Ambassador mobolaji Qasim: 165 OLDEST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA.
DID YOU ATTEND ANY LISTED HERE?(Established between1859 and1959)
Have you ever wondered what year formal secondary education was established in Nigeria?
Or have you ever questioned just how long some of the famous schools in Nigeria have been in existence?
Well, your prayers have been answered because someone has really taken the time and painstakingly compiled this list of the Oldest Secondary Schools in Nigeria:
1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos (1859)
2. Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos (1878)
3. Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos (1879)
4. Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos (1885)
5. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar (1895)
6. St. Anne’s School, (Old Kudeti Girls’ School) Ibadan (1896)
7. Oron Boy’s High School, (Old Oron Training Institute) Oron (1897)
8. Wesley College of Science (old Wesley College), Elekuro, Ibadan (1905)
9. St. Paul’s College, Iyenu, Awka (1900)
10. Methodist Boy’s High School, Oron (1905)
11. Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta (1908)
12. King’s College, Catholic Mission Street, Lagos (1909)
13. St. John’s School, Bida (1909)
14. Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta - (1910)
15. Alhuda-Huda College(OldGovernment Secondary School), Zaria (1910)
16. Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode (1913)
17. Eko Boys High School, Mushin, Lagos (1913)
18. Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan (1913)
19. Government Secondary School, Ilorin - (1914)
20. Government College, Katsina-Ala - (1915)
21. Etinan Institute, Etinan, Akwa-Ibom - (1915)
22. Ondo Boys High School, Ondo - (1919)
23. Duke Town Secondary School, Calabar- (1919)
24. Government College, Kaduna - (1920)
25. Barewa College, Zaria - (1921)
26. Methodist College, Uzuakoli, Abia - (1923)
27. Ibo Boys’ High School, Uzuakoli, Abia - (1923)
28. Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha - (1925)
29. Queens College, Yaba, Lagos (1927)
30. Abdul Azeez Memorial College Okene (1927)
31. Rumfa College, Kano (Old Govt Secondary School, Kano) (1927)
32. United Memorial Grammar School, Ibadan (1928)
33. St. Gregory College, Ikoyi, Lagos (1928)
34. St. Thomas College, Ibusa (1928)
35. Government College, Apata, Ibadan (1929)
36. Government College, Umuahia (1929)
37. St. Charles College, Onitsha (1929)
38. Methodist Girls Secondary School, Ovim (1930)
39. Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu (1931)
40. Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos (1932)
41. St Theresa College, Oke-Ado, Ibadan (1932)
42. Oduduwa Grammar School, Ile-Ife (1932)
43. Enitonna High School, Borikiri (1932)
44. Christ the King College, Onitsha (1933)
45. Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti (1933)
46. Ilesha Grammar School, Ilesha (1934)
47. St. Patrick’s College, Calabar (1934)
48. Holy Rosary College, Enugu (1935)
49. Government Secondary School, Owerri (1935)
50. Edo College, Benin City (1937)
51. Ibadan Boys High School, Ibadan (1938)
52. Kalabari National College, Buguma (1938)
53. Baptist High School, Bodija, Ibadan (1940)
54. Okrika Grammar School, Okrika (1940)
55. Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls Secondary School, Yaba Lagos (1941)
56. Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha (1942)
57. College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu (1942)
58. African Church School, Kajola, Ifo (1943)
59. Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta (1943)
60. Offa Grammar School, Offa (1943)
61. Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls, Elelenwo (1943)
62. Zik Grammar School, Sapele (1943)
63. Immaculate Conception College, Benin (1944)
64. Hillcrest School, Jos (1944)
65. Boys Secondary School, Gindiri (1944)
66. St. Francis College, Oturkpo (1944)
67. St. Patrick College, Asaba (1944)
68. Kent Academy, Mangu (1945)
69. Olivet Baptist High School,Olivet Heights Oyo (1945)
70. Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode (1945)
71. Government College, Ughelli (1945)
72. Anglican Girls’ Grammar School, Lagos (1945)
73. Priscilla Memorial Secondary School, Oguta (1945)
74. Urhobo College, Effurun (1946)
75. Remo Secondary School, Sagamu (1946)
76. Ansar –Ud – Deen Comprehensive College, Otta (1946)
77. Imade College, Owo (1946)
78. Merchant of Lights School, Oba (1946),
79. Victory College, Ikare, Ondo (1947)
80. Hussey College, Warri (1947)
81. Emmanuel College, Owerri (1947)
82. St. Augustine's Grammar School, Nkwerre (1948)
83. Ahmaddiya College, Agege, Lagos (1948)
84. Stella Maris College, Port Harcourt (1948)
85. National High School, Aba (1948)
86. Government College, Keffi (1949)
87. Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo (1949)
