Why it is on record
Owned by the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Bishop David O. Oyedepo) and located at Ota, Ogun State. Covenant has been the highest-ranked private university in Nigeria for over a decade (consistently No. 1 in Times Higher Education's Sub-Saharan Africa rankings for a Nigerian private institution; ranked among the top 4 universities in Nigeria overall in Webometrics; the only Nigerian private university routinely placed in the THE World University Rankings top-1500). The most successful single-institution case for the private-tertiary thesis.
Record held
Highest-ranked private university in Nigeria (THE/QS/Webometrics, multiple years); first Nigerian private university to enter the THE World University Rankings; ranked among Nigeria's top 5 universities (federal or private) since 2018.
Deep dive
Covenant University, Ota, was founded in 2002 by the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Bishop David Oyedepo). It is — by the most cited African university rankings (Times Higher Education, QS) — consistently among the top three Nigerian universities and the top private university in West Africa. The institutional success of Covenant has reset the bar for private university performance in Nigeria.