ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).

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 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,” ...

GUNMEN KILLED ONE , ABDUCT PREGNANT WOMAN AND NINE OTHERS IN NASARAWA STATE.{PHOTOS}.

September 23rd, 2020
Mohammed Sani Ottos, the executive chairman of Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has revealed that gunmen stormed kana town of the area killing one person and abducting 10 others.
Mr Mohammed Sani Ottos said, “It is confirmed that some gunmen have stormed the town of kana town on Monday night, they were well armed, scared the people after they fired several gun shots.
Gunmen kill One, Abduct Pregnant Woman, Nine Others In Nasarawa.
“At the end of their operation, we discovered that one person was killed, 10 were kidnapped while several people sustained various degrees of injuries.
“I was there myself to ascertain the level of damage cause by the gunmen and I condemned the act, I visited the town to sympathise with the families of the slain, abducted and injured victims.
“I commend the Guards Brigade 177 Battalion, Keffi who accompanied me to further build the villager’s confidence and pledged to do all within their reach for safe return of the captives,” the chairman said.
Mr Mohammed Ottos, also said that, the gunmen came from the Kana hill and went back through the same route, and the hill stretched from Kana to Maraba Udege, Onda, Agwada, Nasarawa Eggon to Wamba towns and beyond to other states.
This online news platform gathered that a heavily pregnant woman is among the 10 people that were kidnapped and their whereabouts unknown till date.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Ramhan Nansel said, they are still gathering evidence.

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