ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
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,” ...
Today wednesday,a court on Mumbai ruled that Salman Khan will be sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of killing a homeless man in a hit and run in Mumbai.Khan was charged with culpable homicide over the 2002 incident,where five homeless people including the victim were run over.Three were also seriously injured.The actor had been on bail since October 25,2002.The court found him guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304-ll of the IPC for an act committed with knowledge that it could result in someone's death.All charges against him have been proven and a Times Now report stated that he was driving the car under the influence of alcohol.Prosecutors accused Khan of slamming into the homeless people after losing control of his Toyota land cruiser following an evening spent drinking at an up market bar.The actor claimed his driver had been driving at the time but a judge in Mumbai court today on wednesday ruled Khan was behind the wheel and had been drinking before the crash.His driver testified in court last month that he had been behind the wheel and crashed the vehicle because a tyre had burst.Salman Khan has appeared in more than 80 hindi language movies during his 27 years of his career.One more photo below.
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