No fewer than 10,107 unemployed residents of Bauchi State have registered for the Social Intervention Scheme, a Federal Government project to alleviate poverty and create employment, by training beneficiaries in agriculture, technology, education and vocational courses.

THE Dania of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Usman Abudah, yesterday, said that the people of Edo North senatorial district will vote massively for the APC Candidate Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to compensate their son, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who has done the people of the area proud.

Coach Florence Omagbemi of the female national football team , the Super Falcons has warned her players that they cannot afford to underrate any team at this year’s women AFCON in Cameroon

Falconets head coach, Peter Dedevbo has invited prolific striker, Chinwendu Ihezuo and 29 others to kick-start preparations for the 8th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea later in the year.

LAGOS—FAMILY members, friends and political associates, yesterday, gathered in Lagos to mark the one-year anniversary of the demise of the Awolowo matriarch, Chief Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu and to remember her life, struggles and role in the unity of Yoruba nation.

The current impressive performances of the Super Eagles players in the various leagues across the world have raised the confidence of the teams’ chief coach, Salisu Yusuf that the team could pick the sole group B African ticket for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The Nigerian Army has offered scholarship to 3,856 children of deceased personnel, who died in the line of duty, to cover those in primary, secondary and tertiary institution in the 2015/2016 academic year.

Ado-Ekiti — THE Ekiti State Government and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state were engaged in war of words over the performance of the students of the state in the just released National Examination Council, NECO, result.

NEW YORK—The United States Chamber of Commerce, in a show of further commitment to collaboration by the business communities in the United States and across Africa, has named Aliko Dangote, Africa’s most successful businessman, as the co-chair of its US-Africa Business Center.Dangote will serve alongside Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, as a leader for the US-Africa Business Centre Board of Directors.

THE nomination of Chief Rotimi Akeredolu as the Ondo State candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC was, last night, headed towards an impasse after the National Working Committee, NWC, failed to take a decision on the primaries that produced him.

AKURE—MIXED reactions, yesterday greeted the report of the Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that ordered for fresh governorship primaries in Ondo State. This is coming as two political parties the Action Alliance, AA and National Conscience Party, NCP, beat the deadline for the conduct of their governorship primaries stipulated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC .

ENUGU—Resident doctors at the Enugu National Orthopaedic Hospital, NOHE, have embarked on indefinite strike over alleged industrial dispute with the management.

PORT HARCOURT—Two Mobile Policemen, were, yesterday, killed during a gun battle with hoodlums at Ikiri area of Omoku Town in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

A Federation of the existing Region, Lagos continuing as Federal Territory or becoming a Region. N.B. The Memorandum considered a redrawing of the constituent units desirable and set out the following criteria: ethnic, linguistic, and cultural affinity or homogeneity, historical association (e.g. Hausa/Fulani, Efik/Ibibio), viability of states both absolutely and relatively, geographical contiguity, comparability in size, reciprocal self-determination (i.e. not only should each minority group be given the opportunity to determine its future but also a majority group must be given the opportunity to determine whether it is willing to associate with a minority seeking such association.

Everybody in Nigeria now says diversification is the solution to our economy. They add that agriculture holds the vital key to it. Few ask or offer any suggestion about how to achieve the goal and when we can expect results.