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'''King's College, Lagos''' ('''KCL''') is a secondary school in [[Lagos]], [[Lagos State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shanguhyia |first1=Martin S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUJJDwAAQBAJ |title=The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History |last2=Falola |first2=Toyin |date=2018-01-28 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-59426-6 |pages=183 |language=en |quote=King's College, Lagos (1909) was the first government secondary school}}</ref> It was founded on 20 September 1909 with 10 students on its original site at [[Lagos Island]], adjacent to [[Tafawa Balewa Square]]. The school admits only male students although historically some female HSC (A-Level equivalent) students were admitted before the establishment of [[Queen's College Lagos]], popularly known as King's College's [[sister school]]. King's College conducts exams for the West African School-Leaving Certificate and the National Examinations Council.
'''King's College, Lagos''' ('''KCL''') is a secondary school in [[Lagos]], [[Lagos State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shanguhyia |first1=Martin S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUJJDwAAQBAJ |title=The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History |last2=Falola |first2=Toyin |date=2018-01-28 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-59426-6 |pages=183 |language=en |quote=King's College, Lagos (1909) was the first government secondary school}}</ref> It was founded on 20 September 1909 with 10 students at [[Lagos Island]], adjacent to [[Tafawa Balewa Square]]. The school admits only boys as pupils, although prior to the establishment of [[Queen's College Lagos]] it also admitted some female students.


==History==
==History==
In 1908, the Nigerian Acting Director of Education in Lagos, [[Henry Rawlingson Carr]] advised Governor [[Walter Egerton]] on a detailed scheme of education in Lagos.<ref name=Fajana>{{cite web|last1=Fajana|first1=Adewumi|title=Henry Carr – Portrait of a Public Servant|url=http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/education/ije/june1984/HENRY%20CARR%20-%20PORTRAIT%20OF%20A%20PUBLIC%20SERVANT.pdf|website=University of Ilorin|access-date=4 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524062034/http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/education/ije/june1984/HENRY%20CARR%20-%20PORTRAIT%20OF%20A%20PUBLIC%20SERVANT.pdf|archive-date=24 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Carr's suggestions and proposals were the basis for the formation of King's College. Carr convinced the London Board of Education that King's College's education mission would not overlap but supplement the education initiatives of missionary societies.<ref name=Fajana /> As a result, some authors regard Henry Carr as the "architect of King's College".<ref name=Adeniran>{{cite book|last1=Adeniran|first1=Adedapo|title=he Case for Peaceful and Friendly Dissolution of the Artificial Entity Christened Nigeria by the British Colonial Imperialists|publisher=Adedapo Adeniran Esquire of Lincoln's Inn, 2002|isbn=9789783485877|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hDJvxt_O-MC&q=henry+carr+case+peaceful+dissolution&pg=PT24|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Naij>{{cite web|last1=Olupohunda & Olalere|title=How Lagos Was Responsible For Nigeria's Independence|url=https://www.naij.com/577472-nigeriaat55-read-lagos-won-nigerias-independence-britain.html|website=Naij.com|date=3 October 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref> On 20 September 1909 '''King's School''' (as it was then called) came into being. There were 10 pioneer students which included [[J.C. Vaughan]], [[Isaac Ladipo Oluwole]], Frank Macaulay, Daniel Adeniyi Onojobi, Herbert Mills (from the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]), O.A. Omololu and Moses King. Oluwole was the first senior prefect of the school. The school building was erected and furnished at a cost of £10,001. It consists of a hall to accommodate 300 students, 8 lecture rooms, a chemical laboratory and an office.
In 1908, the Nigerian Acting Director of Education in Lagos, [[Henry Rawlingson Carr]], proposed to Governor [[Walter Egerton]] a detailed scheme of education for Lagos.<ref name=Fajana>{{cite web|last1=Fajana|first1=Adewumi|title=Henry Carr – Portrait of a Public Servant|url=http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/education/ije/june1984/HENRY%20CARR%20-%20PORTRAIT%20OF%20A%20PUBLIC%20SERVANT.pdf|website=University of Ilorin|access-date=4 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524062034/http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/education/ije/june1984/HENRY%20CARR%20-%20PORTRAIT%20OF%20A%20PUBLIC%20SERVANT.pdf|archive-date=24 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Carr's suggestions and proposals were the basis for the formation of King's College. Carr convinced the London Board of Education that King's College's education mission would not overlap but supplement the education initiatives of missionary societies.<ref name=Fajana /> As a result, some authors regard Henry Carr as the "architect of King's College".<ref name=Adeniran>{{cite book|last1=Adeniran|first1=Adedapo|title=he Case for Peaceful and Friendly Dissolution of the Artificial Entity Christened Nigeria by the British Colonial Imperialists|publisher=Adedapo Adeniran Esquire of Lincoln's Inn, 2002|isbn=9789783485877|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hDJvxt_O-MC&q=henry+carr+case+peaceful+dissolution&pg=PT24|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Naij>{{cite web|last1=Olupohunda & Olalere|title=How Lagos Was Responsible For Nigeria's Independence|url=https://www.naij.com/577472-nigeriaat55-read-lagos-won-nigerias-independence-britain.html|website=Naij.com|date=3 October 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>
'''King's School''' (as it was then called) came into being on 20 September 1909. The pioneer students included [[J.C. Vaughan]], [[Isaac Ladipo Oluwole]], Frank Macaulay, Daniel Adeniyi Onojobi, Herbert Mills (from the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]), O.A. Omololu, and Moses King. Oluwole was the first senior prefect. Constructing and furnishing the school building had a cost of £10,001 ({{Inflation|UK-GDP<!--using GDP and not currency for capital expenses-->|10001|1909|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).


