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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.

Special Report: In UDUS, Commercial Banks Violate Central Bank’s Directives, Still Dispensing Old Naira Notes Week To Deadline

  By Habeeb Olokooba   It was on a Wednesday morning. Imran, a 100-level student of Political Science rushed to Guarantee Trust Bank to withdraw some money at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s branch. The undergraduate who doubles as a Point of Sale(POS) attendant, needed to attend to his customers. However, Imran was taken aback…

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Editorial: Electoral Violence: The Role of Youths and Journalists in Ensuring A Smooth Election Process

  In Nigeria, election periods have become a market for thugs to wield their trade for the highest bidders. With the 2023 general election making a headway, desperate politicians would do everything possible to catapult themselves into power. Thereby fuelling the dastardly act of electoral violence. The merchants of the violence serve as an incubus…

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Our Journalism So Far

  By Abdullah Tijani, The Editor-in-chief of The News Digest Press, 2020/2021 Academic Session   Just like other years before it, the era of the Abdullah-Tijani-led administration is coming to an end. The sun rotating the earth has returned to its starting point. Today, the sun will set and we will witness the beginning of…

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REVIEW… The Drama, History, High Tension that Made Qatar 2022 a Different World Cup

By Shereefdeen Ahmad After four years of anticipation, the biggest football  tournament on the planet, Federation of International Football Association(FIFA)  World Cup bursted into life on 20th November 2022, with 32 countries from different continents in hunt for global glory in the Middle East desert country, Qatar. Football superstars  ready themselves for the battle of…

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