Isiaq Ibrahim reports Mallam AhmadIsah Chafe, the Director of the Management and Information System (MIS), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, has urged students who have already registered to print their exam card. This was disclosed in the WhatApps group named ‘Blended Learning’ on Saturday evening, 15th July by Mallam Ahmad Chafe directing all the students…
Abubakar Shamsudeen reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, under the leadership of professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, has invited the general public to 28th swearing-in ceremony of the 2020/2021 graduating veterinary doctors. The event, according to a flier released by the management, will take place on Wednesday, 12th July at the University Auditorium, UDUS…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, living in Benji hostel have spent over four months_and still counting_ without a trace of electricity supply and water, The News Digest Press can report. Benji, a private hostel located in the heart of the university, has over 400 rooms with over 1000 students. One of…
By Bashirat Durojaye A four-day journalism training program was planned by the Center for Journalism Innovation Development (CJID) for mass communication students and campus journalists at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto. As part of the registration procedures, prospective applicants were required to prepare and submit a 100-word piece on the subject of “The importance of…
By Yasir Aladodo At the beginning of the semester, I was at the top myself eating and drinking whatever my mouth desired. From Students’ Choice to Feel at Home, all the mini restaurants in the minimart knew who Yasir was. Though I have food stuff, I said to myself that ‘mak I bend’ if I…
By Abdulrasaq Olayinka Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Fulani Al-Kishwani was an early 18th-century Fulani mathematician, astronomer, mystic, and astrologer from Katsina, present-day Northern Nigeria. He was born in Katsina in 1699 and he died in Cairo, Egypt in 1741. Al-Kishwani studied at the Gobarau Minaret in Katsina before leaving for Cairo, Egypt in 1732, where he…
By: Awwal Nafisat One of the rudimentary stances of society is the widening gap bridges on gender which has long-term regression and retroverted in women’s voices. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, a lawyer and women’s rights activist, said “One of the biggest challenges that we face as women is the stereotype and the societal perception imposed on us.”…
By Olayiwola Ridwan Aminu meets Salamatu again on her way back to the hostel after lectures. Aminu: Assalamu ‘Alaykum, Hajia Salamatu (says Aminu in his loud voice) Salamatu : Looks around for the caller. Aminu: (Quickly appears before her) It is me, Aminu Bala Tanimu. Hope you can still remember me. …
Jumoke Esuola and Habeeb Olokooba report The students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have expressed deep grief over scarcity of the new Naira notes on campus. The situation has made it difficult for them to access the necessary items needed such as handouts, foodstuffs and others, because vendors have started rejecting…
SOKOTO VARSITY COMPELS STUDENTS TO PAY SCHOOL FEES By Ibrahim Adeyemi The authorities of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have obliged undergraduate students of the institution to either pay their school fees or face the consequences. The first semester of the 2017/2018 academic session is almost coming to an end, yet, more than half of the…
