Encounters

Encounters

At home with Mr Nigeria

On a cloudy evening of Thursday, September 8, 2022, while passing through the streets of Biu, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, I came across

Meet Kano physically challenged duo making a living through cap washing

With tales of ability in disability reverberating across the globe, Musa Ibrahim and Alasan Muhammadu – two young men united from childhood by t

‘It’s pleasing being a female machanic’

Twenty-two-year-old Henrietta Danjuma Gowok from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State is a female mechanic in the Rayfield area of Jos. In thi

‘I quit civil service job opportunity to become painter’

The story of 28-year-old Edo-born painter and craftsman, Legemah Blessing Osagioduwa, who withstood the pressure of being trafficked abroad for greene

The story of my water-powered cooking stove – Gombe self-taught ‘engineer’

In response to the increasing cost of cooking gas and kerosene in Nigeria, which has made living very difficult for many families, a Gombe-based self-