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₦185 million causes car crashes. "How exactly does it do that?" Not by improperly poured into urban planning to build unnecessary roads and facilities. The money really blocked the roads, in a literal sense!

First off, let's talk about the car that carried that kind of money. When you have several hundred million in your car, you are either a drug lord or your owner is the bank. In both cases, your car cannot be similar to the ones driving casually on the road of Lagos. It needs to be armoured.
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If you have an enormous sum of money, a Brink car is your go-to vehicle

So is it the result of a robbery? It is, ironically, not. The armoured vehicle from the brand Brink is indeed a tough one, which can withstand bullets from automatic and small-scale explosions. But its Achilles heel, the door, experienced a minor faulty and the haps fell out, which let two bags loaded with money drift freely out onto the Jersey Highway.

One bag has nearly 55 million Nairas and the other contains 134 million. The physical sides of those bags are, of course, not large enough to really block the roads. But imagine suddenly half a million dollars in notes flying in front of you, what would be your reaction? The inner struggle is strong with this one.

Even if you are amongst few people who could resist the temptation, the motorists in this case couldn't. They risk their life stopping their cars in the middle of the road and flock out to collect those flying notes. The incident is reported to cause some fender-benders and major roadblocks, by people who were driven by human greed.
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It's not the money that caused the blockage, its the human's greed
Apparently, this is not the first scandalous situation of the Brink brand. Not too long ago, more than two hundred millions of Nairas were spilled on a highway, also carried by a Brink amoured car, this time was in Indianapolis, USA. I wonder how the brand would recover from these incidents.

The money was yet to be collected in full. Some people got away with money that's not theirs. The authority is working on camera footages to identify those people and hopefully they can get it back to the bank soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcWAWPDS4Bo
https://naijauto.com/market-news/185-million-spills-1779

Earlier this year, Nigeria became a part of Paris agreement when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the treaty to reduce the greenhouse effect and fight against global warming. Additionally, the country is also a party signing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations to make an absolute commitment to prioritize pollution reduction before 2030.

In fact, big cities in Nigeria are considered as the worst of the world when it comes to air pollution. Not to mention, the Nigeria’s pollution level has been estimated to be on the rise while other countries have shifted to green vehicles which do not run on diesel and petrol. Using diesel and petrol vehicles is one of the main reasons leading to pollution all over the world.

For those reasons, Nigeria may have an official forbiddance for diesel and petrol vehicles in the next 10 years.
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Nigeria may have an official forbiddance for diesel and petrol vehicles in the next 10 years

In Nigeria, oil is known for constituing a great proportion of revenue for the country. If the government decides to ban vehicles using diesel and petrol, it also means a suicide for this revenue of the nation. Since the the national finance falls down, there won't be enough budget for the implementation of many national development projects. Energy analysts feared that the replacement of fossil fuel could lead to a half reduction of oil profit in Nigeria in the next decade.
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In Nigeria, oil is known as great revenue of the whole country

However, the country is still able to overcome the difficulty. In fact, mining contributes just around 0.3% to Nigeria’s GDP. Mr. Prof. Eguakhide Oaikhinan, the Managing Director of Epina Technology Limited, said that when oil was replaced by other batteries, the fuel market would be explored by mineral resources such as graphite, cobalt and lithium which promised to become a new source of national earning.

This belief is further confirmed by the fact that the crude oil importers namely the United Kingdom, India, Italy and Netherlands have already moved to seek other energies even when they set a certain plan to cut down on the number of diesel and petrol vehicles in their countries.

Opposing the decision of U.S., U.K., France, Norway and India to stop the new sales of cars running with petrol or diesel, Mr. Aliyu Jelani, the Director General of Agency for Automotive Development claims optimistically that the government of Nigeria is ready to guide its people to lessen their dependance on diesel and petrol cars.

The designer of General Motors’ Chevy Volt, Jelani who was selected by the Federal Government stated that stakeholders in the automobile policy in the country must change attention into green vehicles.

According to him, the government would inspire investors, especially those who had Nigerian nationality in the diaspora, and the nation’s friends all over the world, to invest in green cars.

However, some stakeholders expressed their low expectation for Nigeria’s willingness to carry out the green revolution. They explained that the nation still did not have enough necessary infrastructure, particularly supply of electricity to produce electric vehicles.
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In addition to worrying about income shortfalls, Olarewaju called for a life-ending policy to reduce environmental pollution when Africa, especially Nigeria, is expected to become the dump of discarded oil products.

Dr. Victor Fodeke, the Director General of Africa Clean Energy Summit stated that it was necessary to have a complete plan that would allow green cars to enter Nigeria.
https://naijauto.com/market-news/diesel-and-petrol-vehicles-may-be-banned-in-the-next-10-years-in-nigeria-63

Brand new Mercedes Benz C300 price list

Model Price in Nigerian Naira
Brand new 2017 Benz C300 price N24,900,000 - N34,000,000
Brand new 2018 Benz C300 price N25,000,000 - N35,000,000

