{"id":1359,"date":"2014-03-03T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2014-03-03T19:25:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:25:37","slug":"book-unveiling-on-nigeria-2015-elections-in-america-victor-essiet-receives-honor-as-nigerias-reggae-icon-in-the-diasporasconsulate-general-of-ni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/book-unveiling-on-nigeria-2015-elections-in-america-victor-essiet-receives-honor-as-nigerias-reggae-icon-in-the-diasporasconsulate-general-of-ni\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK UNVEILING ON \u2018NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS\u2019 IN AMERICA:  Victor Essiet Receives Honor as \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Reggae Icon in the Diasporas\u2019\u2026Consulate General of Nigeria to Atlanta Chairs historic event  *Top US Govt agencies present at Ceremony  *African America Community identifies with Nigeria\u2019s history  *Star Attraction: Egbe Omo Yoruba in North America, Esan Progressive Association (EPA), World Igbo Congress &#038; Hausa Community in Texas confirm attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>BOOK UNVEILING ON \u2018NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS\u2019 IN AMERICA:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Victor Essiet Receives Honor as \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Reggae Icon in the Diasporas\u2019<\/b><b>\u2026Consulate General of Nigeria to Atlanta Chairs historic event<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*Top US Govt agencies present at Ceremony<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*African America Community identifies with Nigeria\u2019s history<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*Star Attraction: Egbe Omo Yoruba in North America, Esan Progressive Association (EPA), World Igbo Congress &amp; Hausa Community in Texas confirm attendance<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/MANAGING EDITOR, CHICAGO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vICTOR-eSSIET-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1360\" alt=\"vICTOR eSSIET 2\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/vICTOR-eSSIET-2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>AFRICAN-American<\/b> community here in United States firmly believe in the creative work of Victor Essiet of \u2018The Mandators\u2019, who has been using the vehicle of reggae music for over 30 years to celebrate Nigeria\u2019s virtues and culture in America. He is a chronic believer in a greater Nigeria and peaceful Africa.<\/p>\n<p>As Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA, Nigeria\u2019s foremost award winning online news wire rolls out drums to celebrate a historic political\/electoral book centered on \u2018Nigeria 2015 Elections &amp; Reporters\u2019 Survival\u2026\u2019, the committee of this epoch-making event felt there is an urgent need to honor Essiet, an outstanding Nigerian musician in Los Angeles who has consistently been celebrating the African continent through his root\/rock reggae music for liberty, freedom and showing the people their basic human rights; as a believer in \u2018One Nigeria.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This book, authored by our hardworking Editor-In-Chief\/CEO, George Elijah Otumu, written in English, Spanish, Arabic and French versions which talks about how Nigeria could witness a free, fair and credible election will be chaired by Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilable, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Atlanta on March 29, 2014 (Saturday) in House on The Rock, 4437 Matthew Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 by 12:00pm prompt.<\/p>\n<p>Expected at this event are United States top government agencies, Nigerian politicians, African-American community, with side attractions by Egbe Omo Yoruba in North America, Esan Progressive Association (EPA), and World Igbo Congress, including Hausa Community in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOK UNVEILING ON \u2018NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS\u2019 IN AMERICA: Victor Essiet Receives Honor as \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Reggae Icon in the Diasporas\u2019\u2026Consulate General of Nigeria to Atlanta Chairs historic event *Top US Govt agencies present at Ceremony *African America Community identifies with Nigeria\u2019s history *Star Attraction: Egbe Omo Yoruba in North America, Esan Progressive Association (EPA), World Igbo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}