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							<title>MotorTrader, Nigeria | News</title>
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						 <title>Corporate bodies donate traffic stands to FRSC</title>							
						 <pubDate>20 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <category>Road Policing</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[IN its bid to enhance traffic flow in Ota, Ogun State, Eagle Packages Limited and Kolorkote Nigeria Limited have through the Special Marshal, Ota Command, donated two traffic stands to the Federal Road Safety Corps in the unit.]]></description>
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						 <title>Drivers with special number plates accused of recklessness</title>							
						 <pubDate>20 May 09</pubDate>							
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						 <category>Driving Standards</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Road users and pedestrians on Tuesday expressed concern over the recklessness of the drivers of some vehicles bearing special number plates in Lagos State. 

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						 <title>TRACEs of extortion at Ogere toll gate</title>							
						 <pubDate>17 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100117071137</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[FOR the majority of travellers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the (old) Ogere toll gate is a nightmare because of the illegal parking of trailers on that section of the highway.
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						 <title>Akanu Ibiam Airport to be closed for one year</title>							
						 <pubDate>19 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <category>Alternative Transport</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, will be closed to traffic as from February 10 to allow for the renovation and extension of its runway, its Manager, Mr. Chigbo Nwobu, has said.]]></description>
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						 <title>Trading with traffic lights</title>							
						 <pubDate>07 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001071114490</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Hey! Hold it there! Stop, don‘t move, park! Then a police traffic warden jumps onto the road, blocking the path of a moving vehicle. ”You beat the traffic light? Didn‘t you see it? He barks.]]></description>
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						 <title>A Better Driving Policy for Nigeria</title>							
						 <pubDate>30 Dec 09</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Most would like to score political points, but implementing fundamentally flawed policies. Here’s an excerpt from the article: 
“OFFENDERS of traffic rules in Rivers State are to be sent to psychiatric hospital in the state for attention. Governor Chibuike Amaechi made this known when he set up Road Traffic Management Authority to manage the traffic situation in the state capital.” ]]></description>
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						 <title>Amaechi dismantles police roadblock, controls traffic in P’Harcourt</title>							
						 <pubDate>05 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001050181520</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Monday dismantled a police checkpoint along Port Harcourt/Owerri Road, for causing hardship to motorists.]]></description>
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						 <title>Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: End in sight to traffic jam</title>							
						 <pubDate>01 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Religious organisations worldwide are noted mainly for evangelism. But the Redeemed Christian Church of God has demonstrated that such groups can expand their scopes by performing social responsibilities, which can benefit not only their members, but also other Nigerians . The RCCG has begun the construction of an 80- kilometre- road from the Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Ikorodu, Lagos State.]]></description>
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						 <title>Website to address traffic hurdles</title>							
						 <pubDate>29 Dec 09</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2009122915123048</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[A new website -www.thetraffic-people.net - has been developed to help road users access traffic conditions before checking out to the roads in India.]]></description>
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						 <title>MotorTrader, Nigeria founded Oct 2009.</title>							
						 <pubDate>08  Oct 09</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[The History goes ...

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						 <title>Borrego, Kia’s midsized SUV for on-road performance</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105145278</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Before now, Kia‘s lineup of sport utility vehicles includes the Sportage and the Sorento. In an act of counter-programming, Kia has rushed in to fill a perceived gap with Borrego. Kia executives paint a rosy picture of their strategy. Before Borrego, Kia had a zero per cent share of the midsized SUV market.]]></description>
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						 <title>High-tech cars that will rule tomorrow</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Cars are certainly changing, and the rate of that change will only increase over the next decade. Before now, it was almost unthinkable in Nigeria to have cars and buses installed with television sets and video players. First, it was only luxury buses that had such luxury. Now, many mini buses, cars and jeeps have that and other advanced technology. There are also vehicles, which respond to voices to change radio, TV stations and a number of other commands without touching any button.]]></description>
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						 <title>Confab to tackle challenges of truck, equipment business</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105395021</link>
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						 <category>Transport Infrastructure</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Experts in the haulage business, especially those dealing in trucks and other equipment will converge on Abuja later in the month to assess the problems facing the industry and point the way forward.
