{"id":25014,"date":"2020-05-12T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25014"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:02:45","slug":"senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","title":{"rendered":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has called for the immortalization of Nigeria\u2019s former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Chief Richard Akinjide.<\/p>\n<p>The call by the upper chamber of the national legislative assembly followed a minute silence held in honour of the deceased after a point of order moved by Senator Mohammed Kola Ademola Balogun (PDP \u2013 Oyo South).<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mohammed had in a motion brought to the floor during plenary described the former Minister who died on April 21, 2020, at the age of 85 as a legal luminary whose tenure left an indelible impact in Nigeria\u2019s political-legal history.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawmaker, \u201cthe late Chief Akinjide was a Minister of Education in the government of<br \/>\nPrime Minister Tafawa Balewa during the Second Republic and the Minister for Justice in the administration of President Shehu Shagari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Senate has called for the immortalization of Nigeria\u2019s former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Chief Richard Akinjide. The call by the upper chamber of the national legislative assembly followed a minute silence held in honour of the deceased after a point of order moved by Senator Mohammed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":21928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[65,702],"class_list":["post-25014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-pdp","tag-senate-president"],"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>Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide - 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\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria: The Senate has called for the immortalization of Nigeria\u2019s former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Chief Richard Akinjide. The call by the upper chamber of the national legislative assembly followed a minute silence held in honour of the deceased after a point of order moved by Senator Mohammed [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\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\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"PDP\",\"senate president\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\",\"name\":\"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide\"}]},{\"@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\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide - 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\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide","og_description":"Africa Press-Nigeria: The Senate has called for the immortalization of Nigeria\u2019s former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Chief Richard Akinjide. The call by the upper chamber of the national legislative assembly followed a minute silence held in honour of the deceased after a point of order moved by Senator Mohammed [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide","datePublished":"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide"},"wordCount":145,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg","keywords":["PDP","senate president"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide","name":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-12T16:02:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/Nigerian-Senate.jpg","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/senate-moves-for-immortalisation-of-late-akinjide#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senate Moves For Immortalisation Of Late Akinjide"}]},{"@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\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25014","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}