By Muneer Yaqub Today, I am excited. For the voice of my pen that rumbled a few days ago, seems to have been heard. The outcry of our underdogs has been harkened to, eventually. The people spoke, my pen stroke; barriers broke. Who then says the pen is not mightier than a thousand…
By Nurudeen Bolaji God forbid a time when we have to live our lives in isolation. Human race has been said to perish whenever we stop mingling with others. I bemoan the travails of this story, as it happened between me and a close friend. Before I proceed, I will like to conceal my identity…
By Habeeb Olokooba In a bid to battle against academic failure, students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have deviced different reading strategies. While some people read during the day, others read during the early night and leave the class before midnight. It takes an exceptional situation or condition to find many students reading till day…
Akaje Maimunat reports The English and Literary Studies Students Association(ELSSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has set to launch its first magazine on Wednesday, 15th November, 2023 at School Auditorium by 10:00am. The event, according to a flier released by the association, will have in attendance the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. L.S. Bilbis as the…
Abdulmajid Mutunji reports The Sokoto State Students Association(SOSSA), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s chapter has appointed a committee for the scholarship verification exercise of the 2022/2023 academic session. This was contained in a circular released by the association and signed by its staff advisers, Comrade Achida M.B and Comrade Tambari I.W. The committee, according to the…
Abdulganiyu Azeez reports The News Digest Press in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has on Thursday, 5th October announced the winners of the Abdullah Tijani Marathon Writing Contest. The competition, sponsored by the immediate past editor-in-chief of the press board, Abdullah Tijani, was aimed at igniting the writing spirit of the members during the first semester…
By Abdurrahim Ibrahim When Shamsudeen Abubakar, a 300-level Education and English Language student, accompanied his brother to the school clinic, he was expecting swift action, especially since his brother’s condition was serious. Unfortunately, it became clear that immediate help was not available. Frustration set in for Shamsudeen when he found no doctors present. As his…
By: Abdulrazaq Kamaldeen Nigeria has become a haven for kidnappers, with security deteriorating from its strongholds. In a country where law enforcement struggles to ensure safety, life has become precarious. Tragically, killings are now a source of amusement, and kidnapping has evolved into a lucrative ransom-driven crime. Nigeria is now a country of “live here…
Muheeb Mashood reports At early day of June, a non violent rainfall that lasted for less than an hour in UDUS had met Abdullahi Ashiat at the law faculty mosque. The 200- level Education Biology students who went to cast her eyes over her books, disclosed to the News Digest Press that she would have…
Akaje Maimunat reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has once again reopened the portal for the 2022/2023 academic session’s registration exercise. This was contained in the circular dated on Tuesday, 4th July and signed by Director of University Examination and Registration, S.O. Abuh. Recall that the management had earlier stated that students who…
