The school was opened on the 15th of february,1973 with 145 students( made up of 116 boys and 29 girls) admitted into First form and Sixth form.

It was temporarily based along old Lagos road but is now permanently based at Kaiama road on the outskirts of the main town.

The current postal address is:  F G C Ilorin, PMB 24, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria 

Alhaji H.I.B Monitie  is the current school Principal.