By: Alabi Maryam Life during undergraduate is awesome, and full of experiences. The best out of it is to have a good story to tell. Being one of the residents of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) hostel, and also having compared the state of those that chose private hostels to the school hostel have pushed…
By: Amanatullah Yusuf From the last abuse till the next harassment was just a series of unwanted remarks/advances and invasion of personal space from older persons and younger ones alike. The major harassment that happened next was in my senior secondary school years. It was night and everyone was in the dining hall for dinner….
By: Amanatullahi Yusuf The curtain of my harassment rises at a very young age. I can’t recall my exact age at the time but I was between the range of six (6) – seven (7) years. At the time, I knew not what it meant but I felt it was wrong seeing the fact he…
THURSDAY MOTIVATION by Abdullateef Abdullahi Poverty has nothing to offer you except to hold you back from becoming relevant, even to yourself. You’ll often hear a poor man shouting, “money is not everything,” simply because he has never experienced luxury. While money may not be everything, everything comes from money, making it essential. In this…
By: Amanatullahi Yusuf Hi friends, this is the last story I have for you. I pray I don’t have to tell any other story again. We were friends, (I know you all are wondering why they are all my friends, I am wondering too) He asked me to have sex with him, I thought he…
By: Amanatullah Yusuf It’s a hot afternoon at UDUS female hostel when yells and profanities were heard which prompted everyone to leave their rooms to find out the cause of the noise. It turned out that a fight has broken out between two dwellers at the hostel tap where everyone was struggling to get water…
By: Adamu Mubarak In the pursuit of academia, dreams often tangle with unforeseen events and in a chase for a brilliant career, the tale of how I suffered from the delusions of JAMB is very worthy of narrative. Achieving a dream of studying your desired course with a degree, and realizing a successful career starts…
By Mutalib Jibril As summer begins, mangoes are now abundant in markets. While some of these mangoes are delicious, others can be disappointingly bland. With the demand for mangoes on the rise, sellers, and vendors are eager to maximize profits during this season. Unfortunately, it has come to light that many use harmful chemicals to…
By Shehu Uthman As soon as I could discern my right from wrong, I had a desire to study medicine and surgery, a course that my elder brother is studying too. My brother recognizing the importance of diversity in our field of studies suggested I explore the legal field. This advice became a pivotal moment,…
By Amanatullah Yusuf Hi friends, I know we are supposed to talk about harassment but I can’t complete my story without talking about the attempted rape I suffered with a guy who seemingly had an infatuation with me. He always invited me to his home but me being me, didn’t trust him enough to…
