This is a list of notable schools in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

Abia State

Government College Umuahia Government College Umuahia, or GCU, is an independent secondary school for boys located on Umuahia- Ikot Ekpene road in Umuahia, Nigeria. Twenty years after the establishment of King's College, the first government-owned high school, by the Brit ...

Ngwa High School Ngwa High School is a secondary school for boys in Aba, Nigeria, Aba. It is located in Abayi, a town in Osisioma Ngwa. History The school was established in 1954 with 29 boys. The school was supposed to be in Umuocham but was relocated to Ab ...

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Akwa Ibom State

* Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene,

Ikot Ekpene Ikot Ekpene, also known as The Raffia City, is a historic town in the south-southern state of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. It is the political and cultural capital of the Annang ethnic group in Nigeria (Nair, 1972). The town is located on the A34 ...

* Holy Family College,

Abak :''Abak is also a nickname for the painter Hans von Aachen. For the place in Pakistan, see Abak, FATA.'' Abak is a town and Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The LGA was previously part of Cross River State. It was later subd ...

* Lutheran High School, Obot Idim, Ibesikpo Asutan *

Methodist Boys' High School, Oron Methodist Boys’ High School, Oron (MBHS Oron) in Nigeria was established on 18 September 1905 following a proposal by Rev. Nathaniel Boocock

Anambra State

* Bishop Crowther Seminary, Works Road, Awka *

Christ the King College, Onitsha Christ the King College, Onitsha (CKC), popularly known as CKC Onitsha, or Amaka Boys, is a Catholic all-boys secondary school in Onitsha, Nigeria. It is ranked the top-ranked high school in Nigeria and 36th in the top 100 best high schools in Af ...

* Grundtvig International Secondary School, Oba

Delta State

Hussey College Warri Hussey College Warri is a secondary school located along Upper Erejuwa Road in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges in Delta State and Nigeria, having produced many notable figures in the Nigerian p ...

Ebonyi State

* Government Secondary School, Afikpo

Edo State

* Auntie Maria School, Benin City * Edo College, Benin City * Federal Government Girls College, Benin *

Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi is a catholic school founded in 1986 by Rev. Dr. P.E Ekpu. The school is located at Uromi North East Edo state, Nigeria. History Lumen Christi International School was founded on 5 October 1986 by ...

Nosakhare Model Educational Centre The Nosakhare Model Education Centre is a co-education centre located in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, founded in 1996 by Deacon (Ambassador) Daniel Nosakhare Eghobamien. The centre is designed to concurrently offer learning through small gr ...

, Benin City *

Presentation National High School Presentation National High School is an all-girls boarding school in Usunobun Street, Ugbekun Quarters, Benin City, Edo State Nigeria. This boarding school was founded by the Archbishop of Benin City, Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, on Nove ...

, Benin City

Federal Capital Territory

* Bristol Academy, Abuja *

Cherryfield College Cherryfield College is a Nigerian and British-style co-educational school established to cater for children located throughout Nigeria and beyond. It is located in Jikwoyi, FCT Abuja, the federal capital territory of Nigeria. It was establish ...

, Abuja *

Kuje Science Primary School Kuje Science Primary School is a primary school in Kuje, Nigeria. After reconstruction funded largely by British Airways' charity program "Change for Good", it was re-opened in 2002 in a ceremony attended by President Olusegun Obasanjo Ch ...

* Ladela Secondary School, Abuja *

Loyola Jesuit College Loyola Jesuit College is a private Catholic secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria. It was founded on 2 October 1996 by the Society of Jesus in Nigeria and was named after the founder, Ignatius of Loyola. History In 1962, the New York Province of the ...

Olumawu Basic Education School Olumawu Basic Education School is a school in Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to ...

* School for the Gifted, Gwagwalada * Whiteplains British School, Jabi, Abuja

Imo State

Federal Government Girls' College, Owerri Federal Government Girls' College, Owerri is a secondary school in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. It is a model secondary school for girls, which was established in 1973. The first principal of the school was Ms. Sheila Everard, (1973 to 1980) the c ...

* Government Secondary School, Owerri * Ray Jacobs Boarding School, Mgbidi

Kaduna State

Barewa College Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as Katsina College. It switched its name to Kaduna College in 1938 and to Government College ...

, Zaria

Kano State

* Dawakin Tofa Science College * Sahatu Ayagi

Kogi State

* Titcombe College Egbe

Kwara State

* Landmark University Secondary School * Federal Government Girls College, Omu-Aran * Unilorin Secondary School

Lagos State

* Apata Memorial High School, Ireakari Estate, Isolo, Lagos * Atlantic Hall, Poka Epe Lagos * Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos *

British International School Lagos British International School Lagos (BIS) is a British international school in Oniru Private Estate in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Opening in 2001, the school provides a British curriculum to day and boarding students aged 11–18. A broad ran ...

