{"id":331683,"date":"2024-07-19T19:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=331683"},"modified":"2024-07-19T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:58:19","slug":"breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>FG says Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal Government has fined Meta Platforms $220 million (about N330 billion) after investigations showed data-sharing on its Facebook and WhatsApp platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC), said this on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance, and meted out discriminatory and disparate treatment on Nigerians, compared with other jurisdictions with similar regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Meta did not immediately comment, but the FCCPC said in a statement that the company had provided some documents and have retained counsels who have met and engaged with the agency.<\/p>\n<p>FCCPC chief, Abdullahi said the investigations were jointly held with Nigeria\u2019s Data Protection Commission and spanned over 38 months.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations found Meta policies don\u2019t allow users the option or opportunity to self-determine or withhold consent to the gathering, use, and sharing of personal data, Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FG says Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance The Federal Government has fined Meta Platforms $220 million (about N330 billion) after investigations showed data-sharing on its Facebook and WhatsApp platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws. Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, Acting Chief Executive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":331695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[3021,4210,20971,3023],"class_list":["post-331683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-national","tag-facebook","tag-fine","tag-meta","tag-whatsapp"],"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>BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion<\/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\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FG says Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance The Federal Government has fined\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\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=\"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\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\"},\"headline\":\"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Facebook\",\"Fine\",\"Meta\",\"WhatsApp\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BREAKING\",\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/19\\\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion\"}]},{\"@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":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion","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\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion","og_description":"FG says Meta appropriated the data of Nigerian users on its platforms without their consent, abused its market dominance The Federal Government has fined","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.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":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/"},"author":{"name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73"},"headline":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion","datePublished":"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/"},"wordCount":191,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg","keywords":["Facebook","Fine","Meta","WhatsApp"],"articleSection":["BREAKING","National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/","name":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-07-19T18:57:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-19T18:58:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/images-2024-07-19T195639.212.jpeg","width":640,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/breaking-nigerian-govt-fines-facebook-whatsapp-owners-n330-billion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Nigerian govt fines Facebook, WhatsApp owners N330 billion"}]},{"@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\/331683","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=331683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}