By Abdullah Tijani, The Editor-in-chief of The News Digest Press, 2020/2021 Academic Session Just like other years before it, the era of the Abdullah-Tijani-led administration is coming to an end. The sun rotating the earth has returned to its starting point. Today, the sun will set and we will witness the beginning of…
By Musa A. Nawwas Dear newly matriculated students(Jambitos), welcome to Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Let me tell you the motto of the varsity, even though you must have boldly caught a glance at it on the entrances. The motto is “iqra.” The first Qur’anic idea that entered into the consciousness of the prophet and was…
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…
By : Ibrahim Adeyemi and Turawa Bashir Dead or alive? Repressed and depressed by parents or not? These are the controversial queries that filled the social media airwave after the mysterious suicide action taken by Aisha Omolola, a 300 level student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in her apartment at Samaru, Kaduna state. Omolola was…
Akaje Maimunat reports The English and Literary Studies Students Association(ELSSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto Chapter has called on interested students in the department and others to its first audition programme. The programme, according to a flier released by the Drama Committee of the association, will be held on Wednesday, 2nd August at the School Convocation…
Abdulmajid Mutunji reports Zamfara State Students Association (ZAMSSA) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has set to organize an orientation ceremony for the newly admitted students of the 2022/2023 academic section. The event, according to the flier released by the association, will hold on Sunday, 9th July 2023 at A10 hall, UDUS main campusby 10:00am. The…
By: Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen In the dimly lit confines of Bakassi Hostel (Block A), Salim Mukhtar, a 200-level Veterinary Medicine student, wears a constant expression of forlorn and discontent. His struggle with a persistent lack of light in his room since last semester has transformed his school hostel experience into a living nightmare. For him, the…
Raji Toheeb Undoubtedly, the Holy Qur’an, being the first source of evidence in Islam never leaves anything unattended. It has reminded us endlessly and illustrated histories about how pride has caused destruction to people’s lives. Arrogance is one of the shameful behaviors, acts of Shaitoon ( the cursed one) and indeed a path of destruction….
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…
THE RICH ARE THE POOR By: Adegbite Taoheed It is neither about the number of houses nor the couples of cars you use in this life that score or earn your personality the certificate of a well lived life, rather, the number of people you change their lives for good. It becomes a gigantic concern…
