{"id":45546,"date":"2021-06-23T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T17:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45546"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:46:05","slug":"fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","title":{"rendered":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by the media office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ighalo paid Dare a visit at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja which is undergoing rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have served this country faithfully and you will continue to be a good ambassador of this country,\u201d Dare said.<\/p>\n

The Minister added: \u201cNote that Principal\u2019s Cup used to be the engine room that supplied most of our best players and it speaks to the heart of Grassroot Sports Development. To give it life, we came up with Flagship Ambassadors of the Principal\u2019s Cup with Daniel Amokachi, Joseph Dosu, Mary Onyali, Tajudeen Disu picked as Ambassadors. You have also been appointed As National Principal\u2019s Cup Ambassador to motivate our young students.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his response, Ighalo said, \u201cIt\u2019s a great privilege to see you sir, and I have been following up on what you\u2019ve been doing, granting me a chance to see you means a lot to me. For the first time, we\u2019ve seen sports moving forward as a business in Nigeria with your push and initiatives. Thank you so much for what you ate doing for sports development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s Cup. This was confirmed by the media office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Tuesday. Ighalo paid Dare a visit at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja which is undergoing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1381,254],"class_list":["post-45546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ighalo","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nFG gives Ighalo new appointment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...\" \/>\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\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FG gives Ighalo new appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FG gives Ighalo new appointment\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Ighalo\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\",\"name\":\"FG gives Ighalo new appointment - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"FG gives Ighalo new appointment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FG gives Ighalo new appointment\"}]},{\"@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":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment - Nigeria","description":"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...","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\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment","og_description":"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"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\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment","datePublished":"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment"},"wordCount":226,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Ighalo","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Sport","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment","name":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-23T17:02:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Federal Government has appointed ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, as an Ambassador of the National Principal\u2019s ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d3571c9abd2.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fg-gives-ighalo-new-appointment#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FG gives Ighalo new appointment"}]},{"@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\/45546","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=45546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}