By Hussain Wahab It is May, and, in a community somewhere in the world, the sun is shining brightly, and the temperature is hot. The skins of residents are very dry as if they do not have access to the life-saving substance known as water. This is Mugadi Gari in Koko Besse/Maiyama Federal Constituency of…
EXAMINATION BLUES: How GST Mass Failure Hits UDUS Students Olokooba Abdulwasiu reports While many students would consider a Computer Based Test (CBT) for the General Studies (GST) exam and see it as a technological advancement, students of the Faculty of Arts and Education, respectively, have no good impression about it. They have, unscrupulously, been ‘endowed’…
Habeeb Olokooba reports The Students’ Union Government of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has set to organize workout sessions. The sessions, in partnership with the UDUS Fitness Team and the Director of Sports, will be held on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the first semester break. According to a memo released on Sunday, 27th August through the…
ONE MAN’S POISON By: Muneer Yaqub An adage says: if you haven’t been to another man’s farm, you’d think your father’s farm is the biggest. There you are, confined within the jurisdiction of your birthplace. You’ve come of age, but the stimulant to make you leave your hometown for somewhere else has not. You…
By: Ismail Amanatullahi (Kano House) Kwakwasiyya Hostel, UDUS Asabe was already late for her morning lectures when she woke up on Monday morning. She hurriedly took her bucket to get water from the tap to take her bath. The 400-level law student was brushing when it dawned on her that it had started raining. Before…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen The Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto have reacted over the directive given by the management, considering the defaulters who are yet to complete their registration exercise for the 2022/2023 academic session to visit the Management of Information System( MIS). This directive has garnered reaction among the three categories of the defaulters,…
Raji Toheeb reports The Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union(FOSSU) and National Association of Osun state students’ (NAOSS) football teams, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto chapters, are set to play a friendly football match. The match, according to a flier released by the associations, will kick-off on Saturday, 8th July 2023 at the university stadium by…
By Habeeb Olokooba Let me start this piece with prayer— May your wealth never be the source of your end. May you never be drowned by your knowledge, and I pray your power and skill will not kill you. Let’s talk about the Titanic Tour Submarine that sank five tourists who paid thousands of dollars…
By Shereefdeen Ahmad On October 8, 2005 at El Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman in Sudan, Ivory Coast dreamed of qualifying for their first ever World Cup. To bring this to life, the Elephants of the Ivory Coast subjected Sudan to a 3-1 defeat. However, their hope and fate to book a spot in the biggest…
By: Ahmad Amidat Hans Selye once argued that to reduce the negative effects of everyday stressors, we need to do good for others. No religion has ever discriminated against kindness or hinder acts of kindness, it is intrinsic in both the rich and the indigent. Exhibiting kindness toward living and non living things is the…
