Encounters

Encounters

Sokoto’s ‘area boys’ give residents sleepless nights

Residents of Gidan Hakki, Meniyo, Nufawa and Makeran Assada in the Sokoto North local government area of Sokoto state are living in perpetual fear of

Zakzaky could’ve led uprising worse than Boko Haram’s, says brother

Daily Trust: What is your take on the activities of the Shiites in Zaria, and other parts of the country? Malam Sani Yakubu: By my estimation, the Shi

‘Music has no boundaries’

Pipe Major Chukwu Oba leads a bagpipe band and in the following chat with Daily Trust, he says his dream is that bagpipe music is accepted in Nigeria.

‘What we expect from Nigeria Prizes for Science, Literature entries’

Daily Trust: Since the NLNG-sponsored Nigeria Prizes for Science and Literature began, how much do you think those two fields have grown? Isa Mohammed

‘It’s difficult, but fun being Sokoto’s only female taxi driver’

Born in Sifawa town of Sokoto State, Hajiya Nana Sifawa is the 10th child in a polygamous family of 15. “As a child, I was always a tomboy, espe