COBFAS Begins 2025/2026 Farm Practical Year Orientation on Monday
By Tofunmi Adebayo The Centre for Community-Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is set to begin the 2025/2026 Academic Session Farm Practical Year (FPY) Orientation Programme from Monday, September 1 to Friday, September 5, 2025, at the Prof. Oluwafemi Balogun Ceremonial Building, starting at 9 a.m. each day. With the theme […]
VC Commends TFN Fellows as 2025 PSTI Rounds Off at FUNAAB
By Olasunkanmi Olajide & Aduragbemi Oke The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Babatunde Kehinde, has commended the impact of the Teach For Nigeria (TFN) initiative as the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), successfully hosted the Induction Ceremony of the Ninth Cohort of Fellows and the Fifth Cohort of School Leaders, marking the conclusion of the 2025 Pre-Service […]
HoDs are the Vice-Chancellors of their Departments – Prof. Ayorinde
… As VC Charges Heads to Rise as the Future Leaders of FUNAAB By Olasunkanmi Olajide Renowned Animal Scientist and pioneer guinea fowl breeder in Nigeria, Prof. Kolade Luke Ayorinde, has described Heads of Departments (HoDs) as “Vice-Chancellors of their Departments,” stressing that they hold the central responsibility of steering academic, financial, and administrative directions […]
VC Charges HoDs on Transformative Leadership
… As FUNAAB Commences 2-Day Retreat for the Departmental Heads By Olasunkanmi Olajide The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Babatunde Kehinde, has tasked Heads of Departments (HoDs) with embracing transformative leadership, describing them as the “expanded Management of the University” and critical to FUNAAB’s sustained growth and excellence. Prof. Kehinde gave the […]
NUC Team Visits FUNAAB for Carrying Capacity Assessment
By Femi Dansu The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), today, August 25, 2025, hosted a delegation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) for a carrying capacity assessment, aimed at evaluating the University’s readiness to admit more students in future academic sessions. Welcoming the team on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Babatunde Kehinde, the Deputy […]
FUNAAB Hosts TFN Fellows, Strengthens Drive Against Education Inequity
By Olasunkanmi Olajide For nearly a decade, Teach For Nigeria (TFN), has been quietly tackling one of the nation’s greatest challenges, education inequity. By recruiting, training, and deploying young graduates to underserved communities, the organisation has ensured that children who might otherwise have been denied quality education gain access to learning opportunities that can transform […]
We Are the Leaders of FUNAAB, VC Tells Frontline Officers
… As University Holds Maiden Retreat for Deans, Directors By Olasunkanmi Olajide The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Babatunde Kehinde, has reaffirmed that the Frontline Officers of the University constitute its leadership, having been divinely positioned to steer the institution towards greater heights. Prof. Kehinde made this known today, August 19, 2025, […]
Responsibilities of Leaders are to Solve Problems – VC Charges Deans, Directors
By Olasunkanmi Olajide The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Babatunde Kehinde, has emphasised that the essence of leadership lies in the ability to solve problems, charging Deans and Directors to embrace problem-solving as the core of leadership. The Vice-Chancellor gave the charge, while addressing Frontline Officers of the University during […]
FUNAAB Now Occupies a Position of Pride – Former LASU VC
By Olasunkanmi Olajide The former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, and a legal luminary, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has commended the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), for attaining a position of pride among Nigerian universities, stressing the need to sustain its culture of excellence. Prof. Fagbohun, a renowned expert in Environmental Law, gave […]
NUC, TETFund Officials Visit FUNAAB for Centre of Excellence Verification
By Joy Adeyiga The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), on August 20, 2025, welcomed a delegation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for a verification and audit exercise under the newly introduced TETFund Centres of Excellence Programme. Leading the team, Prof. Muhammed Waziri explained that the exercise […]
TETFund Assessment Team to Visit FUNAAB on Wednesday
By Tofunmi Adebayo The Team on Assessment and Verification Exercise of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS), has been scheduled to visit the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), from Wednesday, August 20 to Friday, August 22, 2025. The exercise, organised by the Directorate of Academic Staff Training and Development […]
FUNAAB to Launch AI-Driven Infectious Disease Research Projects
By Tofunmi Adebayo The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), through the Artificial Intelligence Applications for One Health (AIA4OneHealth) research group in the Department of Computer Science, is set to officially launch two pioneering research projects aimed at combating infectious diseases with the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The projects, which recently attracted international research […]