Encounters

Encounters

Chat with teen who escaped Boko Haram indoctrination

His mien exudes the naivety and innocence of his age, but his story stinks of the infamy of a militant. Nothing in his voice suggests that he will eve

Born without arms, Zaria teen wants to be a doctor

Suwaiba Abdulwahab was born without arms. Now 14, she does everything with her feet.  During her years in primary school, Suwaiba was one of the

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