President Jonathan's Report Card For Nigeria - UK Guardian

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The piece sums up President Goodluck Jonathan's 3 years in office as president of Nigeria, written by UK Guardian's Remi Adekoya. See it below...

Nigerians had no rational reason to believe their lives would improve after Goodluck Jonathan became president three years ago this week. The list of promises their rulers have broken is so long it would make a virgin cynical. But then Nigerians can be stubbornly optimistic.

When Jonathan first appeared on the political scene in 2007, when Nigeria's then president, Olusegun Obasanjo, announced him as the running-mate of his party's next presidential candidate, Musa Yar'Adua, many mythologised the good fortune that seemed linked to Jonathan's first name. And so, when Yar'Adua died in 2010 from heart disease and Jonathan was handed the most coveted job in Nigeria, many voters believed good luck had come to Nigeria. Were they right?

33 Year old Man in court over alleged theft of ATM card, withdrawal of girlfriend’s money

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The police in Lagos on Friday docked a 33-year-old man, Victor Agyel, for allegedly stealing his girlfriend’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card and using it to withdraw her money. Agyel, who resides at Afprint compound, Isolo Expressway, Isolo, Lagos, appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on a count charge of stealing.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov.24, 2012 at No 2, Taiwo Koya St., Ilupeju, Lagos.

MASS ARREST: 32 people, 22 Nigerians arrested for multi-million credit card fraud in the US

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32 people, including 22 Nigerians have been arrested in a multimillion, multi-state identity theft and credit card fraud ring. See the report from www.nj.com below...

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office first got involved in the investigation in the early fall of 2012, when they received numerous complaints from victims as far away as California claiming that credit cards in their name made fraudulent retail purchases in Hudson County, officials said yesterday.

Using store video and physical surveillance, the detectives were able to identify several suspects, authorities state. Detectives then linked those suspects to hundreds of other accounts and millions of dollars in phony transactions.

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Update: 32 people, including 22 Nigerians arrested for multi-million credit card fraud in the US

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So many people were arrested Wednesday as part of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's sweeping investigation into a multimillion-dollar, multistate credit card fraud ring, the suspects had to appear via videolink from the Kearny jail yesterday in groups of threes.

In total, 32 people are charged with being part of the ring, including 26-year-old Oladayo Araromi, a nurse at the Hudson County jail in Kearny.

Ondo Launches Residency Card Costing ₦900m The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has launched the state’s residency card

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The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has launched the state’s residency card, otherwise known as ‘Kaadi Igbe Ayo’, which means residence of joy.

Addressing the gathering at the occasion held at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Square in Akure, the state capital, Governor Mimiko emphasised that the card was introduced to deepen the welfare benefit to the residents and also facilitate the sustainability of government infrastructure.

The governor debunked the rumour that the card had gulped billions of Naira, saying only N900 million was spent on the project.