IPad stuck on "sign into iCloud" pop up

Hey everybody,
I have searched online for the past 2 hours trying to sort this, and before I launch my iPad across the room, I thought I would take a shot at enquiring in here to see if anyone can help me.
I turned my iPad on today for the first time since moving house. Upon turning on I was greeted with something along the lines of "iPad has not been backed up in 3 weeks, sign in to back up now". So, I enter my password and it says it's incorrect. There is an option to reset it, which I click, but I cannot get on the internet as I'm yet to connect to the wifi. I cancel the dialog box and am now being continually harassed by "sign into iCloud". By the time I cancel one, another appears!
As I've just moved home I can't even connect to the wifi through these bloody pop ups. Nor do I longer have a laptop to plug it into and use to access iTunes; it has all be set up over wifi.
I have tried the reset (holding down home and power button) to no avail, and obviously Apple advisors are not available at this hour.
I am seriously losing patience and I'm really hoping someone here can help me :(.
Many thanks in advance ! X

Dear Sky,
I did consider that before posting. My mom was having this exact same issue today. This post came up on my google search when I was searching for solutions. Coley1991 describes the issue very well. I noticed that no solution was ever posted and that 84 other people in the last 6months have had this issue. Therefore I decided to post a solution for the record... for the archives...for the future poor souls who fall into this aggravating iCloud/wifi/apple ID log in trap and are a hair away from smashing their device on a rock out of frustration. I hope it helps.

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