Beggars

Controversial 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…

No fewer than 508 beggars were arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board between January and June for allegedly violating the law banning street begging.Malam Dahiru Nuhu of the board’s Anti-Begging Unit told the News Agency of Nigeria…

Many petty street traders and beggars have continued invading major bus stops, interjections, road corridors and pedestrian bridges or over-head bridges located within the heart of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…

The FCT Social Development Secretariat (SDS) has so far evacuated 789 beggars, mentally derailed and other social miscreants from the street between 2015 to 2017 in Abuja.The Acting Secretary, FCT Social Development Secretariat (SDS),…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 96 beggars in May for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state capital.Malam Dahiru Muhammed, , an official of the board’s Anti-begging Unit, told the News Agency of…

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it would partner with the state governments in the northern part of the country in a bid to stem the influx of beggars into the state and address street begging.The state’s Commissioner for…

In a move similar to what he did as the FCT minister, the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has ordered security operatives to ensure a strict enforcement of the ban on street begging, hawking as well as commercial motorcyclists…

The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested 226 beggars for allegedly violating the law banning street begging along the major streets of the state capital.The officer in charge of the Anti-begging Unit of the board, Malam Musa Sangaya, in…

The Rivers Government says it will take measures  towards discouraging chronically ill persons from wandering and begging along the streets.Rivers Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Banigo, said this while speaking to newsmen after a strategic…

Hundreds of beggars under the aegis of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities took their grevienacies to the Kaduna State House on Monday demanding the withdrawal of the Anti-begging law passed by the state.The…

Beggars and hawkers in Kaduna state took to the street yesterday to decry Governor Nasir El-Rufai's Anti-Begging law.The bill was assented by the Governor last week and the effect will be to ban Street hawking and begging in Kaduna…

The Lagos State Government is set to send all beggars on the streets of the state packing.The order was delivered by the Commissioner of Youth and Social Development, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf on behalf of the state government.…

The Director General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Abba Sufi has revealed that the board repatriated 60,822 beggars to their respective states of origin and other countries between 2014 and 2015.Sufi while speaking with the News…

Eleven street beggars take their begging to court when fined a N1, 000 each for street begging by an Ilorin Magistrates' Court yesterday.The beggars were convicted of a one-count charge of street begging which the prosecutor said…