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Kundan, meaning pure gold, [1] is a traditional form of Indian gemstone jewellery involving a gem set with a gold foil between the stones and its mount, usually for elaborate necklaces and other jewellery. [2] [3]
The Nigeria Uranium Mining Company (NUMCO) was a parastatal organization that controlled the exploration and mining of uranium in Nigeria and was a public/private partnership with Total Compagnie Minière of France, which owned 40% of the company. In 1989, Total pulled out of the partnership, and in 1993 the government reassigned NUMCO's ...
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Nigeria. The avifauna of Nigeria include a total of 975 species, of which one is endemic . Thirty-one species are globally threatened.
Oshodi Market was a market located in Oshodi, a suburb of Lagos state, southwestern Nigeria.It was one of the largest markets in the Lagos metropolis although it was claimed, by government officials, to be blighted by criminal activity such as pickpocketing and bag snatching, and the decision was passed to demolish the market.
Recycled diamonds are diamonds that have been polished and set into jewelry, then removed and possibly re-cut before sale back into the diamond industry. This sector accounts for 5%–10% of market supply. [25] Many jewelers typically offer to repurchase diamonds at a 15–20% discount relative to their selling price. [25]
In 1975, the company bought minority equity interest in Northern Nigeria Flours Mills, Kano and later acquired interest in Niger Mills of Calabar. [6] In the late 1970s, the company was listed on the Nigerian Stock exchange. The FMN brand sprouted from a single commodity company, to a conglomerate operating in key sectors of the Nigerian economy.
The Bornu Empire (1380s–1893) was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria, in time becoming even larger than Kanem, incorporating areas that are today parts of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. [ 4 ] The early history of the empire is mainly known from the Royal Chronicle, or Girgam , discovered in 1851 by the German traveller Heinrich Barth .