By Abdurrahim Ibrahim When Shamsudeen Abubakar, a 300-level Education and English Language student, accompanied his brother to the school clinic, he was expecting swift action, especially since his brother’s condition was serious. Unfortunately, it became clear that immediate help was not available. Frustration set in for Shamsudeen when he found no doctors present. As his…
By Asiat Meikudi Maryam Bello is one of the many young girls in Sokoto South, Nigeria who has been subjected to sexual abuse as a result of the prevailed gender based violence in Northern part of the country. The vulnerability of most Victims like Maryam is a common norm which has declined the immorality in…
By Hussain Wahab It is a scorching July afternoon, around 2 p.m., at Government Girls Science Comprehensive Secondary School in Argungu, Kebbi State. The school’s teachers and students are fully engrossed in their daily activities. Among them is Happiness Olamide, a 14-year-old student in Senior Secondary 1C. She is comfortably seated alongside her fellow students…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad It was a Monday morning, Caleb Nnaecheta sat inside a bustling classroom together with other students, waiting for his Mathematics teacher. That day, after receiving a two-hour lesson for the subject, the next time he set his eyes on that teacher was another Monday. Nnaecheta has a similar story to tell about…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad On a scorching Friday, the 17th of February in 2023, the sun cast its fiery embrace upon the earth, as the campus of Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto bustled with an atmosphere familiar to the end of an academic semester. Students, burdened with their luggage, wove through the pathways, a blend of…
By Amanatullah Yusuf Nafisat Adebayo, 29, is one of the women that have broken the jinx of ‘women belong to kitchen and other room,’ with multiple businesses to her name. Nafisa is an influencer who doubles as a manager. She founded Ano Modest Fashion owns the Modest Modelling Agency and Show which is the first…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad In 2017, Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi secured admission to study English Education at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. As a young undergraduate, he had the vision to become a famous poet, not only on campus but also in Nigeria. Enveloped in this vision and thought, Sofiullahi started composing poems. However, the popular cliché that poets…
