By: Habeeb Olokooba Photo Credit: Facebook/ Abdullahi Muheeb “When we pursue but cannot catch up, we are akin to retreating,” goes the Yoruba adage, “tí abá léni tí áàbá báni àádèyì.” Abdullahi Mujeeb, an aspirant for the Deputy Senate President of the National Association of Kwara State Students, holds a contrary view. As the erstwhile…
By Muheeb Mashood Under the outshine of the sun at Tasha Aliu market, one of the motor parks situated in Sokoto, North West Nigeria, four students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto were parading the marketers’ stores campaigning and conversing exclusively with them about their basic rights to them. “Protecting Civic Space” is a program organized…
By Habeeb Olokooba In a bid to battle against academic failure, students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have deviced different reading strategies. While some people read during the day, others read during the early night and leave the class before midnight. It takes an exceptional situation or condition to find many students reading till day…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen The Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have reacted over the directive given by the management, considering the defaulters who are yet to complete their registration exercise for the 2022/2023 academic session to visit the Management of Information System( MIS). This directive has garnered reaction among the three categories of the defaulters,…
Abdulrazak Olayinka reports Ahmad Tijani popularly known as Insight, has clinched the top prize in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Logo Trademark Radio competition. Ahmad is a 200 level student from the department of Computer Science at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. It can be recalled that The News Digest had earlier reported that the UDUS management…
Abdullateef Abdullahi reports The PEN PRESS outfit published a report on Saturday with the claim that Hammed Yusuf Akinteye popularly known as Broda Shagi has nothing less than ten cases and reports of violence in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s security custody. Hammed Yusuf Akinteye( Broda Shagi) is one of the contestants for the office…
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 Bashirat Durojaye Sometimes examination is not just answering questions, it is the stance of comprehending the difficulty of a question and providing relevant and consistent answers. Sequel to this, GPA depreciation may be triggered by failure to meet the examination requirements. This is one of the many factors that reinforce poor grades in students….
By Shereefdeen Ahmad Recently, a website that publishes job opportunities in Nigeria, Top Nigerian Jobs claimed that Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto(UDUS) has opened its online application portal for the 2023 recruitment exercise. It stated that the job vacancies at the school are mainly for non-academic, academic, administrative and medical staff, adding that prospective applicants are…
BY HUSSAIN WAHAB Following the NEWS DIGEST’s article written on July 7, 2021 titled “Why We Need Water Factory and Bakery in UDUS”, the Caretaker Committee of Usmanu Danfodiyo University has started producing pure water and said bakery is under processing. READ ALSO: Why We Need Water Factory and Bakery in UDUS In the article,…
