{"id":66088,"date":"2025-05-20T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66088"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:23:20","slug":"grace-charis-bassey-becomes-us-navy-sailor-gains-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/20\/grace-charis-bassey-becomes-us-navy-sailor-gains-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace-Charis Bassey Becomes US Navy Sailor, Gains Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ad\u00e9 Y\u1eb9m\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nollywood actress Grace-Charis Bassey has officially become a United States Navy Sailor and taken the oath of allegiance as a US citizen, marking a significant personal and professional milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Bassey, widely known for her roles in Nigerian film and television, announced her graduation from the US Navy boot camp in an emotional post on Instagram. She shared videos and photos from the ceremony and expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support she has received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis journey wasn\u2019t easy \u2014 but I carried my roots, my faith, and my vision every step of the way. Nigeria raised me. America challenged me. I stand today stronger and more determined than ever,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She dedicated her achievement to her late father, Naval Commander Asido Bassey Effah, stating, \u201cIn honour of my late father \u2013 Naval CDR Asido Bassey Effah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bassey also revealed that she joined the Navy choir during training, staying connected to her creative roots. She concluded her message by saying, \u201cI am eternally grateful. Proudly a US Sailor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her transition from Nollywood star to a member of the US military has inspired many of her fans both in Nigeria and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ad\u00e9 Y\u1eb9m\u00ed Nollywood actress Grace-Charis Bassey has officially become a United States Navy Sailor and taken the oath of allegiance as a US citizen, marking a significant personal and professional milestone. Bassey, widely known for her roles in Nigerian film and television, announced her graduation from the US Navy boot camp in an emotional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66090,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66088\/revisions\/66090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}