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						 <title>Railways: Finding the way forward</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
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						 <category>Alternative Transport</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Fresh air is indeed blowing at the nation‘s railways. First, the arrival of the first batch of five new locomotive engines out of 25 from General Electric last month gave an indication that trains would soon be running efficiently across the country.]]></description>
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						 <title>When rewards assuage pains of traffic controllers</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105112293</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The job of a traffic controller is no doubt a difficult one. It is fraught with a lot of hazards. He is exposed to the vagaries of harsh weather. He hardly has any protection from the scorching sun, and sometimes drenched by torrential rain while trying to unlock a gridlock and keep traffic flowing. A few corporate organisations have donated a number of mobile traffic sheds erected at strategic road junctions, but the multitude of traffic officers are at bus stops and road points where such protection is almost absent.]]></description>
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						 <title>Tipper crushes cyclist in Awka</title>							
						 <pubDate>06 Dec 09</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20091216248829</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Traffic along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Avenue, Awka, was held up for several hours on Tuesday morning when commercial motorcyclists protested the death of their colleague at a police checkpoint. ]]></description>
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						 <title>Call these LASTMA officials to order</title>							
						 <pubDate>17 Dec 09</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency at Awoyokun and Onipanu bus stop, along Ikorodu road, have turned the area into money spinning point, with the active connivance of area boys.]]></description>
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						 <title>FRSC struggles to maintain traffic flow on Kaduna-Lokoja motorway</title>							
						 <pubDate>23 Dec 09</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2009122313505189</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Road Safety Commission is struggling to maintain traffic on the Giri-Gwagwalada stretch of Kaduna-Lokoja motorway as impatient motorists form bottlenecks on the road.]]></description>
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						 <title>Kano railway project</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001254223362</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Government on Friday restated the need to kick-start the first phase of the Nigerian railway modernisation project which is the Lagos-Kano axis.]]></description>
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						 <title>LASG promises closer monitoring</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001254132890</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[THE Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Taxation and Revenue, Mr. Adeola Ipaye, has said the state government was looking into the activities of some members of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.]]></description>
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						 <title>Dubai sets $2bn for 2010 transport projects</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Dubai‘s transport department will spend up to $2.04bn in 2010 on projects although it expects less than half this amount in revenues for the year, it said on Saturday.]]></description>
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						 <title>GM seeks bailout for auto industry</title>							
						 <pubDate>20 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001202432642</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Nigeria Limited has charged the Federal Government on the need to look in the direction of auto industry to rejuvenate the nation’s economy.]]></description>
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						 <title>Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited on Monday lamented the Federal Government’s failure to patronise its products as agreed with the core investors during the privatisation of the company.</title>							
						 <pubDate>19 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100119491098</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[PAN bemoans FG’s failure to patronise made-in-Nigeria cars]]></description>
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						 <title>MotorTrader, Nigeria moves into Oyo State. </title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Motor trader is making in-roads into places that had close to zero Internet Penetration a few months ago.  Oyo State of Nigeria has been on the map for different reasons, but in the next few weeks, we will list on our website the first set of cars to be sold online from Ibadan and its environs.  Our new Agents in Ibadan are quite excited and are ready to roll, they said.]]></description>
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						 <title>FREE Listing ends 31 Jan 10 for Lagos Dealers.</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[When we started to list vehicles on the MotorTrader, Nigeria website in November 2009, our intentions were to enable dealers to list their vehicle without the need to make a payment. This did not only encourage our first set of dealers to make their entire inventory available, but also eliminated the need for trust in our abilities to do the very thing we were promising to do. We have so far offerred FREE vehicle listings to all the dealers on our website, but that comes to an end in Lagos 31 January 2010.]]></description>
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						 <title>MotorTrader increases images to 6.</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[From 01 February 2010, we are increasing the number of images from 3 to 6 so that website visitors have a lot more photos of the vehicles to see.  The reasoning here is that the more images of the cars you see, the easier it gets to make up your mind to buy.  While it may not be possible to provide 6 pictures at all times, our Agents are doing all they can to ensure up to 6 photos are taken to show the key and vital parts of the vehicle.]]></description>
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						 <title>Children at high risk of pneumonia from vehicular pollution, study indicates</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/25/children-at-high-risk-of-pneumonia-from-vehicular-pollution-%e2%80%94-study/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[MILLIONS of Nigerian children who live in houses close to a main road may be  in greater danger of coming down with pneumonia as a result of  pollution from passing traffic which causes damage to their lungs.]]></description>
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						 <title>Mistakes to avoid in buying used cars</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001260514551</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Many have been cajoled to pay for cars they later regret buying. Some cars merely appear flashy and attractive but may have engine or electrical defects.]]></description>
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						 <title>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/26/frsc-impounds-263-vehicles-in-enugu/</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/26/frsc-impounds-263-vehicles-in-enugu/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Enugu—MISTER Hyginus Fuomsuk, Enugu Sector Commander of the  Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has said that 450 traffic offenders were arrested between 18 December and 10 January this year.
