CMS Grammar School, Lagos | |
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Address | |
Asani Road, Bariga , | |
Coordinates | 6°32′04″N 3°23′19″E / 6.534583°N 3.388638°E |
Information | |
School type | Secondary |
Motto | Nisi Dominus Frustra (Without God we labor in vain) |
Established | 6 June 1859 |
Principal | The Revd' Jacob Ayokunle Ogunyinka |
The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. For decades it was the main source of African clergymen and administrators in the Lagos Colony.[1]