The Nigerian Law School has released the results for the 2018 bar finals, with 161 students graduating in first class honours.
The figure is, by far, the highest ever in the history of legal education in Nigeria.
A statement by the Council of Legal Education, signed by Isa Hayatou Chiroma, the director general of the Nigerian Law School, said 5,846 students took the examination.
He said 4,633 passed the examinations, representing 79.25 percent of the total students.
Only 29 students bagged a first class in 2017, then the highest ever.
This year, 965 students were recorded to have failed the examination, representing 16.51 percent of those who took the bar finals.
The school said the Call to Bar ceremony will on November 27th, 28th, and 29th in Abuja.