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Nigeria
Golden cows: How Oyo women make a living milking cattle
ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about how dairy farming business has improved the lives of women in rural communities in Oyo State and taken their families out of poverty Five years ago, in the bowels of Akele, a small, rural agrarian community in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, 35-year-old Ajara Lawal struck ...
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Nigeria
FG, private sector in agribusiness partnership
The Federal Government is partnering financial institutions and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector for the development of the largest agro-industrial hub in West Africa, OKECHUKWU NNODIM reports Investors in the agricultural sector are entering into various forms of partnership with the Federal Government to develop a 15,000-hectare agro-industrial hub ...
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Nigeria
‘Recession should never affect churches’
General Overseer of God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM) Lagos, Dr James Akanbi, worked for 17 years as Finance and Administration Manager in a multi-national firm. He spoke with Sunday Oguntola on the economic recession and how churches can cope. How is the recession affecting churches in terms of income generation? There ...
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Nigeria
Segun Oni’s blather
IF there is any doubt what the President Muhammadu Buhari thinks of his leadership style in relation to the rule of law and the war against corruption, Segun Oni, Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), dispels it. As a top leader of the party, he ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s economy and other matters
First Annual Conference of The Point Newspaper Penultimate Friday, I broke a vow not to attend any forum where the problem with Nigeria’s economy is the issue for discussion. And my reason for the vow is simple: everybody knows the problem with the Nigerian economy but we all pretend not ...
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USA
Uncertain Harvest: Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
Higher yields with less pesticides was the sales pitch for genetically modified seeds. But that has not proved to be the outcome in the United States.
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Brasile
Citan a director de AUPSA y ministro del MIDA para que respondan sobre importaciones
Huertas deberá explicar sobre siete resoluciones para importar embutidos de Brasil, sin contar con el aval del Consejo Consultivo, que establece la Ley de AUPSA y que tiene más de dos años que no es convocado.
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USA
Millonario Elon Musk saca a la venta primeras tejas solares del mundo
La instalación de estos techos comenzará "en determinado momento del año próximo" y su producción arrancará "de aquí a ocho o nueve meses", señaló, y remarcó que California será "probablemente el punto de partida, porque es el mayor mercado para lo solar".
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Senegal
Possible baisse des coûts des matériaux de construction avec la loi sur l'habitat social (ministre)
Dakar, 28 oct (APS) – Les mécanismes prévus dans la loi d'orientation sur l'habitat social, adoptés jeudi par l'Assemblée nationale, permettront de faire baisser les coûts des matériaux de construction, à travers les allégements fiscaux, a indiqué vendredi le ministre du Renouveau urbain, de l'Habitat et du Cadre de vie, ...
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Spagna
Bonet, premiado por la cámara de comercio espana-estados unidos de miami
MADRID, 29 (SERVIMEDIA)