{"id":128042,"date":"2024-08-16T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns"},"modified":"2024-08-16T12:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:14:18","slug":"veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","title":{"rendered":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has expressed grief over the demise of one of its veterans, Jacob Zango.<\/p>\n<p> Jacob Zango passed away in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>This was expressed in a statement signed by SWAN Kaduna Secretary, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, and made available on Friday in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Kaduna SWAN Chairman, Shehu Abdullahi, said he was personally shocked by Zango\u2019s passing when the news broke on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all our members and SWAN President, Isaiah Kemje Benjamin, who is also from our state, we express our sadness following the demise of one of our veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was a staff of Kaduna State Media Corporation (KSMC), where he worked until the unfortunate event, we were not just close, but like brothers,\u201d the statement quoted the Kaduna SWAN Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>It added that Zango passed on at a time when his wealth of experience is greatly needed in SWAN.<\/p>\n<p>SWAN extended condolences to his immediate family, KSMC, the Atyap community, the Kaduna State Government, as well as all the friends and professional colleagues he left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pray that the Almighty God grants his gentle soul eternal rest,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has expressed grief over the demise of one of its veterans, Jacob Zango. Jacob Zango passed away in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness. This was expressed in a statement signed by SWAN Kaduna Secretary, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, and made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":128040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[14466,254,3647],"class_list":["post-128042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-jacob-zango","tag-nigeria","tag-swan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns - Nigeria<\/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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has expressed grief over the demise of one of its veterans, Jacob Zango. Jacob Zango passed away in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness. This was expressed in a statement signed by SWAN Kaduna Secretary, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, and made [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. 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\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jacob Zango\",\"Nigeria\",\"SWAN\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\",\"name\":\"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns - Nigeria","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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has expressed grief over the demise of one of its veterans, Jacob Zango. Jacob Zango passed away in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness. This was expressed in a statement signed by SWAN Kaduna Secretary, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, and made [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns","datePublished":"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns"},"wordCount":225,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg","keywords":["Jacob Zango","Nigeria","SWAN"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns","name":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-16T11:14:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723798676.601064.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/veteran-journalist-jacob-zango-is-dead-swan-mourns#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veteran journalist, Jacob Zango is dead, SWAN mourns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}