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.

While pledging their support to the President, they therefore invited the President to reassure the region by immediately dismissing Dr. Lukman from office.

Sunshine football Club of Akure weekend got off to a shaky start in their WAFU interclub competition campaign, settling for an heartbreaking 3-3 draw with the visiting Liberty professionals of Ghana in a cracker watched by capacity crowd at the Akure township stadium.

Lawmakers and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), have expressed contradictory stands on relocation of manufacturing industries in the country to neighbouring Ghana.