Tag: Traders
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Delta govt. pull down structures under high tension wires, evacuate traders along roadside
Pursuance to the directives of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, the Ughelli north local government chairman, Hon. Godwin Adode has evacuated all traders and businessmen along over busy East/West road at Otovwodo-Ughelli junction. The council boss who was on ground to supervise the exercise told journalists that the need to evacuate all those trading…
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Protest: Apo traders block FCT Minister’s gate
Angry members of the Apo Traders Association (ATASS), on Tuesday blocked the main entrance gate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister’s office.
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Ekiti govt to arrest, prosecute traders rejecting old naira notes – Oyebanji
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has said the government would arrest and prosecute traders and service providers who reject the old N500 and N1000 denominations. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Yinka Olubode, and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, Oyebanji appealed to traders and business owners in…
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[Videos/photos]: Many wounded as traders clash with area boys in Alaba International market
Traders have reportedly clashed with area boys at the Alaba International market in Lagos state this morning. Yet to be confirmed reports have it that traders are against the unnecessary demand of money by the area boys popularly called Agberos in the area. The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, says the…
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Apongbon Bridge: Sanwo-Olu issues 3-day ultimatum to traders to vacate
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday issued a three days ultimatum to traders under the Apogbon Bridge in Lagos Island to vacate or risk demolition of the space by Wednesday. Sanwo-Olu gave the warning while driving on the bridge, during the inspection of the blue line rail project.
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100-year-old tree falls in Oyo market, kills four traders
Four people have been confirmed dead after the ancient Odan tree at the Sabo area of Oyo town fell and crushed people that were under it during a downpour. It was gathered that the sad incident occurred on Monday evening when the victims who were mostly traders at the Sabo Market took cover under the…
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Traders groan, protest over demolition of Agboju market
Traders from the Agboju Plank and Building Materials Market, on Wednesday, remonstrated the demolition of their business abode at the Federal Housing Authority office in Festac Town. It was gathered that the Lagos State Government Task Force, on Sunday, destroyed the popular Agboju Market and other ‘illegal’ buildings in Festac Town. Speaking to the newsmen,…
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IPOB: Get cutlasses; defend yourselves or forfeit your shops, Umahi tells Ebonyi traders
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned that traders who comply with the Monday’s sit-at-home order should be ready to forfeit their shops. Umahi issued the warning in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration. He was reacting to the order by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of…
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Ebonyi traders worry over price rise, low patronage
Traders in essential commodities in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, are lamenting the soaring prices of food items which have affected patronage as Muslims prepare for Eid-el-Fitr festival. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that traders selling various foodstuffs such as rice, beans, goats, tomatoes, vegetable oil and palm oil are lamenting. A survey by…
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Graphic Photos/Videos: Three siblings, pregnant woman, eight others die as truck rams into students, traders near entrance of Ondo university
Twelve persons have been confirmed dead while search continues for others in an accident that occurred near the entrance gate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday evening. https://twitter.com/_t4tomiwa/status/1353058525522530310?s=20 The accident was said to have occurred when a truck coming from Obajana in Kogi…