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Nigeria was set to welcome her first university after fourteen years of unrelenting criticisms of the Yaba Higher College. Following a report from two commissions set up to investigate the practices and principles which should govern university operations in Nigeria, these commissions were set up in 1943 and was headed by Asquith and Elliot. The commissions’ reports favoured the establishment of university in Nigeria and in the year 1948, 104 students of Yaba Higher College was transferred to the University College, Ibadan being the first university in Nigeria, however, this university was totally tied to London academic curriculum until 1962 where it became autonomous and it name was changed to University of Ibadan. From the year 1948 to 1962, the number of universities in Nigeria had increased to five, these include University of Ibadan (1948), University of Nigeria Nsukka (1960), University of Ife, Ile Ife (now Obafemi Owolowo University) (1962), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1...

It is quite interesting to know that you are a lover of knowledge. Education is simply the search and acquisition of sufficient and valuable information that equips our minds with the ability to think out solutions to problems. As you are about to take a step further towards studying in higher institution such as university, polytechnic or monotechnic in Nigeria, it is pertinent to read at least a brief history of these institutions in other to have a background knowledge of their origins and the foundations on which our higher institutions are built on, since you will spend some years there after being admitted to study a course of your choice. Just as you were taught by your history teacher, both primary and secondary schools in Nigeria were first introduced by the Christian Missionary, with few others later introduced by our colonial government. The CMS Grammar School, Lagos, founded on 6th June, 1859 is the first secondary school in Nigeria. The King’s College was later founde...