Bello Kagara, Lugard, Clifford, Dan Hausa, Mallam Smith, Nagwamatse, Bienemann, Mort, Jafaru, Suleiman Barau
Colour(s)
White and Navy Blue
Former pupils
Old Boys
Gate of Barewa College Zaria
Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as Katsina College.[1] It switched its name to Kaduna College in 1938 and to Government College, Zaria in 1949 before settling on Barewa College.[1] It is one of the largest boarding schools in Northern Nigeria and was the most-celebrated post-primary schools there up to the early 1960s. The school is known for the large number of elites from the region who attended and counts among its alumni include Tafawa Balewa who was Prime Minister of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966, four heads of state of Nigeria. The school is located along Gaskiya road in the Tukur -Tukur area of Zaria.[2]
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BarewaCollege is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known...
Kano Middle School (now Rumfa College, Kano) in 1949, before attending the famous Government College (now BarewaCollege) in Zaria, where he obtained his...
Funtua, and Kaduna). He attended BarewaCollege, Zaria, Achimota College, Accra, Ghana, and the South West London College, London. He was awarded an honorary...
School. Like many of his contemporaries, he studied at BarewaCollege, then known as Katsina College, where he was student number 145. Ahmadu Rabah, later...
later attended Sokoto Provincial School and the Katsina Training College (now BarewaCollege). During his school days, he was known as Ahmadu Rabah. Some...
Secondary School in Tamale and then in Nigeria BarewaCollege in Zaria, but did not earn a degree at Barewa. He would eventually study accounting at the...
1944. Katsina was educated at the prestigious BarewaCollege. He then proceeded to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology in Zaria. In 1956...
from 1941 to 1944 he attended BarewaCollege. Between 1944 and 1952, Shagari matriculated at the Teachers Training College, in Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria. From...
Kaduna College (later renamed BarewaCollege) where he obtained a diploma in education in 1942.: 276 : 243 After graduating from Kaduna College in 1940...
needed] He had his primary education in the area before he moved to BarewaCollege.[citation needed] He studied mass communication in Bayero University...
Elementary School and Bauchi Middle School. Abubakar graduated from the BarewaCollege, Zaria, secondary school in 1966. Abubakar began his professional career...
known as St. Paul's College, also MAISS-GIWA a school established by The Emir of Zazzau Dr. Shehu Idris is situated there. BarewaCollege (formerly Katsina...
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(now BarewaCollege) in 1949. He graduated from BarewaCollege in 1954 with the best O'Level results of that year. He proceeded to the Nigerian College of...
Political Science. He returned to Nigeria in 1967 to become a teacher at BarewaCollege, Zaria where he taught until 1971. Usman started his graduate studies...
Sokoto Middle School in 1935. He finished his secondary education at BarewaCollege on a sponsorship from Sokoto Native Authority. After finishing high...
School (now General Murtala Mohammed College), Government College (now BarewaCollege) in Zaria, and the Nigerian College of Technology, also in Zaria. He...
Military Academy Sandhurst, UK (1955–56), Staff College, Camberley, UK (1962) as well as the Joint Staff College, Latimer, 1965. He saw action in the Congo...
1943. From 1944 to 1947, he studied at Kaduna College in Zaria, and then proceeded to University College Ibadan from 1948 to 1953. He also spent time at...
attended Dutse primary school in 1970. He furthered his education at BarewaCollege, Zaria in 1975. In 1981, he obtained a bachelor's degree from Bayero...
(1950–1952), and BarewaCollege, Zaria for his secondary education (1952–1957). He was classmates with Gen. Murtala Muhammed at Barewa and at subsequent...
graduating from Our Lady's High School in Kaduna in 1971. He attended BarewaCollege in Zaria from 1971 to 1976, where he received a Higher School Certificate...
institutions, Government College Umuahia (GCU), Government College, Ibadan and Government College Zaria (now BarewaCollege), were designed to follow...
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