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Health and Environment

Abuja communities choke on trash as authorities fail to act

COMMUNITIES within Nyanya and Karshi in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) continue to be overwhelmed by decaying garbage due...
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News

Beggars, others sue Wike, demands N500m over alleged rights violation

SCAVENGERS, beggars and other vulnerables in Abuja have sued the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, and demanded...
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Crime

Police moves to clampdown on scavengers in FCT

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has moved to clampdown on scavengers, popularly known as ‘Baban Bola’, in...
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Environment

Scavengers defy ban, operate freely in Abuja

MOST residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rely on scavengers or cart pushers, popularly known as ‘Mai Bola’...
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Featured News

One Man’s Waste, Another’s Wealth

Our reporter, Samuel Malik, writes about the interesting lifestyle that scavengers, commonly referred to in the North as Baban...
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