Covenant University graduates 371 students with First Class honours
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State, graduated 1,843 students at its 2026 ceremony, including 371 with First Class honours. Computer engineering student Etta Queendolin was named best graduating student with a cumulative grade point average of 4.99, according to the News Agency of Nigeria cited by Punch.
Covenant University, a private institution in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, graduated 1,843 students at its graduation ceremony on Friday 30 October. Of these, 371 earned First Class honours, according to Vice-Chancellor Timothy Anake, cited by the News Agency of Nigeria and Punch.
The 2025-2026 graduating class included 1,655 undergraduate students and 188 postgraduate students. The figures also include 926 graduates with Second Class Upper honours, 345 with Second Class Lower honours and 13 with Third Class honours.
Computer engineering student Etta Queendolin was named the best graduating student in the class, with a cumulative grade point average of 4.99. Chancellor David Oyedepo urged the graduates to tackle societal problems, while Pro-Chancellor Faith Oyedepo encouraged them to develop their skills and create useful solutions, Punch reports.
