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Reporter’s Diary: How I am Always Misidentified as Fulani Despite My Yoruba Heritage

By: Muhammed Akindele Nigeria is a country known for its rich diversity of ethnic groups, with Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo being the major ones. Despite my clear Yoruba heritage, I’ve frequently encountered the misperception that I belong to the Fulani ethnic group. This confusion isn’t entirely unexpected, given certain physical attributes that I possess, such…

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Three Digest Reporters, Four Other UDUS Students Shortlisted for CJID-UDEME Project

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…

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Getting Women into Journalism: A Need to Challenge Stereotype

By: Amidat Ahmad. Recently, I had the privilege of attending a mentoring session organized by the National Association of Campus Journalists, Usumanu Danfodiyo University (NACJ-UDUS) which aimed to empower female journalists and expose them to the importance of female voices in the journalism world. The session was a poignant reminder that “despite progress, gender disparities…

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UDUS to Hold Induction for Graduating Veterinary Doctors

Abubakar Shamsudeen reports  The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, under the leadership of professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, has invited the general public to 28th swearing-in ceremony of the 2020/2021 graduating veterinary doctors. The event, according to a flier released by the management, will take place on Wednesday, 12th July at the University Auditorium, UDUS…

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