Recently the first set of Nigerian students graduated at the University Commencement which held in May 2013.
Nigerian students protested the program, while the American volunteers sequestered themselves and eventually began a hunger strike.
After several days, the Nigerian students agreed to open a dialogue with the Americans.
They were instrumental in offering scholarships to Nigerian students studying in the United States.
When the local barber shop refused to cut the hair of some Nigerian students, touching off a racial incident, Dukakis took over the job.
These schools are supposed to be model schools carrying and maintaining the ideals of secondary education for Nigerian students.
"The test amounts to medical apartheid," said Michael Osusuluwa, president of the Nigerian students' association.
Ife has attracted young Nigerian students because, for a long time, it had no lower age limit for admission.
She was the daughter of a Nigerian medical student and a married Dublin woman in 1946.
Hillcrest has been open to Nigerian students and expatriates who meet the entrance requirements established by the Board of Governors of the school.