Muheeb Mashood reports The Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has on Wednesday, 20th September, 2023 dismissed Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and declared Nasiru Ganuwa of All Progressive Congress (APC) as the valid winner of March 18 Kano State Governorship election. Recall that Ganuwa congratulated Yusuf, following the declaration of…
By Queen Azeez Before now, I already know having a problem with an agency or bank in Nigeria is the beginning of other problems; a tour. At the same time, not solving it looks like a part of my everyday life has been cut away. It keeps coming back to my head that there’s something…
By Hussain Wahab It is a scorching July afternoon, around 2 p.m., at Government Girls Science Comprehensive Secondary School in Argungu, Kebbi State. The school’s teachers and students are fully engrossed in their daily activities. Among them is Happiness Olamide, a 14-year-old student in Senior Secondary 1C. She is comfortably seated alongside her fellow students…
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…
The poem that wins the heart of the judges for this week is written by Abass Sani. He is a 200 level student of English, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. TON ON MY HEAD – By Abass Sani At the first light When I began the journey I Pleaded the master To spear my eyes The…
By Rasheedat Abidiesin Abstract From UDUS campus to Dendima, Haji Alima, and to the metropolis of Sokoto, the common sight of school–age children roaming the streets, while begging or engaging in menial jobs for survival always raised a critical question of what future beholds for the up–and–coming generation of that society. The whole North…
By Abdulfatai Yunus Duke Elligton once said that Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves’. It is known in the history of humanity and psychology that not all selfishness is necessarily bad and not all altruism is good. The…
By Rasheedat Abidiesin and Habibullah Temako In 2019, on the voyage of academic excellence, Hamad Yusuf Akinteye (Shaggy), a recent first class graduate from the department of Public Administration, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has unwavering determination to graduate with a first class result since his secondary school days—rise and bright among his colleagues like…
By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen “I read with determination which made me get a 4.75 CGPA during my 100 level. Furthered my study in UG2, l was able to pull out 4.71 and l got 4.51 at UG3,” said Kabiru, in his response to the interview. Kabiru Bello, a recent graduate from the Accounting Department at Usmanu…
Abdulkadir Sofiullahi reports Isiaq Ibrahim, a 300-level student of Primary Education at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has emerged the winner of NEWS DIGEST’s journalist for the month of May 2023. News Digest Journalist of the Month is an encouragement honor given to a member of the press outfit who has performed excellently in the…
