The Dean of Students Affairs of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Professor Umar Aliyu, has urged students admitted in the 2019/2020 academic session whose school identity cards are not produced to update their profile on the students’ portal. Recall that the management has directed faculty officers of the university to collect students identification cards at the…
By Abdulmalik Abdulwahab and Yaseer Aladodo “Denkeli de awara” has graduated into a daily meal for students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. The relationship between cheese and fried potatoes is not a new phenomenon as it serves as a modest meal for over 60% of Danfodites. Lost in thought, Abdullah Mahmud who prefers to use…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The Centre for Journalists Innovation and Development (CJID) has shortlisted Abdullateef Abdullahi, Editor-In-Chief of The News Digest Press and Hussain Wahab, The president of the National Association of Campus journalism (NACJ) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the 2024 UDEME U-Monitors cohort. UDEME is an accountability project established by the Centre of…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Students’ Union Electoral Committee (ELCOM), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has met with various stakeholders of unions, associations and clubs on the campus over SU elections for the 2022/2023 academic session. The meeting, which was on Sunday, 28th May at the PTF lecture hall, had in attendance the chairman of the…
By Isiaq Ibrahim Ismail Aliyu, 27, was among the students offered admission to study Political Science at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto in 2017. To him, the intention of graduating with first class in his department never crossed his mind, owing that no students has ever clinched the feat since the establishment of the department in…
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…
Ever since Nigeria switched to democracy in 1999, the nation’s elections have been characterized with misconduct and voting buying. From 1999, 2003, 2007 to 2011 and 2019, only the 2015 presidential election result escaped contestation in court in the Nigerian fourth republic. The recent heat of challenging elections outcome in Nigeria came few months…
By Muheeb Mashood Aisha Yayha Zakari is a final year law student and the first female student to head Caliphate Law Clinic in the Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. She couldn’t muster the sympathy that engulfed her heart after being informed by the Chairman of the Sokoto Legal Aid Council, Shettima Esquire, that…
By Shamsudeen Abubakar Nura Sanusi, a 400-level Educational Foundations student, stepped out of a toilet near BO9 Lecture-hall, taking a deep breath of the warm air. He savored the atmosphere for a moment, but his expression soon turned somber, reflecting his concern about the toilet’s deplorable state. “I couldn’t stand the smell when I entered…
By: Muneer Yaqub In all honesty, nothing gladdens my heart than finding myself an agent of positive change. Bringing joy and smiles to faces of sorrow, and agony. Alterating the mischief of the less privileged and the underdogs in the environment. Lending my voice to the voiceless oppressed, victims of a negligent…
