By Asiat Meikudi 6th January 2018 was a colorful and happiest day for Abdulrasheed Abdulquadri as he stepped his foot in the Seat of Caliphate to begin his disciplinary of Adult Education— a four-year bachelor degree programme at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. As a young and enthusiastic undergraduate, he had envisioned a glittering and enjoyable…
By Muheeb Mashood “ The journey was a bad experience for me. Our bus had earlier developed a fault before we were attacked by bandits,” Shwawanatu Salihu, a 300 level Education Biology student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University recounted her bad trip as it happened to her like a nightmare. Shawanatu had left Sokoto in the…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has on Friday, 16th June closed the portal for the registration exercise of the returning students. This, however, came after the third time extension of the registration deadline. Recall that the management noted in the circular released sequel to the deadline of the registration of…
By Muheeb Mashood Before Sulaiman Sanusi could take his bath, the 100-level student and occupant of Jubril Aminu Hall of Residence had to trek to Bakassi hostel, about two kilometers away from his hostel. He could still not decipher the cause of the intermittent power outage at Jubril Aminu hostel which has frustrated his academic…
By Amanatullah Yusuf Zakariyau Afisu looked on with awe as donkeys and camels strode by heading to farms. This happens everyday. What even leaves him most surprised is that irrigation is the source of their water and the product of their farms differ from what is produced in his hometown. The 100-level student of Education…
By Muheeb Mashood Ever since the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic session, students have been clamoring over the scarcity of water supply at Jubril Aminu hostel. Meanwhile, after numerous complaints about the unavailability of water in the hostel, Professor Umar Aliyu, the Dean of Students Affairs in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has on Monday, 5th…
By Isiaq Ibrahim In 2019, Badmus Soliu secured admission to study at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Ecstatic with the thought of being addressed as a Danfodite, he quickly rushed to pay his tuition fees, where an item for the school Identity card was included at the sum of N1,000. However, his dream to always move…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, living in Benji hostel have spent over four months_and still counting_ without a trace of electricity supply and water, The News Digest Press can report. Benji, a private hostel located in the heart of the university, has over 400 rooms with over 1000 students. One of…
By Amanatullah Yusuf Over the years, there has been an evolution of modern age parenting which new parents tend to gravitate towards. Controversy trailed over which is better_modern parenting and traditional parenting _with some laying down the argument, postulating that the opportunity and picture perfect parenting mirrored by modern parenting has blinded new parents to…
Muheeb Mashood reports At early day of June, a non violent rainfall that lasted for less than an hour in UDUS had met Abdullahi Ashiat at the law faculty mosque. The 200- level Education Biology students who went to cast her eyes over her books, disclosed to the News Digest Press that she would have…
