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Christ the King College, Onitsha
Location
Oguta Road, Onitsha

, Anambra

Nigeria

Information
Former name Heerey High School

(1973-1976)

Type Private Non-profit All-boys secondary education institution
Motto Bonitas, Disciplina, Scientia(Latin)

Goodness, Discipline, Knowledge (English)

Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 2 February 1933
Founder Archbishop Charles Heerey
Headteacher Rev. Fr. Charles Okwumuo
Number of students 2,597[non-primary source needed]
Colour(s) Royal Blue   and   White

Christ the King College, Onitsha (CKC), nke a maara nke ọma dị ka CKC Onitsha, ma ọ bụ Amaka Boys, bụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ụmụ nwoke niile dị na Onitsha, Naịjirịa. A na-ahọpụta ya dị ka ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị nke 1 (nke kachasị mma) na Naịjirịa na nke 36 n'ime ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọrịtandrị 100 kachasị mma n'Africa ka ọ na-erule n'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 2014. E hiwere ya na Febụwarị 2, 1933, site n'aka Achịbishọp Charles Heerey, CSSp, ya na Fredrick Akpali Modebe na-nwunye ya Margret, bụ ndị (dị ka ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ ha hiwere) ọ bụghị naanị nyere ala ahụ, kamakwa wuru ogige nchịkwa mbụ na ebe obibi mbụ. Bishọp Heerey nọgidere bụrụ onye nwe ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 1967. Isí ọrụ nke ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ bụ ịzụlite ndị ọrụ na nkà idu ndú sitere na nnukwu ọdọ mmiri nke ndị ntorobịa Naijiria na omenala na gburugburu ebe obibi Roman Katọlik. Onye isi mbụ nke kọleji ahụ bụ Rev Fr. Leo Brolly na nwa akwụkwọ mbụ a nabatara na kọleji bụ Peter Charles Obi Nwagbogu[1]

Akụkọ ihe mere emẹ́

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Agha Obodo Naịjirịa (1967-1970), metụtara CKC n'ụzọ dị njọ. E bibiri ọtụtụ ihe owuwu ya. Gọomentị East Central State weghaara ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ na 1973 ma nye ya aha "Heerey High School", n'aha onye guzobere ya. Otú ọ dị, na-agbaso nnọchiteanya nke ndị gụsịrị akwụkwọ ya, a gbanwere aha ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ ka ọ laghachi na aha mbụ ya, "Christ The King College (CKC) " na 1976, na onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ mbụ tupu agha, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Tagbo, e weghachiri ya n'afọ ahụ iji hazie, wughachi, ma mee ka ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ dị ike. Gọọmentị steeti weghachiri CKC na Catholic Mission na 1 Jenụwari 2009.[2]

Ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ

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CKC dị na-Oguta Road na Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ụkpụrụ nduzi ya bụ Bonitas, Disciplina, Scientia (Latin) (Ezigbo, Ịdọ Aka ná Ntị, na Ihe Ọmụma). Ka ọ na-erule n'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 2014, ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ bụ nke mbụ (nke kachasị mma) n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Naịjirịa, na nke iri atọ na isii n'ime ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọrị 100 kachasị mma na Afrika.[3] Agba ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ bụ ocha na eze-achaa anụnụ anụnụ. Kọleji ahụ nwere òtù ndị gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Naijiria (Abuja, Benin-City, Enugu, Lagos, Onitsha, Owerri, na Port-Harcourt), na United States ("Christ the King College Onitsha Alumni Association USA").

Ndị nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ

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N'ime afọ niile tupu agha obodo ahụ, ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị bi n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ dị 600 iji hụ na ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụ akwụkwọ / onye nkuzi kwesịrị ekwesị na agụmakwụkwọ dị elu. Mgbe agha obodo gasịrị, n'afọ ndị 1970, ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụ akwụkwọ rịrị elu ruo ihe karịrị 4,000. Otú ọ dị, mgbe afọ nke nhazi gasịrị, ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ dị ugbu a 2,597, kewara n'etiti (Grades 7- 12); Junior Secondary School (1,350) na Senior Secondary School(1,247).[4]

