Tag: Beggars
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CARTOON OF THE DAY: The people that must leave FCT
CARTOON OF THE DAY: The people that must leave FCT
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We will start picking up Beggars in Abuja from Monday — Wike
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has issued a warning to roadside beggars to desist from the act or risk being arrested by enforcement agents.
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We’re hungry, end protests, street beggars in Kano beg
Some street beggars in Kano have appealed to the organisers of the ongoing nationwide protests to sheath their swords in the interest of humanity. Baba Haliru, a 70-year-old beggar from Rigiyar Zaki, told NAN that survival has become extremely challenging due to the protests.
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Teni sends strong message to Nigerian Beggars
Afrobeat singer, Teniola Akpata, popularly known as Teni has send a strong message to beggars
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I’m rich doesn’t mean you should ask me for money – Tiwa Savage slams online Beggars
Popular Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage has slammed online Beggers who constantly beg her for money to attend to their personal needs.
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Lagos commences massive arrest of beggars, lunatics; nabs 128 (Photos)
The Lagos State Government has begun massive onslaught against beggars and lunatics across the state as it arrested 128 of them. The raid was carried out on Monday across the metropolis as government vowed to rid the state off beggars, lunatics and street traders. Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development carried out…
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Photos: Lagos Beggars storm Sanwo-Olu’s office, protest indiscriminate arrest, incarceration
Over 1,000 beggars on Tuesday blocked the entrance of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Governor’s Office to protest undue harassment and arrest by officials of the state government. The beggars, who came in over 10 buses and seven tricycles barricaded the entrance to the Assembly and demanded that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu addressed…
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Emir Sanusi to beggars: If you must beg, beg govt not individuals
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Saturday called on people who beg for alms or other forms of assistance from individuals and relatives to instead direct their begging to the government. Sanusi made the call at the National Conference on Alarammomi (Qur’anic Teachers) organised by Centre for Qur’anic Reciters in Nigeria with…
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Police arrest 4 men using sick people as beggars
Police in Lagos have arrested four men who allegedly specialised in using an unregistered NGO to defraud people under the guise of soliciting funds for the sick. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Edgal Imohimi, said the suspects pretended to be gathering money from the public for the treatment of sick people but eventually…
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Beggars will start paying taxes in Nigeria – Adeosun
…as FG hires asset tracers to go after 150 money bags in Nigeria The Federal Government has said there will be no hiding place for tax evaders in the country as even the beggars will now start paying taxes from their ‘income’. The government has also engaged the services of asset tracing-companies to investigate the…