Traders in Akwa Ibom State have appealed to Governor Umo Eno to constitute a taskforce to enforce his Executive Order banning all forms of market cartels, unions and cabals towards crashing the exhobitant prices of food in the state. LEADERSHIP…
Gov. Eno doles out N1.5b interest-free loans to traders
Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday announced a N1.5 billion interest-free loans to Akwa Ibom traders. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the loans are to be managed by the Ibom Fadama Micro Finance Bank.…
3 traders jailed 7 months each for accusing man of witchcraft
A Jos Area Court has sentenced three traders, Usman Ibrahim, 29, Ibrahim kabiru, 36, Mohammed Abubakar, 30 to seven months imprisonment each for beating up and accusing a man of witchcraft. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos sentenced the three defendants on…
LAWMA clears roadside traders at Lagos market
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has dislodged traders engaged in roadside trading around Oyingbo Market in Lagos for constituting environmental nuisance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market is currently sealed for various environmental infractions. The…
Task Force clears traders under Apongbon Bridge in overnight raid
The Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force) says it carried out an all night raid to clear illegal structures and business centres under Apongbon Bridge, Lagos Island. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, disclosed this to…
Alaba Market Demolition- Ohanaeze expresses concern over plight of Igbo traders
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed concern over the lingering problems in Lagos over the planned demolition of some property at the Alaba Market dominated by Igbo traders. The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, stated this in…
Panic, confusion as traders, petrol stations reject old naira notes in Abakaliki
Residents of Abakaliki have urged the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, address the nation in a nationwide national broadcast on the suspension/extension of the deadline for the old naira note swap. The residents who spoke to the…
Many injured as hoodlums clash with traders at Alaba International Market
There was tension early Wednesday as many people were injured as traders at the popular Alaba International Market clashed inside the market in the Ojo area of Lagos State. The hoodlums also vandalised some vehicles, belonging to the traders and…
4 die in cow sellers, Fulani traders, OPC clash
A clash between some Fulani traders and Bororo cow sellers as well as some members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Friday night have claimed four persons in Kwara State. The scuffle, which was said to have started between some…
I almost got killed by a train – Gbubemi Atimomo
…reflections on the lack of safety precautions along our train tracks I was confronted by my mortality a couple of days ago. It was a regular day: nothing unusual had happened to make me suspect I would experience a potentially…