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Group upbeat about ex-FIIRO DG’s prosecution

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 Two weeks after a petition was written to the Attorney General of the Federation to demand the prosecution of suspended and disgraced former Acting Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi,  the Human and Environmental Development Agency (HEDA) has expressed optimism that the ex-FIIRO DG would be prosecuted. Speaking with The Daily Times in
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FIIRO gets new Ag. DG as Igwe steps aside

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The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) now has a new Acting Director-General – Dr (Mrs) Yemisi Asagbra.  Until her appointment, Asagbra was the Director, Production, Analytical and Laboratory Management department.  She was also the Deputy Director at the Food and Quality Management Division of FIIRO. Asagbra holds a doctorate in Food
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FIIRO unveils automated plant for kunu, zobo drinks

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The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) has disclosed in Abuja, during the FIIRO day at the ongoing Technology and Innovation Week, 2018, with the theme “Stimulating Economic Growth through Commercialization of Indigenous Research and Development Results” that it has automated the plants for the production of Kunu and Zobo drinks. The Director General,
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FIIRO automates two plants for Kunu, Zobo drinks

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The Director General of the institute, Prof. Gloria Elemo, announced this yesterday, at the ongoing Technology and Innovation Expo, 2018 in Abuja. Prof. Elemo said the initiative, which is already waiting for commercialization by investors was in partnership between FIIRO and an indigenous automation company, Automation and Engineering Nigeria Limited. The DG also said the
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FIIRO’s readiness to create 5m jobs annually

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Against the backdrop of the high unemployment level in the country, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, stunned the nation recently when it claimed that it has developed a workable blueprint that could effectively curb the menace of unemployment by providing well over five million job opportunities annually in the country. The […]
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Industrial Profile on Instant Pounded Yam Flour

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Yam (Discorea spp), a tropi­cal perennial crop cultivated mainly for its edible tubers is a staple food consumed worldwide and provides much economic benefit to the producers. Yam (Discorea species) can also be described as an annual or peren­nial tuber-bearing and climbing plants belonging to the family of Diocoreceae. In Nigeria, yam is eaten boiled, […]