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Volvo profits rev higher on record sales.

Swedish truck maker Volvo said Wednesday that its net profit sped ahead by 60 percent rise in 2017, as strong global demand for heavy goods vehicles drove up sales to a new record. Investors cheered the latest earnings numbers, with Volvo’s share price climbing 3.6 percent on the Stockholm stock exchange in mid-morning trading on a flat market. Volvo said in a statement that its net profit soared to 21 billion kronor (2.0 billion euros, $2.67 billion) for the full year, as sales jumped by 11 percent to 334 billion kronor. Operating income rose by 46 percent to 30.3 billion. “In 2017 the Volvo Group achieved its highest sales and operating income in history,” said chief executive Martin Lundstedt. “We also improved our profitability with an operating margin of 9.1 percent,” compared to 6.9 percent in 2016, he added. Sales rose on all continents and in all business areas. For Volvo Trucks, sales increased by eight percent, while the construction equipment uni...

May eyes ‘golden era’ with China as Brexit looms.

China and Britain touted their “golden era” of relations on Wednesday as Prime Minister Theresa May visited Beijing to strengthen her country’s global trade links before its contentious divorce with the European Union. May brought a large business delegation for her three-day visit, which began earlier in the day in the central industrial city of Wuhan and continued in the Chinese capital. May is battling criticism of her Brexit strategy back home. The House of Lords is scrutinising a key piece of legislation on quitting the EU as a leaked government report shows only economic downsides to leaving the bloc. Britain’s ties with China have grown in importance as London contemplates its economic future after it officially leaves the EU in March 2019. May was greeted at the imposing Great Hall of the People by Premier Li Keqiang, who noted that the prime minister was visiting Beijing ahead of next month’s Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. “I believe ...

5 SEO Tools To Improve Your Website Rankings In 2018 .

Search Engine Optimization is not an easy thing, and it’s one of the toughest jobs to handle. Sometimes, it becomes so difficult to face the challenges, that SEO looks to get a handy tool to make its job easier. But, the more features there are, the higher the price. There are still thousands of free and premium tools that can help your optimization. Even if this does not satisfy you, you can always go ahead with advanced features and look up for an upgrade. To get the best experience for you, this is one of the best options. Here are the five best SEO tools that you can use to boost up your Google ranking. Google PageSpeed Insights This is one of the best options that you could opt for if you want to go ahead with Google rankings. Look for the blogs URL and then move with the analyze button. The rest is taken care by this tool. It will check the speed and the overall impact the website is putting. Apart from that, it also takes care of the User experience. After all, the goal is to ge...

NSE Wants Indigenous Engineers To Drive Infrastructural Development.

Mr Emeka Ugoanyawu, the Chairman of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Imo branch, says indigenous engineers should be given the opportunity to drive the infrastructural development in the country. Ugoanyawu made the call while addressing engineers in Imo during the society’s New Year forum with the theme: Engineering Intervention for Sustainable Development”. He called on both federal and state governments to use indigenous engineers’ professional to not only develop infrastructures but to ensure sustainability in the execution of projects. He said infrastructural engineering projects in most states were being carried out by mediocre and non-professionals who did not possess engineering principles, supervision and monitoring skills. Ugoanyawu urged government at all levels to see NSE as partners and major stakeholders in the development of the nation. “The first second and third industrial revolution have come and gone and now the fourth revolution is on course and we have been left...

Hyundai Faces N165 Million Suit Over Alleged Supply Of Defective Automobile.

Two Nigerian companies, Media Seal Limited (formerly Starcom Media Services Limited) and Bytesize Limited, as well as Mr. Ayo Oluwatosin, have dragged Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, over allegation of sale of defective automobile. They are praying the court for an order compelling the automobile company to pay them a total of One Hundred and Sixty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Ninety-Five Naira (165, 595) only as refund of the purchase sum, breach of contract as well as general damages. The claimants in their Writ of Summons denominated as ID/ADR/629/2017, are seeking a number of reliefs including a declaration that an Hyundai Grand Santa Fe GLS 3.3L AT Arabian Mocha/Black with Chassis number: KMHSN81EDFU097184 and Engine No: G6DFEA34538 sold to the claimants by Hyundai Motors is not fit for the purpose for which it was bought. They are also praying the court for an order that Hyundai Motors refunds the sum of Fifteen Million Five Hundred a...

Buying A New Flagship Smartphone, Here Are Five Things To Consider Before Buying.

