In a bid to promote and sustain high quality research, the Senate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has approved the recognition of outstanding Doctoral theses produced in the institution. The Senate’s decision is a local initiative to reward outstanding theses, having recently won the Nigerian Universities Doctoral Theses Award Scheme, organised by the National Universi…

Business activities within the University and its environs have picked-up again after the six-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to Mr Alaba Oloye, a commercial cab driver that shuttles between Camp and the University campus, “there has been 300 per cent improvement in the driving business now unlike during the strike, we hardly make up to a T…

Members of staff and students of the University have been charged to buckle-up and face the challenge of taking the University to greater heights in the New Year. “The job has started. Let us get to work”.  This call was made by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole during the University’s Joint Prayer Session, held to appreciate the Almighty, for the year gone by and to commit the activi…

The newly-appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Mufutau Adekojo Waheed, has assumed duty. Professor Felix Kolawole Salako, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development who was re-appointed, has also resumed. Governing Council of the University recently approved the appointments of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors for the University. According to…

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative in promoting the Town and Gown relations, the University has begun maintenance work on the Camp-Alabata Road in Abeokuta, to minimise the hardship experienced by road users. The maintenance work, which involves the filling of potholes and patching of the road, is being jointly carried out by the Directorate of Works and Services, as w…

In a bid to develop their entrepreneurial skills and to make an impact in the agricultural sector of the nation, students of the University have engaged in the rearing of poultry birds for commercial purposes. Operating under the auspices of the Nigeria Animal Science Students Association (NASA), FUNAAB Chapter, Messrs Adesina Oluwatobi John of the Department of Animal Physiology and Azeez Fatai A…

Professor Emmanuel Babatunde of the Lincoln University and Dr. Kelebogile Setiloane, of the University of Delaware, in the United States of America, have visited the University, for the possibility of collaboration. Professor Babatunde, a Nigerian-American, who hails from Imeko in Ogun State, stated that with the University’s recent designation as a Centre of Excellence by the World Bank, it is ea…

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has commended the immense contribution of the past and present leadership of the Institute of Human Resource Development (INHURD), for the enormous success recorded by the Institute. Speaking at the Appreciation Party, held in honour of the past Directors and members of staff of the Institute, Professor Oyewole noted that the development of INHURD wa…

For Christians to live fulfilled lives and make on impact in the world, they must consciously identify the purpose for which God created them. This was the crux of the sermon delivered by the General Overseer of Divine Heights Bible Church, Abeokuta and Vice-Chancellor, FUNAAB, Professor Olusola Oyewole, at the 21st Annual Christmas Carol Service of the Chapel of Grace with the theme, "Jesus: The …

The pioneer University Librarian, Dr. Taofiq Salisu, has been described as a rare gift, a dependable stakeholder and a blessing to the University. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, said this at a meeting held with Dr. Salisu in his office on his last working day in the service of the University, while lauding him for his enormous contribution, which he noted, had provided endless opp…