The Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, recently met in the University to discuss on how to enhance better healthcare for the people through the consumption of healthy food, during its 2015 Annual Symposium titled, “Nutrition Transition and the Health of Nigerians”. Welcoming participants, Dr. Wasiu Afolabi, the Chapter Chairman of the Society, who is also the immediate past Deputy …

The Ogun State Government has appointed UNAAB Microfinance Bank Limited (UMFB), as a revenue collection bank for the collection of taxes, levies, rates and dues on behalf of the state government within the Abeokuta metropolis, as the bank has also concluded arrangement with REMITA, a financial collection and payment platform, for the collection and disbursement of online payment of salaries of Uni…

As part of efforts at fulfilling its electoral promises upon assumption of office and to assist in providing proper guide to visitors, staff and students, the 2014/2015 executive of the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Students (NAAS) of the University, has renovated the FUNAAB Roadmap located on the University Ceremonial Road. Explaining what spurred them into taking up the renovation, NAAS P…

Delegates from the Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Sagamu-Central, District 9110, have paid a follow-up visit to FUNAAB, to evaluate how the five-day New Generation Entrepreneurial Education (EE) training, organised for students of the University have impacted on them with a view to encouraging sustainability, as prizes were also presented to participants with outstanding business plans. …

Nutrition and Health experts have called on Nigerians to always eat diverse, balanced and moderate food, to stay healthy and live long. The call was made during a workshop on Nutrition and Health Education for Secondary School Youths, organised by the Gender Issues and Youth Development Programme (GIYD), Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of the University. Speaking on the t…

Two members of staff of the University have been honoured with the Excellent Media Southwest, Nigeria Awards for their outstanding performance in their chosen fields of endeavours. The organisers of the award, Excellent Media Group, is made up of media practitioners that are based in the Southwest geo-political zone of the country in a bid to promoting the culture of excellence in the society. Th…

The University Management has described as unfortunate and a great loss, the sad demise of Miss Maria Modupe Atere, a 300-level student in the Department of Plant Physiology and Crop Production, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), of the University. Miss Atere, a 22-year-old student was on a commercial motorcycle, when she was knocked down by a car, along the Camp-Alabata Road…

The Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP), a special project implemented by the University, in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, has celebrated the 2015 World Food Day in FUNAAB. The Project Team Leader, Co-ordinator of CWMP and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Professor ‘Segun Lagoke, stated that the aim of the cel…

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has donated a Soil Doc Kit to the University, as the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, through the Soils of Forest Inland in Africa (SOFIIA) Project, has also presented a Motorised Auger to the institution. The Soil Doc Kit is used to analyse the soil in order to determine the best type and quantity of fertilizers to be used for product…

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is  reaching out to 1,000 young African leaders to fill its 2016 application. Speaking at a seminar tagged, #YALIRollOut, organised by the United States Embassy, Abuja with the support of FUNAAB and All for Development (ADM), a Mandela Washington Fellow, Mr. Timi Olagunju, said the seminar was held to prepare prospective student…