History was made on Friday, December 6, 2024, as a research team of Covenant University unveiled a virtual Chemistry laboratory App, an innovation that allows students anywhere in the world to carry out experiments and research with full complement of equipment outside a physical laboratory setting.

Covenant University has announced her Christmas Break, marking the end of the first half of the Alpha Semester and the closure of academic activities for the year 2024.

The announcement was made during the Departure Assembly at the University Chapel,which saw a gathering of both students, academic and non-academic staff of the tertiary institution, signaling the beginning of the Christmas break  with effect from Friday, December 6, 2024.

The leadership of Covenant University, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, celebrated its outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo and other principal officers with whom he served during his tenure.

The Board of Regents, Covenant University, has announced the appointment of Professor Timothy Ashibel Anake as the 6th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution. This announcement was made during a special meeting of the Board with the University Management on Thursday, November 28, 2024.

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun Adebayo, emphasized that the engineering profession plays a central role in shaping any society’s development. He stated that engineers have been instrumental in driving infrastructure development through innovation, which continues to shape the future of the world.

Representatives from the National Universities Commission (NUC), led by Professor Rafiu Adesina Ganiyu, on an accreditation visit to Covenant University, for the assessment of its Computer Engineering programme, has commended Covenant University, for her exceptional dedication and commitment to academic excellence. 

Covenant, God’s own University, has done it again, as she continues to retain her eminent status as an institution in a class of its own, by emerging the best West African university and the 3rd best in Africa, in Times Higher Education’s newly unveiled Interdisciplinary Science Research ranking for 2025.

The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo, has called for increased collaboration among researchers from Nigeria's higher institutions to develop solutions for the pressing challenges facing the African continent, particularly in the areas of energy and power.

A distinguished delegation from the Society of Management Systems Practitioners of Nigeria (SMSPN), led by the society's President, Engr. Adebayo Adenekan, recently paid a courtesy visit to the Covenant University Management.  The visit which was part of the activities to mark the celebration of the World Quality Week, in partnership with Covenant University, with a special event themed, ‘Exploring Opportunities in the Management Systems Practice,’  to engage with the University's leadership and promote its commitment to quality management systems.

Scholars from the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Covenant University, made a significant mark at the recent Summer Institute program hosted by the Industrial University of Tyumen (IUT), in Russia. They were among the 25 participants from various countries, including China, Philippine, Vietnam, South Africa, Serbia, and Mongolia, invited to the event; a testament to the University's commitment to global academic collaboration.