By Muheeb Mashood Aisha Yayha Zakari is a final year law student and the first female student to head Caliphate Law Clinic in the Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. She couldn’t muster the sympathy that engulfed her heart after being informed by the Chairman of the Sokoto Legal Aid Council, Shettima Esquire, that…
Jumoke Esuola rreports The Greenline Nurture Initiative(GNI) is set to organize a 2-day vision care outreach event for women and children in Sokoto State. The programme, according to the co-founder of GNI, professor Jimoh Olaiya Amzat, will provide free testing and corrective lenses for people who have refractive eyes defects. In a flier released by…
By Abdulrasaq Olayinka Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Fulani Al-Kishwani was an early 18th-century Fulani mathematician, astronomer, mystic, and astrologer from Katsina, present-day Northern Nigeria. He was born in Katsina in 1699 and he died in Cairo, Egypt in 1741. Al-Kishwani studied at the Gobarau Minaret in Katsina before leaving for Cairo, Egypt in 1732, where he…
By Habeeb Olokooba The hellish sun in the Seat of Caliphate was its youth that Saturday. Joshua Adejo wore a blue vintage shirt and was walking back from the hostel mini market to his room at Block D, Jubril Aminu Hall of Residence in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s main campus. The 300-level student of Mathematics…
Mutalib Jibril The ear is a complex organ responsible for the sense of hearing and the maintenance of balance in the body. It consists of three main parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. It is an indispensable organ that enables hearing, balance, communication, safety, and the appreciation of sound. Its…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen The Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have reacted over the directive given by the management, considering the defaulters who are yet to complete their registration exercise for the 2022/2023 academic session to visit the Management of Information System( MIS). This directive has garnered reaction among the three categories of the defaulters,…
Akaje Maimunat and Muheeb Mashood have emerged as the Best Performing Rookie and Digest Journalist respectively for the month of June, 2023 The News Digest Press monthly awards are to motivate performing members, particularly among the new in-takes, and encourage others to keep the flag of this outfit being the best news platform on UDUS…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Students’ Union of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has set to stage a native fest for the 2022/2023 academic session. The event, in collaboration with Inspector Turawa and Friends’ Tour (ITFT), will be held on Sunday, 2nd July 2023 at IBB center by 9:00am. According to a flier released from the office…
By Taofeeq Imam When Umar Muhammad Sheriffdeen stepped foot in the Seat of Caliphate in 2017, the thought of shattering the record—graduating with first class honor from the Political Science Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto —had always been in his mind. Though Sheriffdeen had heard enough that first class is desirable but not relatively…
By Habeeb Olokooba Let me start this piece with prayer— May your wealth never be the source of your end. May you never be drowned by your knowledge, and I pray your power and skill will not kill you. Let’s talk about the Titanic Tour Submarine that sank five tourists who paid thousands of dollars…
