Encounters

Encounters

I conquered poverty through skill acquisition – Barber

Daily Trust: How did you become a barber? Atekha Osahon: I became a barber by chance though I learnt the trade. When I was in secondary school, I used

‘Why customers send me hundreds of dead rats’

Harrison Okechukwu, an indigene of Ebonyi State, read Chemical Engineering at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and la

‘Hunger drove me to found fast-growing tech startup’

The memory of hunger is what Oscar Ekponimo used to become who he is today… It all began, sometime between the year 1997 and 2000, when Oscar E

‘I want to be the first blind professor in Nigeria’

Muhammad Mustapha, a schoolteacher, holds a degree in History from the Gombe State University. Even though he is blind, he can browse the internet, ch

‘Creating music for new Tom & Jerry is dream come true’

Daily Trust: How does it feel being tapped to create music for a ‘reboot’ of a classic such as ‘Tom & Jerry’? Vivek Maddal