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Hyundai Motor Nigeria Shows Off All-New Sonata

December 16, 2019 3:45 pm

Hyundai Motor Nigeria has unveiled its next-generation Sonata, showcasing a sporty four-door-coupe look in its showroom Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. The All-New Sonata, like its siblings in the Hyundai family, is assembled at Stallion Motors’ plant in Ojo, Lagos.

The eighth-generation Sonata embodies Hyundai’s Sensuous Sportiness design concept. It is a fully transformed vehicle following the release of the previous generation Sonata in 2014.

“Sonata celebrates innovative coupe-like silhouette,” said the Head of Sales, Gaurav Vashisht. A short overhang, sloping roofline and low deck lid create a balanced feel, and Hyundai’s signature chrome accent now goes all the …

Bloody Clash Over Motor Park Leadership In Ebonyi

November 21, 2019 2:47 am

Palpable tension has engulfed Agubia Ikwo community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State following a bloody clash by youths over control of one of the biggest motor parks in the area.

Daily Sun gathered that one of the youths involved in the clash was reportedly killed on Tuesday during a reprisal while no fewer than 15 were seriously injured.

Some of those injured were being treated at the Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.

Unspecified number of houses and vehicles belonging to some of the current leaders of the parks were also vandalised and torched by the angry …

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Borno Bans Illegal Motor Parks To Curb Crimes

November 12, 2019 2:39 pm

The Borno State Government has banned the operations of illegal motor parks in the state to curtail criminal activities.

The Commissioner of Justice, Mr Kaka-Shehu Lawan, announced the ban while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri.

Lawan said that the government took the measure following intelligence reports that cases of robbery and kidnapping were linked to the parks.

The commissioner also alleged that operations of some illegal motor parks in the state were aiding and abetting insurgency.

“Criminal elements with dangerous weapons can come into the state through illegal

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Terror As Trailers Fall Into Bad Spot On Agege Motor Road

October 23, 2019 2:09 am

It was a scene of the absurd yesterday when a bad spot on the ever-busy Agege Motor Road claimed three trucks, which all fell into the vast crater on the road one after the other. Tragedy was averted when a trailer carrying a container first fell into a big ditch just before Idi-Oro bus stop and landed on a tricycle, which thankfully not carried any passengers.

Another trailer brought to offload contents of the previously fallen container also fell into the crater while a third trailer, which was brought to lift the other two off the road also fell at …