A Nigerian, Miss Osarieme Omonuwa, broke the jinx at the University of Reading to become the first black woman to earn a first class degree in the history of the 121-year-old institution.
At 22, Osarieme Anita Omonuwa could be described as a genius just waiting to be called a legal legend in Nigeria, writes Funke Olaode for African Leadership Magazine.
The Edo born Omonuwa not only arrived at the the Nigerian Law School with a University of Reading first class degree in Law, but also emerged as the very first Nigerian to graduate the final bar examination from overseas with a first class BL degree, a feat in the 51-year existence of the Nigerian Law School.
Omonuwa has been a trailblazer with academic excellence before she left Igbinedion Education Centre and moved to the United Kingdom.
In 2010, she received the University of Reading scholarship award and won recognition as the overall best in the international foundation programme.
At the age of 20, she bagged a first-class degree at University of Reading, winning the Chancellor’s Award for the year.
For her stellar performance, Omonuwa became the first black woman to win the University of Reading’s Chancellor Award in the history of the institution.
During the recently held Call To Bar ceremony in Abuja, Omonuwa bagged a total of six Prizes, which includes; Best Student of the year, Council of Legal Education Star Prize, Corporate Law Practice amongst others.
Her father, Omoruyi Augustine Omonuwa (SAN), who is a legal luminary based in Benin City, said that the success attained by Ms. Omonuwa came through a dint of hard work.
“I feel on top of the world as a father. I am a proud and happy father. She dedicated herself to the study and she got the reward,” he said.
For Miss Omonuwa, it was a day she would live to remember.
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