Egwuregwu na ihe omume ndị ọzọ na-abụghị nke ụlọ akwụkwọ

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Ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ na-egwu Association Football, track and field athletics, handball, hockey na lawn tennis. Ndị otu bọọlụ ya meriri World Secondary School Championship na Dublin, Ireland na 1977.[5]

Ụlọ

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A na-ahazi ụlọ ihi ụra dị ka ụlọ akwụkwọ maka nchịkwa, njikwa na ebumnuche asọmpi egwuregwu. Ụlọ ndị dị ugbu a bụ: Tagbo, Brolly, Azikiwe, Heerey, Okagbue, Modebe, Arinze, Aniogu, Mbanefo, Orjiakor, Allagoa, Butler, na Flanagan.

Ụlọ ndị dị tupu agha obodo bụ: St. Charles, St. Gabriel, St Williams, St Michael, na St. Joseph.

Akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ

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  • X-Ray (Ụmụ akwụkwọ)
  • Bonitas (Ụmụ akwụkwọ)
  • The Amaka Gazette (Alumni) [ihe na-abụghị isi iyi dị mkpa][6]
  • Amaka's Voice (Alumni) [ihe na-abụghị isi iyi dị mkpa][7]

Ndepụta nke ndị isi

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  • 1st Rev Fr. W.L. Brolly: 1933-1937
  • Rev. nke Abụọ Fr. M Flanagan: 1938-1941
  • 3rd Rev. Fr J. Keane: 1942-1943
  • 4th Rev. Fr. A. Callaghan: 1943
  • 5th Rev. Fr. M. Flanagan: 1943-1948
  • Nke isii Rev. Fr. M. Clifford: 1949-1953
  • 7th Rev. Fr. W Butler: 1953-1954
  • 8th Rev. Fr. J. Keane: 1955-1956
  • 9th Rev. Fr. J. FitzPatrick: 1956-1963
  • 10th Rev. Fr. N. C. Tagbo: 1963 1910-1972 (Onye isi ala mbụ)
  • Onye isi nke iri na otu A.A.O. Ezenwa: 1973-1974
  • 12th Rev. H. Chiwuzie: 1974-1975
  • 13th Mr. P. E. Ezeokeke: 1975-1976
  • 14th Rev.[8]
  • 15th Mr. M. N. Enemou: 1985-1987
  • 16th Rev. Dr. V. A. Nwosu: 1987 1996
  • Maazị J.E. Chukwurah nke iri na asaa: 1996-1997
  • Maazị E. C. Umeh nke iri na asatọ: 19972000
  • Onye isi nke iri na itoolu N. E. Olisah: afọ 2000
  • Onye isi nke iri abụọ A. Obika: 2008 2009
  • 21st Mr. E. Ezenduka: 2009 2010
  • 22nd Rev. Fr. Charles Okw n'afọ 2010
  • 23rd Rev. Fr. Dr. Celestine Arinze Okafor: 2019 ugbu a

Ebe e si nweta ya: Ndepụta nsọpụrụ nke ndị isi CKC, 1993-2011.[9]