He said that no fewer than 263 vehicles were impounded for various offences within the  period.]]></description>
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						 <title>National Mobile Payment Scheme to take-off this year, CBN</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/26/national-mobile-payment-scheme-to-take-off-this-year-cbn/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that mobile payment system will take off in the country by middle of the year.  Acting Director, Banking Operations, Mr. Abayomi Atoloye, said this at a workshop on mobile payment regulatory framework dissemination organised by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) in Lagos yesterday.]]></description>
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						 <title>Toyota recall 2.3 million cars.</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Sales USA is recalling 2.3 million vehicles to correct a problem that could cause the vehicles' gas pedals to stick.  This new recall is separate from an on-going recall of 4.2 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to correct a problem in which the pedals could become stuck under a loose floormat.
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						 <title>Lagos-Ibadan: Bi-Courtney builds temporary trailer parks at 3 locations</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001272564598</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Concessionaire of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Bi-Courtney Limited, has offered trailer parks at three different locations to ensure free flow of traffic, ahead of the commencement of construction work on the road.]]></description>
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						 <title>For the love of motor homes</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100127303512</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[It was the Germans who invented the motor car and steered us all towards the boundless possibilities and endless problems of the age of internal combustion.]]></description>
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						 <title>Suzuki unveils R3, latest concept car</title>							
						 <pubDate>27 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001272474978</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Suzuki‘s subsidiary in India has unveiled the Suzuki R3 Concept MPV at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi The Indian-designed vehicle with six individual seats was designed from scratch in only nine months.]]></description>
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						 <title>Toyota Corolla emerges Nigeria’s car of 2009</title>							
						 <pubDate>27 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001272492051</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[
Toyota has again proved to be one of the most resilient cars to have been manufactured as its Corolla model has been voted as the car of the year. Another Toyota sibling, the Land Cruiser bagged the sport utility car of the year, beating Audi Q7 and Nissan Pathfinder at a well attended event held on Thursday in Lagos.]]></description>
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						 <title>MotorTrader pleads with Heaven Tomorrow!</title>							
						 <pubDate>27 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[At MotorTrader, Nigeria we fully understand the importance of allowing God to be first in all we do.  Over the last couple of months, we have worked tirelessly to get the service running and those who have logged on to see the website will agree that we have made lots of changes so far.  While we are still making strategic plans to make the whole business model a success, we are also trusting that by allowing God to start with us, we will be in a win-win situation.]]></description>
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						 <title>Stella Monye’s car burnt by unknown persons</title>							
						 <pubDate>29 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010013012434995</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Samba queen, Stella Monye, recently lost her Suzuki Swift saloon car to a mysterious fire outbreak in Lagos. The incident occurred a few nights ago at N0. 21 A, Badagry Road, Off Marine Road, Apapa.]]></description>
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						 <title>Ford halts some China production after Toyota‘s woes</title>							
						 <pubDate>30 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[United States automaker Ford said on Thursday it was suspending production of a commercial vehicle sold in China that may be suffering from the same accelerator problems as rival Toyota, AFP reported on Thursday.]]></description>
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						 <title>Chrysler says it won‘t sue over dealer arbitration</title>							
						 <pubDate>30 Jan 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group LLC said Thursday it won‘t sue to try to stop arbitration with hundreds of dealers it wants to close, AP reported on Thursday.]]></description>
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						 <title>Mixed reactions trail dredging of Lower River Niger.</title>							
						 <pubDate>30 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/30/mixed-reactions-trail-dredging-of-lower-river-niger/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[This, experts say, will on the long run have a positive effect on the economy. Former Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Deziani Allison-Madueke, had said then that the dredging “would open up a completely new realm of possibilities, in terms of inland waterways and in terms of navigability and transportation and commerce and industry in the areas that it will affect along the Lower River Niger.”]]></description>
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						 <title>In Calabar, commuters groan under the weight of taxi scarcity</title>							
						 <pubDate>30 Jan 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001314425196</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[IN Calabar, Cross River State, every day is hectic to commuters. It is a common sight to behold a group of stranded people struggling and kicking one another in order to secure a space in the few taxis available. Most times, after waiting and hailing taxis in vain, the frustrated commuters simply adopt an option of trekking to their destinations. To them, the mere thought of going to work and school bring unusual headaches and weariness.]]></description>
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						 <title>Nigeria unaffected by recall of Toyota cars – Franchisee</title>							
						 <pubDate>01 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8022:nigeria-unaffected-by-recall-of-toyota-cars--franchisee&catid=85:national&Itemid=340</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Jolted by the massive recall of 2.3 million units of various Toyota models in the United States’ market and environs, last week, the management of Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has assured corporate and individual fleet owners that none of its existing stocks are affected by the faulty accelerator gas pedal system.]]></description>
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						 <title>FRSC goes tough on traffic offenders</title>							
						 <pubDate>03 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/02/frsc-goes-tough-on-traffic-offenders/</link>
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						 <category>Road Policing</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[OWERRI—Imo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says it would no longer only book traffic offenders but will also subject them to compulsory classroom drill on road safety regulations.

