Monday Market Maiduguri

2023 - 2 - 26

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Fire guts Maiduguri Monday Market (Premium Times)

The fire, which started at about midnight, continued to gut hundreds of shops within the market till dawn on Sunday.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Some of them were seen in tears. The Maiduguri Monday market fire may have caused the traders to lose their wares worth billions of naira. Information officer of the market management, Bawa Gana, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that “the fire has burned the whole market complex.” Established about 35 years ago as Maiduguri Monday Market Ltd, the market, rated as the largest in the North-east region, has continued to be the mainstay of the Borno State’s economy. Sources familiar with the incident said the fire started at about midnight when residents of the city, who had spent most of their day voting in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, had retired to bed.

Zulum announces N1bn for emergency relief to victims of Maiduguri ... (Daily Post Nigeria)

The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has announced an emergency relief of one billion naira to provide urgent support to victims of.

We have to find ways of ensuring this unfortunate fire disaster does not happen again and we will work together to ensure this, bi iznillah” “We are setting up an assessment committee that will comprise respectable individuals from our society including representatives of the victims, for us to speedily assess damages, and take a comprehensive list of those affected and their losses. I know how bad you feel and insha’Allah, the Borno State Government is already taking the following measures to ameliorate the situation:

Fire Guts Monday Market in Maiduguri (PR Nigeria News)

An early morning fire has engulfed the popular Monday Market at the heart of Maiduguri, Borno State. It was gathered that the fire started around 2am on Sunday ...

Zulum announces N1bn relief for Maiduguri market fire - FRCN HQ (Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria)

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has announced an emergency relief of N1 billion to support victims of Maiduguri's Monday Market fire, ...

The Minister described the incident as “unfortunate and a great loss to the nation’s economy”. He commended the immediate response of Governor Zulum to the fire disaster, and directed “effective coordination and collaboration” between federal and state agencies. In a statewide broadcast soon after visiting the scene of the disaster, the Governor also announced that the military have mobilised to “secure the area to prevent a breakdown of law and order”.

Goods Worth Millions Of Naira Lost In Maiduguri Market Inferno (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Scores of traders at Maiduguri Monday Market, Borno State were left distraught as properties worth millions of naira were consumed by a raging inferno early ...

The police rapid response squad and the military shot into the air to disperse the angry crowd while also throwing teargas. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started around between 2 and 3 am. The angry youths pulled down posters of the state governor and politicians while screaming “Ba muso, bamuso” (we don’t want, we don’t want).

Traders count losses as fire razes Borno biggest market - Daily Trust (Daily Trust)

Monday Market in Maiduguri, the biggest in Borno State, has been gutted by fire, destroying many shops and property worth billions of naira. Daily Trust.

Our correspondents observed a large number of youths looting from the goods that were saved from the raging fire. “It’s a great loss the economy, it’s a great loss to our livelihood, especially now that the people have started recovering from the devastation of Boko Haram insurgency,” he said. “The market is the destination of all good that are brought into Maiduguri from Kano, Lagos, and even outside Nigeria.

Buhari, Tinubu, Others Grieve Over Maiduguri Market Fire Incident (THISDAY Newspapers)

*Shettima donates N100m to victims. Deji Elumoye, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri. President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential ...

We sympathise with the state government and people of Borno state, especially the traders whose livelihoods have gone up in flames following the fire incident. Zulum, in his broadcast in Hausa and Kanuri languages to the people of the state, said: “My fellow people of Borno State, we woke up today with a very sad and unfortunate fire disaster at the Maiduguri Monday market. “It saddens my heart to address you this afternoon on the unfortunate fire incident at Maiduguri Monday market. We understand that goods and shops worth billions of naira have been destroyed by the raging fire. We thank Almighty Allah that there was no report of loss of life in the incident. “We are setting up an assessment committee that will comprise respectable individuals from our society including representatives of the victims, for us to speedily assess damages, and take comprehensive list of those affected and their losses. I know how bad you feel and insha’Allah, the Borno State Government is already taking the following measures to ameliorate the situation: The former Lagos State governor in a statement issued Sunday by his Media Office and signed by Mr. Babagana Zulum and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, expressed sadness over the fire that razed the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State. Many rely on daily businesses in order to cater for themselves. This is very unfortunate but we believe that this is decreed by Allah. He also commiserated with the state government and the entire people of Borno over the unfortunate incident and expressed the belief that the appropriate authorities would find out the cause of the incident with a view to preventing a recurrence.