The pen is mightier than the gun
By Shero Abbas For many students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), returning to campus after the semester break has become more than a matter of academic preparation—it has become…
Ayanlere Aishat reports, Following Pen Press’s report on the harassment of female students at a private hostel in Benji, the landlord has repaired the compound’s entrance door, which had been…
By: Maryam Umar A month-long spike in hostel break-ins across Gidan Yaro, Benji, Shama, and Gidan Nura, including a knife attack inside a school-owned hostel, is forcing UDUS female students…
By Maryam Umar Claim: A Facebook user claims a woman was recently killed in Niger State for allegedly committing blasphemy. Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s investigation found that the photo is a…
By Shuaibu Sharifat Ramat Saidu, who lives in the Kampala Bread area of Yauri Local Government Area, Kebbi State, has drunk river water all her life. “I have been drinking…
By Abdulazeez Rofiat A Road Students Can’t Avoid Umar Maryam, a 500-level Law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, sighs for the tenth time as the bus jars to a…
By : Luqman Kamaldeen Oladayo Claim: A viral video shows a young man in wig and gown, captioned as a Nigerian lawyer defending his client in court. Verdict: False. The…
By : Maryam Umar Claim: An X user shared a video of armed men walking along a road, claiming it shows jihadists shouting “Allahu Akbar” while taking over Nigerian villages…
Photo credit : Shutter stock By Shuaibu Sharifat It was almost 2 a.m. on April 21, 2026, when Isa Zakariyau Kehinde, a first-year Law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto…
By Maryam Umar Claim: An X user shared a video claiming to show personnel of the Nigerian Army destroying people's farms after residents allegedly confronted Fulani herders whose cattle had…