₦airaland Forum

Osiris12:
Make person show us tinubu picture inside in primary or secondary schools

Olofofo247ng:
Students of Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria performing experiment inside a science Laboratory.

Date: 18th of September, 1960


Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, and E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students numbered 29.

During the Second World War, the school temporarily moved to several sites before finally resettling back at its original site. The alumnus popularly called Old Boys, holds an annual reunion programme in order to connect former students.

In the period before the dissolution of the country's Western Region, the school earned the fame of being the best secondary school in Nigeria.

Some of its notable alumni's include the following:

Adegoke Adelabu, Akinola Aguda, T. M. Aluko, Segun Awolowo, Wale Babalakin, Cyprian Ekwensi, Oba Erediauwa of Benin-City, Abel Guobadia, Christopher Kolade, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Femi Osofisan, Ayo Rosiji, Olaokun Soyinka and his father, Wole Soyinka.

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

DixseenMktPlace:
They are in their mid 60s

tiger28:
Best School EVER!

Has its own Army Cadet, we were trained by Army Officers with military simulations. Had our own Armory, School is the size of a whole Village ……. Very Massive!

Up School!

delpee:
I'm so glad that GCI is being restored to greatness with the effort of the alumni. A very good school back then and our good neighbours. We had a lot to do together.

I attended Queen's School.

grandstar:
My granddad who was a cocoa farmer sent a daughter of his to school, and she got pregnant.

He swore never to send another daughter to school and he kept to his word for decades.

Eventually, he relented like any good dad would and sent another of his daughters to school. She too got pregnant.

Such is life!

I am in full support of female education.

Olofofo247ng:
Students of Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria performing experiment inside a science Laboratory.

Date: 18th of September, 1960


Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, and E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students numbered 29.

During the Second World War, the school temporarily moved to several sites before finally resettling back at its original site. The alumnus popularly called Old Boys, holds an annual reunion programme in order to connect former students.

In the period before the dissolution of the country's Western Region, the school earned the fame of being the best secondary school in Nigeria.

Some of its notable alumni's include the following:

Adegoke Adelabu, Akinola Aguda, T. M. Aluko, Segun Awolowo, Wale Babalakin, Cyprian Ekwensi, Oba Erediauwa of Benin-City, Abel Guobadia, Christopher Kolade, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Femi Osofisan, Ayo Rosiji, Olaokun Soyinka and his father, Wole Soyinka.

bodejohn:
UP GCI...

writeprof:
Something else may be responsible for what was happening to his daughters. Hope he didn't offend anybody in the village

delpee:
I'm so glad that GCI is being restored to greatness with the effort of the alumni. A very good school back then and our good neighbours. We had a lot to do together.

I attended Queen's School.

Olofofo247ng:
Students of Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria performing experiment inside a science Laboratory.

Date: 18th of September, 1960


Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, and E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students numbered 29.

During the Second World War, the school temporarily moved to several sites before finally resettling back at its original site. The alumnus popularly called Old Boys, holds an annual reunion programme in order to connect former students.

In the period before the dissolution of the country's Western Region, the school earned the fame of being the best secondary school in Nigeria.

Some of its notable alumni's include the following:

Adegoke Adelabu, Akinola Aguda, T. M. Aluko, Segun Awolowo, Wale Babalakin, Cyprian Ekwensi, Oba Erediauwa of Benin-City, Abel Guobadia, Christopher Kolade, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Femi Osofisan, Ayo Rosiji, Olaokun Soyinka and his father, Wole Soyinka.

Wealthyonos:
Life.... These guys will be old by now.

Semaj77:
Was a member of Carr house

Osiris12:
Make person show us tinubu picture inside in primary or secondary schools

ClitRaider:
You show us agulu in the 60s.

profmallor:
Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, ans E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

You'd know why those are highlighted if you've been to GCI.

Olofofo247ng:
Students of Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria performing experiment inside a science Laboratory.

Date: 18th of September, 1960


Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education, Southern Provinces, who conceived the idea of the school, and E. R. Swanston, Inspector of Education.

The school was conceived and founded on 28 February 1929. The first principal was C. E. Squire. The second principal was H. T. C. Field. V. B. V. Powell was the third principal.

Government College was modelled on the British public boarding schools of the era, and the first set of students numbered 29.

During the Second World War, the school temporarily moved to several sites before finally resettling back at its original site. The alumnus popularly called Old Boys, holds an annual reunion programme in order to connect former students.

In the period before the dissolution of the country's Western Region, the school earned the fame of being the best secondary school in Nigeria.

Some of its notable alumni's include the following:

Adegoke Adelabu, Akinola Aguda, T. M. Aluko, Segun Awolowo, Wale Babalakin, Cyprian Ekwensi, Oba Erediauwa of Benin-City, Abel Guobadia, Christopher Kolade, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Femi Osofisan, Ayo Rosiji, Olaokun Soyinka and his father, Wole Soyinka.

grandstar:
I'm not the superstitious type.

They were just unfortunate.

The first one that got pregnant married the man who did so.

She died during the childbirth of either her third or fourth child. Her death devastated her mum (my grandma) and she died within a year from grief. My dad was around 15 at the time. A mama's boy.

I never met her.

The younger sister of the one that died had fertility issues. My dad wanted to pay for an operation that would rectify the problem.

Her father threatened to deal with my dad should anything happen to her during the surgery.

My dad washed his hands off. She must be around 70 now. No child

tiger28:
Queen School is our Sister School surely.

Back then Queens School Students used to attend classes in GCI for upper Six and Lower six Students….Good days!