The philosophy of King's School was
The philosophy of King's School was
<blockquote>"to provide for the youth of the colony a higher general education than that supplied by the existing Schools, to prepare them for Matriculation Examination of the University of London and to give a useful course of Study to those who intend to qualify for Professional life or to enter Government or Mercantile service."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"to provide for the youth of the colony a higher general education than that supplied by the existing Schools, to prepare them for Matriculation Examination of the University of London and to give a useful course of Study to those who intend to qualify for Professional life or to enter Government or Mercantile service."</blockquote>


The average number of students in 1910 was 16, rising to 67 by 1914.
The staff of the college consists of three Europeans (a principal who gives instruction in English Language, Literature and Latin, a Mathematical and Science Master) with two African assistant teachers. Occasionally, members of the Education Department were engaged as lectures of the evening classes.


King's College is now one of 104 [[List of unity schools in Nigeria|unity schools]] in Nigeria managed by the federal government to bring together children from different geographic, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to build Nigeria's future, especially in the aftermath of the Biafran War.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Federal Unity Colleges |url=https://education.gov.ng/federal-unity-colleges/|access-date=2024-03-24|website=Federal Ministry of Education|date=21 January 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>
The government awarded three scholarships and three exhibitions annually based on merit. The beneficiaries of the scholarships are entitled to free tuition and a government grant of 6 pounds per annum. Conversely, holders of exhibitions receive free tuition; only Hussey Charity Exhibitions tenable at the college was established for indigent students out of the investment proceeds of the premises of the defunct Hussey Charity.


==Campuses==
The average attendance of students as at the end of 1910 was 16. This rose to 67 as at the end of 1914.

In 1926, ''The Development of the Education Department, 1882–1925'' was published. Chapter 1, "Annual Report on the Education Development, Southern Provinces, Nigeria, for the year 1926" unearthed interesting facts about the school.

It reads, in part, "...1909 is chiefly noticeable for the opening of King's College as a Government Secondary School under the headmastership of a Mr. Lomax who was seconded from the Survey Department, and who was assisted by two European Masters. The number of boys on the roll was 11. In 1909, Mr. Hyde-Johnson was appointed headmaster of King's College, but nine months later, he succeeded Mr. Rowden as Director of Education...."

