The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olusegun Odubela, has observed that education was essential for national development and remained the best legacy any government can bequeath to its people. Barrister Odubela made this disclosure while delivering the Keynote Address at the Professor Ebenezer Otesile Annual Debate and Quiz Competition for Selected Secondar…

The State Director, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Ogun State, Mr. Elisha Rabiu, has disclosed that the only legitimate business a Public Officer could engage in aside his/her official work was farming because engaging in any other business was Illegal. Mr. Rabiu made this known at an interactive meeting between members of staff of the University and officials of the Bureau, held recently. The Stat…

Officials from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Abeokuta, recently visited the University Management, to create awareness on the Tertiary Institutions Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP). Leading the team, the State Coordinator, Mr. Emmanuel Boore, stated that NHIS was a Federal Government Agency, established to promote, regulate and facilitate effective implementation of Social…

Following the deaths of two Ebola Virus victims in Nigeria, and the confirmation of another nine cases within Lagos in the past two weeks, the Federal Government has declared a State of Emergency on this disease in the country. According to a release by the Deputy Director, Health Services, Dr. Abiodun Amusan, on behalf of the Director, Health Services, Dr. Olusola Talabi, as a University Communit…

Dr OLUJIMI, Olusoji Olanrewaju is a Lecturer II in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, College of Environmental Resources Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He started his career with Ogun State Government of Nigeria on secondment to the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta before joining the Departmen…

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has introduced a new dimension into the just-concluded Post University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The innovation, covers the writing of the examination in one day and an essay submitted by each prospective student, making it the first University in Nigeria to introduce essay writing as part of requirements for admission. Fie…