Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 16th August 2019
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target=_blank>A remarkable uncle
SENATOR Gbene (Chief) Cyrus Nwidonane Nunieh was born in Beeri, Ogoni, on February 5, 1930, and quietly passed away aged 98 last year.
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target=_blank>Zakat: Ansar-ud-Deen doles out N4m to non-Muslims
Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Lagos Branch, has donated gift items to less privileged, patients in hospitals as well as prison inmates in the state.
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target=_blank>Most powerful Porsche Cayenne is a plug-in hybrid
Porsche continues to consistently focus on e-mobility, with the Cayenne range following the Panamera series in now featuring a plug-in hybrid as its new flagship model. The Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid and the Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupé draw their system output of 680 hp (500 kW) from the intelligent interaction of a four-litre V8 engine (550 hp / 404 kW) and an electric motor integrated into the eight-speed Tiptronic S transmission (136 hp / 100 kW). The maximum system torque of 900 Nm is available from just above idle. Both models accelerate from a standing start to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 295 km/h. This exceptional performance is matched by a high level of efficiency. The Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid and Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupé can drive for up to 40 kilometres with zero local emissions. The average NEDC consumption is 3.9–3.7 l/100 km (fuel) and 19.6–18.7 kWh/100 km (electric).
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target=_blank>Jaguar I-Pace redefines meaning of car
Jaguar is spearheading a campaign for the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and Oxford Dictionaries (Oxford Dictionaries.com) to change their official online definitions of the word ‘car’. The I-PACE, Jaguar’s all-electric performance SUV, is the 2019 World Car of the Year and European Car of the Year. However, strictly speaking, the zero-emission vehicle isn’t defined as a car.
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target=_blank>Mercedes Benz sustains lead with high sales record
MERCEDES-Benz started the third quarter with a new sales record for the month of July: A total of 188,857 cars with the three-pointed star were delivered (+12.7 per cent). The ongoing model changes in the high-volume compact-car segment had a positive impact on unit sales last month.
There were also significant increases in worldwide unit sales in July of the S-Class Saloon (+17.7 per cent), the E-Class Saloon and Estate (+11.1 per cent) and the C-Class Saloon and Estate (+10.4 per cent).
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target=_blank>New revolution in transportation Skyway brings string rail transportation to Nigeria
NIGERIA is about to witness a kind of revolution in the transport sector as Skyway technology and string transport company is set to introduce its mode of transportation in the country.
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target=_blank>Jaguar XE SV project 8 car again
THE Jaguar Special Vehicle Operations-developed XE SV Project 8 has demonstrated its breadth of performance capability by setting the fastest Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time for a four-door production car again: 7min 18.361sec. This new officially-verified time on the 20.6km lap is 2.9 seconds faster than Project 8’s previous benchmark set in November 2017 and seven seconds faster than any other four-door production car has achieved.
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target=_blank>Controller refutes report of jail break in Keffi prison
Mr Emmanuel Okoro, the Controller of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, on Thursday refuted reports by a section of the media which claimed there was a jail break at the Keffi Old Prison.
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target=_blank>Why Gov Yahaya Bello should be re-elected – Ogundana
Adegbola Temitope had an interview with Mrs. Zainab Yusuf Ogundana, the National Coordinator of Buhari Continuity Movement (BCM) and the National Coordinator of ABAT (Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu) Foundation. She is also an indigene of Kogi State.
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Benin Auto Parts Market inferno: Edo Govt inaugurates 8-man Panel of Inquiry
The Edo State Government has inaugurated an 8-man panel of inquiry on the inferno that destroyed goods worth millions of naira at the Auto Spare Parts Market in Uwelu, Egor Local Government Area of the state.
Secretary to the State Government SSG), Osarodion Ogie Esq., inaugurated the committee on Thursday in Government House, Benin City, the state capital.
According to Ogie, the terms of reference of the committee include “to examine the remote and immediate cause of the fire incident at the market and establish the culpability of any person, group, corporation or entity, in bearing responsibility for the incident.”
Others are “to establish the full extent of damage and loss arising from the said incident, and assess the effectiveness or otherwise of the response of the emergency response unit as well as law enforcement agencies to the incident.”
The committee was also tasked “to make recommendations to government on measures to be taken to avoid a repetition of similar tragic incident in future.”
The state government also urged the panel to summon any person or group to offer testimony or documents and visit the site of the incident.
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