Some youth corps members have added their voice to the growing call on why the Federal Government should not to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme, stating that its merits overwhelmed its perceived disadvantages. A cross section of corps members that have just completed their service year in the University, said the objectives of the founding fathers for the scheme should be sust…

A Don in the Department of Mathematics, College of Physical Sciences (COLPHYS), Professor Adesina Agboola, has highlighted the benefits of Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Sets to technological advancement, saying that while Fuzzy Set was first introduced by Professor Lotfi  Zadeh in 1965, as an extension and generalisation of the Classical Set Theory, Professor Florentin Smarandache introduced the Neutroso…

Infact, in all the places visited, lectures were on. Normalcy has returned to the University. We give thanks to God and members of staff, who had ensured the return of students to campus. These were the words of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Catherine Eromosele, while confirming the full resumption of academic activities in F…

A Chief Accountant at the Institute for Human Resources Development (INHURD) of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Mrs. Oluremi Oyewunmi, has been appointed as the Acting Bursar for the University with effect from Thursday, October 6, 2016, until further notice. Mrs. Oyewunmi joined the services of the University over 26 years ago. She had served meritoriously in the variou…

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…