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PHOTOS Of Bill Gates & President Jonathan At Abuja

The world's richest man Bill Gates is in Nigeria for the Stakeholders Meeting on Polio Eradication. The billionaire businessman and Africa's Richest man Aliko Dangote were received at the State House in Abuja by President Jonathan and other top government officials. More photoss below:

WOW! Checkout Billionaire Bill Gate Multi-Millionaire House [Photos & Video]

Photo of Bill Gates' Medina estate via Curbed. Inset photo of Gates taken September 2013 by Getty Images.A view of Bill Gates' home from Lake Washington.A view of Bill Gates' home from Lake Washington.A view of Bill Gates' home from Lake Washington.

Software tycoon Bill Gates turns 58 today. Because he's the world's richest person, having recently reclaimed the title from Carlos Slim, according to Forbes), you might expect him to have some pretty impressive living arrangements -- and guess what, you'd be right.

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He built his 66,000-square-foot main residence on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington, over the course of several years. It was assessed this year (and the three years before that) at $120.6 million, down from a 2008 high of $150 million.

Some time ago, U.S. News & World Report ran a fairly extensive article plus slideshow(with renderings, not photos) about the home. But Gates -- who was originally quite voluble about the home -- hasn't talked much about it since. Among its unique features:

• A 2,100-square-foot library has secret bookcases and a dome with oculus. The ceiling is engraved with a quote. "He had come a long way to this blue lawn," it reads, "and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it." It's from "The Great Gatsby."

• It has a pool with a "fossil motif" floor. You can swim under a glass wall to emerge near a terrace outside.

• Only about 20 percent of the home is family living space, including four bedrooms and nanny quarters. Much of the rest of the square footage is given over to a reception hall, offices, conference facilities, a computer room and other gathering spaces.

• The compound has seven bedrooms and 24 bathrooms -- and six kitchens, presumably because the home hosts receptions and conferences.

• It has a "trampoline room" whose ceiling is 20 feet up.

• "Miles of communication cable, largely fiber optic, run throughout the house," U.S. News reported, "linking computer servers powered by the Windows NT operating system. In each room, touch-sensitive pads control lighting, music, and climate. Visitors will wear small electronic pins, which will let the computers know who and where they are. Lights and other settings will adjust automatically. Floors throughout the house (and the driveway) are heated."

• Much of the home is nestled into the hillside and underground. According to the architects: "A sod-covered guesthouse is sited at the highest point of the property. Invisible on approach and entered between two concrete walls, the building is choreographed to give a sense of moving through the earth to discover the distant lake and mountains."

But our favorite discovery of all when researching this post? You can own Bill Gates' home too!Just download the paper toy version at PaperToys.com.

A virtual tour of the home:

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Photo : Bill Gates Meets Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan

According to Bill Gates, he was happy he had a good meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria with regards to Polio cases in Nigeria which are down 50% from this time last year. Below is the report from Bill gates' website:
It's the kickoff to U.N. Week here in New York, and while locals like to complain about the traffic (I can see why), it is a great opportunity for me to meet with leaders from parts of the world where our foundation is working—to talk about global health and development projects.

I started off on Monday morning meeting Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan. Besides our work with our partners on polio in Nigeria, we are also working with the government to improve their agricultural sector. I've written before about China's potential to help developing countries in Africa learn from its successes, but in Nigeria we have a really interesting project just getting off the ground where Brazil is working with Nigeria to bring up agricultural productivity in their northern Guinea savannah. Brazil has done an amazing job helping their own farmers in the Cerrado region to improve their yields, which brings tremendous economic and social benefits.

President Jonathan assembled a meeting of experts in New York and we spent a couple of hours reviewing their progress and discussing next steps. I also had a chance to catch up with President Jonathan about the work we're doing with our partners on polio, which is showing encouraging progress. Nigeria had 43 confirmed cases of polio in the first 8 months of 2013, a drop of 50 percent from the same period last year. Finishing the job is quite an undertaking, so having the President's support is a big deal. I was pleased we got to spend as much time together as we did.