Private Schools in Nigeria
Many people like to go to private school in the nation of Nigeria. The city offers many private school which can cater for those who want to be educated at the Nigerian private schools. Some may want to go to these schools for the standard of education or for the networking link which some feel they are are able to build up by attending private school. Some may want the status or the value from attending private school. Some may want a school that is top ranked or high in status or both. They may want a quality education or the status may be more important to them.
private schools in nigeria
Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, in the south. The capital city is Abuja.
The Nok people in central Nigeria produced terracotta sculptures that have been discovered by archaeologists. A Nok sculpture resident at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, portrays a sitting dignitary wearing a "Shepherds Crook" on the right arm, and a "hinged flail" on the left. These are symbols of authority associated with ancient Egyptian pharaohs, and the god Osiris, and suggests that an ancient Egyptian style of social structure, and perhaps religion, existed in the area of modern Nigeria during the late Pharonic period. In the northern part of the country, Kano and Katsina has recorded history which dates back to around AD 999. Hausa kingdoms and the Kanem-Bornu Empire prospered as trade posts between North and West Africa.
The Yoruba people date their presence in the area of modern republics of Nigeria, Benin and Togo to about 8500 BC. The kingdoms of Ife. and Oyo in the western block of Nigeria became prominent about 700-900 and 1400 respectively. However, the Yoruba mythology believes that Ile-Ife is the source of the human race and that it predates any other civilization. Ife. produced the terra cotta and bronze heads, the O.yo. extended as far as modern Togo. Another prominent kingdom in south western Nigeria was the Kingdom of Benin whose power lasted between the 15th and 19th century. Their dominance reached as far as the well known city of Eko, later named Lagos by the Portuguese.
In the Southeastern part of Nigeria the Kingdom of Nri of the Igbo people flourished from the controversial date of around the 10th century AD until 1911 AD. The Nri Kingdom was ruled by the Eze Nri.
Portuguese explorers were the first Europeans to reach Nigeria, giving Lagos its present name after the Portuguese town of Lagos, in Algarve. Portuguese surnames remain very common in Nigeria. Following the Napoleonic Wars, the British expanded trade with the Nigerian interior. In 1885 British claims to a West African sphere of influence received international recognition and in the following year the Royal Niger Company was chartered under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In 1900 the company's territory came under the control of the British government, which moved to consolidate its hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On January 1, 1901 Nigeria became a British protectorate, part of the British Empire, the foremost world power at the time.
In 1914, the area was formally united as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Administratively, Nigeria remained divided into the northern and southern provinces and Lagos colony. Western education and the development of a modern economy proceeded more rapidly in the south than in the north, with consequences felt in Nigeria's political life ever since. Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British Government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis. By the middle of the 20th century, the great wave for independence was sweeping across Africa.
On October 1, 1960, Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
Nigeria has a varied landscape. From the Obudu Hills in the southeast through the beaches in the south, the rainforest, the Lagos estuary and savannah in the middle and southwest of the country and the Sahel to the encroaching Sahara in the extreme north.
Nigeria's main rivers are the Niger and the Benue which converge and empty into the Niger Delta, the world's largest river deltas.
Nigeria is also an important centre for biodiversity. It is widely believed that the areas surrounding Calabar, Cross River State, contain the world's largest diversity of butterflies. The drill monkey is only found in the wild in Southeast Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon.
list of cities in Nigeria. Cities in bold are among the fourteen most populous
in the country: Aba, Abak, Abakaliki, Abazu-Akabo, Abraka, Abeokuta, Abuja,
Ado Ekiti, Agbara-Otor, Agbarho, Agenebode,
Ahoada, Akampa, Akure, Aladja,
Apapa, Asaba, Auchi, Awka, Azare, Babaloma, Badagri, Bauchi, Benin City, Bida,
Birnin Kebbi, Bomadi, Bonny, Bori, Bornu Yassa, Burutu, Calabar, Damaturu, Dapchi,
Dutse, Ede, Effon-Alaiye, Effurun, Egini, Eku, Enugu, Eket, Ekpoma, Epe, Etinan,
Evwreni, Forcados, Funtua, Gboko, Gombe, Gumel, Gusau, Ibadan, Ibuno, Idah, Ife,
Ifon, Ihiala, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu Ode, Ikare, Ikeja, Ikerre, Ikire, Ikorodu, Ikot
Abasi, Ikot Ekpene, Ikoyi, Ila, Ilawe Ekiti, Ilesha, Ilorin, Ise, Iseyin, Itogo-Ekingo,
Itu, Iwo, Jalingo, Jebba, Jega, Jimeta, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Keffi, Koko,
Kontagora, Kumo, Lafia, Lafiagi, Lagos, Lokoja, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Minna, Mubi,
Nembe, New Bussa, Nguru, Nibo, Nnewi, Nkwerre, Nsukka, Numan, Ogbe ijaw, Obudu,
Ogbomoso, Oghara, Ogoja, Oguta, Okene, Okigwe, Oko, Okpe, Olomu town, Omoku, Okwagbe,
Okpe, Okpogho, Ondo, Onne, Onitsha, Onueke, Opobo, Orerokpe, Orhuwhorun, Oron,
Orlu, Oshogbo, Osubi, Otu Jeremi, Ovwian, Owerri, Owo, Oyo, Port Harcourt, Potiskum,
Sagamu, Sango Otta, Sapele, Shaki, Sokoto, Suleja, Surulere, Udu, Ugep, Ughelli,
Umuahia, Uromi, uvwie, Uyo, Warri, Wukari, Yaba, Yenagoa, Yola, Zaria
In recognition of the need to encourage private participation in the provision of university education, the Federal Government established a law 1993, allowing private sectors to establish universities following guidelines prescribed by the Government.
Loyola Jesuit College is a private Roman Catholic secondary school in Nigeria operated by the Society of Jesus religious order. The school was opened on October 2, 1996 and is named after the Society's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. Loyola Jesuit College is a co-educational, boarding institution located in Gidan Mangoro in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria's capital. Loyola Jesuit College is regarded by many as currently being the best secondary school in Nigeria.
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