January 2019

Extra: Sokoto Varsity Student, Abdullahi, Aminu Breaks ‘Jinx’, Set First Class Record in UDUS’ Geology Dept. Taoheed Adegbite reports…  An Abdullahi, Aminu Alameen has become the first graduate  to get First Class honour degree in Geology at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS).  The twenty-three years old from Aleiro local government of Kebbi state graduated…

EXPLAINER: 10 Types of Students You’re Likely to Have as Neighbors in UDUS Hostels (1) By: OLOKOOBA ABDULWASIU Living in one of UDUS’ eight Halls demands some ineffable formalities. They are rituals all hostelites— who wish to enjoy a peaceful stay in the hostel— must pay.  Ironically, however, nowhere in the infamous Students’ Handbook can…

BACK STORY: Words From The Campus Journalist Of The Year By Maryam  Abdullahi What if days didn’t run as fast as the winds? What if happenings didn’t come and go like life and death — bumping into nothing that could distract the swiftness of time? Maybe, l would be too sobered to be in a…

NCICSC : DANFODIYO VARSITY EMERGES SECOND AS NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY PROCEEDS TO DUBLIN Olokooba Abdulwasiu reports The representatives of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have emerged the first runner-up while Nasarawa State University was crowned the overall winner at the just concluded 14th edition of the annual National Client Interview and Counselling Skills Competition 2019.  A…

“The calendar has been stopped immediately ASUU embarked on strike”_- DEAN, Students’ Affairs  Olokooba Abdulwasiu reports As there seems to be a tentative agreement between the Federal government and the academic staff union of universities on the lingering industrial action embarked upon by the union in November last year.Many students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto…

In Celebration of Adegbite, My Elegance Editor By Abdullah Tijani This may be coming late, but believe me it is long coming. Not all people we know really know us since not all those who know us, we know. But among those whom I know and really know me, Adegbite (as I am used to…

In Celebration of My Co-Morocco Patronizer By Bashir Turawa I find it painful that I have a lot to say today but time won’t permit me due to tight schedule and as a matter of fact, today is Saturday. My Ilorin friends know what today means. “Owanbe”. Without giving much ado, I’ll love to have…

Celebrating the Digest EIC By Muhyideen Ayuba It’s a bright morning, cocks crow, trees sway left and right and the atmosphere from the wagging wind of cold envelopes minds, squeezes bodies and camp many under the garments of protection. Making it cool, the sun rises, harmatan disappears when a sound of prospective flute blows in…

By: Muneer Yaqub I once read a novel by John Grisham, The Client, wherein a father Character was described as a ‘chain-smoker.’ It was amazing, how one could be so addicted to smoking, as to light up a new cigarette with the remnant of the last. Then a new one, that way. Then another. You…

By : Ibrahim Adeyemi and Turawa Bashir Dead or alive? Repressed and depressed by parents or not? These are the controversial queries that filled the social media airwave after the mysterious suicide action taken by Aisha Omolola, a 300 level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in her apartment at Samaru, Kaduna state. Omolola was…