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Prolonged Power Outage Disrupts Academic Life at Shama, Benji Hostels

By Shehu Uthman For months, the residents of Shama and Binji hostel in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) have been experiencing a prolonged power outage which is affecting their daily and academic activities. Saka Maimunat, a student of Physiotherapy, said the blackout has had both academic and economic consequences for her. According to her, the…

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Students Loan: Solution or Burden?

By Akaje Maimunat  First introduced in 2016 and sponsored by the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiala, the students loan bill was signed into law by president Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Though it raised loud cries and bile of the masses, the law provided no exclusion to Nigerians as it enabled all indigenous…

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News Digest Press Trains Members on News Reporting

Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The News Digest press, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), has organized a training session for its members on the Art of News Reporting The event, held at the A37 lecture room, saw enthusiastic participants from both the existing and the newly inducted members of the pressboard. Facilitated by Abdullateef Abdullahi, the Editor-in-chief…

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After JAMB Admission, What Next: An Open Letter to UDUS Newly Admitted Students and Aspirants

By Hussain Wahab With utmost excitement running through my mind, I would like to congratulate the newly admitted students, and preemptively welcome you to the most peaceful and stringent university in Nigeria. I don’t need to explain the ‘toughness’. They say seeing is believing. With time you will understand it better. I know the most…

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Digest Scientific Column: Chemistry of Color

BY Mohammad Musa Color is the aspect of appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness and saturation. In fact, people judge fruits and vegetables by the richness of their colors.  Coloring ingredients include: natural colors, derived primarily from vegetable sources and sometimes called vegetable dyes, inorganic pigment…

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