Ndị gụsịrị akwụkwọ a ma ama

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  • Olisa Agbakoba (bụrụ na 29 Mee 1953) onye ọka iwu, onye bụbu onye isi oche nke Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, na onye na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ.[10]
  • Justice Anthony Aniagolu, onye ọka ikpe nke ụlọ ikpe kachasị elu nke Naịjirịa na onye isi oche nke 1988 Constituent Assembly[11]
  • Justice Chukwunweike Idigbe, Justice nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Naịjirịa[12]
  • Chike Francis Ofodile, OFR (November 20, 1924 - August 3, 2014) onye bụbu Attorney General na Minista maka Ikpe nke Naịjirịa site na (1985 - 1991) na onye bụbu onye ọka ikpe nke Ụlọikpe Ikpe Mba Nile site na (1984 - 1985). Ọ bụbu praịm minista ọdịnala nke Onitsha
  • Gọvanọ Peter Obi (bụrụ na 19 Julaị 1961) Onye bụbu gọvanọ nke Anambra Steeti[13]
  • Gọvanọ Willie Obiano (bụrụ 8 August 1955) Onye bụbu Gọvanọ nke Anambra Steeti.
  • Achịbishọp Valerian M. Okeke (bụrụ n'abalị iri abụọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1953) Achịbiskọp nke Achịbishop nke Onitsha kemgbe ụbọchị mbụ n'ọnwarị n'afọ 2003[14]
  • Dr. Pius N.C. Okigbo (6 Febụwarị 1924 2000) onye na-ahụ maka akụ na ụba si Ojoto[15]
  • John Munonye (April 1929 10 May 1999), otu n'ime ndị edemede edemede Naijiria kachasị mma na <i id="mwhg">narị</i> afọ nke 20, na onye dere The Only Son (African Writers Series) n'etiti ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ.
  • Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa (bụrụ na 22 Septemba 1924) (onye ikpe lara ezumike nká nke Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Naịjirịa), onye bụbu onye isi oche nke Human Rights Violation and Investigation Commission (nke a na-akpọkarị Oputa Panel)[16]
  • Prọfesọ Patrick Utomi (bụrụ na 6 Febụwarị 1956) Onye guzobere Lagos Business School, onye na-azọ ọkwa onye isi ala nke African Democratic Congress (2007)[17]
  • Ezeolisa Allagoa (24 August 1914 17 February 2003) bụ onye ọchịchị ọdịnala nke Alaeze Nembe
  • Dr. Peter Odili (15 August 1948) Onye bụbu Gọvanọ nke Rivers State (1999-2007)
  • Ezeolisa Allagoa Onye isi ikpe nke mbụ nke Old Rivers State na Amanyanabo nke Nembe[18]
  • Maazị Oseloka H. Obaze, (bụrụ n'abalị itoolu n'ọnwa Eprel n'afọ 1955) Diplomat, onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na onye edemede.[19]
  • Justice Peter N. C Umeadi, (bụrụ na 4 Julaị 1955), onye ọka iwu, Chief Judge nke Anambra State.[20]
  • Ogwe ụta Frank Nwobuora MBANEFO, (1927-2015), Klas nke 1948, (http://www.ckconitshausa.net/uploads/Ode_to_Arc_Mbanefo.pdf) onye a ma ama na mba ụwa na otu n'ime ndị guzobere ndị otu Nigerian Institute of Architects, nke o mechara bụrụ Fellow na National President. O nyere aka guzobe ụlọ nyocha sayensị na ọdịdị ala na CKC na 1948 ma bụrụ onye nkuzi sayensị, tupu ọ gawa England na 1950 iji mụọ ihe owuwu. Ọ bụ onye otu RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) na osote onye isi oche ugboro abụọ - AFRICA nke CAA (Commonwealth Association of Architects) n'afọ 1963-1965, 1974-1977. Ọ bụ onye isi ala nwere mmetụta n'oge gara aga nke CKC Alumni ma soro Principal Fr. Tagbo rụọ ọrụ n'imeziwanye CKC mgbe Agha Biafran gasịrị.

