Lagos State University to graduate over 20,000 students, 494 achieve first-class honors
Lagos State University LASU is preparing to graduate 20,604 students across all programs during its 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies. The university's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, announced that 494 students from first-degree programs achieved First Class honors. Specifically, 262 students earned First Class in the 2024/2025 academic session, and 232 in the 2025/2026 session. For the 2024/2025 session, 7,621 students graduated from first-degree programs, with 3,155 obtaining Second Class Upper Division, 3,439 Second Class Lower Division, 622 Third Class, and 37 passes. In the 2025/2026 session, 8,653 students graduated from first-degree programs, including 3,545 with Second Class Upper Division, 4,157 with Second Class Lower Division, 678 with Third Class, and 31 passes. Additionally, 3,383 postgraduate students will graduate, comprising 618 Postgraduate Diploma, 1,508 academic Master's, 900 professional Master's, 238 PhD, and 119 professional doctoral graduates. Ayilara Lawal Olawale of Project Management is the overall best graduating student for 2024/2025 with a CGPA of 4.96, while Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide of Aerospace Engineering is the best for 2025/2026 with a CGPA of 4.97. The ceremonies, which will be the Vice-Chancellor's final convocation, will include the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on distinguished personalities such as Mr. Akin Kekere-Ekun, Mrs. Harriet-Ann Omobola Bola Adesola, and Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The unive
