Around and about

Around and about

In search of good books at National Library

What does it take to get three relevant books at Abuja’s National Library? Daily Trust gave it a shot. There were three books on my mind en rout

Kafanchan: Kaduna’s ‘forgotten’ rail station

Ahmed Ali, Kafanchan In the past, working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation attracted a lot of pride and glamour but gradually, the system collaps

‘After polio struck me at 5, I vowed to help other survivors’

At the age of five, Ayuba Burki Gufwan lost his two legs to poliomyelitis and with it, his dream of becoming an activist. Born in Panyam, Mangu Local

50 years later, dignitaries gather to celebrate St. Augustine’s Major Seminary

In its 50 years of existence, the St. Augustine’s Major Seminary in Jos, Plateau State, has graduated 1,455 priests and 437 seminarians, out of

Minutes at a bookstand without Nigerian books

I was in Garki, Abuja, and not rooting for a story to write when I saw this bookstand. It was a small stall with a variety of books arranged neatly on