NIGERIA: LASU’s Top Graduate Bags N10m After Recording 4.97 CGPA In Aerospace Engineering

By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria

The overall best graduating student of Lagos State University, Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide, has received a N10 million cash prize after emerging as the institution’s top graduate for the 2025/2026 academic session.

Oluolamide, a graduate of Aerospace Engineering, received the award from the Sunbeth Excellence Partnership Programme during LASU’s 29th and 30th combined convocation held on Monday at the Olatunji Bello Auditorium, Epe Campus.

He graduated with a 4.97 CGPA on a 5.00 scale, earning First-Class Honours and emerging as the university’s overall best graduating student.

The Sunbeth Excellence Partnership Programme presented the cash prize in recognition of his academic performance and as part of its efforts to promote excellence and innovation among students.

The achievement follows an earlier announcement by the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, that Oluolamide had emerged as the institution’s overall best graduating student.

More than 20,000 students are graduating across the two academic sessions covered by the combined convocation, with 494 students earning First-Class Honours.

Oluolamide attributed his academic success to God and celebrated the achievement on X.

“4.97 / 5.00 CGPA. First Class Honours in Aerospace Engineering at Lagos State University. Official Senate Approval.”

He added: “All glory to God for His grace, wisdom, and strength every step of the way. What God cannot do does not exist!”

Beyond his academic performance, Oluolamide was involved in research, academic publications and other extracurricular activities during his undergraduate studies.

On August 9, he disclosed that he had been named Scholar of the Year at the AESA-LASU Dinner, marking the second time he had received the award during his undergraduate programme.

“June 24: Officially signed out of Aerospace Engineering. June 25: Awarded Scholar of the Year at the AESA-LASU Dinner!

“Winning my 2nd Scholar of the Year title during my undergrad is the best way to close a chapter. Late nights, heavy research, and relentless focus paid off.”

The aerospace engineering graduate also disclosed in July that two of his research papers had been accepted for presentation at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ NAICE 2026 conference in Lagos.

His latest recognition adds a major financial reward to a series of academic distinctions recorded during his time at LASU.