Again, fire guts popular Balogun market, goods worth millions of Naira destroyed

 Building being gutted by fire at popolar Balogun market today, March 3, 2015: Pix by Mega StarNews

Barely two months after an early morning fire gutted about 50 lockup shops and five buildings, destroying property and goods worth millions of naira at the extension of the popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island, this afternoon, Monday 2 March, again, fire disaster has visited the same Balogun Market this afternoon as another building is being razed down by fire.

The cause of the fire which started around 12 noon still remains unknown but men of the fire service are currently there working to put off the fire.

The inferno is about spreading to the other buildings besides the 3-storey building.

Luckily, no life has been reported lost.

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SON destroyed sub-standard goods worth N5 billion in 11 months

Sub-standard goods seized by SON

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that it destroyed substandard goods worth N5 billion in the first 11 months of 2014.

The Head, Inspectorate and Compliance of SON, Mr Bede Obayi told journalist during the destruction of some of the goods at the agency's dumpsite in Shagamu, Ogun that they were impounded from several locations in the country.

He said that most of the goods found their way into the country through unapproved routes along the borders in different parts of the country.