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…
By Ibrahim Adeyemi As if we’ve not attended one before, everything at the sitting was strange in range, no orderliness in the hearts of those that man the earth of our dear university. No legislation on the side of our legislators; no execution on the other side of the executives. Who is fooling whom? The…
By Habeeb Olokooba Idris Teleti is a 300-level political science student at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto embodies the Danfodites’ spirit of passion for extracurricular activities. Channeling his classroom knowledge into real-world experience, Idris ventured into politics while nurturing a deep admiration for journalism. Determined to pursue both his passions, he skillfully juggled the dual…
Muhammed Akindele Reports Shereefdeen Ahmad, the editor-in-chief of The News Digest Press has trained members on the elements of fact-checking and information disorder. The training, falling as part of his activities of the Countering Misinformation and Promoting Media Literacy Fellowship, was held on Monday, 30th October at the LC2 Hall. The fellowship, sponsored by the…
By Muheeb Mashood Before Sulaiman Sanusi could take his bath, the 100-level student and occupant of Jubril Aminu Hall of Residence had to trek to Bakassi hostel, about two kilometers away from his hostel. He could still not decipher the cause of the intermittent power outage at Jubril Aminu hostel which has frustrated his academic…
THE RICH ARE THE POOR By: Adegbite Taoheed It is neither about the number of houses nor the couples of cars you use in this life that score or earn your personality the certificate of a well lived life, rather, the number of people you change their lives for good. It becomes a gigantic concern…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports The National Association of Science and Vocational Education Students (NASVES), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has invited all final year students of the department to an orientation program on their projects. According to a circular released and signed by the President of the association, Abdulsalam Aminu Liadi stated that the event will…
Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The Centre for Journalists Innovation and Development (CJID) has shortlisted Abdullateef Abdullahi, Editor-In-Chief of The News Digest Press and Hussain Wahab, The president of the National Association of Campus journalism (NACJ) of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the 2024 UDEME U-Monitors cohort. UDEME is an accountability project established by the Centre of…
Raji Toheeb Undoubtedly, the Holy Qur’an, being the first source of evidence in Islam never leaves anything unattended. It has reminded us endlessly and illustrated histories about how pride has caused destruction to people’s lives. Arrogance is one of the shameful behaviors, acts of Shaitoon ( the cursed one) and indeed a path of destruction….
By: Aransiola Oluwakemi We all are getting older, so definitely there should be a concrete view of the age in the way we speak, think, act, dress and act. The older you become, the wiser you should be. Nowadays, higher institutions have been turned to avenues for teenagers to do things…
