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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RICHEST OF ALL TIMES AND THE RICHEST OF TODAY

NAMES OF RICHEST OF ALL TIMES NET WORTH             $ COMPANY NAMES OF RICHEST OF TODAY NET WORTH $ COMPANY VARIANCE $ Mansa Musa 400 billion emperor of the Mali empire Bill Gate 85.9 billion Microsoft 314.1 billion   John D. Rockefeller 340 billion Standard Oil Amancia Ortega 75.8 billion Inditex fashion group 264.2 billion Andrew Carnegie 310 billion U.S. Steel Corp. Warren Buffett 68.2 billion ` Berkshire Hathway 241.8 billion Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov 300 billion emperor of Russia Jeff Bezos 63.1 billion Amazon 236.9 billion Mir Osman Ali Khan 230 billion ...

JAMB, no more lame excuses

This year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination [UTME] will commence on Monday, February 29. It will be the second year since the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) started the full-blown Computer-Based Test (CBT) as against the pencil-based test that had been used over the years. JAMB experimented with CBT in select centres in 2013 and 2014 and beginning from last year, it made CBT compulsory for all candidates sitting for its exam. As it were, JAMB sold the CBT idea to Nigerians with what it considers to be the advantages of this test-system over the previous PBT. First, CBT can be better supervised. Secondly, JAMB claimed that CBT would eliminate the high cost of producing written materials and of transporting them to various locations across the country. The test software would now be sent electronically to internet portals at designated examination centres. Also, CBT is expected to reduce examinati...

The Federal Government has scrapped the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).

The Post-UTME is an internal exam organised for  students seeking admission, by Universities of their choice, after the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB). Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu told newsmen of the government’s decision on Thursday, June 2, 2016. He made the announcement at the opening of the 2016 combined policy meeting on admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria Adamu also said the Universities are free to hold screening interviews for prospective candidates, adding that he has confidence in JAMB’s ability to hold exams. The minister also called on JAMB to stop all forms of multiple charges on change of school and course forms. He said “As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain against JAMB let the...

Education in Nigeria.

Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry of Education. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for state-controlled public education and state schools at a regional level. The education system is divided into Kindergarten, primary education, secondary education and tertiary education. Contents Primary education Edit Nigeria Primary School Enrolment by state in 2013 Primary education begins at the age of 4 for the majority of Nigerians. Students spend six years in primary school and graduate with a school-leaving certificate. Subjects taught at the primary level include mathematics, English language, Christian Religious Knowledge, Islamic knowledge studies, science and one of the three main indigenous languages and cultures, Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo. Private schools often also offer computer science, French, and Fine Arts. Primary school students are required to take a Common Entrance Examination to qualify for admission into the Federal and...

Polytechnics in Nigeria.

Universities in Nigeria.

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Awori District College of Education, Ota (private) Caritas University, Enugu City University, Yaba Citygate University, Ibadan Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State Federal University Gashua, Yobe State Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State Federal University of Dutse (FUD) Federal University of Petroleum Resource Effurun Federal University of Technology Minna Federal University of Technology Owerri Free University of Nigeria (FUN), Proposed online, first 100% tuition-free university in the world. Lagos. Nigeria Gombe State University, Gombe Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Niger State, Lapai Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (Rivers State University of Education), Port Harcourt Imo State University, Owerri Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu Kaduna State Unive...

Basic Education Curriculum

The subjects to be taught in Basic classes.

International schools in Nigeria.

 International Schools in Nigeria.  American International School Lagos www.aislagos.org Curriculum:  American and International Baccalaureate Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  4 to 18 Avi-Cenna International School www.avi-cenna.com Curriculum:  British Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  5 to 16 British International School www.bisnigeria.org Curriculum:  British Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  11 to 18 Children’s International School www.cislagos.org Curriculum:  British Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  2.5 to 16 Grange School www.grangeschool.com Curriculum: British Gender: Co-educational Ages: 4 to 18 Lekki British School lekkibritishschool.org Curriculum:  British Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  4 to 18 LycĂ©e Francais Lagos lyceefrancaislagos.ac-nantes.fr Curriculum:  French Gender:  Co-educational Ages:  4 to 1...