Tension gripped residents early this morning as a fire broke out at a market in the popular Trademore Estate, located along Umar Musa Yar’Adua/Airport Road in Abuja. The cause of the fire remains unknown at the time of this report. An eyewitness, Tosin Adeleke, told our correspondent that chaos erupted around 4 a.m. when the […]
•An Abuja market A woman trader simply identified as Rukaiyyat slumped after she lost N2.3 million cash at Abaji main market of the FCT. A witness, Yakubu Musa, said the incident happened on Friday, around 9:45am when she went to the market to buy farm produce, reports Daily Trust. He said the woman, who always […]
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed plans by his administration to introduce a price control mechanism in the state, as well as the reintroduction of bulk purchases for food items Governor Abiodun also disclosed that henceforth, all forms of market levies have been suspended, noting that onl...
•Fire razes shops The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has reported a fire outbreak at the popular Itamaga Plank market, Ikorodu in Lagos State. A statement by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor today said it received distress calls and immediately activated its Lion Squad from the Agbowa Base. Upon arrival at...
•Central Bank of Nigeria Major banks are on course to raise N1.26 trillion in the capital market. It is in a bid to meet recapitalisation conditions set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), reports The Nation. Zenith Bank will today complete the pre-offer process for a N188.4 billion rights issue. FCMB Group will tomorrow […]
•An explosion An explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. A resident of Buni, Ali Hassan told our correspondent via telephone, that the incident happened at around 12.30 PM today, injuring a girl, reports Channels TV. The […...
•Scene of the incident Four people were reportedly killed at the popular Jattu Market in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State following the heavy trees that fell on them during the early morning rain today. This is even as scores of others were seriously injured by the incident, which, according to eyewitnesses, […]
•Illegal waste disposal Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has issued a 48-hour abatement notice to Oyingbo market executives over indiscriminate waste disposal and other environmental infractions. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Commissioner for the ministry, Tokunbo Wahab, today. This development wa...
Traders in the Karu market in Abuja were left wailing uncontrollably following a fire outbreak in the market late yesterday, with one of them confirming that she lost over N10 million in the inferno. Recall that The Frontier had earlier today reported a fire outbreak at the Karu market in Abuja. Speaking to Channels Television […]
The popular Karu modern market in the nation’s capital, Abuja was yesterday evening gutted by fire. The fire incident, whose cause could not be ascertained at the moment, was said to have affected a section of the market, reports Nigerian Tribune. At the time of filing the report, firefighters who had difficulty earlier in gaining […]
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