Encounters

Encounters

Born without hands, Murjanatu still smiles at life

How do you cope with life despite your physical challenges? (Smiling) I do almost everything a woman does at home, despite having no hands. I bathe my

Meet Sokoto merchant who trades in wild animals

Rabilu Haruna of Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State has been plying an unusual trade, supplying wild and domestic animals to select cus

Encounter with ‘cassava women’ of Gosa

Their hands are half-hidden by the whitish liquid, their eyes focused inside the wide drums. While their mates are in school seated in a math class or

Late Sardauna used to call me ‘village man’ – Driver

What was your early life like? My parents moved to Tsarati from Kutigi long before I was born. I attended elementary school in Kutigi where I studied

I’ve learnt my lesson – Yunusa ‘Yellow’

Yunusa Dahiru, also known as ‘Yellow’, a Kano indigene accused of kidnapping Bayelsa indigene Ese Charles Oruru, said his time in prison h