The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed worry over the refusal of people to collect 560,285,000 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in the state.

Former Golden Eaglets captain, Nwankwo Kanu has tipped the national under-17 team doing battle at the CAF Under-17 championships in Niger Republic, to win the trophy and also do well at the FIFA world cup later in the year in Chile.

Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday said that the 10 newly-completed thermal power plants would add about 4,700 mega watts to the national grid.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in conjunction with Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, on Monday kicked off a Diploma training in Telecommunications Management Studies for the commission’s staff in Abuja.

The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has identified with the grass root concept of the Akwa Ibom State/NNPC/MPN Schools Athletics Championships.

UMUAHIA—ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu, yesterday, began an indefinite work-to-rule to protest non-remittance of their nine months check off dues by the university authorities.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women globally. Incidence of breast cancer is increasing rapidly in developing countries to which otherwise second common next to cervical cancer. This could be due to adoption of urban life style in developing countries like Nigeria.

Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday , deferred judgement on who should be recognised as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, till Friday.

Political stakeholders in Bauchi State have expressed worry over the viability of the card-reader machines introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against the backdrop that most of machines used for same purpose during the continuous voters registration exercise were faulty.

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, has taken up a life insurance scheme of N1 million, for its members in case of death.