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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that 165,631 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in Kogi and 40,912 in Bayelsa, as at Sept. 13.   The commission disclosed on Thursday in a progress report on PVC collection, which it started on Sept. 2, ahead of  Nov. 16 governorship elections in the two states.     The infographic reports title:  “Consolidated PVCs collection as at Sept. 13”, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), revealed that so far 5,269 PVCs were collected in Kogi within the first two weeks out of  170,900 uncollected cards in the state. READ: CBN offers $1.2bn for fish…

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele says about 1.2 billion dollars worth of fish is imported into this country annually. Emefiele disclosed this in a meeting while briefing some state Governors and the media on the feat recorded so far in agriculture for economic growth, in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that current fish production stood at 0.8 million tons while the demand was 2.7 million tons, giving a deficit of 1.9 million tons. He said the apex bank’s current initiative was to engage the coastal state governors to develop the blue economy to address…

A notorious Nigerian serial killer, Gracious David West on Thursday, September 19, 2019 confessed after he was arrested by the Nigerian Police in Rivers state. The 26-year old serial killer from Buguma LGA of Rivers State, who is also a member of the Degbam cult group was arrested along East-West Road enroute to Uyo from Port Harcourt. He has since made useful statements to the Police. Confession of a serial killer pic.twitter.com/aatiOdj969 — Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) September 19, 2019 READ: Yemi-Esan assumes duty as acting Head of Service Investigation is on with a view to ascertaining his motives and…

The Acting Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, has assumed office on Thursday. In a statement issued by Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, the Director, Information office of HCSF, said Yemi-Esan assumed duty at about 6.40 p.m. after she was received by the members of staff of the office. According to Ogunmosunle, Yemi–Esan in her remarks acknowledged the hard work and dedication to duty of her predecessor and promised to build on Oyo-Ita’s achievements. “There is no reinventing the will. I will only build on the sound foundation and structure which she has left behind because government is…

 A member of the House of Representatives, Dr Ajibola Muraina (PDP-Oyo), has urged his colleagues to donate at least N100,000 each for the cabin crew of Air Peace Airline involved in the rescuing stranded Nigerians suffering xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Muraina made the call while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He commended the house for taking the lead in honouring the Chairman of the Airline, Chief Allen Onyema, who is evacuating stranded Nigerians in South Africa free of charge. The legislator said that the pilots and cabin crew refused to collect their due allowances, offering it as their…

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it would group its members across the federation into cooperative societies to enable them benefit from Federal Government funding opportunities. Alhaji Othman Ngelzarma, General Secretary of MACBAN gave the assurance in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Abuja. He said such initiative would as well afford members the opportunities to access funds from other financial institutions. Ngelzarma explained that through the initiative, the association could easily train, improve members’ skills in their respective states and as well as provide them with opportunity to access a lot of support. The general…

Goals from academy graduates Joe Willock and Bukayo Saka helped Arsenal overcome a difficult test against Eintracht Frankfurt and begin their Europa League campaign with a victory. Willock put the Gunners in front with a deflected shot in the first half before Saka smashed in his first senior goal for the club in the 85th minute. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added a third two minutes later as Arsenal ended their three-game winless run. The Gunners had created further chances but also relied on goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to come to the aid of their fragile defence. The Argentine produced excellent low saves to…

Teenager Mason Greenwood’s scored his first senior goal for Manchester United in a 1-0 win against Astana at Old Trafford to begin their Europa League campaign. On a night the 17-year-old will never forget and with the visitors from Kazakhstan threatening to hold out for a draw, Greenwood produced a clever finish in front of the Stretford End to become United’s youngest scorer in Europe. Earlier, Brazil midfielder Fred hit the bar from 25 yards before forcing a fine save from a free-kick, while England forward Marcus Rashford wasted a string of chances against the European minnows, who did not…

The Kano State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for the collaboration of Nigeria Police in the fight against fake Journalists. The Chairman of the Council, Mr. Abbas Ibrahim, made the call when he led other Executive Members of the union on a courtesy visit to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ilyasu in his office on Thursday in Kano. Ibrahim maintained that fake journalists are posing threat to journalism noting that journalism is a noble and profession of ethics and decorum. The chairman also called on the commissioner to enforce the irrelevant sections of…

The Chairman House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC Hon Osai Nicholas Osai on Thursday revealed that the Acting Managing Director of the agency Prof. Nelson Braimbaifa and other directors of the agency had for the third time failed to attend the investigative hearing on all abandoned NDDC projects by the Committee. Osai who said this at a press briefing of the Ad-hoc Committee at the House Press Corps added that they have extended invitations to the NDDC officials three times and they failed to appear in all of them. He submitted that the House view…