St VALENTINE’S DAY: THE CAUSE OF LOVE CELEBRATIONBy YUNUS, ABDULWAKEEL O. The approaching and celebration of St. Valentine’s day on 14th February of every year always widespread on the earth and overwhelms the living souls immediately the almanac reads 15th January of the year. Enthusiastically, everyone wishes, and thinks about what to present to someone…
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Reporter’s Diary: The Price to Pay as a Hostel Dweller
By Habeeb Olokooba Concealed or obvious, there is a price for everything. But who would have conceived that I would procure dearly for choosing Jubril Aminu hostel? Here is a bitter account of how I lost almost everything I had to daylight burglars. Sequel to all the ‘shege’ last semester, I went to the hostel…
DONE AND DUSTED: TONY ELUMELU BRIDGE By : Muneer Yaqub It seems the mantra hasn’t changed. It has persisted, and has remained consistent in the last couple of weeks. The mantra of positive change, that which has sought to lend voice to the voiceless. The mantra of the physically challenged, our disabled colleagues on campus:…
Home: The Bedrock of Devil and Decency
By: Ibroheem Ridwanullahi Have you ever contemplated the looming challenges that our nation and society will face in the coming weeks, months, and years? It appears that these challenges will be more severe and extreme than anything we’ve encountered before. The future seems clouded, with little brightness or color in our streets. Our society stands…
DIGEST Reporter Wins Campus Journalist of the Week
Taofeeq Imam reports The National Asscociation of Campus Journaliats, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Chapter, has on Wednesday unveiled the top four entries for NACJ of the week. Shereefdeen Sawe won with 24 points from News Digest, followed by Abdulrasheed Akere with 21 points from PEN PRESS , Ayoade Zariat with 19 point from…
Update Your Profile if Your ID Is Not Produced —Dean Students Affairs Tells 2019 Admitted Undergraduates
The Dean of Students Affairs of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Professor Umar Aliyu, has urged students admitted in the 2019/2020 academic session whose school identity cards are not produced to update their profile on the students’ portal. Recall that the management has directed faculty officers of the university to collect students identification cards at the…
Insecurity: Students Recount Bad Experience, Thought of Drop-Out
By Muheeb Mashood “ The journey was a bad experience for me. Our bus had earlier developed a fault before we were attacked by bandits,” Shwawanatu Salihu, a 300 level Education Biology student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University recounted her bad trip as it happened to her like a nightmare. Shawanatu had left Sokoto in the…
With N5,000, UDUS Students Travel on Trailers, Risk Safety, Devastating Health Challenges
By Yisau Babatunde On a cold morning in October, Ibrahim Muhammad, a 300-level Sociology student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), made his way to Ajia Alimo road in Sokoto market to begin his journey home. With a worried but determined expression, he climbed onto the back of a moving trailer heading toward Kwara State….
NEW GLORY: Digest Defeats Pen Press, Vanguard to Win Best Press Outfit for Fourth Time
The News Digest Press has again proven its dominance over any other press outfit on Danfodiyo varsity after winning the press outfit of the year award for fourth time in five academic sessions. In a resounding celebration of journalistic excellence, the News Digest press at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has been officially crowned as the…
Reactions Trail New Law Faculty Monument as Students Call for More Facilities
Sulaiman Saheed reports, As Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) resumes for a new academic session, the Faculty of Law has unveiled a newly constructed monument to replace the former law scale symbol The newly completed structure, in courtesy of professor Ibrahim Abdullahi, SAN, is located outside the Faculty of Law complex gate, and has departed…