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…
Abdulrasaq kamaldeen reports Aspirants who are seeking admission into Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have reacted over the delay in the exercise of the school’s admission process. Recall that UDUS is yet to admit both 2021 and 2022 aspirants. The delay in the admission process has plunged many of the aspirants into a state of confusion…
Abdullateef Abdullahi reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Sokoto has on Thursday, February 9, warned students over the break through of the school hostel fence. The fence close to Kwankwasiya female hall of residence is said to have been broken through by some unknown students who pass through it to read…
Abdullateef Abdullahi reports A bus conveying students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to Zaria, has been reported attacked by bandits in Zamfara on Friday, 17th February. The report revealed that before the attack, the bus had earlier developed a fault at Tureta, around five O’ clock in the evening before reaching…
Jumoke Esuola and Habeeb Olokooba report The students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have expressed deep grief over scarcity of the new Naira notes on campus. The situation has made it difficult for them to access the necessary items needed such as handouts, foodstuffs and others, because vendors have started rejecting…
Abdullahi Abdullateef reports “It is really sad witnessing the judiciary degenerated into this. Too much irregularities,” said Saheed Adebowale, a 400-level law student, in his comment to the petition he wrote against the Judiciary arm of the Law Students Society. Adebowale had submitted a petition addressed to all the students’ stakeholders in…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Editor-in-Chief of the News Digest Press and 200-level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Shereefdeen Ahmad has bagged male Campus Journalist of the Year award for the 2020/2021 academic session. Shereefdeen clinched the male category together with Feature Writer of the Year award at…
Abdulganiyu Azeez reports Shereefdeen Ahmad, a 200-level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the News Digest Press board. The appointment was made known at the 2022 Digest Festival held in A10 Lecture Hall on Sunday, 8th January 2023. Shereefdeen, who won the 2022…
Taofeeq Imam reports The National Asscociation of Campus Journaliats, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Chapter, has on Wednesday unveiled the top four entries for NACJ of the week. Shereefdeen Sawe won with 24 points from News Digest, followed by Abdulrasheed Akere with 21 points from PEN PRESS , Ayoade Zariat with 19 point from…
Shereefdeen Ahmad reports Three journalists of the News Digest Press, Abdulwasiu Olookoba, a 400-level law student, Abdulwaheed Sofiullah, a 400-level student of English Education and Abdulwasiu Mujeeb, a graduate of law at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have won the Next-Gen Campus Reporter Awards. Recall that the News Digest Press reported how the student-journalists…
