Raji Toheeb reports The Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union(FOSSU) and National Association of Osun state students’ (NAOSS) football teams, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto chapters, are set to play a friendly football match. The match, according to a flier released by the associations, will kick-off on Saturday, 8th July 2023 at the university stadium by…
By Olayiwola Ridwan Aminu visits Salamatu in her hostel. He seeks the assistance of a female student he meets outside Salamatu’s hostel to call her out for him. The girl enters and calls Salamatu for him. Aminu: Good evening, Hajia Salamatu. Salamatu: oh! It’s you. I was wondering who it could be. Because, I didn’t…
By Muhammad Akindele In the journey of academia, where dreams intertwine with the rhythms of hope, Hafsat Danjuma found herself entangled in the unpredictable voyage of university admissions. As the JAMB CAPS danced with promises of admission, Hafsat, like her fellow ‘jambites’, eagerly anticipated the transformative shift from “ Not Yet Admitted” to the coveted…
The issue of determining the precise time for the Jum’at prayer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has been a longstanding concern for students. This situation, where the timing seems uncertain, has persisted over the years, causing inconvenience and challenges for many. Understanding that the university mosque serves an academic population, it becomes important…
Asiat Meikudi reports Zaynab Illiyasu Bobi, a 500-level student of Medical Laboratory Science at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has been announced winner of the Inaugural-Akachi Chukwuemeka prize literature at an online event held on Saturday, 13th May, 2023. The prize contest was organized to honor the memory of Akachi Chukwuemeka, a poet with mental illness….
Akaje Maimunat and Muheeb Mashood have emerged as the Best Performing Rookie and Digest Journalist respectively for the month of June, 2023 The News Digest Press monthly awards are to motivate performing members, particularly among the new in-takes, and encourage others to keep the flag of this outfit being the best news platform on UDUS…
By Asiat Meikudi There has been a claim circulating on social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Twitter that the University of Ilorin(UNILORIN) in Kwara state is the largest university in terms of landmass in Nigeria. UNILORIN is located in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, at latitude 8.4799° N and longitude 4.5418° E. The…
By Habibullah Temako On the night of Thursday, 19th of June, 2025, a heavy rain with fierce winds wrecked havoc to the ’80K’ hostels at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS). The rain, which began with a strong windstorm and lasted for about three hours, caused damage to some structures at the 80k hostels. Although no…
By Abdulkadir Sofiullahi Today, crime has become a normal thing in our society and those who abandon the acts are perceived to be abnormal beings. For the purpose of this discussion, one ought to understand what crime is. Crime is an act of committing a wrongful act by deviating from social norms. The manners at…
By Ibrahim Adeyemi As if we’ve not attended one before, everything at the sitting was strange in range, no orderliness in the hearts of those that man the earth of our dear university. No legislation on the side of our legislators; no execution on the other side of the executives. Who is fooling whom? The…
