The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Chief Lawrence Ayinde Olakunle Osayemi would on Monday, September 17, 2012 be bestowed with the National Honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON). A statement by the Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr. Henry Akpan, published in […]

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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, last Wednesday, paid a Courtesy Call on the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Nurudeen Olorun-nimbe Adedipe, at his Ikorodu residence, Lagos State. Welcoming the Vice-Chancellor and the Management team to his house, Professor Adedipe charged the incumbent Vice-Chancellor to be focused as a leader, noting that leadership comes […]

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The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, has stated that graduates of agricultural courses should be job-creators rather than job-seekers. Professor Oyewole disclosed this last week, when the legislator, representing the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Olusegun Samuel Williams paid him a Courtesy Call […]

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As a follow-up to the recent visit of the Management of the First Bite Foods Limited to FUNAAB, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, accompanied by Principal Officers of the University toured the expansive, 16-Hectare farmland of the company. The Vice-Chancellor’s delegation explored all sections of the Farms, from the Aquaculture, Feed Mill, Poultry Pen, […]

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Efforts should be made to promote modern Bee-Keeping, as it is capable of generating employment, alleviate poverty, as well as improve farmers’ standard of living. This assertion was made by the Director of Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of the University, Prof. (Mrs.) Carolyn Afolami, while delivering her Opening Remarks at the Training […]

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The Science and Technology Education, Post–Basic (STEP-B) Project has been said to have contributed immensely to the revamping of the education sector, particularly, in the areas of Research and Linkages. The Project Manager, Science and Technology Education, Post–Basic (STEP-B), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Okanlawon Onagbesan, made this known while fielding questions from […]

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The newly-built FUNAAB Guest House, located in the premises of the International Scholars’ and Resource Centre (IS&REC) of the University has commenced operations. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole made the disclosure during the weekly Management Meeting of the University, held recently. The Vice-Chancellor said that the University Management decided to kick-start commercial activities at […]

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The Dean, College of Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Professor Samuel Babatope Adejuyigbe, has been elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology of Nigerian Universities (CODET), at the meeting of the Committee, held recently in Abuja. Other officers elected, to steer the affairs of the body for the next […]

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The Nigerian Association of Hydrological Sciences (NAHS) has concluded arrangements to hold its 2012 Annual Conference. A release, signed by the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Professor Olasumbo Martins, informed that the Conference, which has as its theme, Hydrology for Disaster Management, would hold between October 22 and 26, 2012, at Federal University of Agriculture, […]

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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, has charged members of staff to make use of the new FUNAAB E-mail address, to facilitate communication with research agencies and other bodies that will not respond to mails, sent from other Internet domains. According to a release, signed by the Head, Webometrics Centre, Dr. Olusegun Folorunsho, the new […]

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