{"id":107499,"date":"2019-08-15T13:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=107499"},"modified":"2019-08-15T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T12:13:08","slug":"ihedioha-appoints-kanu-nwankwo-as-aide-on-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/ihedioha-appoints-kanu-nwankwo-as-aide-on-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ihedioha appoints Kanu Nwankwo as aide on sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has announced a former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, as his Senior Special Assistant on sports matters.<\/p>\n<p>Ihedioha, made the announcement on Wednesday at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital when the former Arsenal player visited him, according to a statement issued by the governor\u2019s aide on new media, Izuchukwu Akwarandu.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read \u201cThe governor, Emeka Ihedioha, received one of the country\u2019s football legends, Kanu Nwankwo, at the Government House, Owerri, on August 14, 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPapilo, as fondly called by his fans, came to present his most recent CAF award, which was given to him at the just concluded Nations Cup in Egypt, to the sports-loving governor of Imo State. The star also presented a branded jersey to the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe governor while welcoming the former Super Eagles goal poacher, announced Kanu Nwankwo as his Senior Special Assistant on Sports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has announced a former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, as his Senior Special Assistant on sports matters. Ihedioha, made the announcement on Wednesday at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital when the former Arsenal player visited him, according to a statement issued by the governor\u2019s aide on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":107500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,5],"tags":[49304,908,22301,408],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ihedioha appoints Kanu Nwankwo as aide on sports | New Mail 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:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/ihedioha-appoints-kanu-nwankwo-as-aide-on-sports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ihedioha appoints Kanu Nwankwo as aide on sports | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has announced a former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, as his Senior Special Assistant on sports matters. 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