FUNAAB VC Lauds NWRCBNet
The VC, Prof. Olusola Oyewole (Middle) lauding the project while a Council member, Dr. Oladiti (Left) and Dr. Igali (right) listen. The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, has thrown his weight behind the establishment of the Water Resources Capacity Building Network Centres in each region of the country. Speaking at the commissioning […]
MDGs Are Realisable – FG Assures
Amb. Godknows Igali cutting the tape to declare open the NWRCBNet-SW Building while being assisted by a Council member, Mrs. Obioma Ezeozue (2nd Right) and the VC, Prof. Olusola Oyewole (2nd Left). The Federal Government has described as erroneous, the impression in certain quarters, that the 2015 bench mark for the actualisation of the […]
FUNAAB Conducts Mop-Up Screening Exercise
The University, last Thursday, conducted a “Mop-Up” Screening Exercise for Sixty-Two Direct Entry candidates, who missed the initial exercise. Explaining the rationale behind the exercise, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Professor Toyin Arowolo, stated that “possibly, they (candidates) didn’t get the information on time that is why we called them back”. He stressed: “If we didn’t […]
Prof. Otubusin Donates Water Harvester
A view of the Rain-water Harvesting Device Professor Samuel Olu Otubusin of the College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has donated a Rain-water Harvesting Device for the use of his research students. The donated device is capable of harvesting rain-water from the roof of a building into reservoir tanks […]
Sotonwa Marks 60th Birthday
Top government functionaries, media executives, scholars and scores of well-wishers, last week Wednesday converged at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Ilugun, Abeokuta, to witness the 60th Birthday Celebration of Mr. Oluremi Sotonwa. Mr. Sotonwa (aka Baba Show), an Advert Agent to the University and the Diocesan Communicator to the Egba Diocese (Anglican Communion), fondly called ‘Clinton’ […]
AVCNU Honours Professor Balogun, other Former VCs too
Prof. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Balogun (Left) receiving the honour from Prof. A.S Bala on behalf of her husband, Prof. Oluwafemi Balogun at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja The Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU), last Thursday at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, honoured the University’s immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun. The honour […]
Avoid Artificial Food – Prof. Oluwalana Cautions Staff
Prof. Sam Oluwalana The immediate past Dean, Student Affairs of the University, Professor Sam Oluwalana has cautioned members of the academic community to beware of their consumption of some staple foods, as they could be poisonous. Delivering a Keynote Address at the 2nd International Summer School on Organic Agriculture, Professor Oluwalana warned […]
Make Organic Agriculture Competitive, Says Professor Osinowo
Prof. Segun Osinowo (Standing) addressing the participants of the Summer School while the rep. of the VC, the DVC (A), Prof. Toyin Arowolo (Left) and Prof. V.I.O Olowe listen with rapt attention. The University’s Director of the Institute for Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Professor Segun Osinowo, has tasked Organic […]
Dr. Atanda Re-elected as MSN President
The Acting Head of Department, Food Science and Tourism, College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC), Dr. Olusegun Atanda, has been re-elected as the President of Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria. Dr. Atanda, a Lead Consultant, Country – Wide Assessment of Aflatoxins was re-elected as the President during the 7th Annual Conference and Workshop of […]
NWRCBNet-SW Building for Commissioning
The newly-completed Administrative Building of the National Water Resources’ Capacity Building Network for South-West Regional Centre (NWRCBNet-SW) in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is to be commissioned on Monday, July 9, 2012, by 10am. A release, signed by the Coordinator, (NWRCBNet-SW), Professor J.K Adewumi informed that the Minister for Water Resources, Mrs. […]
Unity Games, A Welcome Development – FUNAAB Staff
Preparatory to the hosting of the maiden edition of the Staff Unity Games, some members of staff of the University have described the initiative as a welcome development. In a chat with FUNAAB Bulletin, Dr. Israel Abiala, a Lecturer in the Mathematics Department, College of Natural Sciences (COLNAS) and Mr. Bayo Ogundimu, College Officer […]
FUNAAB to Collaborate with FCE
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole has reiterated the need for the intensification of formal collaboration with the Federal College of Education (FCE), Osiele, Abeokuta, in the areas of security, staff exchange, linkages, and academic development. The Vice-Chancellor stated this when he paid a courtesy call […]