CBN Fines Banks ₦150 Million Over Naira Note Hawking

CBN Naira Note Hawking

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed a fine of ₦150 million on Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) found guilty of supplying mint naira notes to currency hawkers. EDITOR’S PICKS  PDP Declares Ethiope East Federal Seat Vacant Following Ibori-Suenu’s Defection to APC Retired Principals Call for Recognition and Better Welfare from Government BREAKING: IGP Egbetokun … Read more

Lagos Intensifies War Against Street Trading, Arrests Hawkers On Highways, Roads

File photo: Street traders

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has effected the arrest of more than 25 hawkers in syndicated raids across the state. The Corps Marshal of the Agency, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (retd) made the disclosure at the Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi, on Thursday. EDITOR’S PICKS Tinubu Transmits 28-man List Of Ministerial Nominees … Read more

Lagos Sets To Begin Arrest Of Street Beggars, Hawkers

Lagos Sets To Begin Arrest Of Street Beggars, Hawkers

Dawodu said beggars on Lagos streets and roads constituted considerable nuisance to law abiding citizens, who were entitled to go about their businesses without any fear or hindrance. The Lagos State Government through its Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun Dawodu, has said that the state government has set up a special team to … Read more

Two Hawkers Crushed To Death On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Lagos-Ibadan-expressway

The driver of the truck, marked SMK 82 XY, lost control, skidded off the road and rammed into the roadside hawkers, killing them on the spot Two female hawkers were crushed to death by a truck around Lotto, inbound Lagos, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde … Read more

LAGESC Steps Up Clampdown On Illegal Street Trading

Lagos Government Arrests Popcorn Seller For Attacking Officials With Knife, Charms

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) is stepping up its operations and ensuring total clampdown on recalcitrant traders disobeying various warnings and advocacy on illegal street trading and hawking in different parts of Lagos. The Corps Marshal of the Agency, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (rtd), who disclosed this on Wednesday at the Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi added … Read more