{"id":73386,"date":"2021-08-20T07:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=73386"},"modified":"2021-08-20T07:51:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:51:03","slug":"rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Wike\u00a0assented to the bill at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Capital, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming weeks after the governors of the southern region set a deadline of\u00a0September 1 for states in the region to ban open grazing.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released by the spokesman to the governor, Kelvin Ebiri.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement,\u00a0the Open Rearing and Grazing Prohibition Law No 5 of 2021 will address the issue of farmer-herder clashes in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no longer a story. All of us know what our people have suffered in terms of this open grazing. Today, all Nigerians have come to accept the reality that open grazing is no longer fashionable. Even our brothers in the north have agreed that it is no longer fashionable,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development, Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, speaker of the Rivers house of assembly, explained that the law prohibiting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/18\/rivers-assembly-passes-anti-open-grazing-bill\/\"> open grazing<\/a> of livestock in the state, will promote peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>He also assured residents that the \u201clawmakers will continue to partner the executive in providing requisite laws that will advance the state for the good of posterity\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Wike\u00a0assented to the bill at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Capital, on Thursday. This is coming weeks after the governors of the southern region set a deadline of\u00a0September 1 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":73397,"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":[2],"tags":[16259,384,16258,385],"class_list":["post-73386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-kelvin-ebiri","tag-nyesom-wike","tag-open-grazing-bill","tag-rivers-state"],"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>Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law.\" \/>\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\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Wike\u00a0assented to the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/\" \/>\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\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"997\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"518\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\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\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/20210820_074657.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kelvin Ebiri\",\"Nyesom Wike\",\"Open grazing bill\",\"Rivers State\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/20210820_074657.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/20210820_074657.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/20210820_074657.jpg\",\"width\":997,\"height\":518},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/20\\\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law\"}]},{\"@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\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\",\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\"},\"description\":\"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OChocomilo\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law","description":"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law.","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\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law","og_description":"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Wike\u00a0assented to the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","article_published_time":"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":997,"height":518,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OChocomilo","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law","datePublished":"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/"},"wordCount":221,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg","keywords":["Kelvin Ebiri","Nyesom Wike","Open grazing bill","Rivers State"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/","name":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-20T06:51:03+00:00","description":"Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state into law.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/08\/20\/20210820_074657.jpg","width":997,"height":518},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/20\/rivers-governor-wike-signs-anti-open-grazing-bill-into-law\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rivers governor, Wike signs anti-open grazing bill into law"}]},{"@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\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452","name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo"},"description":"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","https:\/\/x.com\/OChocomilo"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adewale_chocomilo\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73386","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}