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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said that it registered 68, 833, 476 voters for this year’s general elections. Similarly, the commission has also cleared 14 presidential candidates for the presidential election, 739 candidates for the Senate while 1780 candidates are for the Federal House of Representatives election. It also said that schools would be closed few days to the elections to allow those that would be used for the election duties time to do so. INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega told a news conference that the action was in line with the requirements of the relevant laws which stipulate that the list should be made public 30 days to the polls. He said the names had been sent to the political parties and published on their website. Jega, however, added that the names of the candidates cleared for the governorship and state Houses of Assembly would be published by the 27th of January, 2015. He further said that the Federal Government had released

The ancient city of Ikare Akoko in Ondo State was on Tuesday rattled by armed robbers, who raided a bank, leaving 11 persons dead. An eyewitness said the robbers, who came dressed in army uniforms, stormed the bank located at the heart of the town at about 1pm and held the town hostage for about four hours. It was learnt that the robbers arrived on the bank premises in two vehicles painted in army colours. They were said to have shot at the riot policemen at the bank, killing four of them, while a 10-year old girl was found dead near the bank. The eyewitnesses said, “We also saw six other persons lying lifeless around the ATM area of the bank.” It was learnt the robbers spent time ransacking the bank and used dynamites to destroy the bank’s vault before making away with unspecified amount of money. Residents were said to have deserted the streets while the robbery lasted and many refused to return to the area after the robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, Wole Ogodo, told our

The ancient city of Ikare Akoko in Ondo State was on Tuesday rattled by armed robbers, who raided a bank, leaving 11 persons dead. An eyewitness said the robbers, who came dressed in army uniforms, stormed the bank located at the heart of the town at about 1pm and held the town hostage for about four hours. It was learnt that the robbers arrived on the bank premises in two vehicles painted in army colours. They were said to have shot at the riot policemen at the bank, killing four of them, while a 10-year old girl was found dead near the bank. The eyewitnesses said, “We also saw six other persons lying lifeless around the ATM area of the bank.” It was learnt the robbers spent time ransacking the bank and used dynamites to destroy the bank’s vault before making away with unspecified amount of money. Residents were said to have deserted the streets while the robbery lasted and many refused to return to the area after the robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, Wole Ogodo, told our