SPECIAL REPORT: SECURITY FORLORN AT SOKOTO VARSITY Taoheed A. Adegbite reports Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have expressed displeasure over the security blues in the school. Most of the students sleep with their eyes widely open in their various halls of residence. In fact, many students have little or no confidence in the school’s…
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Kwara State Government: Excitement as Indigenes Anticipate Fuel Subsidy Removal Palliative
Yasir Aladodo reports In order to mitigate the hardship that the subsidy removal might have caused Kwarans, the Kwara State Government has made a scheme which includes registration, verification as well as distribution of subsidy’s palliative worth of 10,000 naira to Kwara State students across the Country. It can be recalled that on Monday 29…
UDUS Inter-Faculty Football Competition: Faculty of Agriculture Knock-out Law
Muheeb Mashood reports The team representing the Faculty of Agriculture see off Team Faculty of Law after claiming a commanding 2-0 victory in the opening showdown of the 2023 Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s Inter-Faculty Football Competition on Saturday at the School Stadium. The warriors of the war college scored in both halves of the game…
Misconception Of Judiciary After Judgment Delivered In Election Tribunal
By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen Ehsan Sehgal once said, “The judiciary is such a coin that has justice and injustice at its two sides. Accordingly, one, who wins, feels justice; whereas, one, who loses, feels injustice…” Lending credence to this: It’s a redundant and trepidation belief that the judiciary is full of corrupt minds because one’s wishes…
How Five Points Hinders Me From Breaking 46-year Old Record_UDUS Graduate
By Taofeeq Imam When Umar Muhammad Sheriffdeen stepped foot in the Seat of Caliphate in 2017, the thought of shattering the record—graduating with first class honor from the Political Science Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto —had always been in his mind. Though Sheriffdeen had heard enough that first class is desirable but not relatively…
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…
UDUS Students Plead Management Over Verification, Seek for Extension of Date
Isiaq Ibrahim and Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen report The students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have pleaded to the school management to extend the period of the screening and verification exercise of the 2022/2023 academic session. Recall that according to the scheduled time table released by certificate and testimonial verification committee signed by the chairman of the…
In UDUS, Inadequate Toilet Facilities in Private Hostels Put Students in Danger
By Oyelowo Khalid Amaoo Maruf, a final year Economics student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), couldn’t hide his frustration over the poor toilet conditions in his private hostel at Sharma. For weeks, the blocked toilet has left him with no option but to seek help at a friend’s hostel. Even after the soakaway was…
UDUS Student Emerges Winner of Inaugural- Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize Literature
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….
The Impact of Technology on Education
By Alqasim Gbemisola Once upon a time, in a small town far away, there was a high school that was struggling to keep up with the times. The school was old and running -down, and many of the teachers were using outdated methods of instruction. The students were bored and disengaged, and their performance on…