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						 <title>FG may stop expansion of Badagry Expressway</title>							
						 <pubDate>03 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002031132214</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[There are strong indications that the Federal Government may stop the Lagos State Government from going ahead with its plan to expand the Lagos Badagry Expressway to a 10-way carriage road network.]]></description>
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						 <title>Kwara purchases seven ambulances for N107m</title>							
						 <pubDate>03 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100204565323</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Kwara State government on Tuesday said it had purchased seven ambulance vehicles worth N106.5m.]]></description>
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						 <title>Internet cost may drop by 10 per cent.</title>							
						 <pubDate>03 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002042542354</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Nigeria may record 10 per cent reduction in the cost of Internet access this year, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr. Ernest Ndukwe, has said.]]></description>
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						 <title>Residents decry bad roads in Aba</title>							
						 <pubDate>04 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/04/residents-decry-bad-roads-in-aba/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Aba—RESIDENTS of Aba, the commercial  city of Abia State and its environs have lamented the deplorable state of roads within Abia South senatorial zone and appealed to the state government to come to their aid before the rainy season sets in.]]></description>
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						 <title>Rivers outlaws taxi parks at road junctions</title>							
						 <pubDate></pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002050563492</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Rivers State Government on Thursday outlawed all taxi parks located within 200 meters of major road junctions in Port Harcourt city.]]></description>
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						 <title>Japan orders investigation into another Toyota model</title>							
						 <pubDate>05 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002055202712</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Toyota faces new hurdles as another of the company‘s flagship models, its latest Prius Hybrid has been called to question.]]></description>
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						 <title>Lagos auto market with rock bottom prices</title>							
						 <pubDate>07 Feb 2010</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002075154535</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[A one-in-town Sunday-Sunday auto fair has opened in the popular Ladipo Market in Lagos, making the location a Mecca of sorts...]]></description>
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						 <title>NRC takes delivery of five locomotives at Lagos port</title>							
						 <pubDate>12 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002124465387</link>
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						 <category>Alternative Transport</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[As part of efforts to improve movement of goods and passenger from the ports to various destinations, the Nigerian Railway Corporation has taken delivery of five locomotives.]]></description>
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						 <title>Poor condition of Zaria bridge worries motorists</title>							
						 <pubDate>12 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002122333792</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Motorists plying the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road have appealed to the Federal Government to look at the poor condition of the Zaria bridge with view to effecting some repairs.]]></description>
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						 <title>FRSC partners CBN on drivers’ licence</title>							
						 <pubDate>12 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100212040165</link>
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						 <category>Driving Standards</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[In pursuant of its on-going drive to restore the integrity of the nations drivers’ licence, the Federal Road Safety Commission is to partner the Central Bank of Nigeria on the use of drivers’ licence as a reliable document for verification of customers’ claims. 

