Baptist High School

Baptist High School, often abbreviated as BHS, is a prominent all-boys secondary school in Nigeria. The school is located in the Borokiri neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and was founded in the late 1940s.

BHS was among the mission schools taken over by the military government after the civil war. It was returned to the Baptist Mission in 2006 in compliance with the Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) law, 2005.

Notable alumni[]

Since its establishment, Baptist High School has produced well known leaders and personalities; including:

• DJ Abass, businessman
• Otelemaba Amachree, politician
• Nimi Briggs, former vice-chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt
• Reynolds Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, civil engineer, technocrat, public servant and politician.
• Boma Iyaye, accountant
• Magnus L. Kpakol, renowned economist
• Walter Ofonagoro, scholar, politician, businessman, Minister of Information and Culture
• Clem Ohameze, actor
• Okey Wali, lawyer, 26th president of the Nigerian Bar Association
• Diplomat and Administrator
• -Former Permanent Secretary Abia State
• Ex Rector Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri

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