Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- A total of 286 students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), have graduated with first-class honours out of 2,194 students at the institution's 14th convocation ceremony.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Smaranda Olarinde, disclosed this in her welcome address on Wednesday, saying the graduating class comprised 1,759 undergraduates and 435 postgraduate students.

Olarinde said the university was ranked first in Nigeria for the fifth consecutive year, second in Africa, and 72nd globally in the 2026 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with a score of 90.8 per cent.

Image Credit - NAN She said the ranking made ABUAD the only Nigerian university among the world's top 100 institutions in the rankings.

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