88. Baptist High School, Borokiri, Port Harcourt (1949)
89. Oriwu College, Ikorodu (1949)
90. Bishop Shanahan College, Orlu (1949)
91. Holy Ghost College, Owerri (1949).
92. Osogbo Grammar School, Osogbo (1950)
93. Ijebu Muslim College (1950)
94. Our Ladies of Apostle Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos (1950)
95. St. Peter Claver’s College, Sapele (1950)
96. Egbado (Yewa) College, Ilaro (1950)
97. St. Thomas’ Aquinas College, Akure (1951)
98. St Louis Secondary School, Kano (1951)
99. National High School, Arondizuogu (1951)
100. Titcombe College, Egbe (1951)
101. Trinity High School, Oguta (1951)
102. Kiriji Memorial College, Igbajo (1952)
103. Queen’s School, Ibadan (1952)
104.Government College, Afikpo (1952)
105. Maryknoll College, Okuku (1953)
106. Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure (1953)
107. Ogbomoso Grammar School, Ogbomoso (1953)
108. St. Michael's Secondary School, Aliade (1953)
109. Ekiti Parapo College, Ido Ekiti (1954)
110. Queen's School, Enugu (1954)
111. Loyola College, Ibadan (1954)
112. St. Bernadine’s Grammar School, Oyo (1954)
113. Our Ladies of Apostle Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode (1954)
114. St. Anthony’s Grammar School, Ijebu-Imusin (1954)
115. Manuwa Memorial Grammar School, Iju-Odo (1954)
116. Fiditi Grammar School, Fiditi (1954)
117. National High School, Arondizuogu (1954)
118. Iheme Memorial Grammar School, Arondizuogu (1954)
119. St. Louis Secondary School, Ondo (1954)
120. Gboluji Grammar School, Ile-Oluji (1954)
121. Ngwa High School, Aba (1954)
122. Badagry Grammar School, Badagry (1955)
123.African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta (1955)
124. St. Catherine's Girls' Secondary School, Nkwerre (1955)
125. Ibara Anglican High School, Abeokuta (1955)
126. Doherty Memorial Grammar School, Ijero- Ekiti (1955)
127. St. Monica Girls’ School, Ondo (1955)
128. Ife Anglican Grammar School, Arubidi, Ile-Ife (1955)
129. Methodist High School, Aba (1955).
130. St. Catherine’s Anglican Girls School, Owo (1956)
131. St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka Lagos (1956)
132. Methodist High School, Okiti Pupa (1956)
133. Mayflower School, Ikenne (1956)
134. Isonyin Grammar School, Isonyin (1956)
135. Ebenezer Grammar School, Abeokuta (1956)
136. St. Joseph College, Ondo (1956)
137. St. Anthony’s College, Ubulu Ukwu (1956)
138. St. Pius X College, Bodo, Gokana (1956)
139. Odogbolu Grammar. School, Odogbolu (1957)
140. Notre Dame College, Ozoro (1957)
141. Government College, Makurdi (1957)
142. Holy Rosary College, Idah (1957)
143. Anglican Grammar School, Iju-itaogbolu (1957)
144. African Church Grammar School, Oka-Akoko (1957)
145. St. Augustine's College, Kabba (1957)
146. Annunciation Secondary School Ikere Ekiti (1957).
147. Birabi Memorial College, Bori Ogoni (1957)
148. County Grammar School, Ikwerre Etche (1957)
149. Zixton Grammar School, Ozubulu (1957)
150. Igbo Elerin Grammar School Ibadan, Oyo State (1957)
151. General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola (old Government Secondary School, Yola) (1957)
152. Sacred Heart College, Aba (1957)
153. Okemesi Grammar School, Okemesi-Ekiti (1958)
154. Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan (1958)
155. Ahmadu Bahago Secondary School (old Niger Baptist College) (1958)
156. Anglican Grammar School, Igbara-Oke (1958)
157. National Grammar School, Nike Enugu (1958)
158. Girls High School, Gindiri, Plateau State (1958)
159. St. Patrick’s College, Oka-Akoko (1959)
160. St. Maria Goretti Girl's Grammar School, Benin (1959)
161. Ondo Anglican Grammar School, Ondo (1959)
162. Premier Grammar, Abeokuta (1959)
163. Anglican Grammar School, Otan Aiyegbaju (1959)
164. St. Thomas Secondary School, Kano (1959)
165. Union Secondary School Awkunanaw, Enugu (1959)
Placements of schools on the list may differ but these secondary schools have something in common: each is older than independent Nigeria; each contributed in shaping the progress of post-independent Nigeria.
