Covenant graduates 1,843, produces 371 with First Class honours

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A total of “371 students of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, graduated with First Class honours degrees at the institution’s 2026 convocation on Friday.”

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Timothy Anake, disclosed this during the university’s 21st convocation ceremony for the award of first and higher degrees and presentation of prizes to deserving graduates in Ota.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the university graduated “1,843 students, comprising 1,655 undergraduates and 188 postgraduates, for the 2025/2026 academic session.

“The breakdown showed that 371 students earned First Class honours, 926 bagged Second Class Upper, 345 finished with Second Class Lower, while 13 graduated with Third Class.”

“Miss Etta Queendolin of the Department of Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, emerged as the overall best graduating student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.99,”it stated.

“This accomplishment reflects the determination of our students, the dedication of the faculty and the university’s unwavering commitment to academic excellence,” he said.

Anake reiterated the university’s commitment to producing graduates who could compete effectively in the labour market, create employment opportunities, build enterprises, advance research and contribute meaningfully to society.

The Chancellor of the institution, Dr David Oyedepo, said the world was not looking for storytellers or entertainers, but problem-solvers.

Oyedepo noted that life remained meaningless without a discovered purpose, urging the graduating students to avoid becoming wandering stars and to excel in their chosen fields.

“Refuse to wander away from God-ordained place because displacement can be pitiable.

“Don’t wait to see problems solved; but take steps to solve problems,” he said.

According to the chancellor, widespread problems implied opportunities everywhere that graduands could leverage.

Also speaking, the Pro-Chancellor, Mrs Faith Oyedepo, congratulated the graduating students and urged them to invest in learning, develop their skills and prepare for future opportunities.

Mrs Oyedepo encouraged them to create solutions that addressed the problems of humanity and transformed territories, moving from personal success to societal impact.

“Do not waste your waiting season but make global impact and begin locally,” the Pro-Chancellor said.

She advised the students to stand for the truth in a generation of compromise.

NAN