By Minna Correspondent
Newgate University, a privately-owned institution in Minna, Niger State, is set to hold its maiden convocation, awarding degrees to 207 graduating students since its establishment in 2022.
The convocation, scheduled for December 3, will see 14 students graduate with first-class honors, 81 with second-class upper, 88 with second-class lower, and 24 with third-class degrees, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sadiq Yusuf, announced on Wednesday while briefing journalists in Minna.
Professor Yusuf highlighted the university’s rapid growth since it began academic activities with 350 students in 2022, now boasting 2,000 students across 13 academic programmes in four faculties. Ten of these programmes have received full accreditation from the Nigerian University Commission (NUC), while the Nursing and Medical Laboratory Science programmes have secured professional accreditation.
The Vice Chancellor also outlined the university’s infrastructural and academic developments, including modern classrooms, laboratories, ICT-driven learning systems, and the expansion of community outreach and institutional partnerships.
Looking ahead, Newgate University plans to introduce new programmes, including BSc Artificial Intelligence (AI), BSc Data Science, and Community Health, and will soon establish a School of Postgraduate Studies and a Center for Distance Learning.
As part of the convocation activities, the university will hold special Juma’at prayers and Sunday service, culminating in a convocation lecture themed “Academic Freedom and University Governance: A Legal Perspective”, to be delivered by Professor Maxwell Michael Gidado SAN.