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[9/18, 4:12 AM] Ambassador mobolaji qazim: COPIED.
NUPENG-PTD????
For decades, Nigerians have been told that NUPENG, and particularly its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch, is a “union.” But let’s strip away the pretense. PTD is no union. It is a cartel — a rent-seeking mafia thriving not on productivity or skill, but on brute force, intimidation, and a stranglehold on the nation’s fuel lifeline. They are not our friend. They are our tormentors.
Every single day, at every depot across this country, PTD extracts a compulsory “gate fee” of ₦39,000 per truck per loading. This money does not go into government coffers. It is not a tax, not a regulated due, not accountable. It is pure extortion. The victims are not the drivers themselves — it is the truck owners, users, and all of us who are compelled to pay. This racket is systematic, enforced by violence and fear. No truck loads without “settling” PTD. Refuse to pay, and your trucks will not move.
Some think this is a private fight between PTD and truck owners. Wrong. This is every Nigerian’s problem. Why? Because truck owners simply spread that ₦39,000 cost into the price of fuel. By the time petrol reaches your filling station, PTD’s extortion has already been baked into the pump price.
Here’s the arithmetic: one truck carries about 40,000 liters. Divide ₦39,000 by 40,000 liters, and you get about ₦0.98 per liter. That means almost ₦1 is secretly added to every liter of petrol you buy in Nigeria. Every car, every generator, every motorbike, and every liter consumed across this nation carries a hidden “PTD tax.” Nigeria consumes about 50 million liters of petrol daily. Multiply that by ₦1, and what do you get? Nigerians are paying ₦50 million every single day into the pockets of PTD. That is ₦1.5 billion every month. Nearly ₦18 billion every year. A hidden nationwide tax — imposed not by government, but by a cartel of men with no mandate, no audit, no accountability.
Let’s call things by their name. Nigerians are not paying this money into a pension fund, a skills program, or anything that builds value. No. We are paying it to a bunch of illiterates and hooligans who thrive on brute power at the depots. They brandish juju, machetes, threats of strike action, and the entire nation bows. This is not trade unionism. It is organised crime. This extortion sits on top of the billions already being drained from the economy by inefficiency, corruption, and the hiding of fuel tax from the government. Ordinary Nigerians are the ones carrying the weight.
The chokehold is not just about fuel prices. It is about national security and economic stability. Whenever their leaders feel slighted, they threaten to shut the country down with strikes. And because fuel is the bloodstream of our economy, everyone trembles. Now think about the new Dangote Refinery. At full capacity, it can process 650,000 barrels of crude per day, worth over $45 million in products daily. If PTD ever decides to extend its extortion racket there, even a few days of disruption could cost Nigeria hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. One month of shutdown? Over $1.3 billion gone, not counting restart costs. That is the scale of the threat we are dealing with — a handful of men operating like a mafia, holding 200 million Nigerians to ransom.
Some optimists suggest “reform” — digitising collections, sanitising the process. But let’s be honest: you can not digitise extortion. The foundation of PTD’s power is illegality. You do not reform a cartel. You dismantle it. The only way forward is clear: disband NUPENG-PTD as it currently exists; criminalise depot racketeering and make the ₦39,000 toll a prosecutable offence; secure and expand private logistics fleets like Dangote’s, protected from intimidation; and strip political protection from PTD leaders so that the law can finally bite. Nigeria can not continue to fund hooliganism at the pump.
Every time you buy a liter of petrol, remember: almost ₦1 goes straight into the pockets of PTD thugs. That is what you, I, and every Nigerian are paying — not for better roads, not for better schools, but for the enrichment of a cartel. This is not just about truck owners. This is not about depots. This is about all of us. NUPENG-PTD is not our friend. They are a parasite on the nation’s lifeblood, a mafia extracting billions while pretending to be a union.
The time for timidity is over. Nigerians deserve better. The government must break this cartel once and for all. Until then, we remain prisoners at the mercy of illiterates and hooligans, taxed at the pump every single day.
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