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						 <title>Two pupils killed in Jigawa auto crash</title>							
						 <pubDate>17 Feb 2010</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/17/two-pupils-killed-in-jigawa-auto-crash/</link>
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						 <category>Accidents</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Dutse — A commercial bus yesterday ran over six primary school pupils, leaving two girls dead and four others seriously injured at Andaza village in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.]]></description>
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						 <title>NRC‘s tract rehabilitation ‘ll be completed on schedule.</title>							
						 <pubDate>17 Feb 2010</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100217162643</link>
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						 <category>Alternative Transport</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The contractor handling the rehabilitation of the Nigeria Railway Corporation tracts across the country has promised to complete the project on schedule.]]></description>
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						 <title>14 burnt alive in Edo auto crash</title>							
						 <pubDate>21 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/21/14-burnt-alive-in-edo-auto-crash/</link>
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						 <category>Accidents</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[By Gabriel Enogholase
NO fewer than 14 persons were weekend roasted to death in a ghastly road accident at Ikpoba Hill district in Benin on the Benin-Agbor-Onitsha carriage way.]]></description>
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						 <title>Insurance company Sells e-cards to check fake auto insurance
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						 <pubDate>23 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/23/sells-e-cards-to-check-fake-auto-insurance/</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[According to the company”s Managing Director, Mr. Tom Imokhai, “we face a lot of challenges with respect to the sales of the third party motor insurance policy. Most vehicle owners do not have the time to visit the insurance offices to purchase the policies themselves and are often too busy to attend to all the paper work required. Not ready to face a process they see as cumbersome, they often resort to procuring fake policies.]]></description>
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						 <title>Insurance Company Sells e-cards to check fake auto insurance
</title>							
						 <pubDate>23 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/23/sells-e-cards-to-check-fake-auto-insurance/</link>
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						 <category>Vehicle Insurance</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[According to the company”s Managing Director, Mr. Tom Imokhai, “we face a lot of challenges with respect to the sales of the third party motor insurance policy. Most vehicle owners do not have the time to visit the insurance offices to purchase the policies themselves and are often too busy to attend to all the paper work required. Not ready to face a process they see as cumbersome, they often resort to procuring fake policies.]]></description>
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						 <title>‘Abuja motor fair to showcase best of passenger vehicles’</title>							
						 <pubDate>24 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002244315246</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The next Abuja motor show holding in April will feature the best of commercial cars, buses and trucks, Managing Director of BKG Exhibitions Limited, the organisers of the fair, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu, has said.]]></description>
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						 <title>Chinese bus firm targets Nigerian market</title>							
						 <pubDate>24 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002244225325</link>
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						 <category>In The News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Leading Chinese bus manufacturer, Yutong of Zhenghou, has said it will soon introduce a range of high capacity buses into the country.]]></description>
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						 <title>PAN to import Tokunbo vehicles</title>							
						 <pubDate>24 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/24/pan-to-import-tokunbo-vehicles/</link>
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						 <category>Industry News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Nigeria’s leading automobile company, Peugeot Automobile Nigeria, PAN, said yesterday that there was plan to flood the Nigeria auto market with fairly used vehicles which would be certified by the manufacturers as a way of repositioning itself to compete favourably with others.
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						 <title>Police foil robbery attack</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/25/police-foil-robbery-attack/</link>
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						 <category>Road Policing</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Enugu—The Enugu Police Command has aborted a highway robbery on the Enugu-Nsukka Road, its Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, has said. Amaraizu told newsmen in Enugu that members of the anti-robbery squad received a tip-off on the incident and stormed the place.
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						 <title>Lagos launches manhunt for vehicle certificate forgers</title>							
						 <pubDate>25 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/25/lagos-launches-manhunt-for-vehicle-certificate-forgers/</link>
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						 <category>Driving Standards</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Lagos State government is set to launch a manhunt for people suspected to be behind the issuance of forged vehicle documents in the metropolis just as it has identified a location at PWD area of Ikeja where forged vehicle certificates are being issued to unsuspecting motorists.]]></description>
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						 <title>Mimiko inaugurates N3.5bn road project</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201002264144851</link>
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						 <category>Transport Infrastructure</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday, inaugurated the re-construction of a N3.5bn road network in Ondo town to facilitate free flow of traffic.]]></description>
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						 <title>Crash helmets: FRSC goes tough on motorcyclists in Ondo</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100226413328</link>
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						 <category>Road Policing</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Owo Unit Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission, Mr. Olusegun Simeon, has warned commercial motorcycle operators and their passengers in the area to cultivate the habit of wearing crash helmets to avoid the wrath of corps marshals.]]></description>
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						 <title>Russia, China, Iran to assemble tractors in Nigeria.</title>							
						 <pubDate>26 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/26/russia-china-iran-to-assemble-tractors-in-nigeria/</link>
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						 <category>Industry News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[China, Russia and Iran are to establish a tractor assembly plant in Nigeria as part of the agreement reached with the Federal Government for the supply of 18 thousand tractors within the next three years.]]></description>
