By: Muneer Yaqub I once read a novel by John Grisham, The Client, wherein a father Character was described as a ‘chain-smoker.’ It was amazing, how one could be so addicted to smoking, as to light up a new cigarette with the remnant of the last. Then a new one, that way. Then another. You…
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 Muneer Yaqub Nigeria is a multi-cultural nation, with well over three hundred ethnic groups and two hundred languages. The quest for unification of these groups, despite their diversity, has made it adopt English Language as its lingua franca. And by implication, the language of instruction, and communication, in the Nigerian academia is…
Muhammed Akindele reports The National Association of Kwara State Law Students (NAKLAS), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto chapter has on Friday, December 22nd, celebrated its annual day and Inaugurated new executives for the 2023/2024 academic session. The event, held at LC2 lecture hall, Faculty of Law, main campus, brought together the indigenous students of Kwara State…
By: Abdulmalik Abdulwahab Manchester City has claimed a comfortable 4-0 victory against Brighton and Hove Wanderer at Etihad Stadium on Thursday. Thanks to Phil Foden brace, Kelvin De Bruyne and Julian Alvarez each goal. Guordiola’s men opened the floor in the 17th-minute when Kyle Walker created a dangerous opportunity that was met with the head…
By Meikudi Ashiat Mahmud Boni Toure, a Botany graduate from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, soared through his school days like a bird in flight, his allowance bringing a sparkle to his phone as he savored a life of luxury and extravagance. When Mahmud graduated in 2021, his life took a sharp turn; the financial support…
By Muheeb Mashood Since the resumption of the second semester, student occupants at Jubril Aminu hostel in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have been clamoring over intermittent water supply, The News Digest Press can report. It was in the early hours on Sunday, 24th September. The sun smiled brightly but the atmosphere depicted a nightmare as…
By: Muhammed Akindele As far back as the 19th century, there has been a custom feud between the feminists and the Anti-feminists. This debate has degenerated into a lot of dissension for many decades. For better assimilation, feminism precludes the advocacy for women’s rights on the basis of equality of sex. Anti-feminism on the other…
Muhammed Akindele reports The Examination Monitoring Committee(EMC) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has instructed all class representatives to present their classmates’ identity and examination cards. This is said to serve as a precondition for the first semester examination for the 2022/2023 session. According to the internal memorandum dated November 24, and signed by the chairman…
By Ibrahim Adeyemi NEWS DIGEST – It’s APRIL FOOL, the only month, when the world talk about fooling and foolishness. Isn’t it fun to talk about foolishness? Foolishness is part of life, take it or leave it. A society without folly will not get to the promised land. Is it not because of the wise…