That the first headmaster of the college was Mr. Lomax is an outstanding revelation, outstanding because the general conception has always been that Mr. Hyde-Johnson who held that position. Until 1954 when the first edition of the brief history of the college was written, the popular myth was that Mr. Hyde-Johnson was the first principal of King's College. Except for the few surviving foundation students, there was hardly any Old Boy who had ever heard of Mr. Lomax; this pioneer's name was curiously sunk in obscurity.

An insight into life at K.C. in its early years is provided by F.S. Scruby's article dated 24 February 1924 in the ''Mermaid'' titled 'Further Glimpse of the Past':

:"It revived many memories which are never very dormant to read Ikoli's very flattering recollections of my all too short 'regime' at K.C. Having taught the young Australian out in the 'Bush' in sunny New South Wales and spent holidays in Fiji and the Pacific Islands, it was the pleasurable anticipation that I came to Lagos and was a great disappointment to me to have to resign the post so soon.

:"It is a curious thing that Ikoli should have noticed that some boys run the risk of being spoiled. To this day Old Boys from Schools in which I taught in England before going to Lagos remind me of the lasting impression that was made on them when they showed any symptoms of such deterioration. The feasts so generously described in the December number were really only meeting s of the Matriculation class- Oluwole, Vaughan and Macaulay- who use to come up to my quarters once or twice a week to read Shakespeare.

:"In looking back on the Physical Training, I am afraid Okoli has taken off his rose-coloured spectacles. The Sergeant of the W.A.R.F.F. who used to come and give lessons were really not very old on peppery. He was a very good Instructor and very fond of boys but the fact remains that P.T. was not popular, and one small boy in particular used to come and report to me regularly that he was 'sore-footed', and take his big dose from the bottle and an hour's work as well. It was my great ambition that a cadet Company should be formed at K.C. as the first company of a Lagos Cadet Battalion School were circularized by the Education Department, but the scheme fell through.

:"It is a great joy though it is not a matter of Surprise to know that K.C. has prospered during the last 13 years with the development of the House System and Inter-house Sports."

Though originally established in 1909, King's College is now one of 104 [[List of unity schools in Nigeria|unity schools]] in Nigeria managed by the federal government to bring together children from different geographic, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to build Nigeria's future, especially in the aftermath of the Biafran War.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Federal Unity Colleges |url=https://education.gov.ng/federal-unity-colleges/|access-date=2024-03-24|website=Federal Ministry of Education|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Organization==

===Houses and classes===
There are four houses in the school named after former principals. Hyde-Johnson's House (red), Panes' House (blue), Mckee-Wright's House (yellow) and Harman's House (green). It has ten arms per class (as of the 2017–2018 session), They are A, Alpha, C, D, E, F, G, H, J and K. King's College Lagos makes use of the Greek letter '''Alpha''' instead of the letter '''B''' as the second arm of their classes.

===Campuses===
Due to population constraints, the school was divided into two campuses, with the junior school moving into the premises of the former Federal School for Arts and Sciences (F.S.A.S) on [[Victoria Island (Nigeria)|Victoria Island]]. (The school administration was still under the control of one principal and ultimately under the control of the Federal Ministry of Education.) This meant that the junior classes of the school (classes 1–3) were now in the Victoria Island "Annex," as that campus came to be known.
Due to population constraints, the school was divided into two campuses, with the junior school moving into the premises of the former Federal School for Arts and Sciences (F.S.A.S) on [[Victoria Island (Nigeria)|Victoria Island]]. (The school administration was still under the control of one principal and ultimately under the control of the Federal Ministry of Education.) This meant that the junior classes of the school (classes 1–3) were now in the Victoria Island "Annex," as that campus came to be known.


