Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen reports The office of the Attorney General under the Law Students Association of Nigeria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto is set to hold a two-day groundbreaking symposium on litigation for all law students. The training, themed: A Thought-provoking Disclosure On Navigating The Waters Of Litigation Criminal and Civil” will be held on Saturday, 4th…
COALITION OF NIGERIAN MOVEMENT: WHAT FOR? By: Abdulwasiu Mujeeb It saddens my heart whenever I see people chorusing this evergreen music: “Nigeria go better; Nigeria go good O,” in abject mischief. It does make me wonder if at all the “go” in the chorus would eventually change to “don”. Abraham Lincoln, a former…
POISON ON PARADE: MY EXPERIENCE AS A LABORATORY ASSISTANT [1]By: Muneer Yaqub On a lighter mode, I find it quite amusing that most people get perplexed on finding out about my being a scientist. This is probably due to the rareness of such an enthusiasm as mine for social affairs among dwellers of the…
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’…
By Olayiwola Ridwan Aminu Introduces Salamatu to His Friends Aminu: Kabiru, Haruna, Jabiru, meet Salamatu, the grammar guru. His friends: Assalamu ‘Alaikum, Hajia Salamatu. How are you? Salamatu: Wa’alaykumus Salaam. I’m quite fine. His friends: Happy to hear that. Aminu has really told us impressive things about you. He, in fact, told us how you…
By Hussain Wahab Kudos to Caretaker committee of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto for the great achievements in less than 6 months. The five naira satchet water is everywhere in the school — both main and city campuses. In fact, school of Matric is not excluded. Not only that the sachets are available but also…
By Amanatullahi Yusuf It happened when I was about 7 to 8 years old. it was a child-on-child abuse. It was early nighttime in my compound and being a public one as it is, we the children were playing while our parents were scurrying here and there trying to put together our dinner. The night…
By Yisau Babatunde At 22, Zakariya, not his real name, believed his life was finally changing. In a crowded hostel minimart inside Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), his struggle for survival met what sounded like an answer to prayer. For a full year, he endured scorching heat, sleepless nights, hunger, humiliation and relentless pressure, all…
By Meikudi Ashiat Nigeria’s problem has never been the absence of solutions to its problems, it has always been the absence of the will to implement the solutions that can mitigate its problems. Nigeria is blessed with clueless leaders where those in the realm of controlling the nation’s affairs have feeble competence to curtail the…
By Habeeb Olokooba Water! From the black lines of the irises that define his glassy eyes. A betrayal from the sockets which he had for long stored tears that he never intended to let fall. Yusuf (last name withheld) was in Senior Secondary School (SSS2) when his old friend Wale (not real name) returned from…
