By Yisau Babatunde When Muthmaina Agboola bought her laptop from Epic Adeyemi, in January 2026, she never expected a 225,000 laptop to stop working a few days after purchase. What began as a routine purchase had quickly unraveled into a troubling pattern that, according to multiple student accounts, points to a cycle of questionable sales…
By Shehu Uthman Salah, the daily Islamic prayer, remains one of the most fundamental acts of worship in Islam, it embodies discipline, humility, and a direct connection between the servant and Allah. Understanding its proper performance is therefore essential for every Muslim The prayer begins with the Takbeeratul Ihram as the opening declaration, “Allahu Akbar”…
By Oyelowo Khalid At about 10 p.m., when most students settle down to read or rest after lectures, Ahmad Ahmad, a 100-level student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, often sits outside his hostel room under the night sky, his silent rechargeable fan beside him and sweat running down his face. Inside his room, the…
By Maryam Muhammad For those of us living in the hostels and surrounding villages of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), the struggle for child education in nearby villages is something we witness almost every day. Villages within the university host many children who face enormous challenges in accessing education and living a life of dignity….
Safety within the university hostels should never be negotiable. However, the recent surge in attacks attributed to Yarinya Girls in the female hostels of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) signals a disturbing development that demands urgent attention from both the university management and security authorities. The group referred to as Yarinya Girls in UDUS…
By Muhammad Shuaibu Real Madrid delivered a memorable European night on Wednesday as they defeated Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 clash at the iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The match belonged entirely to Federico Valverde, who produced a sensational first-half hat-trick to put the Spanish giants…
Ramadan is meant to be a period of peace, reflection, and spiritual devotion. However, at UDUS, this year’s Ramadan began under a cloud of frustration. Instead of quiet nights of study and worship, students on campus have been grappling with an unexpected and prolonged power outage that began on 15th of February 2026, a day…
By Hawa’u Malami The morning air was cool and dusty when Fa’iza Abubakar hurried out of her hostel, her mind fixed on the test that awaited her. Halfway down the path, her heart skipped, she had forgotten to buy a full-scap sheet, the answer booklet she needed for the test. The 200-level English and Literary…
By Mukaila Habeebullah Lately, the senate rejected a proposed amendment of the Electoral Act to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the bill that sought electoral transmission to mandatory. However, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said in a swift reaction that the Senate retained transmission of results as provided in the 2022 Act. The rejected provision would…
