By Fathiu Jimoh When Muhammad Nurudeen felt a sharp pain in his stomach, he never knew it would later land him at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) clinic. Around 6 p.m. the next day, the pain returned, and this time, it didn’t leave. Realizing it wasn’t going away, he cried out to his hostel…
By Shamsudeen Abubakar Students at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) are now grappling with an unexpected financial burden after the school management announced a hike in hostel fees for residents staying in the university’s halls of residence. Before this, a student was paying ₦15,000 for a hostel which accommodates eight students per room. However, with…
By Asiat Meikudi It’s exactly 30 days since Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto conducted her Students’ Union elections for the 2022/2023 academic session. After the elections on 8th June 2023, all the newly elected executive members were subsequently inaugurated on the 9th June. However, up till now, the result of the office of the Welfare Director…
By Safiya Shaibu In today’s world where skills are constantly evolving, it’s important to stay on top of one’s game by learning new skills to attract diverse job opportunities. Skill is a great ability and proficiency to be expertise, that comes through training or practice. The benefits of skills acquisition in human life cannot be…
The Students Representatives Assembly UDUS, had her first sitting of the new semester on the sixth day of May 2018, and it was a plenary full of drama. As it was expected by many, it was a sitting where tough resolutions were made. The ‘press release’ by the house committee on media and publicity few…
By Shamsudeen Abubakar Over three days, the neighborhood where Amar Ibrahim, a 100-level English Language and Literary Studies department student resides, has been experiencing total blackout. This inimical situation, has put stole inside his beans—mosquitoes became his visitors during night and bulb has failed to light his room due to lack of electricity. A…
By Shehu Uthman Wajud Modibbo (real name withheld), a 400-Level student of Agriculture, instantly became dreaded with disbelief upon coming back from Jumu’ah prayer to see that his two laptops were not in sight of where he left it charging in his hostel. His face started drizzling with sweat as he noticed that it was…
Abdullateef Abdullahi reports The department of Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has on Thursday, 8th June, held Chem 302 and 313 lecture despite the management declaration of lecture free day ahead of Students Union election. It can be recalled that UDUS management declared Thursday, 8th June, as lecture free day on Wednesday, 7th June, for…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad Born on 10th April 1992 in Sedhiou Senegal, Sadio Mane grew up in a small village of Bambali in South Senegal. Coming from a family of many children and parents’ inability to cater for them all due to financial hardship, Sadio Mane had to live with one of his uncles where he…
Muheeb Mashood reports The Centre for Journalism and Innovative Development (CJID) has selected 15 members of The News Digest Press for its four-day journalism training at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Recall that the CJID had scheduled to conduct a four-day journalism training for mass communication students and campus journalists in the university. According to a…
