By Shamsudeen Abubakar It was Monday 9th September. The sun had separated from the moon and the birds were chirping from their nest outside on the Neam and Baobab trees at Makasi hostel. The fuss of people in the room is mixed with the fluctuating fan that could even wake the sleeping dead. Other students…
By Yisau Babatunde Anytime he was about to embark on a journey, he loved to sit beside a driver (front seat). Bello Imron Olalekan (not disclosing his course of study and level) felt over the moon as he was resuming back to his school, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), in February for the 2024/2025 academic…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad The weather was frosty when Oladosu Nafiysah, a 200-level student of Agricultural Science arrived in Sokoto by 1:00am. Exhausted and starving after the 14-hours journey from Ilorin, Kwara State, she hoped to get a good rest in her hostel at Shama. But little did she know that reaching her apartment would be…
By Asiat Meikudi Sadia, who prefers to use a pseudonym to protect her real identity, is an indigene of Kwara State_ a dominated Yoruba speaking state in Nigeria. She sees and believes in education as a source of exploration and experience. That was the reason she convicted herself and shrugged all advice given to her,…
SOKOTO VARSITY RECORDS FIRST FEMALE GRADUATE OF GEOLOGY Abdulrahman Yahaya reports Jamila Adamu, a native of Birnin Kebbi, in Kebbi state has graduated from the Department Of Geology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; becoming the first ever female to graduate from the Department. The department which was inaugurated at the beginning of the 2012/2013 academic session has…
The persistent gap between what we expect and what we actually witness in Nigeria’s education sector demands urgent attention. It is disheartening to see how the best graduating students are recognized in Nigeria federal universities. This issue reveals a broader problem of undervaluing education in our nation. The federal government’s role in adequately funding…
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…
By Habeeb Olokooba The hellish sun in the Seat of Caliphate was its youth that Saturday. Joshua Adejo wore a blue vintage shirt and was walking back from the hostel mini market to his room at Block D, Jubril Aminu Hall of Residence in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s main campus. The 300-level student of Mathematics…
By Mutalib Jibril It’s essential to keep cockroaches out of your home because of the range of problems they can cause. Cockroaches are not just unwelcome pests; they pose significant health risks. They are carriers of various pathogens that can lead to illnesses such as food poisoning, diarrhea, and allergies. Particularly concerning is their potential…
By Muheeb Mashood Africa is a continent better than many other continents when it comes to sustainable materials of life. However, this seems to be an irony, owed to the level of slow development provoking its geographical area. The standard is so poor that it is difficult to survive there. Africa was renowned…
