Tag: cocoa

YWriter August 21, 2016

Simon Kolawole: Agriculture is NOT the magic solution

by Simon Kolawole Anytime I hear Nigerian presidents, ministers, governors, economists, analysts and commentators declare that agriculture is the alternative to oil, and that the solution to Nigeria’s economic woes…

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YEditor November 10, 2014

Inflation down for a second straight month

by Tunji Andrews In October 2014, the pace of price increases observed by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation eased for the second consecutive month. Prices rose by…

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YEditor August 5, 2014

The Hunger Games – Cocoa farmers say this year’s harvest will be delayed

by Godwin Akanfe Heavy rainfall and poor sunshine across Nigeria's eastern cocoa-growing region of Cross Rivers over the past week will delay harvesting the new season's crop by at least…

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writer August 2, 2014

HEAVEN! Watch these cocoa farmers eat chocolate for the very first time

by Kolapo Olapoju Irony don't come better than this. These people farm cocoa, yet they have never seen neither can they afford to buy the end product -chocolate. A bar…

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August 25, 2012

Temie Giwa: In the beginning was federalism (YNaija Frontpage)

It is the job of the central government to guarantee that an Aisha in Jigawa, a Chinwe in Enugu and a Tola in Ibadan all have similar access to public…

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