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Secondary school in Egbe, Nigeria

Titcombe College is a secondary school in Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria. Founded by missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission in 1951, the school has produced notable Nigerians including the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan and the late Professor Pius Adesamni. Alumni association of the college has commissioned several projects on the campus.

History

Titcombe College was founded in March 1951 by missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission.

Alumni

The college has produced students who are among notable Nigerians today. Few of them include the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan (retd.), Professor of Management Science at the University of Ibadan Solomon Adebola, the Chairman of the Central Planning Committee (CPC) Tunji Arosanyin and the late social commentator and university lecturer Pius Adesamni, a Professor of Literature and African studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and the director of the University's Institute of African Studies. Adesamni died along with 156 others, on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed March 2019. With a robust alumni, several sets of Titcombe College have been giving back to the college.

References

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  3. "OBITUARY: In our hearts lies Pius Adesanmi, the prophet who foretold his death". TheCable. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  4. ^ "Titcombe College ex-students meet". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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  7. ^ Agbana, Ralph (2021-03-21). "Titcombe College Egbe to Hold 70th Anniversary in May 2021". |Crusader Express|. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. "PROF. OLU OBAFEMI: STORY OF A HAWKER'S SON WHO BECAME ENGLISH PROFESSOR". THISDAYLIVE. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  9. "I've been waiting for my brother's call — Late Adesanmi's sister". Punch Newspapers. 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  10. Bearak, Max. "'They can't believe he is gone': Beloved Nigerian cultural critic among dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-25.

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