Traders and associates have felicitated the Babaloja (market leader) of Computer Village, Ikeja, Adeniyi Augustine Olasoji, on his 68th birthday. The birthday wishes were showered on the market leader for his astute leadership and all-inclusive administration in the market. Olasoji marked his birthday by championing and supervising the distribution of food palliatives among traders in the market. A native of …

The Lagos State Government and the Agege Local Government have ordered traders and beggars on rail tracks along the Agege corridor to vacate before strict enforcement and demolition. At a stakeholders meeting on Sunday with illegal occupants, owners of shanties, traders, and those begging for alms on the rail tracks, the government told them to vacate the area with immediate …

The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed tactics used by scammers to obtain items from traders in Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, issued the warning on his Twitter page, cautioning traders to be vigilant about their trading partners. In his official post, the PRO shared, “Traders, this is for you. Something happened for …

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the biometric enumeration of traders, artisans, industrialists and members of cooperative societies in the state. While unveiling the exercise tagged ‘Ise D’otun’ in Ibadan, the Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Olubunmi Oni, stated that the exercise would help the government ascertain the details of traders, artisans, industrialists and members of cooperative societies …

Commodity dealers at the popular Singer Market have entered into an agreement with the Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC) to maintain stable prices of goods. Earlier, stores belonging to the dealers were clamped down by officials of PCACC which led to an investigation which revealed that the commodity dealers were not party to the hoarding of goods in the …

Traders on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, which is still undergoing rehabilitation risk jail terms as the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi on Saturday, ordered the arrest of persons trading on the completed section of the Aba axis of the road. Expressing his disappointment over the activities of the traders, the minister who was inspecting the project, ordered his security …

Traders in the popular Bridgehead Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra State have asked the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to allow them to elect their leaders as against the existing caretaker committee imposed on them by the state government. In a statement in Onitsha, on Wednesday, the traders, under the aegis of ‘Concerned People of Ogbogu’ threatened legal action if …

Barely a week to Sallah, ram sellers at the Kara end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday lamented low sales, blaming the low patronage on the prevailing economic situation and the sudden increase in the cost of transporting the animals from the northern part of the country. Similarly, some buyers said that ram prices had gone up, lamenting that it …

One person was allegedly shot dead, yesterday, when officers of Amotekun Corps, in Ekiti State, clashed with traders at the popular Atikankan area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Trouble reportedly started after the Amotekun officers were trying to relocate the traders from the Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti to a new area allocated to them by the government at …