Loyola Jesuit College
Private secondary boarding school in Gidan Mangoro, Nasarawa, Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loyola Jesuit College is a private Catholic secondary boarding school, located in Gidan Mangoro, Abuja, Nigeria.[1] The school was founded by the Society of Jesus on October 2, 1996, and is named after the Society's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. The school has consistently ranked at the top of Nigerian schools in the WAEC exams.[2]
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Loyola Street , Nigeria | |
| Coordinates | 4°55′37.9″N 6°58′0.76″E |
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| Type | Private secondary boarding school |
| Motto | Service of God and others |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Jesuit |
| Patron saint(s) | Ignatius of Loyola |
| Established | 2 October 1996 |
| President | Ubong Attai |
| Principal | Chikere Ugwuanyi |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Campus size | 28.5 hectares (70 acres) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Mascot | Roaring Lion |
| Alumni | Loyolans |
| Website | www |
Campus and history
Loyola Jesuit College is located on a 28.5-hectare (70-acre) site in the village of Gidan Mangoro. Funds to construct the school were provided by the New York province of the Society of Jesus and the United States Agency for International Development, Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad.[3] The ceremonial laying of foundation stone took place on April 1, 1995 and was presided over by the Honorable Walter Carrington, the then US Ambassador to Nigeria. He described the site as a "field of dreams".[4] The school opened with 101 students on October 2, 1996.[3]
Sosoliso plane crash
On December 10, 2005, Loyola Jesuit College lost 60 students in the crash of Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, which killed 107 people. One of the two survivors was Kechi Okwuchi, a Loyola student.[5][6] A new multi-purpose auditorium, Memorial Hall, memorializes the students who died in the crash.[3]
Administration
Presidents
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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| 1 | Patrick Ryan | 1999 | 2005 | [7] |
| 2 | Peter Schineller | 2005 | 2007 | |
| 3 | John-Okoria Ibhakewanlan | 2007 | 2010 | |
| 4 | Ugo Nweke | August 2010 | December 2010 | |
| 5 | Ehi Omoragbon | 2011 | 2013 | |
| 6 | Emmanuel Ugwejeh | 2013 | 2018 | |
| 7 | Peter Chidolue | 2018 | 2024 | |
| 7 | Ubong Attai | 2024 | incumbent |
Principals
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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| 1 | Jim Kuntz | 1996 | 1999 | [8] |
| 2 | O.T. Jonah | 1999 | 2003 | |
| 3 | Marc Roselli | 2003 | 2006 | |
| 4 | John-Okorie Ibhakewanlan | 2006 | 2010 | |
| 5 | Ugo Nweke | 2010 | 2012 | |
| 6 | Joe-Stanis Okoye | 2013 | 2019 | |
| 7 | Chikere Ugwuanyi | 2019 | incumbent |
Notable alumni
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- Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – Andela co-founder,[9]
- Emmanuel Bez Idakula – singer, songwriter
- Kechi Okwuchi – one of the two survivors of the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash and finalist in the twelfth season of America's Got Talent
See also
References
External links
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