•Tinubu and Obaseki The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, said the hardship in the country is blameable on the policies of the Tinubu-led federal government. This was as hunger protesters in Edo State held a church service on the street, reports The PUNCH. Obaseki, in a statement on yesterday, said his government had implemented [...
•Some street sweepers in Lagos There is an allegation of street begging involving street sweepers in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The first time our correspondent encountered them several months ago, they were four middle-aged women in the familiar lemon-colour jumpsuit of street sweepers in Lagos, commonly known as street managers, re...
•Some Kano street sweepers Kano street sweepers have staged a peaceful protest against the alleged refusal of the Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB) to pay their salaries in the last 10 months. However, in a swift reaction, the Managing Director of the Board, Amadu Haruna Zago, said, “As far as we are concerned, those […]...
The Lagos State Government took enforcement action today against street hawkers and handcart pushers in different areas of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a statement, with some of those arrested being interrogated and prosecuted. “As I instructed, Special Squad O...
•Street beggars Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly today discussed the idea of a law to curb street begging across the State. The law, if it comes into existence, would also penalise encouragement of street begging by residents. In this way, it would be an offence to give money to a street beggar. […]
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