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 claim to be the oldest girls' secondary school in Nigeria.

CMS Girls School, Lagos

The CMS Female Institution was founded on 1 May 1869, ten years after the Church Missionary Society had founded CMS Grammar School, Lagos as the first boys grammar school in Nigeria. Abigail Macaulay, wife of the boys' school headmaster, and daughter of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, had pressed for there to be a girls' institution, in order that rich people in Lagos no longer need send their girls abroad to study. The school, situated on what today is Broad Street in Lagos, initially had sixteen pupils. Mrs. Roper was its first principal. In 1891, the name was changed to CMS Girls Seminary, and in 1926 the name was again changed to CMS Girls School.

St Anne's School, Ibadan

In 1950 the school was renamed, in honour of the missionary Anna Hinderer. Anna, and her husband's, tomb had been renovated by Kudeti Girls' School in 1933. The school celebrates its 'birthday' on July 26, the feast day of Saint Anne.

Principals

Mrs Annie Roper 1869
Mrs Bonetta Forbes Davies 1870. She was the adopted child of Queen Victoria.
Rev Henry and Mrs Sarah Townsend were co-principals 1871-1872
Rev and Mrs Mann 1872 - 1885
Mrs Emma Harding née Kerr 1885 - 1886
Mrs Vernall née Kruse 1886 - 1888
Miss Marian Goodall 1888 - 1893
Mrs Fanny Jones née Higgins 1894
Miss Ballson 1894 - 1905
Miss Boyton 1906
Miss Hill 1906 - 1908
Mrs Wakeman née Towe 1908
Miss Wait 1910 - 1927
Miss Mellor 1928 - 1931
Miss Grimwood 1931 - 1944
Miss Wedmore 1944 - 1960
Mrs Bullock née Groves 1960 - 1973
Mrs F I Ilori 1973
Mrs E O T Makinwane 1973 - 1984
Mrs Nike Ladipo 1984 - 1991
Mrs O F Osobamiro 1991 - 1994
Mrs Dupe Babalola 1995 - 2005
Mrs A A Kolapo 2005 - 2007
Mrs F I Falomo 2007 - 2014
Mrs K A Otesile 2014 - 2016
Mrs T O Orowale 2016 - 2018
Mrs Y O Awe 2018 - 2020

Notable former teaching staff

Rev Josiah Ransome Kuti, the grandfather of Fela Kuti, taught music 1879 - 1886
Professor Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi, née Jadesimi, taught Biology

Alumni

Public service

Mrs Christie Ade-Ajayi née Martins, educational specialist
Mrs Dorothy Akanya, née Miller, first female commissioner in Nigeria.
Omoba Tejumade Alakija, née Aderemi, civil servant.
Professor Bolanle Awe, née Fajembola, history professor.
Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization.
Mrs Oladayo Oluwole née Adeleke Adedoyin, first female Nigerian Prisons Service Officer.
Mrs Ibukunade Sijuwola, née Fagunwa, chair of the D.O. Fagunwa Foundation to protect indigenous languages.

Authors

Flora Nwapa, née Nwakuche, writer.
Mrs Mabel Segun, née Aig Imokhuede, author.

Media

Mrs Anike Agbaje-Williams, née Kuforiji, newsreader.

Law

Hon Justice Olufunlola Oyelola Adekeye, née Akinlade, Federal Supreme Court Justice
Professor Jadesola Olayinka Akande, née Esan, law professor & Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University.
Justice Dolapo Akinsanya, née Onabamiro, judge.
Justice Monisola Agbeke Fafiade, née Jacobs, jurist.
Justice Atinuke Omobonike Ige OFR, née Oloko Judge Federal Court of Appeal .
Hon Justice Roseline Ajoke Omotosho, née Sonola-Soyinka,, Lagos State Chief Judge.
Hon.Justice Mobolanle Abidemi Okikiolu Ighile, Lagos State High Court Judge.

Accountancy, insurance and economics

Mrs Claire Ighodaro, CBE née Ukpoma. The First Female President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Mrs Olutoyin Olakunri, née Adesigbin, accountant and businesswoman

Politics

Abiola Babatope, née Odeyale, former Member of the House of Representatives
Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, Deputy Governor of Lagos State
Gwendoline Etonde Burnley, née Martin, Cameroonian politician
Ebiti Ndok-Jegede, presidential candidate
Remi Şonaiya, née Fawole, presidential candidate
Ime Udom, barrister and politician

Science, medicine and dentistry

Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide, parasitologist, President Nigeria Academy of Science.
Lady Deborah Jibowu, MBE, OON née Fasan, Nigeria's first female science graduate.
Dr Simisola Onibuwe Johnson, dentist
Dr Olufunmilayo Olopade, née Falusi, oncologist
Professor Oyinade Olurin, née Odutola, first female professor of medicine in Nigeria.
Mrs Modupe Olabisi Oluwole, née Ogundipe, pharmacist.
Dr Marianne Abimbola Silva, née Phillips, medical doctor.
Professor Emeritus Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi, née Jadesimi, botanist and environmental archaeologist.
Professor Kudirat Olanike Adeyemo, Veterinary Surgeon

Armed forces

Major General Aderonkę Kale, army psychiatrist.

Educators

Mrs Eva Adebayo Adelaja, née Adebonojo founder of Eva Adelaja Girls Grammar School Bariga.
Mrs Leila Fowler, née Moore founder of Vivian Fowler Memorial School for Girls
Mrs Tanimowo Ogunlesi, née Okusanya, women's rights activist and founder of Children's Home School, Ibadan
Mrs Yetunde Omisade, nee Esan, first principal of the Peoples Girls Grammar School.
Chief Mrs Gladys Aduke Vaughan, née Akinloye, founder of Omolewa School.

Nursing

Mrs Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, née Scott, nurse

The Arts

Mrs Toyin Abraham, née Aimakhu, actress and blogger
Ms Ayo Adesanya, Nollywood Actress in Yoruba and English languages
Mrs Teni Aofiyebi, née Gbogboade, actress and businessperson

Women's affairs

Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi, née Ajasa, Nationalist, Feminist, President of the Nigeria Girl Guide Association
Mrs Hilda Adefarasin, née Petgrave, women's rights activist
Lady Kofo Ademola, MBE. MFR. OFR.née Moore, First Black African Female University Graduate. Educationist, Founder of Primary & Secondary Schools for Girls, Writer.

Historians and scholars

Clara Olanrewaju Osinulu, née Odugbesan. Anthropologist and first female curator of National Museum of Nigeria.

Business

Mrs Emily Aig-Imoukhuede, née Meffullhoude, business executive.
Mrs Kehinde Kamson, née Adelaja, Entrepreneur