The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ UNAAB Multipurpose Co-operative Society recently held its 12th Annual General Meeting. While welcoming co-operators, the immediate past President, Professor Bolanle Akeredolu-Ale and Dean, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD) appreciated the support given to her team in the appraised year by the members of the co-operative so…

It has been adjudged globally that, agriculture is not the only sector that demands for the use of land. In many developing nations of the world, without exempting Nigeria, if industries were to be established, the procedure would certainly involve clearing of land before siting the proposed industries. But in advanced countries, such as the United States of America, where there exist strict polic…

A total of 171 students have been administered the matriculated oath into the Part-Time Degree Programme of the University for the 2016/2017 Academic Session. Addressing the students during the matriculation programme, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ololade Enikuomehin‎ congratulated the students for scaling through the admission hurdle into FUNAAB. He commended academic and non-teaching st…

The Board of Trustees, Centre for the Advancement of Research in Diabetes in Nigeria, has concluded plans to establish a diabetes research centre in the University. The centre, when operational, would be established towards fostering research and the use of medicinal plants for the benefit of diabetic patients; both in Nigeria and Africa. Announcing this was the Grand Patron of the Centre and form…

A graduate from the University's Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Mr. Azeez Salawu, has bagged the 2017 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) State Honours Award, as “the most outstanding National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in the FCT, Abuja”. Azeez was awarded for his meritorious service to his country and the host communi…

New Officers of the Man O’ War have been decorated in the University. They include Professor Adewale Dipeolu of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD) and the Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies (CENTS), who was appointed as the new Deputy Grand War Marshal of the Man O’ War, FUNAAB Command. The ele…

With a vast 84 million hectares of arable land, 279 billion cubic meters of surface water and an estimated current population of 165 million people that is projected to reach 470 million by 2050, Nigeria has been described as an untapped potential agricultural power house. The Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Ondo State, Dr. Samson Odedina, disclosed this during the lecture titled, …

The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ololade Enikuomehin, has stressed the need for classrooms to be information and communication technology-compliant, in order to meet the needs of lecturers and students, for effective teaching and learning. He made this observation at the 13th Annual Conference and Workshop of the National Association of Teachers and Researchers in English as a Second Language…

Athletes and officials from the University have been selected, as part of the Nigerian contingent to the 29th World University Games (WUG), holding in Taipei, Taiwan, between August 19 and 30, 2017, themed: “University Sports: Globalising and Universalising Participation”. According to the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), the decision was taken because “of the University’s role in the…

For agriculture to become profitable and attractive, farmers have been urged to look beyond subsistence farming and embrace agriculture as a full business. This was the submission of the Director, Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE) of the University, Professor Okanlawon Onagbesan, at the FADAMA Graduate Unemployment Youths Scheme (FADAMA GUYS) tr…