By Habeeb Olokooba I have a friend in the UDUS students’ government. I have an enemy there as well. In fact, I have a brother among the stakeholders and I have a friend’s friend too. I have an enemy who is a friend to my friend in the fucked up administration my campus is witnessing…
By Meikudi Ashiat Under the dawning gaze of the day, Tukur Shittu was spreading out his peppers on the table in front, this signaled his preparation for the day’s sales at the school market in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. The young boy who hails from Wamako local government of Sokoto State is an apprentice who…
By Isiaq Ibrahim The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee (CTC) for Students’ Union, Muhammad Shamsudeen Umar has said that leaders of every registered associations, clubs and societies in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto must come through election. This is coming after the SU Electoral Committee(ELCOM) on Monday, 22nd May released guidelines governing the conduct of…
By Hussain Wahab It is a scorching July afternoon, around 2 p.m., at Government Girls Science Comprehensive Secondary School in Argungu, Kebbi State. The school’s teachers and students are fully engrossed in their daily activities. Among them is Happiness Olamide, a 14-year-old student in Senior Secondary 1C. She is comfortably seated alongside her fellow students…
Shamsudeen Abubakar Reports Gwandu Local Government Students Association, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Chapter, is set to organise an orientation program for 100-Level students. According to the flier, the program is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, starting from 10:00 am at the Convocation Theatre. Speaking with Abdulrahman Umar, the protocol director, the…
By: Muneer Yaqub Moved, so seconded; the motion of action. Charged, the “Orubebes” of the House quickly went to work. They flew into a rage. Things fell apart, apologies to Achebe. Chants of “Greatest Nigerian students!” rented the air, with ardor. Aluta Sabotage, so it seemed. But, fortunately, there was…
Celebrating the Digest EIC By Muhyideen Ayuba It’s a bright morning, cocks crow, trees sway left and right and the atmosphere from the wagging wind of cold envelopes minds, squeezes bodies and camp many under the garments of protection. Making it cool, the sun rises, harmatan disappears when a sound of prospective flute blows in…
By Oyelowo Khalid Universities across Nigeria are gradually deviating from purely academic gatherings to become engines of innovation, research, commercialisation and economic growth in Nigeria, where the knowledge economy is seen as a pathway to aid Nigeria from its sole dependency on oil. For this innovation to be productive, universities need the help of intellectual…
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…
Muheeb Mashood reports The management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has directed returning students who could not complete their registration for the 2022/2023 academic session to visit the Management of Information Systems(MIS) to carry out the exercise. This was contained in a circular released by the management on Monday, 26th June and signed by the…
