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Category: Heritage

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1842: The Year the Church Built Nigeria’s First School — And Why That Still Matters

When Methodist missionaries built a nursery school in Badagry in 1842, Nigeria did not yet exist as a political entity.…

May 1, 2026
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The Baptist Convention Has Run Nigeria’s Oldest Teaching Hospital for 170 Years

Baptist Medical Centre Ogbomoso, founded 1853, is one of the oldest continuously operating hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa — predating the…

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