Foreign used Mercedes Benz C300 price list

Model Price in Nigerian Naira
Tokunbo 2005 Mercedes Benz C300 price N2,200,000 – N5,000,000
Tokunbo 2006 Mercedes Benz C300 price N2,300,000 – N5,100,000
Tokunbo 2007 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,600,000 - N5,700,000
Tokunbo 2008 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,700,000 - N5,700,000
Tokunbo 2009 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,600,000 – N6,000,000
Tokunbo 2010 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,600,000 – N6,100,000
Tokunbo 2011 Mercedes Benz C300 price N6,100,000 - N10,000,000
Tokunbo 2012 Mercedes Benz C300 price N6,200,000 - N10,100,000
Tokunbo 2013 Mercedes Benz C300 price N6,200,000 - N10,000,000
Tokunbo 2014 Mercedes Benz C300 price N13,200,000 – N25,000,000
Tokunbo 2015 Mercedes Benz C300 price N13,300,000 – N25,100,000
Tokunbo 2016 Mercedes Benz C300 price N13,400,000 – N25,200,000
Tokunbo 2017 Mercedes Benz C300 price N13,400,000 – N25,500,000

Locally used Mercedes Benz C300 price list

Model Price in Nigerian Naira
Nigerian used 2008 Mercedes Benz C300 price N2,700,000 – N3,600,000
Nigerian used 2009 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,400,000 – N8,200,000
Nigerian used 2010 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,300,000​ – N8,300,000​
Nigerian used 2011 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,300,000 – N8,500,000
Nigerian used 2012 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,400,000​ – N8,600,000​
Nigerian used 2013 Mercedes Benz C300 price N3,400,000​ – N8,700,000​
Nigerian used 2015 Mercedes Benz C300 price N12,000,000 – N15,500,000
Nigerian used 2016 Mercedes Benz C300 price N12,100,000​ – N15,600,000​

it helps in a Nigeria full of scam

SweetBuns:
Lucky kids.
When I was their age, I was still playing with sand and chewing my fathers wooden door.
Its great being a rich kid

I think those old days were cherishable. Rich kids never have such happiness

Oluwasaeon:
They're electric, battery powered

=)))

Boxer Anthony Joshua, the current unified world heavyweight champion, is well known across the world for his decorated career though he’s only at the age of 28 at the moment. Some may wonder why his car collection is not so much impressive as other celebrities while he’s being on top of the sport. The answer is he only became interested in this luxurious kind of toy in his early 20s as he started to gain recognition.

1. Jaguar XJR
Being a fan of Jaguar, the boxer’s garage features the Jaguar XJR as his favorite vehicle. In an interview with The Guardian, he compared a Jag with a watch. He later illustrated that people all can afford a watch. Some watches are available for everyone, some being used by certain people. A Jaguar is like, as his words go, a vehicle for established men. He also praises the auto brand for not only keeping their products classy but adding more sports touches as well.
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2. Range Rover Dynamic
This is not usual Range Rover, it’s exactly a Range Rover that gets special designs for his own. The unique Range Rover SVAutobiographic Dynamic costs him £150,000 (~N79m) to have numerous exterior as well as interior bespoke features done by technical specialists and designers. Among these features are a special storage for sports equipment in the boot and the World Champion Graphite paint finish which is named after the boxer. Additionally, his signature is spread throughout the vehicle while the door handles receive boxing glove patterns.
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3. Audi A3 S-Line
The Guardian confirmed he no longer owned it; however, it’s worth talking about it anyway because the sat-nav his Audi A3 S-Line has was extremely rare that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n14GzTqHfEc
4. Vauxhall Astra
This vehicle was his first car in his collection, hence its cost (£1,500 ~ N727,000) was not what you’ll expect from a world champion’s car. He described the Vauxhall Astra in an interview as a good car which is sturdy and stable.
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You might feel humbled when looking at the cool cars belong to kids of celebrities. Check out these little “extravagant vehicles”.
1) Bentley Continental GT Sport Convertible of Diamond Platnumz’s daughter
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[center]Tanzania music star Diamond Platnumz’s daughter, Latifah Dangote is cruising in her little Bentley Continental GT sports convertible [/center]
2) Upscale cars of Toyin Lawani’s son
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/toyin-lawani-kid-1-6708.jpg[/center]
3) Exotic rides of Mr. P’s children
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/paul-okoye-kids-a6d2.jpg[/center]
[center]Aliona Okoye and Cameron are in their “costly vehicles” with their well-known father, Mr. P[/center]
4) Classic car of Femi-Fanikyodec’s boy
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/aragom-ffk-b223.jpg[/center]
[center]Femi-Fanikyodec’s son, Aragorn Fani-Kayode is driving his luxury automobile[/center]
5) Sporty car of Ifunanya Igwe’s daughter
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/ifunanya-igwe-kid-176d.jpg[/center]
[center]The little girl of actress Ifunanya Igwe, Oyirinnaya Ukpabia is so beautiful in her “sporty” convertible[/center]
6) G-Wagon of Tiwa Savage’s son
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/tiwa-savage-jamil-0be9.jpg[/center]
[center]The boy of songstress Tiwa Savage, Jamil Balogun gets swag with his G-Wagon[/center]
7) Jeep Wrangler of Davido’s daughter
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/imade-adeleke-c49f.jpg[/center]
[center]Davido’s daughter, Imade Adeleke drives a miniature Jeep Wrangler[/center]
Exquisite BMW of Elvis Madu’s boy
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/elvis-madu-42ad.jpg[/center]
[center]Madu, Record label CEO’s son is showing off his pricey BMW[/center]
[center]https://file.naijauto.com/2018/03/20/jAVVbi5R/elvis-madu-1-3e55.jpg[/center]
[center]He also owns a duplicate of his father’s G-Wagon[/center]
Read the article at https://naijauto.com/market-news/see-super-cool-cars-owned-by-celebrities-kids-426