By Hussain Wahab As Abdulaziz Shafiu, a 300-level student of Agricultural science and resident of Torabora, tried to pass through the road that leads to the Faculty of Law from his hostel, he looked beyond the dry land he was standing on and saw a field of waterlogged swamp. How has…
By Fathiu Jimoh When Muhammad Nurudeen felt a sharp pain in his stomach, he never knew it would later land him at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) clinic. Around 6 p.m. the next day, the pain returned, and this time, it didn’t leave. Realizing it wasn’t going away, he cried out to his hostel…
SOZECOM Puts Smile On Jemimah’s Face, Gets Her New Wheelchair Mustapha Abdullateef reports The Sokoto State Zakat and Waqf Endowment Commission (SOZECOM) has on Saturday, 20th of April 2019 presented a new Wheelchair to Miss Jemima Dauda, at the state headquarters of the commission – as a way of aiding the determination to actualise her…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The Center for Entrepreneurship Development(CED), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has started baking bread for sale in the university main campus. According to a statement posted by the club on its Facebook handle on Thursday, 13th July, the breads are of a variety of sizes ensuring that they fit the needs and budget…
By Lamid Azeez On May 29, the newly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his inaugural speech, declared unequivocally that fuel subsidy is gone. According to him, the rationale behind the decision was the rising cost of fuel subsidy of over $800 million a month on the Nigerian…
By Jumoke Esuola Over the years, feminine genders are known to experience different dimensions of segregation societally. Starting from the very beginning when a female child is born, the joy that be-chances the parents and the society at large is doubled when a male child is brought to life. This is so because the family…
By Abdulmalik Abdulwahab Olutimin Ilenre, a young graduate of History and International studies from Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo state, set all his academic records on fire due to the formidable challenges posed by unemployment. This was contained in a video surface on the social media where Ilenre set his degree testimony, National Youth Service Corp…
The persistent gap between what we expect and what we actually witness in Nigeria’s education sector demands urgent attention. It is disheartening to see how the best graduating students are recognized in Nigeria federal universities. This issue reveals a broader problem of undervaluing education in our nation. The federal government’s role in adequately funding…
By Habeeb Olokooba When lawlessness becomes norms and law becomes lawless, then we’ll not be wrong to say that craziness has been clothed; madness has been fashioned. Something is definitely wrong somewhere and something needs to be fixed. Today, abnormalities have been portrayed to be culture while law seems nonexistent. You can hardly surf online…
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…
