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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.

Editorial:Nigeria’s Security, Humanitarian Challenges and the Role of Journalism in Tackling Them

Right from the time immemorial, security has been one of the most indispensable necessities for mankind. Guarding privacy and ensuring the safety of dear ones has remained an ancient culture for a man. Therefore, it is a famous obligation for any government to protect the lives and properties of its citizens. But the issue of…

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Nigeria Security and Humanitarian Challenges: the Role of Journalism

Hussain Kehinde Wahab Nigeria is a country with a population of over 200 million people, making it the most populous country in Africa. Despite its abundant natural resources, Nigeria is plagued with several security and humanitarian challenges. These challenges have affected the economic, social, and political development of the country. However, journalism has a critical…

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UDUS Students Seek Opening of Hostel Application Portal  

Gomih Hikmah reports Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have expressed concern over the delay in the opening of the hostel application portal for the 2022/2023 academic session.   The application is mostly available for students at the brink of second semester, in order to have them adequately prepared against next academic session’s accommodation. However, it’s…

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Three Digest Reporters, Four Other UDUS Students Shortlisted for CJID-UDEME Project

Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Centre for Journalists Innovation and Development (CJID) has shortlisted three Digest reporters and four other students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the 2023 UDEME U-Monitors cohort. UDEME is an accountability project established by the Centre of Journalists and Innovation Development (CJID) to monitor, track down a source, report on public…

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Role of Journalism in Tackling Nigeria’s Security, Humanitarian Challenges

By Abdullateef Otuyiga Battling with incessant security and humanitarian challenges, Nigeria still struggle among countries of the world. However, continuous awareness of these challenges has created hope of proffering solutions that would heal the wounds and worries of Nigerians. Then, what has created this awareness? History reveals that—the more democratic a society is, the more…

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