Encounters

Encounters

‘Why we established traditional medicine and acupuncture college’

How did you get involved in traditional medicine? I was a trained bedside nurse, while my journey into traditional medicine started when a case of PVC

Meet Abia teen who was governor for a day

How do you feel as a one-day governor in Abia State? It was great, awesome and fulfilling: when you see yourself serving the people, doing their heart

I was virtually smuggled to Germany to study Medicine – Dr. Urwatu Balla

Daily Trust: Can we know a little about your early days? Dr. Urwatu Yerima Balla: I was born in 1948 in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

I won’t refer to myself as brilliant – ABU’s 1st class graduate

Twenty-three-year-old Al-Amin Bashir Bugaje of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, emerged as the overall best graduating student during the univers

‘How I escaped from kidnappers’ den’

Jibril Muhammad is a Kaduna-based driver who plies the Kaduna-Kano highway. In this interview, he reveals how he escaped from kidnappers along the hig