By Mutalib Jibril Termites belong to a category of eusocial insects that primarily feed on decomposing plant matter, including wood, paper and soil organic matter. Their distinctive features include bead-like antennae. They exhibit a eusocial social structure, organized into castes including workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals, which is a notable feature not found in all…
DISCOVER YOURSELF: A MOTIVATIONAL GUIDE FOR SELF-DISCOVERY By: Adeyemi Ibrahim ‘Discover Yourself’ by Oluwasanmi Oyewumi is a motivational and inspirational book that guides b oth the young and the old minds on self-discovery. As a prolific writer, Oyewumi surveys the front and back of success to a great extent. He does not only…
By Taoheed Adegbite On Thursday, 18th May which marked the second day of the 2018 Ramadan period, the sun was severely scorching in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, a homogeneous learning community situated in Dundaye, Sokoto state. Qomariyah, a 200 level student from the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics had an unwholesome day, after a…
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 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,…
By Saifnasr Bello As the sun rises and sets over Gidanyaro, a small village that helps define the landmass of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Yet, as the sun rotates the Earth, for the children of this village, the clock seems to have stopped. Their dreams, trapped within the ruins of a forgotten school, and…
By Jimoh Aisha If you have a child wafting into his teenage years, it is very apt, I must recommend, you say a prayer for him. In that teenage year, it is a battle between the moral inclination you have instilled in him and the peers they roll and grow up with. With the latter…
By: Muneer Yaqub In all honesty, nothing gladdens my heart than finding myself an agent of positive change. Bringing joy and smiles to faces of sorrow, and agony. Alterating the mischief of the less privileged and the underdogs in the environment. Lending my voice to the voiceless oppressed, victims of a negligent…
Abdulganiyu Azeez reports Shereefdeen Ahmad, a 200-level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the News Digest Press board. The appointment was made known at the 2022 Digest Festival held in A10 Lecture Hall on Sunday, 8th January 2023. Shereefdeen, who won the 2022…
A Nigerian political analyst, Goerge Udom, on Saturday, 19 March, 2022, posted on his Facebook page three claims regarding minimum wage, fuel price, and house rent in Ghana and Nigeria. Mr Udom made these claims while comparing the living situations between these two West-African countries. He said, “Comparing Apples to…
