{"id":198414,"date":"2022-06-23T14:39:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=198414"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:40:30","slug":"8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people have lost their lives following a boat accident that happened along Oyoma river, near Oporoma, the headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, June 22.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting the incident, an eyewitnesses said bad weather and poor visibility made the 75-horse-power engine boat conveying 12 passengers from Korokorosei to Ayama rammed into another boat conveying foodstuffs from Yenogoa to Ayama.<\/p>\n<p>It was said to be raining and the tarpaulin used to provide a shield for the passengers was blown away and covered the boat driver\u2019s face, making him to lose control and hit the local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/16\/boat-with-five-passengers-capsizes-in-lagos\/\">boat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the passengers were said to be travelling without using life jackets.<\/p>\n<p>The state chairman of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Ipigansi Ogoniba, who confirmed the accident, said the union had banned any boat from loading without passengers wearing life jackets. He added that the boats would be handed over to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we have been at the scene of the accident. It occurred at Oyoma near Oporoma and eight people died. One of the boats, the local boat, stopped and the other one hit it.\u201dhe said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people have lost their lives following a boat accident that happened along Oyoma river, near Oporoma, the headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, June 22. Recounting the incident, an eyewitnesses said bad weather and poor visibility made the 75-horse-power engine boat conveying 12 passengers from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":198421,"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":[3],"tags":[1550,40570,9008,13665],"class_list":["post-198414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-accident","tag-bayelsa-boat","tag-drown","tag-fresh"],"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>8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident<\/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\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least eight people have lost their lives following a boat accident that happened along Oyoma river, near Oporoma, the headquarters of the Southern Ijaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/\" \/>\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:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"415\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@askteekay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8\"},\"headline\":\"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/chioma_adebiyi\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/cats-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"accident\",\"Bayelsa boat\",\"drown\",\"fresh\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/\",\"name\":\"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/chioma_adebiyi\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/cats-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/chioma_adebiyi\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/cats-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/chioma_adebiyi\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/cats-1.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":415},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/23\\\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident\"}]},{\"@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\\\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8\",\"name\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\"},\"description\":\"Teekay is a full time writer on Within Nigeria and a part-time IT consultant. Mail me at teekay@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/author\\\/teekay\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/askteekay\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/askteekay\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tee_kay\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident","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\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident","og_description":"At least eight people have lost their lives following a boat accident that happened along Oyoma river, near Oporoma, the headquarters of the Southern Ijaw","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay","article_published_time":"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":415,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@askteekay","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/"},"author":{"name":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8"},"headline":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident","datePublished":"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg","keywords":["accident","Bayelsa boat","drown","fresh"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/","name":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-23T13:39:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-23T13:40:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/chioma_adebiyi\/2022\/06\/23\/cats-1.jpg","width":700,"height":415},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/8-drown-in-fresh-bayelsa-boat-accident\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"8 drown in fresh Bayelsa boat accident"}]},{"@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\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8","name":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adesina .O (Teekay)"},"description":"Teekay is a full time writer on Within Nigeria and a part-time IT consultant. Mail me at teekay@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/author\/teekay\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay","https:\/\/x.com\/askteekay"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/tee_kay\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198414","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}