORISTS plying the  Aba-Azumini  highway have called on Police authorities to provide  security  to check frequent robbery attacks in the area.

ENUGU State Police command has said it was able to recover a total of 260 arms and ammunition from stop and search and through raiding of criminal hideouts.

SERIOUS diplomacy has this Easter Season, given way to the farcical drama of European countries expelling diplomats of their Russian brothers with the later retaliating. This  week, 25 countries including non-European allies like the United States, Australia and Canada, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, had knocked out 158 Russian diplomats  with Russia absorbing the punches and throwing its own. There is the joke that American  President, Donald Trump was watching the CBS 60 Minutes programme when he was asked how many Russian diplomats should  be expelled, he looked at the screen, saw 60 Minutes and decided that 60 Russians should be expelled

CRISIS is brewing in the leadership of Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, ASCTR, over tenure elongation by the current leadership headed by Eze Eberechi Dick, whose tenure was said to have expired over two years ago.

All of these were damning for the then President and the Nation’s Armed Forces too were accused of even aiding the Terrorists, simply because the people were greatly traumatized.

Hyundai has officially launched the fifth generation of its popular Accent small car in Africa and Middle East markets, building on the strengths of previous models with Hyundai’s latest design and engineering innovations while also maintaining Accent’s unbeatable value proposition for buyers. Highlights of the new model include a completely new exterior design and comfortable high-tech interior. More efficient powertrains deliver an outstanding combination of performance and fuel economy, with a choice of 1.4-liter or 1.6-liter engines, including a diesel available in some markets, matched to a six-speed transmission in either manual or automatic.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Ogun State, no fewer than seven political parties, including the All Progressives Congress, APC, have thrown their weight behind the governorship ambition of Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi.

Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has mobilised all its field and sector commands for the nationwide 2018 Easter Special Patrol operations.
The exercise, according to the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, is scheduled to run from March 28 till April 3 with focus on 39 corridors across the country.