Prof. Florence Obi of the faculty of Education and one-time deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration at the University of Calabar has emerged as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the university. She is also the first female to be so elected. Chairman of the University Governing Council and the Pro-Chancellor, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu announcedContinue Reading
By Garba M. Muhammad In view of the giant strides he has made in the College of Education, Gindiri, in the last two years, Prof. Cletus Gotan has earned an extension of his tenure as the Sole Administrator of the institution by six months, an office he has held sinceContinue Reading
Having covered his first ten months in office (September 30th 2019 to July 30th, 2020), the focus of this piece is on the remaining two months completing Prof Ladan’s one-year score-card as DG NIALS. Successful Strategic Partnership with selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Donor /Development partners yielded resultsContinue Reading
By Garba M. Muhammad Kudah Village Market, located at Sabon Sarki District in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, by history and legend, is known to be the first Ginger Market in Nigeria. This commercial birthplace and hub of the Southern Kaduna spices, which is a weekly market, cannotContinue Reading
Justifies Why Buhari Must Keep Nigeria’s Borders Close Lists Hundreds of Top, Celebrated Achievements from 1922 – Date By Samson Yaki and Pauline Abutu Professor Muhammad Faguji Ishiyaku, the current Executive Director of Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and one-time Dean of Students’ Affairs of theContinue Reading
By Baba Adam Waziri The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Professor Kabru Bala has appointed Professor Aishatu Abubakar Mukhtar as Assistant Director, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The appointment which was contained in a letter signed by the Vice Chancellor, stated that the appointment wasContinue Reading
By Abba Muhammad Mustapha Ahmadu Bello University would fully engage in commercial agriculture on its 363 hectares of arable lands next farming season, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala, disclosed in Zaria today. “Let me reiterate that from next farming season, we are going to cultivate all ABU farms 100 percent forContinue Reading
By Latonia Akubuko Federal University, Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State, is collaborating with Ahmadu Bello University on agriculture and security. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Arma Ya’u Hamisu Bichi, who disclosed this when he visited his Ahmadu Bello counterpart, Prof. Kabir BAla in Zaria recently, said FUDMA as a new universityContinue Reading
By Dr. Abdullahi Ahmad Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the award of N88m worth of contract to the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, for the production of fodder or pasture (grass) on a 20 hectare plot at Dudduru, in AjingiContinue Reading