SCRABBLE

NIGERIA,S TOP SCRABBLE PLAYER CHINEDU OKWELUGO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM ALL SCRABBLE ACTIVITIES INDEFINITELY BY THE NIGERIA SCRABBLE FEDERATION.ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NIGERIA SCRABBLE FEDERATION AIKENS JAMES,CHINEDU OKWELUGO WAS SUSPENDED FOR SPEARHEADING A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TOKE AKA AND THE FEDERATION BOARD.HE STATED FURTHER THAT A  DECISION TO LIFT THE SUSPENSION WOULD BE REACHED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION ON THE ALLEGATION HE LEVELED AGAINST THE BOARD WAS CARRIED OUT.MEANWHILE 11TH AND 12TH OF JUNE HAS BEEN FIXED AS A DATE FOR THE IBADAN NATIONAL OPEN SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP.THE IBADAN NATIONAL OPEN IS ONE OF THE TOURNAMENTS USED BY THE PLAYERS TO GARNER POINTS FOR THEIR RANKING.