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NAPRI trains 45 Ebonyi personnel on artificial insemination techniques in Abakaliki The National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Ahmadu Bello University, has trained a total of 45 Ebonyi State personnel in Abakaliki on modern techniques and equipment handling for artificial insemination. The institute coordinated the training in collaboration with the […]

German scholar in ABU, visits Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. H.S. Narra of University of Rostock, Germany has arrived in Ahmadu Bello University for a three-day working visit. During the visit he and ABU officials will discuss the modus operandi of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on some academic activities earlier signed

IAR at forefront of crop improvement for over a century now, says Executive Director Prof Ado A Yusuf, the Executive Director of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, says the institute has been at the forefront of crops improvement for over a century now and that

ACENTDFB disburses N25 million seed grant to five ABU researchers Five researchers from three academic departments of Ahmadu Bello University have won the sum of N24,520,330 as seed grant awarded by the institution’s Africa Centre of Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology (ACENTDFB). The award of the grant

ABU to confer Honorary Degrees on Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Sale The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University has approved the conferment of Honorary Degrees on Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Sale Al-Hussain at the institution’s 44th Convocation Ceremony scheduled for Saturday, 25th January, 2025. This followed

Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria inducts 211 ABU graduands A total of 211 graduands of the Department of Nursing Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria have been inducted into the nursing profession. They were inducted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) today (Wednesday, 8th January, 2025) at

NAPRI scientists say upgraded ShikaBrown stock capable of laying 350-380 eggs per 90-week-life-cycle Researchers at the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) of Ahmadu Bello University have revealed that with the institute’s breeding programme, the upgrade of ShikaBrown stock is expected to lay at least 350-380 eggs for 90-week-life-cycle. According

ABU participates in Wuhan conference on traditional medicine Ahmadu Bello University was one of the participants of the ‘7th Belt and Road’ International Conference on Traditional Medicine held in Wuhan, China from 19th – 20th December, 2024. The University gave a keynote lecture at the conference. The lecture, entitled ‘Unlocking

After completion of 20-hectare pasture seed plot, NAPRI hands over project to Kano Govt The National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Ahmadu Bello University, has handed over the 20-hectare pasture seed multiplication plot to Kano State Government after completion of the project at Dudduru village in Gaya local government area