The News Digest Press

The News Digest Press is a campus press outlet based at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. It covers both issues on the campus and beyond. On campus, Digest has won the Press Board of the Year award for three consecutive times_2018, 2019 and 2020. At national level, the press board has emerged as the winner of the Pen Club of the Year award at the 2019 annual campus journalism awards organized by the Youth Digest in Nigeria.

EC-UDUS Holds First General Assembly

Abdulganiyu Azeez reports The Entrepreneurship Club(EC) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has on Sunday, 4th June held its first general assembly. The program, which took place at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development, was aimed at presenting the plans and activities of the club for the 2022/2023 academic session. The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Entrepreneurship Club…

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Suicide is not End of the Road

By Alqasim Gbemisola Nigeria has the highest rate of suicide and depression in Africa. The current rate of suicide in Nigeria is 9.50% out of 100, 000 people. Most suicides occur impulsively in times of crisis due to a breakdown in coping mechanisms in life, such as chronic pain and illness, financial difficulties, and relationship…

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The Rise and Fall of Jose Mourinho

By Muheeb Mashood  Controversial football manager, Jose Mourinho’s hope of winning the Europa League was dashed to the wall, following a a 4-1 penalty shoot-out against seventh-time title winner, Sevilla at Budapest. A 35th minute Paulo Dybala’s lead gave coach Mourinho’s Roma a joyous assurance to extend his European final records, however, Mancini’s own goal…

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The Efficacy of Writing

By Abdulrasaq Olayinka  Learning to speak one’s language comes naturally to a human being; we learn it without formal instruction. However, writing is an unnatural activity; it must be taught formally and studied deliberately. Indeed! Many of the problems that arise in learning to write are simply problems of finding the proper written equivalent for…

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