The price of de-stoned local rice has dropped marginally by between six and 10 per cent in Enugu markets, causing many residents to shift patronage to the brand. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that dealers in the commodity attributed…
Kogi orders closure of Zango Market over security concerns
The Kogi State government has ordered the closure of Zango Market in Osara due to rising security concerns in the area. The decision was announced on Wednesday by the state’s Information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo.Fanwo stated that the government had received…
Many trapped as 2-storey building collapses in Anambra market
A two-storey building still under construction and housing traders and shop owners collapsed at the Eke Amawbia market in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Thursday. Although the casualty figure has not been officially ascertained, it was gathered that lives…
They hypnotised me. They took my money. Then God showed up
I was already at Barracks bus stop by 6pm.that day. Barracks is the second to the last bus stop to my home. I closed my shop early at 4pm by the way my is shop at Apongbon on Lagos Island.…
I used my 16-year-old as bait for food
I am not proud of myself but I did what any mother who is desperate would do. In these days of kidnap and rape, I exposed my teenage daughter to evil men and I am really sorry. I used her…
See, I’m cheating on my husband but I don’t want to leave him!
Last week, they were talking about the story of a woman who was beaten to death by her husband because she refused him sex! That woman was one of us here in the market, she used to sell here. Some…
I was looking for a husband and almost got stripped naked in public
I began a desperate search for a husband when all my girlfriends started getting married, plus my siblings, even the boys were getting steady girlfriends and talks of marriage was rife. I was their middle sister, in a family with…
Some dreams are not ordinary dreams o. Hear my story first
I want to start my story by saying that some people are just bad for business; they are the reason a lot of people who are in business go into all forms of fetish things. I am not in support…
The guilt sent my mother to an early grave
I remember my mother of blessed memory. Maami as we fondly called her passed on a few years ago from a guilty conscience. That’s the only thing I think could have killed my physically strong mother. Maami was a devout…
Traders protest in Festac as government aims to demolish Agboju market (Guardian)
Traders in one of the main Festac markets, Agboju market, Monday, protested what they called an “illegal demolition order” of the market. A few of the traders, who spoke to The Guardian, accused the local government of being behind the…