Israel Adekunle Adeniyi, the Overall Best Graduating Student of the Nigerian Law School for the 2026 Call to Bar...Photo Credit: Isreal Adeniyi

Israel Adekunle Adeniyi has emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Student of the Nigerian Law School for the 2026 Call to Bar, capping an outstanding academic journey that began at the University of Ilorin.

The Offa-born, Adeniyi, who completed his Bar Part II programme at the Lagos Campus of the Nigerian Law School, was named the overall best graduating student at the 2026 Call to Bar ceremony.

Before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School, he graduated as the best graduating student in the Common Law programme at the University of Ilorin with a cumulative grade point average of 4.83, the highest ever recorded in the faculty’s history.

Israel Adekunle Adeniyi, the Overall Best Graduating Student of the Nigerian Law School for the 2026 Call to Bar…Photo Credit: Isreal Adeniyi