The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has called for the support, understanding and fervent prayers from members of the University community, to transform FUNAAB into a world-class University. Professor Oyewole, while speaking on the first working day special Christian and Muslim prayer sessions, organised in the University simultaneously to usher-in the New Year, sought the cooperation …

A lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering of the University, Dr. Olayide Adetunji, has called on the government to support ideas and knowledge that would grow the economy. Dr. Adetunji made the call while speaking on the invention of the Maize-shelling Machine, which was fabricated by him, through the Postgraduate Diploma project supervision which involved the …

As part of efforts to enhance capacity building of researchers in the Ivory Towers, the Soils of Forest Islands in Africa (SOFIIA), has organised a Project Capacity Building Workshop for postgraduate students in the Department of Soil Science and Land Management, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), of the University. Speaking at the workshop, the Coordinator of SOFIIA Consorti…

A Professor in the University’s Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences (COLPHYS), Professor Ighodalo Eromosele, has produced paint from the seed oil of  Ximenia americana plant, commonly known as Wild Olive. Professor Eromosele, a Polymer Chemist, said the oil paint which was produced has qualities comparable to those of the imported ones. Thus, Linseed oil, which is currently being…

The West African Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP), in collaboration with the Training and Farm Demonstration (TFD) Programme, Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of the University, have organised a Field-day Workshop, to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the various training initiatives to enhance farmers’ productivity, as the Bank of Industry (BoI), is also un…

The Sweetpotato for Health and Wealth in Nigeria, a project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and implemented by the International Potato Centre in six states, namely: Nasarawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kwara, and Osun, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is now in the University. During the test-running exercise of baking bread with Orange-Fl…