Augustine University best graduating student wins five awards and five million naira

According to Nigerian Tribune, Cecilia Isedoa Okojie has emerged as the overall best graduating student of Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State. She studied Economics and finished with a cumulative grade point average of 4.90, winning five awards at the 8th convocation ceremony.

The university held the ceremony on Thursday at the Convocation Hall. Okojie received recognition for her academic excellence at the event. The school management announced that she will receive five million naira. Each of the 24 students who graduated with First Class Honours will receive one million naira for making the institution proud.

Convocation Details and Prizes

Okojie earned five separate prizes during the event. These include the Sir Steve Bamidele Omojafor Prize for the overall best graduating student in the Faculty of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences for females. She also won the AUI Alumni Prize for the overall best graduating student and the Emmanuel Onyia Prize for the best graduating student in Economics.

Her other awards are the Late Monsignor Patrick Obayomi Prize for the overall best graduating student and the Daniel and Elizabeth Akinwale Memorial Prize for the overall best graduating student. A total of 194 students received degrees at the convocation. Out of this number, 24 graduated with First Class Honours.

Eighty-eight students earned Second Class Upper Division degrees. Another 73 students graduated with Second Class Lower Division degrees. Eight students received Third Class Honours, while one student graduated with a pass.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto and founder of the Kukah Centre, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, delivered the convocation lecture. His lecture was titled The Pursuit of Happiness in a World of Moral Relativism. The ceremony also featured the conferment of first degrees and the presentation of prizes for the 2025/2026 academic session.