Tag: scavengers
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Wike orders demolition of scavengers’ colony in Abuja
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of the scavengers’ colony along the road corridor cutting across Mabushi, Jahi, and Kado Districts. Wike gave the order in Abuja on Tuesday, when he visited the area, officially
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Pandemonium as 20 petrol scavengers roasted to death along Sapele-Benin
The fatal accident which occurred at about 12.15 am was said to have been as a result of a spark from a vehicle which reportedly ignited the fuel that had spilled from an overturned tanker on the expressway.
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Okonjo-Iweaa speaks out on allegations that she tagged Amaechi, Fashola ‘scavengers’
Former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has slammed those she termed “mischief-makers” for “putting words” in her mouth, saying she described former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Raji Fashola, now ministers, as scavengers. Okonjo-Iweala, who was also a former minister of finance during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was reacting to reports…