Shereefdeen Ahmad Writes On Thursday evening around 8:00pm, a empty picture of the most popular lecture hall in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, ETF3 Lecture Hall without students, with the caption ‘ETF3 dry tonight oo…sign na ur mate’ was circulating on social media. This has instilled fear that the university campus is unsafe for reading at…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The Centre for Journalists Innovation and Development (CJID) has shortlisted Abdullateef Abdullahi, Editor-In-Chief of The News Digest Press and Hussain Wahab, The president of the National Association of Campus journalism (NACJ) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the 2024 UDEME U-Monitors cohort. UDEME is an accountability project established by the Centre of…
By: Ibroheem Ridwanullahi Have you ever contemplated the looming challenges that our nation and society will face in the coming weeks, months, and years? It appears that these challenges will be more severe and extreme than anything we’ve encountered before. The future seems clouded, with little brightness or color in our streets. Our society stands…
By Alabi Maryam In 2016, Safiya Shuabu completed her secondary school education with the aspiration of becoming a medical student. She had applied for a degree in Medical Laboratory Science (M.L.S). However, fate took a different turn in 2019 when she secured admission into Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, albeit with a change in her course…
By Muhammed Akindele A recent post by Daily Trust regarding the SAMOA Agreement has caused some uproar across Nigeria. The report claimed the agreement, signed by the Federal government of Nigeria, contained clauses promoting LGBTQ+ rights. This sparked controversy, particularly among those whose religion doesn’t align with it. However, the problem lies not with the…
By Abidiesin Rohsheedah For those that are at home, they can say home is the best place to be. Yet for somebody like me who stays during the holiday, we can just console ourselves with the fact that we are no longer youngsters. So comfort zones, the ones we used to know, are not in…
By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen Since forever, children from a very young age have been told that “education is key.” Key to what exactly is one nut that is hard to crack because many educated people don’t own a key, both literally and figuratively. The question that now arises is if education alone is the key or…
Mind Your Grammar is a column with Olayiwola Ridwan Adetunji, a 300-level Law student and General Secretary of the News Digest Press. The column exposes proper grammatical usages and corrections to some common mistakes, and by extension common mistakes associated with some idiomatic expressions. By following the series of the column, you can become well…
By Asiat Meikudi Maryam Bello is one of the many young girls in Sokoto South, Nigeria who has been subjected to sexual abuse as a result of the prevailed gender based violence in Northern part of the country. The vulnerability of most Victims like Maryam is a common norm which has declined the immorality in…
By Abdullateef Abdullahi Ah, the classic tale of hostel bed space wars! Picture this: a battleground where legal and illegal occupants clash over who reigns supreme in the realm of room ownership. It’s a comedy of errors when an illegal squatter confidently wrestles for bed space with a legal resident. Why does this academic tango…
