By Habeeb Olokooba It was a breezy June morning. The previous day’s downpour refreshed the air. Abdulwasiu Dada, a bike man in his late forties, pedaled through the refreshing breeze as his sole source of income, reliant on his trusty Bajaj bike. Once a small-scale farmer, Dada reminisced about his past life. He recalled the…
By: Habeeb Olokooba Photo Credit: Facebook/ Abdullahi Muheeb “When we pursue but cannot catch up, we are akin to retreating,” goes the Yoruba adage, “tí abá léni tí áàbá báni àádèyì.” Abdullahi Mujeeb, an aspirant for the Deputy Senate President of the National Association of Kwara State Students, holds a contrary view. As the erstwhile…
By Ibrahim Adeyemi A car with the number plate of SAA224AA hit a tree at the mini market of smanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto as the driver of the car suddenly lost control while driving. The unnamed driver was said to have been subconscious while driving such that it found its way to the main entrance…
By Taofeeq Imam After a weary lecture-day, Akinlola Gboyega returned to his apartment at Oceanic Villa. Exhausted and frustrated over the thought of having to prepare for a continuous assessment the next morning, he waited for light to pop up. His phone battery was running down, and it could not sustain him…
Shereefdeen Ahmad Writes On Thursday evening around 8:00pm, a empty picture of the most popular lecture hall in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, ETF3 Lecture Hall without students, with the caption ‘ETF3 dry tonight oo…sign na ur mate’ was circulating on social media. This has instilled fear that the university campus is unsafe for reading at…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen It was around 6:20 a.m on a Thursday that Shola woke up from bed to prepare for an 8:00 a.m. morning lecture. As it is very common among students to have something in their stomachs before going to morning classes, Shola had thought on what to eat before going to class….
By Joy Enoch It’s not a gain saying that Nigeria is a land of milk and honey. Despite the country suffering from political epilepsy, the greatness of Nigeria is obvious even to the blind. But it’s now too expensive to even call Nigeria the giant of Africa. From tribalism, religious intolerance, political violence to mammoth…
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 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…
By Raji Toheeb Gone were those days when Blackberry phones were valued by all and sundry, when boot cuts were almost worn by big boys; when the shirt inscribed with the word “Police” had the largest votes and when Symbians’ phones were the talk of the town. In fact, Chinese phones had a lot of…
