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Atiku offers scholarship to Niger teen after viral video
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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
- 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 handl...
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- Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner
- Atiku offers scholarship to Niger teen after viral video
- “Tinubu criminalising poor miners” — Atiku questions 37 deaths in NSCDC custody
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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
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- Center: 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 Read More: https://punchng.com/atiku-pledges-scholarship-to-viral-niger-teen-miner/
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Timeline of this story
- 46m agoDaily Post Nigeria: The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu administration of criminalising po
- 16m agoVanguard News: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has offered to support the education of Yusuf Aliyu, the teenage artisanal miner whose account of condi
- 1m agoPunch Newspapers: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusu
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