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,” ...
According sources,two Moroccan women {Hairdressers} aged 23 and 29,have been acquitted of ''Gross indecency'' charges after they went on trial for wearing short skirts.The women were arrested on June 16 2015,in a market in lnezgane,near Agadir,after being heckled by market traders.Their case sparked a national outcry and an internet petition calling the arrest an attack on personal freedom,attracted thousands of signature.Defense Attorney Houcine Bekkar Sbai said ''This is a victory not only for these two women but for all members of civil society who mobilized''.Fouzia Assouli ,head of the LDDF women's rights organization,confirmed the acquittals handed down by a court in the southern city of Agadir said ''This acquittal is positive and shows that wearing this type of clothing {a skirt or dress} is not a crime''.One more photo below. 
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