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 saturday at Magodo area of Lagos,near Ikeja,it was reported that a bungalow collapsed and killed four siblings.The incident occurred around 4:50 am while the siblings were sleeping in the three bedroom bungalow.Spokesperson for Lagos State Emergency Management Agency {LASEMA} Michael Kehinde says a mound side washed down by rain in the early morning rain led to the collapse of the apartment located at No.50 Otun Araromi street,Orisa,Magodo,behind Magodo Phase 1 at about 4:50 am today.He said the collapse buried four children who were later brought out of the ruins dead,while the father of the children,50 years old Godwin Odia from Edo state escaped death as he was out of the house few minutes before the tragedy struck.The names of the siblings were giving as Isayo Odia 23 ,Clinton Odia 13,Da-silver Odia 15,and 10 year old Endurance Odia..Is a pity.
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