Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed that he has a high taste for local food and attire.
Onyeama, with a Master of Law from Cambridge University, appreciates the traditional attire and loves to wear them.
The Minister, who also holds Political Science Degree from Columbia University New York, however said though he had passion for Nigerian fashion but never liked putting on cap or hat to match.
“Cloth-wise I love traditional attire; I always love them even before now.
“The only thing I don’t put on, and a lot of people have remarked; they always say I don’t put any hat on my head even if I put on `agbada` or whatever.
“The only time I did that was for my traditional wedding and I obliged because they had prepared a traditional cap for me,” the intellectual property specialist said.
The fourth son of Nigeria’s first judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, said he was a fan of Nigerian food.
“For food, I am for every, I am on everything. I eat everything, I mean everything name it, if it is rice, if it is cassava or swallow, I am a fan of Nigerian food.
“In fact, very often when I go to other African countries, especially southern and eastern Africa, they just don’t have variety of food in that part of the world.
“And I always tell them that they don’t have a variety of our cuisines,” the former Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organisation said.
The Enugu born Minister, said he had to make conscious efforts to cut down his intake “ because honestly our food have tendency to make one add one or few pounds”.
The minister featured on NAN platform on Wednesday. The extensive interview will be released soon.
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![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
