Olaniyan Delivers 3rd Commencement Lecture

Nigerian students and youths have been enjoined to always apply their God-given talents, display their natural abilities at solving problems and show passion in anything they do in order to bring about positive change in society. This was the submission of the 3rd Commencement Lecturer of the University, Mrs. Folusho Olaniyan, while delivering her lecture titled, “Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship …

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Former VC Now NIAS President

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Israel Adu, has been elected as the President of the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS). A Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Adu was elected at the 3rd Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) of NIAS and the Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), held recently at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Professor Adu was Vice-Cha…

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FUNAAB Scholar Wins IUFoST Award

A graduate student in the Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC), Miss Ifeoluwa Olotu, had won the prestigious International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Food Safety without Borders Graduate Student Paper Award. Miss Olotu’s research which was titled, “Identification of Hazards and Critical Control Points for Mosa (an indigen…

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Entrepreneurial Education for FUNAAB Students

As part of concerted efforts at addressing the challenges of unemployment ravaging the nation, Rotary International, in collaboration with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), have organised a five-day New Generation Entrepreneurial Education (EE) training for students of the University. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Cha…

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Be Relevant After Graduation – IFSERAR Director

The Director, Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Professor Akin Omotayo, has tasked the 2013/2014 graduating students of the University on how to be relevant after graduating. Delivering a lecture titled, “Developing Skills Set for Excellence and How to Search for and Get Your First Job”, he challenged the students to go the extra mile, show en…

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IFSERAR Organises Training on Scientific Data Analysis

The Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), is leading the frontier towards ensuring that data collected during research findings are properly analysed, by organising an intensive training programme for research scientists, lecturers, postgraduate students and final year undergraduate students on data analysis. Addressing participants at the 2nd rou…

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Reps Pass Vote of Confidence on FUNAAB

After their official visit to the University, federal legislators and members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education, have passed a vote of confidence on the way and manner the affairs of the institution was being run. The lawmakers, who recently paid a working visit to the University, as part of their oversight functions had unanimously commended FUNAAB over its detailed financia…

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VC Lauds FG Over Periodic Review of Pensioners’ Wages

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has commended the efforts of the Federal Government at bringing succour to pensioners through the periodical review of pension wages. Professor Oyewole disclosed this during a 3-Day Entrepreneurship Capacity Building Training Workshop for Pensioners, organised by the Board of Trustees for Pension Administration in collaboration with the Centre for En…

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Nematodes Are Man’s Enemy – Don

A University Don and the Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Society of Nematologists (NISON), Professor (Mrs.) Olufunke Egunjobi, has described nematodes as great enemies to the well being of man. Professor Egunjobi made this known while delivering her keynote address during the Second Biennial Conference of the Society, held recently in the University, where she stated that nematodes contri…

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FUNAABITE Wins WHO Grant

A postgraduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, Mr. Hammed Mogaji, has been awarded the sum of $9,550 as Research and Training Grant for his MSc programme in Tropical Disease Research (TDR). Funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Research Grant would cover the full payment of his two-year tuition fee and support for learning materials, computer and preparation of his d…

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FUNAAB Don Invents Alternative Cooking Gas

A Don in the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) and the Director of Zoological Park of the University, Dr. Moses Oyatogun, has devised an alternative cooking gas from Biodegradable waste, which is found to be economical and environmentally-friendly. Speaking at the COLERM Lecture Series titled, “Waste to Wealth, Health and Fertili…

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Don Identifies Ways to Secure Adequate Research Funding

The Federal Government and stakeholders of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), have been advised to ensure adequate funding of research efforts under the policy, for the benefit of Nigerians. This advice was given during the Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR) Lecture titled, “Framework for Inter-Governmental Relations in the implementa…

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