The Benefit of Congregational Prayer

By Alqasim Gbemisola  Praying in congregation, also called jama’ah prayer, is an aspect of praying that is adorned with heavy benefits. Prayer is a form of divine communication of believers in expressing their thoughts, feelings, and desires to their deity or deities. It takes many forms of verbal recitation, physical gestures, or silent meditation. In…

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FEATURE… Climate Action: How JCI-UDUS Launches Green Initiatives to Enhance Comfort 

By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen  Northern institutions like UDUS where temperature regularly climbs above 40 degrees Celsius, face challenges due to climate change—impacting students’ daily routines. For this, the members of Junior Chamber International-UDUS, along with other dedicated students took matters into their own hands in July morning, launching green initiatives to maintain a cool environment and…

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IMPACT STORY: UDUS Management Fixes Block C Bathroom Doors After News Digest Publication 

By Abdullateef Abdullahi Four weeks after The News Digest Press publication, noting the lack of doors in the Block C hostel bathrooms at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, significant improvements have been observed. Recalling, The News Digest Press published an editorial titled “Of the 24/7 Hostel Bathrooms without Secret” on March 27, 2024— drawing attention to…

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The Downside of Non Stick Pot

By Amanatullah Yusuf As the name suggests, non-stick pans are especially designed to avoid the food from sticking at the bottom of the cookware. Lined with teflon, non-stick cookware has a frictionless surface which also helps in easily cooking the food. At some point, Non Stick pots became popular for its beauty and most importantly,…

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Students Under Siege: How SU CTC Shops are Exploiting Students Amidst Hardship

By Fathiu Jimoh After a busy lecture day, Sadudeen Ibrahim Atanda, a 200-level Islamic studies student visited Maccido Yusuf’s shop to purchase a pack of ‘Top biscuits.’ However, upon paying the money, the vendor informed him that the price had increased to N400, whereas Ibrahim was accustomed to paying N350. The disagreement quickly escalated into…

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UDUS ELCOM Releases Schedule, Guidelines For Conduct of SU 2023 Elections

Isiaq Ibrahim reports   The Students’ Union Electoral Committee (ELCOM) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, has on Tuesday, 30th May released the guidelines and schedule for the conduct of the 2022/2023 academic session Students’ Union Elections. This was disclosed by the ELCOM chairman, Bashir Muhammad Achida during a special meeting with the National Association of…

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Suicide is not End of the Road

By Alqasim Gbemisola Nigeria has the highest rate of suicide and depression in Africa. The current rate of suicide in Nigeria is 9.50% out of 100, 000 people. Most suicides occur impulsively in times of crisis due to a breakdown in coping mechanisms in life, such as chronic pain and illness, financial difficulties, and relationship…

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