Ihe odide

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  1. ↑ Fr. Leo Brolly Founder of the TransCanada Province. Spiritan Missionary News (June 1993). Retrieved on 16 February 2012. “Fr Leo, in those early years, was mostly associated with Nigerian-Catholic education. He laid the foundation of Christ the King College, Onitsha, still one of the finest high schools in Nigeria. He was principal there until 1939 when he became pastor at Ahiara.”
  2. ↑ Ujumadu (2 January 2009). allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Anambra Returns 18 Mission Schools. AllAfrica.com. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. “ANAMBRA State government has returned 18 secondary schools originally built by Churches to them as part of the state government's determination to strengthen its partnership with non-governmental organizations.”
  3. ↑ 100 Best Secondary schools in Africa. African Views (11 January 2012). Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved on 16 February 2012.
  4. ↑ 2011 STATE OF SCHOOL REPORT BY REV FR. DR. CHARLES OKWUMUO PRINCIPAL/MANAGER. Christ the King College, Onitsha (13 February 2011). Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved on 22 February 2012. “At present, the students' population of C K C stands at two thousand five hundred and ninety seven (2,597). A breakdown of this figure shows that the population of Junior Secondary (JSS 1-3) is one thousand, three hundred and fifty (1,350) while that of Senior Secondary (SSI-3) is one thousand two hundred and forty seven (1,247). Out of total population of 2,597 students, 2079 are day students while 518 are boarders. The figure for boarders does not include 15 students who are special (Blind) students.”
  5. ↑ "High School Football team". DOI:10.31096/wua033-pls90b069. 
  6. ↑ (July 2011) "The Amaka Gazette: A Journal of CKC-AAA, Inc." 12 (July 2011). Retrieved on 22 February 2012. 
  7. ↑ (2011) "AMAKA'S VOICE" 5 (October–December 2011). Retrieved on 22 February 2012. 
  8. ↑ Father Tagbo: A Profile In Service And Leadership. C.K.C. Alumni Notes. Christ the King College, Onitsha. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved on 23 February 2012. “Rev. Fr. Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo, (a.k.a. Onye Isi), clergy, educationist, administrator, poet, and mentor, is an eminent alumnus of Christ the King College Onitsha, and a member of the CKC Class of ’49.”
  9. ↑ (July 2011) "HONOR ROLL CKC PRINCIPALS 1933 to 2011". The Amaka Gazette 12. Retrieved on 23 February 2012. 
  10. ↑ Adah (30 May 2011). Newswatch Magazine - In the News. Newswatch Publications. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved on 23 February 2012. “Olisa Agbakoba, lawyer, former president of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and human rights activist, 58, May 29”
  11. ↑ Book Review: The Great Judge: Justice A. N. Aniagolu - Biography of Hon. Sir Justice Anthony Nnaemezie Aniagolu. KWENU. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved on 18 February 2012. “In another breath, old boys of Government College Umuahia and Christ the King College, Onitsha will be thrilled to bits for different reasons about brief records of their World War II campuses. In fact, there will one day be a debate on who really produced Justice Aniagolu: "Amaka Boys" (CKC) or "Shining Ones" (GCU). I have the answer, but I do not intend to preempt the debate!”
  12. ↑ Okocha (22 December 2009). The Supreme Court And the Nigeria's Election Industry….. Retrieved on 20 February 2012. “We shall end this sad piece, as we borrow from Justice Chike-Idigbe, the cerebral former Justice of the Supreme Court. Â A legal luminary who made an Upper Class Honors Degree in Law, at Kings College, London, in 1946. The first Nigerian to win the English Campbell Forster Prize for the best Paper in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.”
  13. ↑ Governor Peter Onwubuasi Obi. Who's Who Profile. Africa Confidential. Retrieved on 18 February 2012. “Challenged Chris Ngige’s election as Governor of Anambra State, 2003; legal battles with Ngige, 2003-06; Governor, Anambra State, March 2006-November 06; impeached, November 2006; re-instated as Governor to finish original four-year tenure, June 2007.”
  14. ↑ Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha. Nigeria. Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved on 18 February 2012. “Secondary Education: Christ the King College, Onitsha (1967). His education was interrupted by a civil war in Nigeria (1967–1970). Through the inspiration of then Mons. Emmanuel Otteh (now Bishop of Issele-Uku) he became interested in becoming a Priest.”
  15. ↑ Mbanefo (8–9 June 2001). Vision and Policy in Nigerian Economics: The Legacy of Pius Okigbo. Part 1, Memoirs and Tributes. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved on 18 February 2012. “Pius had laid a very good foundation for his higher education at Christ The King College, Onitsha where he had a most brilliant academic career”
  16. ↑ amgboye (5 October 2010). Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, an eminent jurist @ 86. Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved on 24 March 2012. “Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, was named Chairman of the Human rights violations investigation commission (more popularly known as the Oputa panel) to investigate abuses during 15 years of military rule, which ended when President Obasanjo took office as elected president on 29 May 1999.”
  17. ↑ Mr Patrick Utomi. Who's Who Profile. Africa Confidential. Retrieved on 18 February 2012.
  18. ↑ Admin (2016-11-09). ALLAGOA. (HRH) Justice Ambrose Ezeolisa (en-US). Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved on 2020-10-08.
  19. ↑ CKC Onitsha Sends-Forth The 231 Strong Graduating Class Of 2016. Nigerian Voice. Retrieved on 2020-10-08.
  20. ↑ Christ The King College Onitsha Has Produced Three Governors in Nigeria (See Photos) - Opera News. opera.news. Retrieved on 2020-10-08.