1966/67Western Regional, Government Scholarship for H.S.C.
1969/71Western State Government Scholarship for Undergraduate studies in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
1971BGGA Prize for the best final year student in Crop Production. Protection and Extension in B.Sc. (Agric.) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
1971/74Rockefeller Award through the University of Ibadan for Post-graduate studies.
1974British Government Award for Weed Control Course and Research at the University of Reading and Weed research Organization, Oxford.
1975University of Ibadan Scholarship Award for Post-graduate studies.
1980CIBA-GEIGY, Shell and MosantoTravel Grants to attend Biennial British Weed
Control Conference and visit various chemical companies head-quarters ,laboratories and research centres in Europe(Basle,Jealott Hill,Brussel and Vienna.).
Rhone-Poulenc Award to attend Conference of West African Weed Science Society, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
FAO and Inter-Phytosanitory African Council/OAU Travel Grant to participate in the All African Government Consultation on Striga at Maroua, Cameroon. October,1985.
Appointed as Coordinator of Pan-African Striga Control Network by all The Meeting of All African Governments and Advanced Laboratories oversees in recognition of current and past activities on Striga and for future implementation of Africa in future. Bajul The Gambia, Dember 1988.
FAO Travel Grant to participate in All African Government Workshop on Striga at Banjul,The Gambia.December,1988.
IITA/IDRC Travel Grant to participate in the International Workshop on Combating Striga in Africa,IITA,Ibadan. 22-24, August,1988.
FAO Travel Grant to organize and attend the First Pan African Striga Control Network(PASCON) Wurkshop. IITA,Ibadan.March,1990.
FAO Travel Grant to organize and participate in the fifth International Symposium on Parasitic weeds and Second Pan African Striga Control Network, Nairobi,Kenya,1990.
SAFGRAD/STRC/OAU Travel Grant to participate in the Inter-Network Conference Niamey, Niger. March, 1991.
FAO Travel Grant to participate in the 13th Biennial Meeting of the Weed Science Society of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. October, 1991
FAO Travel Grant to participate in the International Integrated Pest Management Workshop.Accra,Ghana. March,1992.
FAO Grant to organize, implement and attend the Third General Workshop of PASCON, Harare,Zimbabwe. October 18-23,1993.
CILSS/FAO Travel Grant to attend the Third International Seminar on Integrated
Pest Management organized by CILSS. Dakar Senegal April 1-5, 1994.
IITA/West and Central African Maize Research Network(WECAMAN)to participate in the Regional Maize Workshop on Contributing to food self-sufficiency.Maize Research and Development in West and Central Africa. IITA, Cotonou, Benin. June, 1995.
CIMMYT/FAO Travel Grant to participate in the East African Regional Workshop on Striga at Mombasa, Kenya and Tanga,Tanzania;Visits to relevant Research, Extension and Policy organizations of three countries,Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. October,1995.
FAO/CTA Grant to organize and implement activities on the Fourth Workshop of Pan African Striga Control Network .Bamako, Mali. October 28- November 1, 1996.
Special Award of the Weed Science Society of Nigeria for pioneering and outstanding contribution in the development of Research, Training and Extension in Weed Science both at National and International levels.
WECAMAN/IITA Travel Grant to participate in the Regional Maize Workshop on Strategy for sustainable maize production in West and Central Africa. IITA,Cotonou,Benin. 21-25, April, 1997.
FAO/GTZ Travel Grant to participate in a Workshop convened to prepare an Africa-1998
wide Action Programme for Combating Striga. Sogakokpe, Ghana, May,1997.
GTZ Travel Grant to participate in the International Workshop on Advances in Parasitic Weed Control at On-Farm Level. Joint Action to Control Striga in Africa. Sogakokpe Africa.Sogakokp Sogakokpe, Ghana. 1998
GTZ/ICRISAT/IITA Grant to participate fully and present papers on my Research activities on Striga Management in Maize and Sorghum in a Workshop – Breeding for Striga Resistance in cereals. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. August 18-20,1999.
Republic of Korea/SAFGRAD/FAO Travel Grant to present the report of the Regional Project on On-Farm Demonstration of Striga Management Technologies in selected West and Central African countries in 1997&1998.
ICIPE/FAO Travel Grant to participate in an International workshop on Information Communication Technology .ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya. March, 1999.
Republic of Korea/SAFGRAD Travel Grant to participate and present the reports of our activities on Striga in the Derived, Southern Guinea and south Northern Guinea Savannas of Nigeria. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria.(2001&2005); SAFGRAD, Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso.(2002,2004&2006)
SAFGRAD Travel Grant to participate in the Annual Review and Planning Workshop of the African Striga Control Project and discuss Consultancy reports on 1)Training Module for Participatory Striga Management in Africa and 2) Developing a Strategy for Launching an Africa-Wide Campaign for Striga Research and Control in
Semi-Arid areas of Africa. June 20-22, 2007. Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso.
