{
  "id": 16169405,
  "title": "Meet UNILORIN’s 2026 best graduating student with 5.00 CGPA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/meet-unilorins-2026-best-graduating-student-with-5-00-cgpa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T09:44:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/meet-unilorins-2026-best-graduating-student-with-5-00-cgpa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Francis Olusegun, a 2025/2026 graduate from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Ilorin, has become the best graduating student with a perfect 5.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). In an interview with the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, Olusegun shared how he managed to achieve this feat. He attributed his success to self-belief, consistency, adaptability, and a determination to excel. Olusegun began considering this possibility after seeing his 100-level results, which convinced him that graduating with a perfect CGPA was achievable. He had always wanted to be the best graduating student, setting that goal for himself and believing he could achieve it through hard work. Despite the challenges of studying Mathematics, a subject he described as abstract, Olusegun said his love for problem-solving since primary school made it an easy choice. Maintaining a perfect CGPA across four academic sessions and eight semesters was not easy, but Olusegun stressed that he had already \"won in his mind\" before starting. He developed a personal approach to studying, adjusting his methods when necessary, and consistently revising lessons on the same day they were taught. He also conducted additional research to understand difficult concepts and paid close attention to his test scores, aiming for more than 70% to ensure he could handle the examinations comfortably.",
  "summary": "A 2025/2026 graduate of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Ilorin, Francis Olusegun, has graduated with a perfect 5.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average, emerging as the best graduating student. In an interview published on Tuesday by the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, and sighted by PUNCH Online on Friday, Olusegun attributed Read More:…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}