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,” ...

NIGERIAN ARMY TROOPS RESCUE 16 KIDNAP VICTIMS IN KAJURU, KADUNA STATE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.


 NIGERIAN ARMY TROOPS RESCUE 16 KIDNAP VICTIMS IN KAJURU, KADUNA STATE



 Nigerian Army troops deployed in 1 Division area of responsibility in  Kaduna State have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent  extremist and insurgent group and rescued the abductees in Tantatu Community of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. 


Responding to actionable intelligence the troops on 17 March 2024 at about 10:30pm swiftly tracked the insurgents who had earlier attacked the community in numbers and abducted some of the villagers as hostages. On arriving the scene of the incident, the  troops tenaciously pursued the insurgents, engaging them in a ferocious exchange of fire and consequently rescuing 16 kidnapped victims. The troops are still exploiting the bushes in continuation of the search and rescue operations to extricate other victims and balk the nefarious activities of the insurgents.


The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja commended the troops for the successful rescue of the kidnap victims and charged them to remain vigilant as they conduct ongoing counter insurgency operations to liberate all troubled areas in the country.


ONYEMA NWACHUKWU

Major General

Director Army Public Relations

18 March 2024.

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