LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions are coming from Balogun Market traders over the shift in the resumption date for business activities after the December 24 closure of the market for the Christmas and New Year holidays. The caretaker management committee inaugurated in December to manage the complex had shifted the resumption date from January 4…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Festac residents and traders at the Olorunda Oyinlola Market on 23 Road, Festac Town, Lagos have berated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for giving the go-ahead on the demolition of the market by officials of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government under the supervision of armed soldiers. Speaking, one of the traders who is also…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were feared killed and many vehicles destroyed after members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), tricycle operators and traders from Ladipo spare parts market clashed at Five-Star bus stop on Oshodi-Apapa expressway yesterday. Stray bullets reportedly hit the deceased, said to be traders. The incident forced traders…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Oba Market in Benin City, capital of Edo State, was Monday morning gutted by fire. The fire, said to have started at midnight, affected mostly those selling wears. The Oba Market fire is the fourth in the series of markets in Benin razed by fire. First to experience such ugly…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Etegue and Okutukutu in Yenagoa Local Government area of Bayelsa state has urged Governor DOUYE Diri to Shelve its proposed plan to demolish illegal structures. Empire Otuzi the Representative of the Etegue and Okutukutu of the Tombia Junction an emerging commercial nerve centre told journalists that…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some men in Onitsha allegedly went into town to condemn traders who increased prices of food items. A female garri seller was however dealt with as a big bowl of her garri was thrown away by the said meen who were angry that she increased the price of her goods from N500…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six persons have been arrested following a bloody clash between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders in Accra. Three persons, according to the police, were injured during the Monday morning fight at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.The fight follows the closure of shops belonging to some Nigerian traders. Earlier report suggested that the aggrieved Nigerian traders…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), yesterday, gave a final ultimatum to foreigners involved in retail trade to leave the markets. In furtherance with the eviction order, GUTA, consented to open temporarily, all recently closed shops to enable the owners pack their wares and move out. The traders Union in a…