•Tinubu The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has given a one-month moratorium to traders and other market stakeholders involved in exploitative pricing to crash the prices of goods. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, said this at a one-day stakeholders engagement on exploitative pric...
•Shops Traders, especially of the northern extraction at Igbudu market in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, have dissociated themselves from the August 1 planned hardship protest. This is just as the traders have built a security architecture around their stores and wares against looters who might want to hijack the prot...
A section of Ilepo Market at Oke Odo, Lagos State, has been set on fire as hoodlums clashed with traders in the market over bet money. Some witnesses told our correspondent that the crisis started yesterday evening and escalated today, reports Daily Trust. The police are on the ground trying to restore normalcy. “One of […]
•Policemen at a checkpoint at the border Traders, clearing agents and drivers have expressed concerns over the proliferation of checkpoints mounted by security operatives on the Seme Border-Mile 2 corridor. They alleged that many of the “illegal” checkpoints were mounted to extort them, a situation they said was stifling their businesses, repo...
Following the depreciation of the Nigerian currency(Naira) in the past few months, further setbacks have hit the West African market region’s local currency as trans-border traders have started rejecting the currency. Findings across the Seme border show that the traders on both sides are now preferring either the CFA or the domestic currency ...
•Market women As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts, traders in Kano have continued to lament poor patronage by customers. Some of the traders who spoke to our correspondent yesterday in Kano attributed the situation to the low purchasing power of customers, reports NAN. A food stuff dealer, Malam Tanko Idris, said that, compared [&hellip...
Igbo traders and businessmen in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, under the aegis of the Igbo Traders Association, closed their shops today in protest against alleged intimidation and over-taxation of their businesses by the state revenue agency, the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS). It was gathered that the development left many tr...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have ordered the Orilowo Market in Agboyi-Ketu to register under the Local Council Development Area, LCDA, before commencing operation. This decision was made as a sequel to a peaceful protest and petition from the Orilowo perishable goods marketers to the House of Assembly over their inability to [...
•The market One person has died following a clash between two traders in the Oluwole Market in Ogba, Lagos State. Trouble ensued when two men, Hausa and Yoruba, were engaged in a verbal exchange leading to a fight and the eventual death of one who was stabbed by his opponents, reports Channels TV. According to […]
The entrance to the Lagos State House of Assembly was barricaded by protesters who are members and traders under the aegis of the Orilowo Perishable Food Market Association for ignoring her petition. The protest, led by the Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR), in collaboration with civil society stakeholders, demanded immediate a...
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