Traders groan as fire razes buildings, shops in Main market
Metro

Traders groan as fire razes buildings, shops in Main market

…The fire started at the White House area of main market where lace materials are sold A two-storey building in the popular main market, Onitsha Anambra State was on Tuesday morning gutted by fire. The fire which started around 4.am, affected the building housing Police block, Onitsha North Local Government office, warehouses and shops in main market. Although

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Return Onwuetiaka as Ose Okwodu market leader - Anambra traders urge Soludo
Business

Return Onwuetiaka as Ose Okwodu market leader – Anambra traders urge Soludo

Traders of Ose Okwodu Market in Onitsha, Anambra State have urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo to return the lawfully elected leadership of Mr. Anthony Onwuetiaka to the Market.The call was in response to a spurious publication in National Light Newspaper on February 6, 2023, where certain persons passed a vote of confidence on the Caretaker Committee

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Traders count loses as fire destroys 15 shops in Anambra
Metro

Traders count loses as fire destroys 15 shops in Anambra

…Goods worth millions of naira were reportedly destroyed by the fire No fewer than 15 shops have been razed by fire in Isuanuocha community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state. Goods worth millions of naira were reportedly destroyed by the inferno which started at about 12am on Wednesday. The Daily Vendor gathered that it

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Traders' protest sponsored to cause crisis in Onitsha market'
Business

Traders’ protest sponsored to cause crisis in Onitsha market’

‘…accused woman leader of plots to impose #6,000 security levy on each trader’ Chairman of Oseokwodu market, Onitsha, Anambra State, Chief Ikechukwu Umeanozie, has described weekend protest to merge Ajasa Street market with Oseokwodu market as sponsored to tarnish his image, extort traders and cause crisis. He alleged that the woman who led the protest

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Akwa Ibom govt orders traders, hawkers to leave streets 1
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Akwa Ibom govt orders traders, hawkers to leave streets

The Akwa Ibom State government on Sunday ordered all hawkers and roadside traders to vacate the streets of Uyo, the state capital, and relocate to designated market areas before February 1. The state’s Commissioner for Environment, Charles Udoh, who gave the directive in a statement, said the order was part of the state’s government’s effort

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Aba Traders Accuse Commissioner, Market Chairman Of Extortion 2
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Aba Traders Accuse Commissioner, Market Chairman Of Extortion

Traders at the Ekeoha shopping centre in Aba, Abia State have accused the state commissioner of Trade and Commissioner, Chief Cosmas Ndukwe and Chairman of the Traders Association, Mr Friday Dimiri, of extortion and indiscriminate erection of shops on open spaces at the market. In a petition to the State House of Assembly, the concerned

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Lockdown: Six feared killed after police opened fire to disperse traders in Kaduna
Tragedy

Lockdown: Six feared killed after police opened fire to disperse traders in Kaduna

About six youths were feared killed yesterday in Kaduna State after a clash between the police and traders. According to report, traders at the Sabon Garri-Trikania market had trooped out for business activities when they could no longer bear the brunt of the stay-at-home order by government. But to enforce the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown order,

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