Alqasim Gbemisola reports The English and Literary Studies Students’ Association (ELSSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto Chapter, is set to hold an engaging debate competition. The programme, according to a flyer released by the debate committee, is scheduled to coincide with the ELSSA Magazine Launching Day, where the participants will be speaking on the topic…
By Hussain Wahab It is a scorching July afternoon, around 2 p.m., at Government Girls Science Comprehensive Secondary School in Argungu, Kebbi State. The school’s teachers and students are fully engrossed in their daily activities. Among them is Happiness Olamide, a 14-year-old student in Senior Secondary 1C. She is comfortably seated alongside her fellow students…
By Rasheedat Abidiesin It was a Thursday Morning in September, 2025. The street of Dandima wore the busy look it’s known for on every business day. The street, being the main road that leads to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, had cars heading to and from the UDUS main campus. The horn of the cars…
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….
By Mutalib Jibril Examinations mark the end of a semester or session as the case may be. Students rush back to their respective homes after the last papers and this time is always full of merriments , the hustle and bustle that accompanies it is usually exciting. Ahmad and Musa met each other in the…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen Insecurity has assumed a soft spot in Nigeria. Everyday, bandits and terrorists unleash mayhem on innocent people living in both rural and urban areas. Hundreds of thousands people have been displaced and many have lost their lives as the federal government could not tackle the issue. To wit, the lives of students…
By Rasheedat Abidiesin “I cannot wake up to cook for my husband,” Echoed the voice of a GenZ feminist. “I can’t even wake up to cook for my own father, because I didn’t come to life to cook for men,” these are the phrases of feminists on Twitter. Personally, I feel like it’s only a…
Muheeb Mashood reports The Boardman of Table Tennis at Benji private hostel in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, is set to hold a table tennis competition. The competition, themed ‘UDUS Table Tennis Championship,’ will commence on Friday, 16th June, in front of the Benji Lodge, Permanent Site. According to a flier released by the management,…
NCICSC : DANFODIYO VARSITY EMERGES SECOND AS NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY PROCEEDS TO DUBLIN Olokooba Abdulwasiu reports The representatives of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have emerged the first runner-up while Nasarawa State University was crowned the overall winner at the just concluded 14th edition of the annual National Client Interview and Counselling Skills Competition 2019. A…
By Abdullah Tijani, The Editor-in-chief of The News Digest Press, 2020/2021 Academic Session Just like other years before it, the era of the Abdullah-Tijani-led administration is coming to an end. The sun rotating the earth has returned to its starting point. Today, the sun will set and we will witness the beginning of…
