Scores of traders at the Rumuwoji Mile 1 market, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital have staged a peaceful protest at the Government House over alleged plans by some individuals to take their shops through the back door.
The Rivers State Government has assured the Rumuwoji Mile 1 Market traders of plans to reopen the market in January 2024, five years after it was shut. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the market, located in Port Harcourt city, was gutted by fire in 2016 and rebuilt in 2019 by the Nyesom