Habeeb Olokooba reports The Students’ Union Government of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has set to organize workout sessions. The sessions, in partnership with the UDUS Fitness Team and the Director of Sports, will be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the first semester break. According to a memo released on Sunday, 27th August through the…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Centre for Journalists Innovation and Development (CJID) has shortlisted three Digest reporters and four other students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the 2023 UDEME U-Monitors cohort. UDEME is an accountability project established by the Centre of Journalists and Innovation Development (CJID) to monitor, track down a source, report on public…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports Professor Muhammad Gidado Liman, a lecturer from the department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has achieved the feat of professorship after his 15-year services with the university from February, 2007 to 2022. Speaking with the NEWS DIGEST PRESS, Prof Liman said his appointment was approved by the…
Abdulganiyu Azeez reports The Sport Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has invited all students who are interested in football for a screening exercise at the school stadium. This was contained in a circular released on Saturday, 20th May and signed by the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Students’ Union, Mohammed Shamshudeen and the…
By Mutalib Jibril Junk food refers to a food that contains high levels of fats, salt or sugar, and lacks nutrients such as fibre, vitamins and minerals. Examples include shawarma, suya, boli, burger, White bread, pizza, candies, chocolates, chips, cakes, etc. Grabbing a quick snack while en route workplace, hospitals, markets among others has an…
Jumoke Esuola and Habeeb Olokooba report The students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have expressed deep grief over scarcity of the new Naira notes on campus. The situation has made it difficult for them to access the necessary items needed such as handouts, foodstuffs and others, because vendors have started rejecting…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad In 2016, when Bashir Turawa was offered admission to study Literature-in-English in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, he was among the disciples of the philosophy that everything cannot be learnt within the four walls of the classroom. He made up his mind to study beyond what he would be taught in the lecture…
Akaje Maimunat reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has once again reopened the portal for the 2022/2023 academic session’s registration exercise. This was contained in the circular dated on Tuesday, 4th July and signed by Director of University Examination and Registration, S.O. Abuh. Recall that the management had earlier stated that students who…
Akaje Maimunat reports The Federation of Oyo State Students Union (FOSSU), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Chapter has set to hold a grand spelling bee contest for interested state associations on Danfodiyo campus. The first round of the event, according to a flier released by the association, will take place on Sunday, 25th June at the…
By Taofeeq Imam It was on Thursday. The hellish sun in the City of Caliphate was at its sharp end. Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto could be seen scampering to shades to escape the infernal treatment of the sun. Bello Imran sat under the shade with a plastic table on his front at the…