Presently, King's College, Lagos has a senior school. The seniors are now split as follows: SS1 to SS3 boys are found in the Main Camp (Tafawa Balewa Square), while JSS1 to JSS3 boys are found in the annex campus (Victoria Island). The former PKC, Otunba 'Dele Olapeju, assumed office in January, 2010 and bowed out of service in November, 2015. He moved the senior students from the annex to the main campus. Today, King's College is wearing a new look. He has erected a number of structures both at the main campus and at the annex campus. The students' results are now online, with parents and guardians being able to follow up on their children/wards' academic and extra-curricular activities using the students' log-in details which have been given to them.
Presently, King's College, Lagos has a senior school. The seniors are now split as follows: SS1 to SS3 boys are found in the Main Camp (Tafawa Balewa Square), while JSS1 to JSS3 boys are found in the annex campus (Victoria Island). The former PKC, Otunba 'Dele Olapeju, assumed office in January, 2010 and bowed out of service in November, 2015. He moved the senior students from the annex to the main campus. Today, King's College is wearing a new look. He has erected a number of structures both at the main campus and at the annex campus. The students' results are now online, with parents and guardians being able to follow up on their children/wards' academic and extra-curricular activities using the students' log-in details which have been given to them.

===Prefects===
As of the 2023-2024 session, King's College Lagos had 44 prefect positions. This team of prefects was led by their version of a 'Headboy', the School Captain. The current School Captain for the 2023-2024 Academic Session is [[Oke Abdulrahman]].
[[File:2023-2024 Prefects of King's College, Lagos with the School Captain, Oke Abdulrahman.jpg|thumb|It represents the 2023-2024 Prefects of King's College, Lagos]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogundare |first=Femi |date=2023-10-04 |title="King's College Wins Felaberation Schools Debate" |pages=1 |work=This Day |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/10/04/kings-college-wins-felaberation-schools-debate }}</ref>

== Education and social life of student ==
King's College Lagos has proved its educational quality for centuries and has passed the test of time. Unproven information reports that King's College Lagos performed at a 90% success rate in May/June 2015 WASSCE. Socially, KC proves to be one of the best, as yearly activities such as the inter-house sports competition, the annual bi-lateral games with Achimota School Ghana, and the King's College/Queen's College Graduation ball for outgoing SS3 students have become prominent social events in King's College.

The annual KIGS cup is an important sporting event. It is an elite quadrangular cricket tournament with four schools participating - King's College, Igbobi College, Government College Ibadan and St. Gregory's College.

The annual Ikoyi Run is also one of King's College's major sporting event. Ikoyi Run is a marathon with the four houses competing.

There is also an annual inter-house athletics competition with the four houses competing.


==Uniform==
==Uniform==
The school uniform consists of a white shirt (long-sleeved for those in the senior school and short-sleeved for those in the junior school), a school tie and/or a school badge, white trousers, black belt, socks and black laced shoes and a blue blazer. The wearing of the blazer became compulsory under Principal Mr. S. M. Onoja.
The school uniform consists of a white shirt (long-sleeved for senior school pupils and short-sleeved for junior), a school tie or badge, white trousers, and a blue blazer.


== Principals ==
== Principals ==
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*S. I. Balogun
*Sylvester M. Onoja
*Sylvester M. Onoja
*Yetunde Awofuwa (first female principal)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/fighting-for-a-good-name/|title=FIGHTING FOR A GOOD NAME|publisher=NBF NEWS|date=20 April 2009}}</ref>
*Yetunde Awofuwa {{ref|Awofuwa|[note]}}
*Akintoye A. Ojemuyiwa
*Akintoye A. Ojemuyiwa
*Otunba Oladele Olapeju
*Otunba Oladele Olapeju
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*Ibezim Elizabeth
*Ibezim Elizabeth
*Agada Ali Andrew
*Agada Ali Andrew

:1. {{note|Awofuwa}} Following the departure of Onoja, Yetunde Awofuwa who happened to be the most senior ranked teacher was appointed as Acting Principal of the school. She was never fully confirmed as a principal of the school. She later left to become principal of the Federal Government Girls College, Oyo. She was the first and only female principal of the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/fighting-for-a-good-name/|title=FIGHTING FOR A GOOD NAME|publisher=NBF NEWS|date=20 April 2009}}</ref>


