ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).

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 Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...

INEC SET TO IMPLEMENT CAMPAIGN EXPENSES RULES AS THEY LIFT CAMPAIGN BAN FOR 2015 ELECTIONS.

                        It was confirmed by the Electoral Commission yesterday monday that they have officially lifted the ban on campaigns for 2015 elections.According to the Chief Press Secretary of INEC Chairmam Mr Kayode Idowu said ''The commission has put structures inplace to track expenditures.That structure did not exist in 2011,but now,we have been able to put structures in place to track the expenditure of politicians and we are going to be doing that.Section 91,sub section 2-7 of the Electoral Act,dwells on limitation on Election expenses.The maximum elections expenses to be incurred by a candidate at a presidential,governorship election shall be N1 billion and N200 million,respectively.The maximum amount of election expenses to be incured of Senatorial seat by a candidate and House of Representatives shall be N40 million and N20 million respectively.While in the case of State Assembly election,the maximum amount of election expenses to be incurred shall be N10 million.Section 9{10} said,a candidate who knowing acts in contravention of this section commits an offence''.

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