For the country to overcome its present economic challenges, it must embrace research as a veritable tool for development. This was the submission of a University Don, Professor Babatunde Idowu, as he shared some of his research contributions. According to the Professor of Zoology in the Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, College of Biosciences (COLBIOS) of the University, one of his recent r…

The Executive Director, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Dr. Shola Adepoju, has called on Nigerians to return to agriculture describing it as the hope for the country. Making this declaration at the 3rd Professor Peter Adebola Okuneye Intervarsity Debate (PAID 2016), organised by the Agricultural Economics’ Student Association (AECOSA), of the University, Dr. Adepoju, who was the cha…

The University’s Cooperative and Multipurpose Society Limited as well as the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), FUNAAB Branch, have elected new executive officers to steer the affairs of both organisations.The newly-elected President, UNAAB Cooperative and Multipurpose Society Limited, Alhaji Kamarudeen Adedo, has promised to treat and attend to the requests of all cooperators …

The University has begun a 7-day mid-semester break for the Second Semester, 2015/2016 Academic Session with effect from Thursday, August 18, 2016. This is to enable the university to put additional welfare and security arrangements in place, to further support the initiatives of the Federal and State Governments, towards the protection of lives and properties of its citizens, particularly, member…

The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta International School (FUNIS) recently held its 7th Valedictory/11th Speech Day and Prize-giving Ceremony to mark the End-of-the-Year, 2015/2016 Academic Session, as a total of 56 pupils of the FUNAAB Staff School also graduated during the 2015/2016 Graduation and Prize-giving Ceremony. Welcoming guests to the occasion, the Principal of FUNIS, Mrs. Toy…

The immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of FUNAAB, Professor Adekojo Waheed, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering (COLENG) of the University, has identified the research benefits that could come the way of industries, petrochemical companies and the nation at large in the area of exergetic utilisation in producing energy-efficient machines.The University…