By Ismail Amanatullah In the northern part of Nigeria, it’s not uncommon to witness children as young as 13 years old queuing up at different polling units with voter cards claiming they’re 20 or above. You might wonder why they’re there. The answer is quite simple. I’ve come across children who confessed that their political…
By Muhammed Akindele I saw this beautiful girl in the A40 Lecture Hall. Her beauty was so alluring that I felt a sense of low self-esteem. I didn’t know what to do and started shaking. In my mind, I decided that if I didn’t approach this girl, “God would not forgive me”. I rehearsed what…
By Habibullah Temako The excitement of securing admission to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, was a dream come true for 100-Level Biochemistry student, Lawal Muhammad Sagir, But this excitement has been swiftly tempered by campus reality upon arrival, where he found himself sharing space with unauthorized occupants at his residents in Jubril Aminu hostel. Sagir’s encounter…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Female Support Association (FSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has invited the general public to the launching ceremony of her event tagged ‘Day Care’. According to a flier released by the association, the ceremony will be held on Monday, 17th July 2023 at Early Child Care Development Education (ECCDE) Center, UDUS permanent…
By: Ismail Amanatullahi (Kano House) Kwakwasiyya Hostel, UDUS Asabe was already late for her morning lectures when she woke up on Monday morning. She hurriedly took her bucket to get water from the tap to take her bath. The 400-level law student was brushing when it dawned on her that it had started raining. Before…
Established in 1995, Digest Press, formally known as The News Digest Press, is a campus press outlet based at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. It covers both issues on the campus and beyond. The board has been known for its consistency and true practice of journalism. On campus, Digest has won the Press Board of the…
By Habeeb Olokooba It is very easy to kill a man, by merely saying he did what he did not do. It is even funny, the upsurge of the human’s hypocrisy when negative things happen to people they don’t like or really agree with. I guess that’s just our nature as human beings. Beyond doubt,…
By: Habeeb Olokooba Photo Credit: Facebook/ Abdullahi Muheeb “When we pursue but cannot catch up, we are akin to retreating,” goes the Yoruba adage, “tí abá léni tí áàbá báni àádèyì.” Abdullahi Mujeeb, an aspirant for the Deputy Senate President of the National Association of Kwara State Students, holds a contrary view. As the erstwhile…
By: Muneer Yaqub Moved, so seconded; the motion of action. Charged, the “Orubebes” of the House quickly went to work. They flew into a rage. Things fell apart, apologies to Achebe. Chants of “Greatest Nigerian students!” rented the air, with ardor. Aluta Sabotage, so it seemed. But, fortunately, there was…
HOT WORDS By: Adeyemi Ibrahim The Word and shall end with it. In the begining the Bible says was the Word. So many people utter words, but only very few of them know the usage and the abusage of words. Word is metaphorically what our people call ‘opalamba’ the bottle of the white…
