EXPLAINER: 10 Types of Students You’re Likely to Have as Neighbors in UDUS Hostels (1) By: OLOKOOBA ABDULWASIU Living in one of UDUS’ eight Halls demands some ineffable formalities. They are rituals all hostelites— who wish to enjoy a peaceful stay in the hostel— must pay. Ironically, however, nowhere in the infamous Students’ Handbook can…
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Our Forest Is Clamouring For Emancipation From Danfodites’ Torturing
By Hussain Wahab In recent days, worldwide inflation has roused many Nigerians from their slumber as to how to deal with the unexpected circumstances that have befallen them. Many of them began troubleshooting in a variety of methods in an attempt to find reliable answers or alternatives to overcome the’sapa’ caused by the enormous inflation….
MY LOVE STORY (1)
By Bashir Turawa One good evening, I was in a meeting with my colleagues, disagreeing to agree. During the process of our discussions, a beautiful and exquisite damsel proclaimed ‘Salama’ to greet all of us sitting. On seeing this damsel, one of the songs of K1 de Ultimate quickly found its way into my…
Special Report: Inside UDUS Where Comfort Becomes Luxury to students as Hostel Facilities Rot
By Yisau Babatunde Despite an increment in accommodation fees from N15,090 to N24,000 students living in hostels under the management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), say their living conditions remains poor, unsafe, and largely unchanged. Digest Press findings across multiple halls of residence have exposed persistent water scarcity, undrinkable water, poor sanitation, broken facilities,…
‘Temple of Injustice’: Student Bemoans Irregularities in Law Faculty’s Judiciary
Abdullahi Abdullateef reports “It is really sad witnessing the judiciary degenerated into this. Too much irregularities,” said Saheed Adebowale, a 400-level law student, in his comment to the petition he wrote against the Judiciary arm of the Law Students Society. Adebowale had submitted a petition addressed to all the students’ stakeholders in…
Night of Woes :How Unprecedented Burglar Rob Not Less Than Seven Phones at DV hostel During Tahajud
By Rasheedat Abidiesin Nana Fridaus Sadiq, a 400-level law student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, wore her Qimar (long hijab) as she walked briskly through the narrow arcade that led to the mosque from her hostel room in DV. In no time, she already met up with her roommates who had earlier left her behind….
GST Division Directs Students to Sign Course Form
Nurudeen Semiu reports The management of the department of General Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has directed all students to sign their course forms on or before Friday, 21st July. According to a notice released by the registration officer of the division, the exercise would take place at Room 7, Department of Educational Foundation,…
Who Loses When School Fails: Practical Solutions To Nigeria’s Public Education Crisis
By Rasheedat Abidiesin Abstract From UDUS campus to Dendima, Haji Alima, and to the metropolis of Sokoto, the common sight of school–age children roaming the streets, while begging or engaging in menial jobs for survival always raised a critical question of what future beholds for the up–and–coming generation of that society. The whole North…
FACT-CHECK: Did UDUS Give Matriculation Gowns to New Students For Free?
By Shereefdeen Ahmad The PEN PRESS outfit published a report that the management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has started distributing matriculation gowns to freshers for ‘free’. The report was titled ‘ Excitement as UDUS Management Distributes ‘ Free’ Matriculation Gowns to New Students.’ The Claim The report claimed that the management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University,…
The Cries of Nigerians
By Ashiat Meikudi Our nation is greeted with daily vices and trepidation, where cats have stopped meowing, horses no longer neigh and in fact mooing becomes difficult for cows. Sheeps find it hard to bleat, bulls see bellowing as herculean, ducks quack no more, donkeys have long abandoned braying, geese have forgotten how to…