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  2. Flour sack - Wikipedia

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    Reuel Colt Gridley famously carried a 50-pound bag of flour on his shoulder after losing a political bet in Austin, Nevada. The sack of flour was later auctioned off, then re-donated, then re-auctioned again and again to raise money for the United States Sanitary Commission during the American Civil War. Auctioning this single flour sack ...

  3. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    For example, in a recipe that calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding baker's percentages are 100% for the flour and 50% for the water. Because these percentages are stated with respect to the weight of flour rather than with respect to the weight of all ingredients, the sum of these percentages always exceeds 100%.

  4. Flour Mills of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Northern Nigeria Flour Mills 52.6 Consumer goods Nigerian Eagle Flour Mills 51 Consumer goods Niger Mills 100 Consumer goods Golden Pasta 100 Consumer goods Golden Noodles 100 Food/consumer goods Golden Sugar 100 Food.consumer goods Golden Shipping Co 100: Logistics Premier Feed 62 Agro-allied ROM Oil Mills 90 Agro-allied Kaboji Farms 100

  5. List of companies of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. As of 2015 Nigeria has the world's 20th largest economy, worth more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. It overtook South Africa to become Africa's ...

  6. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Dry bulk ingredients, such as sugar and flour, are measured by weight in most of the world ("250 g flour"), and by volume in North America ("1 ⁄ 2 cup flour"). Small quantities of salt and spices are generally measured by volume worldwide, as few households have sufficiently precise balances to measure by weight.

  7. United Africa Company of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    The stores initially provided access to consumer goods found in departmental stores of foreign countries, but over time, majority of its SKUs were procured in Nigeria. [3] Towards the end of the 1980s, price and currency regulations and a downturn in the economy forced the closure of many stores and eventually the closure of Kingsway Stores. [4]

  8. Military coups in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    On 15 January 1966, a group of young military officers overthrew Nigeria's government, ending the short-lived First Nigerian Republic.The officers who staged the coup were mostly young soldiers , led by Kaduna Nzeogwu, [2] and they assassinated several northerners, including Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, Northern Region Premier Ahmadu Bello, Western Region Premier Ladoke Akintola, finance ...

  9. Nigerian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Tuwo masara is a corn-flour dish eaten in Northern Nigeria. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Tuwo shinkafa , thick rice pudding usually eaten with miyan kuka (a thick soup) and goat meat stew or miyan taushe , a pumpkin stew made with spinach , meat (usually goat or mutton) and smoked fish . [ 33 ]