==Prominent alumni==
==Prominent alumni==
{{Main|Category:King's College, Lagos alumni}}
{{Main|Category:King's College, Lagos alumni}}
{{alumni|date=August 2024}}
*[[Adedamola Richard Kasunmu]], Politician, Legislator, Deputy Majority Leader, [[Lagos State House of Assembly]]
* [[Simeon Adebo]], Administrator, lawyer, and diplomat
* [[Simeon Adebo]], Administrator, lawyer, and diplomat
* [[Lateef Adegbite]], Secretary-General of the [[Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs]]
* [[Lateef Adegbite]], Secretary-General of the [[Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs]]
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== School Anthem ==
'''Verse 1.'''

Floreat Collegium shall our motto be

Let us shout it boldly for her sons are we

Nurtured in her classrooms in our early youth

Where we learn to cherish chivalry and truth

Learn to pull together each one with the rest

Playing up and striving each to do his best

'''Chorus'''

This shall be our watchword, always play the game

Sound the old school's praises, trumpet forth her fame

Though of many nations we will not forget

That we all are brothers with a common debt

Let us pay by giving as we forge ahead

Service to the living, honor to our dead

'''Verse 2.'''

This is what they teach us in the good old school

Only by obedience may you learn to rule

If you fail look closely, seek the reason why

You have power to conquer if you only try

Others went before you and attained the light

Where they wait to cheer you victors in the fight.

'''Chorus'''

This shall be our watchword, always play the game

Sound the old school's praises, trumpet forth her fame

Though of many nations we will not forget

That we all are brothers with a common debt

Let us pay by giving as we forge ahead

Service to the living, honor to our dead

'''Verse 3.'''

Present, past and future from one mighty whole

Shining forth emblazoned on a muster roll

When the call is sounded, all must answer "HERE"

Voice and bearing showing neither shame nor fear

Pointing to our honor, which untarnished stands

Bright as when we took it from our founder's hands.

'''Chorus'''

This shall be our watchword, always play the game

Sound the old school's praises, trumpet forth her fame

Though of many nations we will not forget

That we all are brothers with a common debt

Let us pay by giving as we forge ahead

Service to the living, honor to our dead.

END.

''*The King's College, Lagos' school song''<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Song |url=https://www.kcobaabuja.com.ng/activities/school-song |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.kcobaabuja.com.ng |language=en-US}}</ref> ''is a deeply emotional rendition that tells the story of the school's mission and vision, as well as the hopes and dreams of its students and alumni..*''


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:03, 5 November 2024

King's College
King's College, Lagos
Address
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3, Catholic Mission Street

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Information
TypeState secondary school
Mottospero lucem
Established20 September 1909; 115 years ago (1909-09-20)
Sister schoolQueen's College
PrincipalAndrew Ali Agada
GradesJSS1–SSS3
GenderBoys
Websitekingscollegelagos.sch.ng

King's College, Lagos (KCL) is a secondary school in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.[1] It was founded on 20 September 1909 with 10 students at Lagos Island, adjacent to Tafawa Balewa Square. The school admits only boys as pupils, although prior to the establishment of Queen's College Lagos it also admitted some female students.

History

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In 1908, the Nigerian Acting Director of Education in Lagos, Henry Rawlingson Carr, proposed to Governor Walter Egerton a detailed scheme of education for Lagos.[2] Carr's suggestions and proposals were the basis for the formation of King's College. Carr convinced the London Board of Education that King's College's education mission would not overlap but supplement the education initiatives of missionary societies.[2] As a result, some authors regard Henry Carr as the "architect of King's College".[3][4]

King's School (as it was then called) came into being on 20 September 1909. The pioneer students included J.C. Vaughan, Isaac Ladipo Oluwole, Frank Macaulay, Daniel Adeniyi Onojobi, Herbert Mills (from the Gold Coast), O.A. Omololu, and Moses King. Oluwole was the first senior prefect. Constructing and furnishing the school building had a cost of £10,001 (equivalent to £1,299,251 in 2023).

