Captain J.P Labulo Davies: The merchant who donated £50 seed funding for the establishment of Nigeria’s first secondary school – CMS Grammar School

Whenever the story of the first secondary school in Nigeria - Christian Missionary Society (CMS) Grammar School, Bariga, in Lagos is told, either in abridged or full version, it will remain a half-truth without the mention of Captain Labulo Davies, a Merchant Sailor and in-law of the Queen of England – Queen Victoria, who gave a donation that brought the dream of the founder to reality.

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