Nigeria, April 2 -- A 77-year-old grandma who on Tuesday bagged her first-degree certificate at the 50th convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, says she enrolled for the programme after her retirement to avoid boredom.

Bridget Okonji was among the 1,008 students of the university's Faculty of Education, who were in the first set of 3,795 students from the Faculties of Arts, Education and Environmental Sciences conferred with the first degree on Tuesday at the ceremony.

The graduand, who was invited to the rostrum for a handshake with the university's Pro-Chancellor, Wale Babalakin, refused to disclose her name while speaking with journalists.

She was admitted to the university's sandwich programme through the ...