Street Begging
20 Dec
The Lagos State Environmental Task force has arrested 27 persons, including 15 minors involved in the unlawful act of street begging in the middle of vehicular traffic/hold-ups.
4 Dec
The House of Representatives on Wednesday said it will investigate the Abuja Rehabilitation Centre located in Bwari Area Council and the Social Protection Programmes of the Federal Capital Territory. The lower chamber noted that if the lack of adequate funding and ineffective social protection programmes persist, street begging will remain intractable. The House made the…
22 Oct
Disturbed by lingering cases of insecurity, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to evacuate beggars from the
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