It was a celebration of excellence, character and ambition as Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, conferred degrees on 1,924 graduates during its 15th Convocation Ceremony held on Wednesday.
The graduating class comprised 1,625 undergraduates, 299 postgraduate students and 22 doctoral candidates, marking another milestone in the institution’s steady rise within Nigeria’s higher education landscape.
Among the undergraduates, 96 students distinguished themselves with First-Class honours. A further 719 earned Second Class Upper Division, another 719 secured Second Class Lower Division, while 82 graduated with Third Class degrees. In the postgraduate category, 46 students recorded distinctions, 143 obtained merit grades, and 88 graduated with pass grades.
In his address, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olalekan Asikhia, described the convocation as “a defining chapter in Caleb’s unstoppable ascent in Nigeria’s higher education ecosystem.” He emphasised that the university remains committed to producing graduates who are not merely certificate holders but solution providers, innovators and nation-builders.
Highlighting achievements under his administration since June 2025, Asikhia noted a strategic focus on academic excellence, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, and environmental responsibility. He pointed to the successful hosting of the 2025 Employability Fair, themed Preparing Graduates for the World of Work, where several students secured internship placements and employment offers.
Fresh student enrolment for the 2025/2026 academic session reached an impressive 3,616 as of 30 November 2025, driven by an expanded
nationwide marketing campaign across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.A major highlight of the ceremony was the conferment of an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree on Pastor (Mrs) Foluke Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Fondly known as “Mummy G.O.”, she was celebrated as a globally respected educationist, accomplished administrator and moral guide to millions.
Tributes described her as a matriarch of grace and discipline, a guardian of values, and a timeless symbol of dignity whose quiet resilience has helped shape one of the largest Christian movements in the world.
Delivering the Convocation Lecture, the General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Reverend Sam Aboyeji, challenged the graduates to carry their faith boldly into boardrooms, laboratories, courtrooms and corridors of power. He reminded them that excellence without character is hollow, but excellence rooted in godliness transforms nations.
Registrar Mr Mayokun Olumeru described the graduating class as men and women refined by knowledge, character and faith, ready to shape society and redefine possibilities.
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Vice-Chancellors Professors Sunday Adewale and Adesola Ajayi, members of the Senate, Deans, the Governing Council, and the Board of Trustees.
With academic distinction, spiritual charge and institutional ambition on full display, Caleb University’s 15th convocation stood as both a celebration of achievement and a statement of intent for the future.
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