Detained FUNAAB VC begs Obasanjo, sureties ahead of trial
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: DETAINED Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Ogun State, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has commenced frantic moves to regain freedom ahead of his appearance in court on Friday. Similarly, Oyewole, GatewayMail learnt, last week, visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek his help to save him from prosecution, […]
EFCC to arraign ex-Works Minister, FUNAAB VC, ex-Bursar in court
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: AT last, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday arraign the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Professor Olusola Oyewole, before an Ogun State High Court. Oyewole is also the Founder and General Overseer of the Divine Height Bible Church, Abeokuta, […]
SSANU, NLC drag FUNAAB to Buhari, Education Minister
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: THE national body of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have taken the case of the 23 sacked workers of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) to the federal level. The two unions have demanded the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari […]
FUNAAB Institute not affected by NUC ban, says Director
NIGERIA: THE Director, Institute for Human Resources Development (INHURD) of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Francis Showemimo, has explained that the recent scrapping of pre-degree and Diploma programmes in Nigerian universities does not in a way affect the institute negatively. Showemimo explained that INHURD is an institute that is semi-autonomous in […]
SSANU protests sack of 23 FUNAAB workers, indicts EFCC
NIGERIA: MEMBERS of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) yesterday rallied support for the 23 workers sacked by the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Ogun State. The association protested the sack by disrupting movement into the campus while they accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of betrayal by […]
Why we sacked 23 workers, by FUNAAB, as ‘whistleblowers’ react
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: THE Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Ogun State has explained why it sacked no fewer than 23 workers of the university. The explanation came just as the three whistleblowers – who reported the Chairman of the Governing Council, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, and the retired […]
FUNAAB threatens non-teaching staff
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: BARELY few hours after no fewer than 18 workers were sacked, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), in Ogun State has threatened disciplinary measure against non-teaching workers of the university. The university last Thursday sacked the staff following the recommendations of the Governing Council at its meeting while the Vice-Chancellor, […]
FUNAAB sacks three workers over petition to Buhari, EFCC
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: THE Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has sacked three senior staff of the university who are members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU). Reliable source told GatewayMail that the Governing Council of the university, on Thursday approved the dismissal at its meeting held at the Alabata […]
Varsity don offers viable option to organic fertilizer
NIGERIA: A UNIVERSITY don, Professor Johnson Adesodun, has recommended an alternate source to the use of organic fertilizer in farming. According to him, a weed plant, Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia), which when applied fresh as green mature at 10 tons per hectare, provides the same nutrients as other types of manure and that makes it highly suitable […]
FUNAAB appoints Oyewunmi as acting Bursar
NIGERIA: THE Federal Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has appointed an acting Bursar. She is Mrs. Oluremi Oyewunmi, who until the appointment was the Chief Accountant at the Institute for Human Resources Development (INHURD) of the university. The appointment took immediate effect from Thursday, October 6, 2016 until further notice, the Head, Directorate […]