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						 <title>NRC to resume transit service in Lagos, others</title>							
						 <pubDate>02 March 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003022284962</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The Nigeria Railway Corporation is to resume its passenger mass transit train service in Lagos, Kano, Maiduguri, Jos, Enugu and Port Harcourt next month.]]></description>
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						 <title>Vehicle insurance: Dealing with motorists’ indifference, fake operators</title>							
						 <pubDate></pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003060134423</link>
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						 <category>Vehicle Insurance</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[I run a third-party insurance policy, and all my friends and colleagues who I know that are running such policy do not have anything good to say about it. I just got that policy because I did not want to run into any trouble with the police. I feel it will just be a waste of time and energy going to these insurance companies to try to make any claims.]]></description>
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						 <title>Taming monsters on Nigerian roads</title>							
						 <pubDate>07 Feb 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003074255293</link>
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						 <category>Accidents</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[AUTOMOBILE accidents are a cause of concern around the world. From Nigeria to China, France to United States, measures are always being taken to reduce fatalities on the road.]]></description>
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						 <title>Lekki-Epe expressway: Extend development beyond Eleko, monarchs tell Fashola</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003104171839</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The Olu of Epe, Oba Sefiu Adewale and the Oloja of Epe, Oba Kamorudeem Animashaun, have appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola to extend the ongoing reconstruction and expansion of the Lekki-Epe expressway beyond the Eleko junction.]]></description>
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						 <title>Farmers urge Alao-Akala to rehabilitate rural roads</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003104112753</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[Farmers in Oke Ogun and other rural areas of Oyo State have appealed to Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala to rehabilitate the dilapidated rural roads in the area in order to ease transportation of farm produce to the points of sale.]]></description>
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						 <title>New Lexus GS for release in 2011</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105402646</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[It is looking like 2011 will be the year a next-generation Lexus GS finally hits United States showrooms. When it does, expect to see a high performance Lexus GS F version join the party.]]></description>
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						 <title>Truck’s brake fails, kills 25 persons in Lokoja market.</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/03/10/truck-fails-brake-kills-25-persons-in-lokoja-market/</link>
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						 <category>Accidents</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[FIVE persons including two siblings of a member of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Ibrahim Bababodo, have lost thier lives in a fatal motor accidents which occurred along the Felelee area of lokoja last night.]]></description>
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						 <title>2 die in police, Okada operators’ clash</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/03/10/2-die-in-police-okada-operators%e2%80%99-clash/</link>
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						 <category>Road Policing</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Aba—Two Persons, a policeman and a civilian were  killed yesterday,  when securitymen said to be from the Ndiegoro police station in Aba, Abia State clashed with a group of people in an attempt to arrest motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada, operating along the deplorable Aba-Obohia Road, traversing the three councils of Aba South, Ugwuwgbo and Ukwa East.]]></description>
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						 <title>FRSC begins Operation Eagle Eye in Anambra</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105472626</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Road Safety Commission has commenced a five-day operation to get motorcycle riders and their passengers in Anambra State to wear crash helmets. The Sector Commander, Mr. Ayobami Omiyale, told our correspondent in Awka on Tuesday that the operation was part of the Operation Eagle Eye of the commission, which would run through the entire year.]]></description>
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						 <title>Mercedes to inaugurate B-Class-based hatchback</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100310555656</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[In the United States, the Mercedes-Benz product portfolio starts off with the C-Class sedan. Those familiar with the alphabet may realise that there are at least two available letters before ‘C‘ that would theoretically allow the German automaker to offer something a bit less expensive before graduating up the ranks to the likes of the E-Class and S-Class, in all their assorted variations.]]></description>
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						 <title>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105424781</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105424781</link>
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						 <category>Industry News</category>
						 <description><![CDATA[Leading car rental company, Avis Nigeria, has embarked on training of the company‘s chauffeurs for safe driving and as well update their driving skill.]]></description>
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						 <title>GM to reinstate 661 closed dealers</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
						 <link>http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003105541115</link>
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						 <description><![CDATA[General Motors has offered to restore more than half of the 1,160 dealers who appealed the automaker‘s attempts to close them down.]]></description>
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						 <title>Four die in Benin auto crash</title>							
						 <pubDate>10 Mar 10</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[Four persons were on Monday feared dead in an auto crash at the popular Uselu Market in Ugbowo area of Benin.]]></description>
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						 <title>Nigeria loses N175bn annually to car importation.</title>							
						 <pubDate>11 May 2010</pubDate>							
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						 <description><![CDATA[
Nigeria currently loses about N175bn of Foreign Direct Investment annually through importation of different brands of cars. This is contained in the latest report on the state of the Nigerian automobile industry, prepared by the National Automative Council, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent on Monday.]]></description>
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