By Shamsudeen Abubakar With a radiant smile, Safwan Abubakar, a 300-level student, danced effortlessly across the Makasi hostel verandah. His hands waved freely in the air as he twirled his shirt, playfully heading towards an empty bucket to get water. “An bar ku abaya ‘yan gida,” he exclaimed, meaning, “those who stayed home have missed…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The Center for Entrepreneurship Development(CED), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has started baking bread for sale in the university main campus. According to a statement posted by the club on its Facebook handle on Thursday, 13th July, the breads are of a variety of sizes ensuring that they fit the needs and budget…
By Abdulrasaq Olayinka Geographically located under the southwestern part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria), the city “Abuja” is quite large in population for decades due to the existence of multi ethnic tribes that exists in the area.The largest of all were the “Gwaris” amd and follow by the Koro’s, Hausas among…
By Muneer Yaqub Nigeria is a multi-cultural nation, with well over three hundred ethnic groups and two hundred languages. The quest for unification of these groups, despite their diversity, has made it adopt English Language as its lingua franca. And by implication, the language of instruction, and communication, in the Nigerian academia is…
By Isiaq Ibrahim Recently, there has been confusions and controversies surrounding the process of the Faculty of Education and Extension Services’ Teaching Practice(TP) program for the 2022/2023 academic session. On Tuesday, 25th April, the Chairman of TP, Doctor Abbas Mahmud released a statement that students should report to their various departmental TP coordinators with their…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Female Support Association (FSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has invited the general public to the launching ceremony of her event tagged ‘Day Care’. According to a flier released by the association, the ceremony will be held on Monday, 17th July 2023 at Early Child Care Development Education (ECCDE) Center, UDUS permanent…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports Students of Faculty of Law in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have recounted the tales of Street Law Campaign organized by the school’s Caliphate Law Clinic in collaboration with Network of University Legal Aids Institution (NULAI). The exercise, held on Tuesday, 26th September within and beyond the University community, was targeted at educating…
Akaje Maimunat reports The English and Literary Studies Students Association(ELSSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has set to launch its first magazine on Wednesday, 15th November, 2023 at School Auditorium by 10:00am. The event, according to a flier released by the association, will have in attendance the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. L.S. Bilbis as the…
Mind Your Grammar is a column with Olayiwola Ridwan Adetunji, a 300-level Law student and General Secretary of the News Digest Press. The column exposes proper grammatical usages and corrections to some common mistakes, and by extension common mistakes associated with some idiomatic expressions. By following the series of the column, you can become well…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad On October 8, 2005 at El Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman in Sudan, Ivory Coast dreamed of qualifying for their first ever World Cup. To bring this to life, the Elephants of the Ivory Coast subjected Sudan to a 3-1 defeat. However, their hope and fate to book a spot in the biggest…