Buying a new device especially a flagship smartphone involve huge amount of money and therefore care must be taken before an outright purchases. On the internet, many tech enthusiasts and bloggers have gave advise on this issue but there are certain areas that weren't considered. These and also other areas they have already considered will be discussed right here. Efficiency An important aspect of buying a smartphone especially flagship is efficiency. An efficient smartphone is one that users get results on whatever task they perform at the right time that is, optimum performance. This means that while searching the internet, your device is able to browse with ease. Design. The design is also an important aspect but it is actually a personal decision. Why do I say design is a personal decision? What techies are saying. There are so many smartphone review bloggers and enthusiasts all over the internet. You can consider what they are saying before making a buying decision. Such revie...

Male and female brains: the REAL differences.

The recent study which “confirms” the differences between male and female brains has been roundly criticised by neuroscientists. However, there are some genuine differences that cannot be denied Dean Burnett @garwboy Wed 4 Dec 2013 07.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 22 Feb 2017 18.42 GMT Unless you’ve been trapped in a lead-lined sensory-deprivation chamber this week, you’ve probably heard about the recent study that “confirms” the differences between the brains of men and women . Confirmed is in inverted commas because it’s very easy to “confirm” even the most surreal of notions with brain imaging techniques. As is often the case with scientific findings that get massive media attention, the science behind said “findings” is far from perfect. The study itself has been taken apart by the neuroscience community like a juicy lamb shank thrown to a tank of rarely-fed piranhas. I won’t attempt to critique the paper h...

Nigerian Brothers Arrested Over Drugs Sent By Post To Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Three Nigerian nationals were arrested in Nonthaburi’s Muang district this week along with 2,750 ecstasy pills, which carry a logo in a shape of cell phone SIM card, that reportedly were sent via a post from Belgium to the gang, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sutthipong Wongpin said on Friday. The suspects – Justin Chiedozie Uzukwu, 30, his elder brother Declan Kaodichi Uzukwu, 32, and Okwor Stephen Onyema, 35 – were arrested along with the ecstasy pills plus eight grams of cocaine and eight grams of marijuana at Justin’s rented house in Tambon Bang Krasor of Muang Nonthaburi. Police also seized a Nissan Sunny sedan, several passports, and a post package with traces of ecstasy pills sent from Belgium, Sutthipong said. The ecstasy pills – which were forwarded to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board for further inspection – were sent to the gang via post from Belgium and the gang reportedly distributed it to others at Bt500 per pill. The three men’s arrest on Tuesday stem...

Two Nigerians Executed In Saudi Arabia Over Drug Trafficking .

Nearly four months after a Nigerian was executed in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug-related offence, two more countrymen have been killed in a similar manner, sending fears to no fewer than 15 others being detained in parts of the Middle East country. Prison Sources in Saudi Arabia confirmed to Saturday Vanguard that the two Nigerians, whose names have been given as Ibrahim Ciroma and Maimidu Issah, all from the Northern part of Nigeria, were executed last week. Some bags of the recovered drugs The prison source said that while one was brutally terminated on Tuesday, the other Nigerian faced the hangman’s noose on Thursday. The summary execution of the two Nigerians came nearly two weeks after a prison source in Medina leaked the names of 15 Nigerians, who are currently on death row at the Medina Prison, awaiting the long knife any moment from now. Saturday Vanguard had on January 13 this year, published a Save-Our-Soul letter despatched by the embattled Nigerians awaiting execution in...

Adefarasin, Mo Abudu, Davido, others get Glazia Persons of the Year awards.

As parts of efforts to recognise individual brands breaking ground in their various respective fields, the Glazia Magazine held its inaugural annual Glazia Persons of the Year summit in Lagos. It recognised top players in various industries with awards based on their meritorious services and impact on the society in the previous year. Those honoured include Senior Pastor, House on the Rock, Paul Adefarasin, gospel singer, Mo Abudu and artiste David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, among others who made the final list of 20 persons out of over 200 nominees. Editor-in-Chief, of the magazine, Omawumi Ogbe, said the Glazia Persons Of The Year awards was created to recognise individual brands breaking grounds in their respective fields of endeavour. “These are distinguished personalities who over the last 12 months have contributed significantly to the development and progress of their immediate and remote spheres of influence, having demonstrated excellence in the area...

Lassa fever kills 21 in Nigeria, says health officials.

Twenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday, in the latest outbreak in Africa’s most populous nation. “Since the beginning of 2018, 80 cases have been classified as: 77 confirmed cases, three probable cases with 21 deaths,” the NCDC said on Twitter. Cases have been reported in 13 of 36 states while 10 health care workers had been affected, it added. Lassa fever belongs to the same family as Marburg and Ebola, two deadly viruses that lead to infections with fever, vomiting and in worst-case scenarios, haemorrhagic bleeding. Its name comes from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969. More than one hundred people were killed in 2016 in one of the nation’s worst outbreaks of the disease, affecting 14 of the 36 states, including Lagos and the capital Abuja. The virus is spread through ...