to cater for the young population within the university environment. Notable alumni Baaj Adebule Teniola Aladese Dolapo 'LowlaDee' Adeleke, filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye, actress Anthonia Adenike Adeniji, associate professor of industrial relations and human resource management John Ajah, CEO Spinlet Ayo Akínwándé Nonso Amadi Ayoola Ayolola Ife Durosinmi-Etti, business executive and author. Ishaya Bako, film director and screenwriter Nonso Bassey Bez, multi-instrumentalist and composer Chike, singer Ini Dima-Okojie, actress and style icon Odunayo Eweniyi, business executive Gbubemi Fregene, chef Ric Hassani, musician Chiamaka Obuekwe Adebukola Oladipupo, actor Gloria Oloruntobi Mimi Onalaja Anny Robert, photographer Simi, lyricist and sound engineer Spellz, music producer (dropped out in his penultimate year) Notable faculty members Anthonia Adenike Adeniji, associate professor of industrial relations and human resource management Professor Eric Maskin, 2007 Nobel laureate (visiting professor) Professor Ezekiel Adebiyi, first professor of Bioinformatics in West Africa; Vice-president (2007–2011) and secretary (2011-date) of African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Professor Emmanuel Maduagwu, professor of Biochemistry and fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Taiwo Abioye, former Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi, first professor of architecture in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa Professor Sanjay Misra, Institution of Engineering and Technology premium award recipient. Professor Kayode Soremekun, former Dean, College of Development Studies. Professor Samuel Ibiyemi, former Dean, College of Science and Technology. Vice Chancellors Professor Bola Ayeni (May 2002 - September 2004) Dr. Jonathan Aremu (2005) (Acting Vice chancellor) Professor Aize Obayan (February 2005 – October 31, 2012) Professor Charles Ayo (November 1, 2012 – July 2016) Professor AAA Atayero (July 15, 2016 – September 22, 2020) Professor Akan Williams (September 22, 2020 – November 10, 2020) (Acting Vice-Chancellor) Professor Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo (November 10, 2020 – Present) Recent developments and achievements Covenant University is a leading private institution in Nigeria based on number of prospective students/applicants that seeks to get admitted; Its admission requirements, cited scholarly journals and annual rankings. On September 26, 2018, it became the highest ranked Nigerian university in the world universities ranking of the Times Higher Education (THE). Covenant was also recently selected as one of the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact). Earlier in November, 2018, Covenant entered the Subject Rankings of the Times Higher Education (THE) for the first time in the Business and Economics subject category ranking 501+ globally. Furthermore, in the recently released Engineering subject ranking, Covenant emerged