Encounters

Encounters

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

Meet man, 55 a cobbler for 35 years with 20 children

Muhammad Aliyu is an indigene of Auyo Local Government Area of Hadejia in Jigawa State. In 1981, he left Jigawa for Kaduna in search of greener pastur

‘Navy no longer buys weapons, gun boats abroad’

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, was in Calabar where he dialogued with officers and ratings in the Eastern Naval Command. I