By Habeeb Olokooba From morning to twilight on Friday, Abdulrazaq Suleiman endured the weariness that comes with striving to withdraw cash from Automated Teller Machine(ATM) at the Guarantee Trust Bank branch in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. For the fear of being replaced by someone on the long queue where he cemented himself for over…
Abdullateef Abdullahi reports A bus conveying students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to Zaria, has been reported attacked by bandits in Zamfara on Friday, 17th February. The report revealed that before the attack, the bus had earlier developed a fault at Tureta, around five O’ clock in the evening before reaching…
By Ismail Amanatullah I remembered drinking pure water that day. The real big boys drink, a period where most students have limited cash on them, it shows who the real big boys are because we’d be the only ones to afford it by then. The rest could rush to the ever ‘steady…
Jumoke Esuola and Habeeb Olokooba report The students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have expressed deep grief over scarcity of the new Naira notes on campus. The situation has made it difficult for them to access the necessary items needed such as handouts, foodstuffs and others, because vendors have started rejecting…
By Iorgboko Ama Michael It has been up to three weeks now that Nigerians are facing frustrating challenges in getting money for business transactions and other life money related issues. The reason for this hardship is not unconnected to Nigeria’s Central Bank policy of redesignation of N200, N500 and N1000 naira notes. …
Abdullahi Abdullateef reports “It is really sad witnessing the judiciary degenerated into this. Too much irregularities,” said Saheed Adebowale, a 400-level law student, in his comment to the petition he wrote against the Judiciary arm of the Law Students Society. Adebowale had submitted a petition addressed to all the students’ stakeholders in…
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…
By Habeeb Olokooba It was on a Wednesday morning. Imran, a 100-level student of Political Science rushed to Guarantee Trust Bank to withdraw some money at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto’s branch. The undergraduate who doubles as a Point of Sale(POS) attendant, needed to attend to his customers. However, Imran was taken aback…
Ismail Amanatullah Among the school-owned female hostels are Zamfara and Kwankwasiya (Kano Hall). These are also the only female hostels that are storey buildings with railings. Many of these iron railings have become weak and frail from rust – continuous wetting and drying. It poses more danger to occupants of the first…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The Editor-in-Chief of the News Digest Press and 200-level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Shereefdeen Ahmad has bagged male Campus Journalist of the Year award for the 2020/2021 academic session. Shereefdeen clinched the male category together with Feature Writer of the Year award at…
