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,” ...
The death toll from the wednesday petrol station explosion in Ghana's capital Accra has risen to at least 150.Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama has declared three days of mourning,as officials commence investigation on the cause of the massive tragedy.The blast occured as people sought shelter at Goil filling station,and nearby shops,to escape from the heavy down pour.It is a pity people so full of life,lost their life that way,but i keep getting the thought that someone among the crowd in the filling station must have been smoking just to keep warm,and that might have started the fire.That is my own theory and the police should not over look it.More photos below. 
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