Shooting Stars General Manager and Technical Director, Mutiu Adepoju, has hinted at an imminent major change in the Technical Department of the team as 3SC begin their preparations ahead of the Nigeria Premier League season.

Agbaso had sued INEC over cancellation of the April 14, 2007 governorship election in Imo State, reportedly won by Agbaso. The rescheduled election of April 28 threw up Ohakim on the platform of PPA. Agbaso’s contention is that the first election was conclusive with valid results and that INEC has no statutory powers to cancel an election that had been concluded.

Shooting Stars General Manager and Technical Director, Mutiu Adepoju, says the operations of Shooting Stars feeder team has been put on hold.

The Chairman, ASUU-FUTO, Dr. R.A. Ejimofor, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, said that the current strike would not have lasted this long if the Federal Government had not reneged on the agreement it reached with the union.
“It is apparent that the government is not in a haste to stabilize the university system,” Dr. Ejimofor said.

Enugu State Police Command has constituted a special kidnap squad to search for a seven months old baby boy, Ebube Chukwuka, kidnapped in Enugu on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr. Ebele Amaraizu, who disclosed this in Enugu yesterday, said that the command had to detail a special intelligence group to handle the matter because of its sensitive nature.

Hearing in the bail application has been fixed today. ‘Tokyo’’, along with four co-accused, has been incarcerated since June 9 and is facing a seven-count charge of murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of arms before an Ibadan Chief Magistrate’s Court. His co-accused, who have also gone to the High Court to seek bail, are Kasim Adelumuyi, alias Wonder, 40; Rasheed Oladele, 59; Taiwo Olapade, 50 and Musa Adeleke, alias Alubankudi, 45.

The House of Assembly members have invited the Finance Commissioner Wale Akinterinwa, the Information Commissioner and others to explain the report that the last administration operated a secret account. While Akerele had appeared before the lawmakers, Akinterinwa had not appeared despite the grace given to him by the lawmakers.

What do you hope to achieve at the end of the tour of your facilities by the journalists ? That is a good question, I think the first objective is to shoe them that Nigeria is not what they think, you know the image of Nigeria out side the country is very negative and every […]

THE immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state yesterday picked holes in the report of the Contract Review Committee which indicted the former governor over the 1,400 contracts awarded by his administration in the last six years.

Each of the 17 councils was supposed to pay certain amount of money as counter part fund in the collaborative programme on immunization. But the councils, it was learnt had refused to pay, which was why the state government had not released the vehicles to them.

Public Mobilization and Awareness Committee of the Nigeria ’09 Under-17 World Cup has been given approval by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to take the trophy won by the Golden Eaglets in Korea in the last edition, round the country for the people to see and feel.

Coordinator of the group, Mr. Nnonyelu Offoma in a statement in Awka, Anambra state yesterday, said it should be borne in mind that the Vice President was chosen for the office because it was expected that he would use the position to resolve the crisis in the region.

The Chess Federation of Nigeria (CFN) has said that it intends to take the sport to Nigerian schools in order to enable youths embrace the game en masse.

Local Manufacturers have replied the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa saying “We have enough production capacity to supply the demand of 150 million Nigerians.”

IN a bid to make a difference in Africa through sports for young women, former Nigeria Olympian in basketball, Mobolaji Akiode, has come with a week-long female basketball clinic tagged Hope For Girls in Nigeria.