FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 1]
Fatima, You stare at the black ink sparsing the letter-headed form before you and nod in disagreement – this should not be happening. No one doubted that you were meant…
New Academic Platform Creates Mentorship Opportunity for Sokoto Students, Extends Application to December 5th
Mudathir Hayatullahi (Abu Lubabah) writes, Greenline Nurture Initiative (GNI) is an academic platform founded by two lecturers at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, namely Prof. Jimoh Olaiya Amzat, a lecturer at…
SOSACAT, in Conjunction with SMOHCSO, holds 2021 World AIDS Day in UDUS
Abdulazeez Rahmah Tinuke Reports, Sokoto State Agency For the Control of HIV, SOSCAT, in collaboration with the State Ministry Of Health and Civil Society Organization, held her annual World AIDS…
HIV/AIDS: Breaking The Silence
Promise Eze writes, Yesterday was World’s AIDS day. Nasiru Aliyu, the president of the Anti–AIDS club on campus, gave me a HIV self-help test kit for free. The self-help kit…
PEN History With Ayoade Zariat Yetunde: December 1st in History
December 1st is the 335th day in the year, (336th in a leap year), 30days until the end of the year. December 1st 1942 in UK,The British Coalition Government accepted…
Being a ‘JAMBITO’ is not a Disease
Abdulrasheed Akere Abdulkareem writes, “JAMBITO’’ is an appellation given to the newly admitted students in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, by the returning students and other members of the university. The…
Lionel Messi Floors Lewandowski, Jorginho and 27 Other Finalists to Clinch the 2021 Ballon d’Or Award
Yusuf Abdulbasit Hozaifah writes, Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccitini, also known as Leo Messi and La Pulga Atomica – ‘The Atomic Flea’, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays a forward…
Pen Writers’ Diary: A Journey to Remember
Abdulkareem Ismail relates, 26th of August 2021 will forever remain a red-letter day in my life. I’m a resident of Ilorin, Kwara state, schooling in the Seat of the Caliphate,…
IESU UDUS Holds Freshers Orientation, Health Sensitization Program
Yusuf Abdulbasit Hozaifah and Abdulrasheed Akere Abdulkareem report, Ilorin Emirate Students’ Union (IESU), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) chapter, has held her annual orientation and foremost health sensitization program…
PIDGIN TORI: Wetin I Talk After Screening Wey PEN Press Do For New Members
Promise Eze writes, Despite say I come late to observe how di screening take be—I bin go church—my editor–in–chief still allow me sensitize our new writers for A134 yesterday after…