Nigeria, April 25 -- Before 2017, never before had a student graduated with a first-class from the University of Ibadan's Department of History.

But Ozibo Ekele broke that jinx when he graduated with a 6.6 of 7 CGPA. It would take another three years before Mr Ekele's feat would be equalled.

Martins Olusanya, a former president of UI's Union of Campus Journalists, achieved the feat this year, the second in UI's history department's 72 years of existence.

In this interview with Yusuf Akinpelu, Mr Olusanya, the only child of an Ibadan-based mother, spoke about how he combined active extracurricular engagements with a determination to graduate with a summa cum laude. He also touched on campus journalism, leadership, student unionism and h...