The philosophy of King's School was

"to provide for the youth of the colony a higher general education than that supplied by the existing Schools, to prepare them for Matriculation Examination of the University of London and to give a useful course of Study to those who intend to qualify for Professional life or to enter Government or Mercantile service."

The average number of students in 1910 was 16, rising to 67 by 1914.

King's College is now one of 104 unity schools in Nigeria managed by the federal government to bring together children from different geographic, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to build Nigeria's future, especially in the aftermath of the Biafran War.[5]

Campuses

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Due to population constraints, the school was divided into two campuses, with the junior school moving into the premises of the former Federal School for Arts and Sciences (F.S.A.S) on Victoria Island. (The school administration was still under the control of one principal and ultimately under the control of the Federal Ministry of Education.) This meant that the junior classes of the school (classes 1–3) were now in the Victoria Island "Annex," as that campus came to be known.

Presently, King's College, Lagos has a senior school. The seniors are now split as follows: SS1 to SS3 boys are found in the Main Camp (Tafawa Balewa Square), while JSS1 to JSS3 boys are found in the annex campus (Victoria Island). The former PKC, Otunba 'Dele Olapeju, assumed office in January, 2010 and bowed out of service in November, 2015. He moved the senior students from the annex to the main campus. Today, King's College is wearing a new look. He has erected a number of structures both at the main campus and at the annex campus. The students' results are now online, with parents and guardians being able to follow up on their children/wards' academic and extra-curricular activities using the students' log-in details which have been given to them.

Uniform

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The school uniform consists of a white shirt (long-sleeved for senior school pupils and short-sleeved for junior), a school tie or badge, white trousers, and a blue blazer.

Principals

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The first principal of the school was a Mr Lomax, while the first African principal was Rex Akpofure. The current principal of the school is Ali Andrew Agada. Some other principals were:

  • Lomax (1909–1910)
  • Henry Hyde-Johnson (1910)[6]
  • Frank Sutherland Scruby (1911–1914)[7]
  • Charles McKee Wright (1914-1917)[8]
  • J.A. de Gaye (1917–1919)
  • D.L. Kerr (1919)
  • H.A.A.F. Harman (1919–1925)
  • W.M. Peacock (1926–1931)
  • J.N. Panes (1931–1936)
  • A.H. Clift (1936–1947)
  • H.H. Jeffers (Acting Principal, 1941–1942)[9]
  • A.D. Porter (1947)
  • G.P. Savage (1948)
  • J.R. Bunting (1949–1954)
  • P. H. Davis (1957 to 1964)
  • Rex Akpofure (1964–1968)[10][11](first indigenous principal)
  • R. S. G. Agiobu-Kemmer (1968–1975)
  • M.O. Imana (1975–1978)[12]
  • Augustine A. Ibegbulam (1978–1985)
  • S. O. Agun (1985–1992)
  • S. A. Akinruli (1992–1994)
  • S. I. Balogun
  • Sylvester M. Onoja
  • Yetunde Awofuwa (first female principal)[13]
  • Akintoye A. Ojemuyiwa
  • Otunba Oladele Olapeju
  • Anthony Thomas
  • Ibezim Elizabeth
  • Agada Ali Andrew

Prominent alumni

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References

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  1. ^ Shanguhyia, Martin S.; Falola, Toyin (28 January 2018). The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History. Springer. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-137-59426-6. King's College, Lagos (1909) was the first government secondary school
  2. ^ a b Fajana, Adewumi. "Henry Carr – Portrait of a Public Servant" (PDF). University of Ilorin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ Adeniran, Adedapo. he Case for Peaceful and Friendly Dissolution of the Artificial Entity Christened Nigeria by the British Colonial Imperialists. Adedapo Adeniran Esquire of Lincoln's Inn, 2002. p. 44. ISBN 9789783485877. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ Olupohunda & Olalere (3 October 2015). "How Lagos Was Responsible For Nigeria's Independence". Naij.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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