A 20-year-old Nigerian lady, Osarieme Anita Omonuwa, on Wednesday, July 3, made history at Reading University in the United Kingdom when she bagged a First Class degree in Law.
Omonuwa, who hails from Edo State, also received the 2012 prestigious "Chancellor's Award" of the university for her outstanding academic performance thus becoming "the first black woman to win the Reading University Chancellor's Award in 2012."
Presenting the award last Wednesday, the Chancellor of the university, Sir John Madejski, described Omonuwa as “Representative of Our Brightest and Best Students.”
In 2010, she had also bagged the Reading University Scholarship Award for academic excellence and won recognition as the overall best in the International Foundation Programme.
In 2012, her academic awards haul included the Clarks Legal Prize for the best performance in Part 2 Equity and Trust, presented by David Rintoul, Managing Partner; Keith Wright Memorial Prize for best overall performance in Part 2; and, Shoosmiths Prize for best overall performance in Part 2.
In May 2013, she was at Shoosmiths LLP, UK for her day internship in the Employment Department and in June she moved into Construction Law, an experience which enabled her to understand hardcore legal issues including the intricacies of construction contracts and the inevitable consequences of breaching agreed terms while at the Clarkslegal LLP, UK .
The young lady is the daughter of Mr. Omoruyi Augustine Omonuwa, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and member, Order of the Federal Republic (OFR). She had shown great promise at a very tender age when in her kindergarten days at Our Lady of Apostles School, Airport Road, Benin-City, where she finished as the best kindergarten pupil and had a free uniform as a "Motivational Prize".
She also won the 2003 Bournvita Award for overall primary school performance at the school.
Omonuwa won the 2008/2009 Certificates of Merit of the Igbinedion Education Centre in Benin-City as the overall best graduating student in Accounting, English, Yoruba, Computer Science, Biology, Literature, Government, Economics, Foods and Nutrition.
Source: The Will
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