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,” ...

CUSTOMS FOILS MAJOR SECURITY THREAT; SEIZES OVER 140 RIFLES, ₦373.8M DRUG CARGO . (PHOTO)


 CUSTOMS FOILS MAJOR SECURITY THREAT; SEIZES OVER 140 RIFLES, ₦373.8M DRUG CARGO 


The Nigeria customs service (NCS), says it has intercepted a container concealing parts of over 140 pump-action rifles and seized cannabis-infused products worth ₦373.8 million at the Tincan Island port, Lagos. 


A statement by service public relations officer, Abdullahi Maiwada says the rifle components, identified preliminarily as jojeff pump-action rifles, were discovered after the container was flagged by customs’ intelligence-driven risk management system, leading to the arrest of two suspects while another remains at large. 


In a separate operation, officers seized 109 cartons of delta-8 cannabis infused pre-roll cookies, 125 cartons of gummies and 73 cartons of cannabis-infused cookies concealed alongside other imported goods. 


Comptroller General of customs Adewale Adeniyi warned that criminal networks could exploit Nigeria’s borders during the upcoming election cycle and vowed to intensify security operations while tackling internal complicity. 


He also urged Nigerians to provide credible intelligence as the service works with sister security agencies to combat smuggling and protect the nation’s borders.

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