University of Ilorin's Tobiloba Bilesanmi Graduates Top

Tobiloba Bilesanmi, a graduate of the University of Ilorin, emerged as the best graduating student in both her department and the entire Faculty of Social Sciences for the 2025/26 session, achieving a CGPA of 4.79 out of 5.00. In an October 2026 LinkedIn post, she shared her extensive accomplishments, which included receiving the university scholar award each year of her programme.

Bilesanmi held leadership positions in five student organizations, including Deputy Director for Research and Writing at the Economics Students Research Association and Vice President of the Faculty Fellowship. She was also the Academic Excellence Chair at the Mind Thrive Club and an Analyst at the university's Investment Society.

Her accolades included being a national finalist at the CFA Institute equity research challenge and winning the Africa's Future Economic Leaders AfCFTA research and advocacy inter-university challenge. Additionally, she placed third nationally in the ICAN ATS 2 examinations in September 2024.

Bilesanmi received multiple scholarships, including the Jim Ovia Scholarship and the BBB Foundation scholarship, and completed job simulation programmes with firms like KPMG and EY.