Tag: shops

  • 666 medicine shops shut down in Kaduna

    666 medicine shops shut down in Kaduna

    666 medicine shops shut down in Kaduna The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 666 illegal medicine shops in Kaduna State for operating illegally and violating National Drug Distribution Guidelines. The enforcement exercise, which began earlier in the week, targeted open drug markets and other locations across the state, where medicines were being sold…

  • Fire destroys 40 shops in Abuja market

    Fire destroys 40 shops in Abuja market

    Fire destroys 40 shops in Abuja market A fire outbreak on Friday night damaged a section of the popular Kaura Modern Market, located opposite the Prince and Princess Market in Abuja’s Kaura District.  The inferno, which apparently began about 11 p.m. on Friday, destroyed over 40 shops, destroying products such as food, appliances, and household goods.…

  • Fire razes five buildings in Lagos market, 40 shops in Kano

    Fire razes five buildings in Lagos market, 40 shops in Kano

    Fire razes five buildings in Lagos market, 40 shops in Kano   A four-storey building collapsed and four others destroyed along with goods worth millions of naira in a fire that ravaged the Dosunmu part of Idumota Market in Lagos State on Wednesday. This came as Kano State Fire Service said fire also razed 40…

  • Flood Washes Away 30 Shops in Anambra Market

    Flood Washes Away 30 Shops in Anambra Market

    Many traders have recorded heavy losses at the Relief Market in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra as flood at the weekend, washed away shops, electric poles and cables in the market. There had been a heavy downpour on Saturday. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, Mr. David Obidike, disclosed this during a tour…

  • Sit-at-home: Soludo Orders Schools, Banks, Shops, Parks to Open on Mondays

    Sit-at-home: Soludo Orders Schools, Banks, Shops, Parks to Open on Mondays

    Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday ordered all markets, schools, banks, public servants and motor parks in the state to resume normal activities with effect from Monday, April 4, 2022. Speaking at the Women Development Centre in Awka, the state capital, Soludo expressed unhappiness that the state, and indeed the whole of the South-east,…

  • Fire Razes Shops At Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Lagos

    Fire Razes Shops At Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Lagos

    An inferno has gutted the popular Ladipo spare parts market in Lagos State, destroying goods worth millions of naira. Daily Trust gathered that the fire started in the late hours of Friday at exactly 22:54 hours. Following the distress call, the nearby Isolo Fire Station of the Lagos State Fire Service was drafted to douse the…

  • Two die as Lagos hoodlums clash, loot shops

    Two die as Lagos hoodlums clash, loot shops

    Two people have been reportedly killed in a clash between two cults on Iya Agan Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the cultists, who engaged one another in a free-for-all with different weapons, including guns, also looted shops in the community. Our correspondent learnt that the fight, which happened…

  • 294 shops, two bungalows, others burnt in Lagos plank market fire

    294 shops, two bungalows, others burnt in Lagos plank market fire

    At least 294 shops and two bungalows were completely razed when a night fire raged at the Oke-Afa Planks and Building Materials Market in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State on Friday. The cause of the inferno that started around 9pm on Friday was yet to be ascertained, said the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…