, Ikoyi, Lagos *

CMS Grammar School, Lagos 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 ...

* D-Ivy College, Ikeja Lagos * Ebun Pro Veritas International School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos * Faith Academy, Gowon Estate * Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos * First Island School, Lekki, Lagos * Government College Ikorodu * Holy Child College, Obalende, south-west, Ikoyi, Lagos. *

Igbobi College Igbobi College is a college established by the Methodism, Methodist and Anglican Church, Anglican Churches in 1932, in the Yaba (Lagos), Yaba suburb of Lagos, Lagos State, South-western Nigeria. It is still on its original site and most of the or ...

, Yaba * Ikenna Stars Academy, Ojo * International School Lagos, University of Lagos, Akoka *

King's College, Lagos King's College, Lagos (KCL) is a secondary school in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. 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 ...

* Lagos Baptist Academy, Obanikoro * Meadow Hall School Lekki, Lagos *

Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos (MBHS Lagos) is a secondary school for boys located in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Founded in 1878, it was the second secondary school established in Nigeria. History The leaders of the Methodist communit ...

Queen's College, Lagos Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girls' secondary (high) school with boarding facilities, situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. Often referred to as the "sister college" of King's College, Lagos, it was founded on October 10, 1927, when ...

, Yaba * Rainbow College, Lagos * St Gregory's College, South-west Ikoyi, Lagos * State High School

Nasarawa State

* Government Secondary School Usha Kadu

Niger State

* Federal Government Girls College, Bida

Ogun State

Abeokuta Grammar School Abeokuta Grammar School is a secondary school in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. It is currently located at Idi-Aba area, of Abeokuta. Often called the first grammar school in Nigeria, it is attended by students from all parts of Nige ...

, Abeokuta * Asero High School, Asero * Baptist Boys' High School,

Abeokuta Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State located at the south western part of Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; north of Lagos by railway, or by water. , Abeokut ...

Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro Comprehensive High School is a secondary school in Ayetoro, a district in the Yewa North, Egbado Division of Ogun State, South Western Nigeria. History Just after Nigeria attained independence in 1960, the authorities began to consider the pr ...

* Covenant University Secondary School,

Covenant University Covenant University (CU) is a private Christian university in Ota, Nigeria, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. It is affiliated with Living Faith Church Worldwide and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of African Un ...

* Faith Academy, Ota * Federal Government College, Odogbolu *

Ijebu Ode Grammar School Ijebu Ode Grammar School (JOGS) is a boys-only secondary school located in Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria. Founded on 20 January 1913, the school is one of the oldest schools in Nigeria. Houses *Gansallo (G ...

Ijebu Ode Ijebu-Ode is a town in Ogun State, South Western geopolitical zone in Nigeria, close to the A121 highway. The city is located 110 km by road Northeast of Lagos; it is within of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State and po ...

* Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta * Louisville Girls High School, Itele * Mayflower School, Ikenne * Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta

Osun State

* Federal Government Girls College, Ipetumodu *

Olashore International School Olashore International school is a private co-educational boarding secondary school located in Osun State, Nigeria. The School was founded by the late Oba Olashore in 1994. History Olashore International School became operational on January 9, ...

* Saint Anthony's Catholic High School

Oyo State

* Federal Government College, Ogbomoso *

Government College, Ibadan Government College Ibadan (founded 28 February 1929) is a boys' secondary school located on the hills of Apata Ganga in Ibadan, Nigeria. History The founding fathers of Government College Ibadan were Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Director of Education ...

* Ibadan Grammar School * International School Ibadan *

Loyola College, Ibadan Loyola College, Ibadan (LCI) is a boys-only Government-owned College in Oyo State, Nigeria and was founded by the Catholic Missionary Union of England and Wales, Catholic Missionary in 1954. It is located within old Ife road, Agodi area in Ibadan ...

* Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo *

Queen's School, Ibadan Queen's School, Ibadan is an all-girls secondary school located in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, South-Western Nigeria. History Queen's School, Ibadan was established in January 1952. It originated from Queen's College Lagos and was official ...

St Anne's School, Ibadan St Anne's School, Ibadan is a secondary school for girls in Ibadan, Nigeria. The school took its current name in 1950, after a merger between Kudeti Girls School, founded in 1899, and CMS Girls School, Lagos, founded in 1869. It can therefore clai ...

* Wesley College, Ibadan

Rivers State

Several locations

* Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (locations in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos) *

Command Secondary Schools Command Secondary Schools are Secondary School, secondary schools under the Nigerian Army Education corps (previously under the defunct Institute of Army Education). Overview The Directorate of Command Schools is directly responsible for administr ...

(locations across the federation)