{"id":188817,"date":"2022-05-18T16:27:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=188817"},"modified":"2022-05-18T16:27:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:27:59","slug":"kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INEC says Kaduna State came tops in the northern part of Nigeria in the on-going online voters registration with 486, 589 registrants.<\/p>\n<p>The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs, Asma\u2019u Maikudi, said on Wednesday in Kaduna that the state also placed third in the region in the number of those who completed their registration physically.<\/p>\n<p>She was addressing a stakeholders meeting when she made the declarations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of Monday, May 16, Kaduna State recorded the highest number of registrants online in the northern part of Nigeria and third largest in physical registration,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>Maikudi attributed the stride to the combined efforts of stakeholders including; religious leaders, NGOs, Civil Society Organisations and the media.<\/p>\n<p>She noted, however, that while the feat was commendable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/fresh-voter-registration-hits-9238991-says-inec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEC<\/a> discovered that about 37.4 per cent of the new registration in Kaduna State was invalid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission is therefore calling on all stakeholders to assist in educating Nigerians about the problems of multiple registration,\u2019\u2019 Maikudi stressed.<\/p>\n<p>She said INEC had created additional 2,910 polling units in the state to ease election process and make it convenient for voters to cast their votes.<\/p>\n<p>She said Kaduna State now had a total of 8,012 polling units, as against the initial 5,102 units, which could not cater to the increased number of registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>Maikudi also told the meeting that the INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) would replace the Smart Card Reader at the 2023 general elections to eliminate the possibility of voting by identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Identity theft is possible by a voter using another person\u2019s Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis technology combines both facial and finger print identification of the voter and will drastically curb the issue of multiple voting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaduna State has received its consignment of 31,688 printed PVCs and we have started distribution already,\u2019\u2019 Maikudi also said.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, attended by representatives of political parties, NGOs, CSOs, security agencies, the media, religious and traditional heads, witnessed a questions and answers session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INEC says Kaduna State came tops in the northern part of Nigeria in the on-going online voters registration with 486, 589 registrants. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs, Asma\u2019u Maikudi, said on Wednesday in Kaduna that the state also placed third in the region in the number of those who completed their registration physically. She was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":188639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,503,103,14043],"class_list":["post-188817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-inec","tag-kaduna","tag-registration","tag-voters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"INEC says Kaduna State came tops in the northern part of Nigeria in the on-going online voters registration with 486, 589 registrants. The Resident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/17\\\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"INEC\",\"Kaduna\",\"registration\",\"Voters\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/17\\\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/17\\\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/17\\\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":438},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/18\\\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\",\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\"},\"description\":\"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC","og_description":"INEC says Kaduna State came tops in the northern part of Nigeria in the on-going online voters registration with 486, 589 registrants. The Resident","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/"},"author":{"name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73"},"headline":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC","datePublished":"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg","keywords":["INEC","Kaduna","registration","Voters"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/","name":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-05-18T15:27:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/05\/adejayan_gbenga\/2022\/05\/17\/images-15-2022-05-17T223601.773.jpeg","width":700,"height":438},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/kaduna-records-highest-number-of-online-registrants-in-northern-nigeria-inec\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaduna records highest number of online registrants in northern Nigeria \u2013 INEC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73","name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong"},"description":"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adejayan_gbenga\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}