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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Quarterfinal matches of the 2017 GTBank Masters Cup football competition were decided at the weekend with the boys and girls teams of Greensprings Schools scaling through to the semi finals of the tournament. Playing against Methodist Girls High School, Yaba on Thursday, Greensprings Schools girls overwhelmed their opponents with a 2-0 scoreline that did little justice to their dominance during the run of play. Ansar-Ud-Deen College Isolo sent out Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School 3-1 via penalty shootout. In another match, Ansar-Ud-Deen College, Itire were on another plain when they whitwashed Dowen College, Lekki 8-0, just as Queens College, Yaba dismissed International School Lagos 3-0 The battle was keener in the male category, as Greensprings Schools triumphed 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time. Jubril Martins were 5-3 better than St Gregory’s on penalties while Ansar-UL-Islam College, Agege shot down King’s College 1-0. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J T he Chairman of the Auto and Allied sector group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr.Oseme Oigiagbe, has expressed regret that three years after the introduction of the new auto policy, significant achievements have not been recorded. Oigiagbe, who is an Executive Director of Truck Masters automobile company, expressed this recently when he presented a paper at the 5th Nigeria Transport Awards and Lecture (NTA &L), held in Lagos. The NTA & L is organised by Transport Day newspaper. According to Dr. Oigiagbe, the implementation of the policy has been more of ‘motion without movement’, he said the “Vehicle finance scheme programme with consortium finance group led by Rank bank –would have spark up the consumer demand and ease the vehicle acquisition opportunities”, but it is yet to take off. He also blamed the slow implementation of the policy on poor infrastructure, high interest rate, as well as poor regulatory concern.Oigiagbe ad...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J GAC Group, owner of the Chinese auto maker, GAC Motor, has assured the Nigerian market of the manufacturer’s sincere commitment to offering high quality products and services to its customers. President of GAC Group, Mr. Zeng Qinghong, made the pledge while addressing the first edition of the Nigeria-China Governors’ Investment Forum held recently in Guangzhou, China, with chief executives of some states in attendance. He affirmed that the group would spare no efforts in building GAC Motor into the leading auto brand in China, and endeavouring to be a world-class brand with the strongest value and influence. Delivering a speech with the title, GAC’s Global Planning with Sustainable Development as the Basis and the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative as the Driver, Zeng Qinghong briefed the guests on the achievements and core business divisions of the GAC Group. The governors who were at the forum included: Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia; Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of ...