LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, Obi Okeke, popularly referred to as Doctor Bugatti, has purchased Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bugatti Veyron for $2.5m According to TMZ, the Bugatti dealer has intentions to resell the vehicle. The Bugatti Veyron 2015 model goes 0-60 mph in 2.5 secs and has only had about 1,000 miles on it. Okeke…
LAGOS JANUARY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria plans to start building a $5.8 billion hydro-power plant in the eastern Mambila region this year, after it agrees on loan terms with China’s Export-Import Bank. “We hope to break ground this year if we can conclude the financing,” Power, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola said in a Jan….
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon has jailed 47 secessionists including Ayuk Tabe Julius, head of a group from Cameroon’s Angolphone region pushing for a breakaway from French-dominant Cameroon. Cameroon government spokesperson Issa Tchiroma Bakari says Ayuk Tabe Julius and his nine cabinet members were arrested in Nigeria on January 5. They were brought to Yaounde and…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States announced Monday it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 “high-risk” countries, but said those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past. Applicants from 11 countries, unnamed but understood to include 10 Muslim-majority nations plus North Korea, will face tougher…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osofo Maame, the wife of Ghanaian pastor who mistakenly sent her nudes to members of her church via WhatsApp, has reportedly attempted suicide out of embarrassment. According to Mynewgh, Maame, who has become a subject of public discussion, especially among members of the husband’s church, was reported to have tried drinking a…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Ugiagbe Street, off First Ugbor Road, in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, when a middle-aged major in the Nigerian Army, Afisatu Ajuya, was allegedly murdered by her security guard and eight others. It was gathered that Ajuya, who was serving in one of the South-South states,…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) may have been thrown into another round of confusion ahead of the 2019 general elections as posters of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe flood Abuja and other Nigerian cities. This is happening barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo stoked controversy in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death has been announced of Nollywood actress Nora Nkiruka Ugo. According to reports, she passed on over the weekend in Lagos, while fighting a yet to be disclosed ailment. Meanwhile Ruth Kadiri, other associates mourn her death.
