University Don,Professor Johnson Adesodun, has recommended an alternate source to the use of organic fertilizer in farming. According to him, a weed plant, Mexican Sunflower (Tithoniadiversifolia), which when applied fresh as green mature at 10 tons per hectare, provides the same nutrients as other types of manure and that makes it highly suitable for the kind of soil found in Nigeria. The Profes…

Professor Jonathan Atungwu, the Head, Department of Crop Protection, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), has described organic agriculture as safer, tastier, more nutritious, friendlier to the environment, and capable of bringing man closer to God. The Don noted that those who eat or work in an organic environment were always looking fresh and younger than their counterparts …

The University recently hosted the 40th edition of the Parasitology and Public Health Society of Nigeria (PPSN) Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM), with the theme “Consolidating the Parasitic Diseases Elimination Strategies in Nigeria and Africa”. The Keynote Speaker and the Director-General, National Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis Research (NITR), Kaduna, Professor Mo…

A staff in the Department of Animal Production and Health, College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM), Mr. Joshua Odutayo, has won the Association of African Universities’ 2016 edition of Small Grants for Theses and Dissertations Programme to the tune of $3,500. Mr. Odutayo, who had an unprecedented 4.90 Grade Point Average in the University, to become the best graduating studen…