LASU’S CHINEDU IHENETU-GEOFFREY WINS OXFORD UNIVERSITY ALLEN OVERY BEST PRIZE IN CORPORATE FINANCE LAW 2016

Success is no guess work, it’s the product of practical engagement of tested principles. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. I firmly believe in a relentless pursuit of excellence. This has led me to consistently defy my young age and challenge myself academically and intellectually to achieve record-breaking feats. To me, excellence belongs to those who strive to attain it and who are not afraid to compete at the highest levels against the very best in the world

Nigeria, July 20, 2016 – This was an excerpt of an e-mail written by Chinedu Ihenetu-Geoffrey, a graduate of Law of Lagos State University to proudly announced his latest International award to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. ‘Lanre Fagbohun.

The award is the prestigious Oxford University Allen & Overy Best Student Prize in Corporate Finance Law for year 2016, an award given to the overall best student [from amongst the Master in Law and Finance [MLF], Bachelors of Common Law [BCL] and Magister Juris [MJur] candidates], with the most outstanding performance in the Corporate Finance Law Examination at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Geoffrey’s award is by no means an easy feat. Apart from the fact that it was earned at one of the oldest and most prestigious Universities in the United Kingdom, where academic standard is at its peak, Oxford University, it was achieved after a feisty intellectual competition among Forty-Four [44] First Class brains from Thirty-Three [33] Countries of the World.

The achievement has once again accentuated the world-class quality of teaching and research of the Lagos State University, and cemented the place of her graduates as some of the best in the world, an assertion succinctly put by Chinedu Ihenetu-Geoffrey himself, thus: “I am very proud of my alma mater, Lagos State University especially LASULAWS, for equipping me with the requisite tools I needed for this global achievement. I strongly believe that the academic rigours in LASU adequately laid the foundation for the demanding intellectual program at the University of Oxford, culminating in this great success.”

Recall that another Alumnus of the University, Romola Adeola at the age of 26 years recently became the youngest Ph.D holder in the 107 year history of Centre of Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.