Prof. Decries the Nation’s Performance in Agriculture

15 November 2013

The Keynote Address Speaker and the Director (IFSERAR), Prof. Akin Omotayo, addressing the participants
The Director of the  University’s Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Professor Akin Omotayo, has decried that nation’s low rate of agricultural growth and its resultant poor contributions to development.   ...Read More.

Eat Cassava Bread – VC

08 November 2013

[caption id="attachment_3608" align="alignnone" width="508" caption=""]The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, at the Conference with some Fellows of NIFST
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has encouraged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of eating cassava bread, which he noted is safe, delicious and nutritious.
Professor Oyewole made this call at the 37th Annual Conference   ...Read More.

FUNAAB Goes Live on Google Map

08 November 2013

Google Ambassador, Mr. Mosopefoluwa Adefuyi
The Google Ambassador of the University, Mr. Mosopefoluwa Adefuyi, has hinted that FUNAAB on Google map would enhance the visibility of the University and help achieve its vision of going global.
Adefuyi made this disclosure during a training programme ...Read More.

The Dream Project

08 November 2013

A programme, tagged The DREAM Project, is now available for students in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, as well as staff members to undertake a mobility period, or full degree, in some of the best universities in Europe. Scholarships are available for Master and Doctorate students and also for staff members (Academic and Administrative) and it includes a monthly allowance, travel, insurance and tuition fees. According to the Director, Grants Management, Dr Olukayode Akinyemi, the available scholarships are:
For ACP candidates:
• Master: students from the ACP countries willing to develop their activity in an European Partner University. The duration of a Master mobility flow can be between 10 (one academic year) and 24 (two academic years) months, depending on the duration of studies and corresponding to a monthly scholarship of 1,000 €.
• Doctorate: students from the ACP countries willing to develop their activity in an European Partner University. The duration of a PhD mobility flow is 10 months and full PhD is 36 months and corresponds to a monthly scholarship of 1,500 €.   ...Read More

FUNAAB Becomes World Bank Centre of Excellence

07 November 2013

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is  now one of the World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) in  Agriculture.
The University was chosen after a rigorous desk evaluation exercise, which was followed by a site evaluation by the ACE Project Steering Committee, which held its final selection meeting in Dakar, Senegal recently.
A breakdown of the result shows that FUNAAB is one of the seven (7) ACE’s in Nigeria and the only one (1) for Agriculture in the country.
The project won by FUNAAB, would be implemented through the Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CADESE), having  ...Read More

Steer Clear of FUNAAB, VC Warns Admission Touts

06 November 2013

Cross-section of candidates at INHURD gate
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has cautioned admission touts to steer clear of the institution as it has zero tolerance for cheating and examination malpractices.
The Vice-Chancellor gave the warning while monitoring the ...Read More

“Beware of Drug Abuse” - ICCON

06 November 2013

Some Principal Officers discussing with ICCON delegates after the parley
The Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), has called on the University to join its crusade in sensitising members of the public on the dangers associated with the abuse of drugs.
The Institute made this request during a courtesy call on the Management, where it restated its mission,   ...Read More

Leaders Tasked on Nation Building

06 November 2013

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole (Arrowed), at the National Prayer Breakfast in Abuja, recently.
Leaders and those in positions of authorities have been charged not to forsake the gathering of the righteous, but to always come together in prayers and supplication for the unity and development of the country.
This was the main crux of the message at the 4th National Prayer Breakfast, held recently at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. In his exhortation, the Executive Director, Apostles in the Market Place, Nigeria, said the country needed God-fearing leaders that will drive it to development and advised them never to despair in heeding divine call. Read More...