The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has printed an additional 77,015 Permanent Voter Cards in Oyo State. 

The commission noted that the PVCs were printed for new set of voters ahead of the 2027 general elections in the state. 

Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Professor Adeniran Tella disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Tella explained that the new PVCs will be distributed to the new registrants across the 351 wards in the state, noting that the distribution of the PVCs will commence Friday 9th and terminate on Thursday, 15th of October 2026. 

Tella added that the exercise will be between 9:00am and 3:00pm daily. 

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Oyo State is to commence the distribution and collection of the newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)’s first batch of 77,015 across the 351 Registration Areas/ Wards to eligible registrants for a seven-day period as from Friday 9th to Thursday, 15th oct. 2026 ahead of the preparations towards the conduct of 2027 General Elections in the State.

“The exercise is expected to take place as from 9:00am to 3:00pm daily including weekends.”

An unidentified man, whose date of death is unknown, was found behind the Monday Market in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Members of the community woke up in the early hours of Tuesday and discovered the corpse, after which they alerted security operatives.

Police personnel went to the scene and took the body to the General Hospital, Pankshin, where efforts were made to identify the deceased and locate his family.

A community source, Panshak Rogo, who spoke at the hospital, explained that the identity of the deceased had yet to be established, saying, “presently, they are at the General Hospital.”

He lamented that the corpse was yet to be identified, saying some sensitive organs had been removed from the body. He said the man’s ears and nose had been cut off, while his private part had also been tampered with.

He appealed to members of the public who were missing relatives to report to the police for possible identification of the corpse, specifically at the Pankshin Police Station, for further information.

The Plateau State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Alabo Alfred, did not respond to calls made to him.