UI sets new benchmark as 58 students graduate with first class honors

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Alumni, student associations and supporters of the University of Ibadan are filled with excitement as information filtered in that a total of 58 students of the Faculty of Law of the university have graduated with First Class honours at the end of the 2024/2025 academic session.

Apart from celebrating the feat, the alumni, various student associations and many others described the result as a testament to excellence, courage and resilience.

The university management is yet to issue an official statement, a former Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, confirmed the development.

In a post on his verified Facebook page, Olayinka disclosed that the results were approved at a Senate meeting held on Monday, February 16, 2026.

The former VC wrote, “It has been factually reported that 58 out of the 146 students who graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan at the end of the 2024/2025 academic session earned a First Class.
“Happily, I attended the Senate meeting that approved the results yesterday, 16th February 2026.”

The university don noted that the achievement reflects the high calibre of students admitted into the faculty, adding that the trend has been consistent for at least two decades.

“In reality, all the students admitted into the Faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan have the potential to graduate with First Class honours, as nearly all of them scored a weighted average of almost 70 per cent in the UTME and Post-UTME when they were offered admission,” he stated.

Olayinka further revealed that the merit cut-off mark for Law for the 2025/2026 session stood at 70.875 per cent, compared with 78.875 per cent for Medicine and Surgery and 71.375 per cent for Nursing Science.

“So, we should not be surprised if, in a few years, these students also post excellent results,” he added.
He commended the University Senate and staff of the Faculty of Law for sustaining high academic standards.

“What is important is that the UI Law graduates are fit for purpose. They have always excelled in their Final Bar Examinations at the Nigerian Law School,” he said.

“Rather than any unsubstantiated criticisms, the Dean and all members of staff in the Faculty of Law at UI should be commended for bringing out the best in their students.”

The UI Law Students’ Society shared a photograph of the graduating class on X.
“58 First Class Graduates! This is not chance. This is discipline, resilience, sleepless nights, and relentless excellence. Congratulations to LLB ’25 — your hard work has written history. You did not just pass. You raised the standard,” the post read.

The UI Alumni Association also congratulated the students, highlighting the distribution of honours within the cohort: 58 First Class; 71 Second Class (Upper Division); and 17 Second Class (Lower Division).

Observers say the outcome sets a new benchmark for the faculty and reinforces the university’s longstanding reputation for academic excellence.