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 EFCC has arraigned the duo of James Edwin Ehiaghe and Aimienmwona Osahon before Justice O.O Tokode of the Federal High Court Benin,Edo State on four counts bordering on ATM fraud,forgery,Impersonation,conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence; possession of scam documents contrary to section 1,2 and 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act,2006.Ehiaghe and Osahon are alleged to belong to a syndicate of fraudsters who specialize in defrauding their victims through text messages.They were separately charged with two counts each by the Commission.According to the complainant,on 18th January 2016,she received an SMS on her MTN line purported to have emanated from Central Bank of Nigeria's Customer Care Department,claiming that her ATM card will be deactivated unless she called 'CBN Customer Care Phone Number 01342233' to update her bank details.Operatives of the commission found various incriminating items including a laptop containing some scam documents,various fake driver's license,internet moderms and ATM cards of different banks,in a search conducted on the suspects.
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