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Atiku offers scholarship to Niger teen after viral video

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has offered to support the education of Yusuf Aliyu, the teenage artisanal miner whose account of conditions at a mining site in Niger State went viral following the deaths of 37 miners. The post Atiku offers scholarship to Niger teen after viral video appeared first on Vanguard News.

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