EKO HOT BLOG reports that Reno Omokri is a Nigerian lawyer, Bestselling author and human RIghts Activist. He is also the star of a travel documentary series, Reno Around the World, broadcast in The United Kingdom and Nigeria. He served as the Vice President of Joe Trippi and Associates, a U.S political consulting firm.
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Name Bemigho Reno Omokri, he was born on 22 January 1974 to Justice Jean Omokri(Father), and Helen Bemigho (Mother) who were natives of Warri in Delta State Nigeria.
Omokri was described by BBC News as a ‘high profile broadcaster’. He is the host of Transformations With Reno Omokri, a Christian teaching TV show broadcast (for one season) on San Francisco’s KTLN and Detroit’s Impact Network and author of the books, Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God, and Why Jesus Wept.
He became a spokesperson for President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and is credited with pioneering the use of social media for political purposes in Nigeria.
He is a columnist with ThisDay newspapers and the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center and the Helen and Bemigho Sanctuary for Orphans.
Omokri was Vice President, Africa, at Joe Trippi and Associates, a U.S Political Consulting firm.
As Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, he was noted for using social media to conduct surveys and project the developments undertaken by the Nigerian Government.
He is the founder of a multimedia project, Build Up Nigeria, and has produced a series of short films in the U.S. He has a LL.M from the University of Wolverhampton.
Omokri was a signatory of a letter by a group of eminent Nigerians (G 57) that called for the resignation of President Umaru Musa Yar’adua after he was evacuated from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2009, for a medical emergency without handing over executive powers to his vice, Jonathan, and in 2011 he led some Diaspora Nigerians to endorse Jonathan for the 2011 elections.
In 2013, Omokri represented President Jonathan at a national conference on ‘Inter-Faith Dialogue and the Quest for National Security in Nigeria’, organized by the Interfaith Activities and Partnership for Peace, IFAPP.
Speaking for the President, Omokri urged Christian and Muslim leaders to focus on Jesus as the common Denominator between their two faiths and caused a stir when he stated on camera that The Quran mentions Jesus by name 25 times, which is five times more than The Quran says Mohammed. He also stated that almost every prophet in Judaism and Christianity is accepted in Islam.
He is the pastor of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California and Abuja, where he teaches the word of God on a regular basis. He is also known in the media for using social media to project the Gospel.
Omokri writes articles for significant newspapers (mainly political OpEd and Christian material).
He was a panellist at the United States Institute of Peace and the Atlantic Council, where he was a panellist on an event that featured other speakers such as Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. Asst. Secretary of State for Africa, both in Washington D.C.
He has also represented the Nigerian government at Chatham House in London.
On April 23, 2016, Omokri gave a keynote lecture at California State University Sacramento’s, Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution’s 25th annual Africa/Diaspora conference. On the same day, he represented former President Jonathan at the city of Antioch, where Dr Jonathan was honoured by the city’s mayor, Wade Harper. At the same event, the city of Lathrop also honoured the former Nigerian leader.
Between 2015 and 2016, Omokri was the host of ‘Transformations With Reno Omokri’, a Christian teaching program broadcast on Comcast, DISH Network and Roku. The 30-minute weekly telecast was produced by the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California.
Reno Omorki is a happily married man. Omorki is married to his only wife with whom he shares three lovely children; a daughter, Tsola, and two sons, Misan and Tosan.
On Tuesday, 12 October 2021, a female gubernatorial candidate for Kogi State, Natasha H. Akpoti alleged that Omokri had propositioned her on 6 May 2014, during a state banquet for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
In response, Omokri announced a $50,000 reward for anyone who could provide a photograph or video of him at the Uhuru Kenyatta banquet and provided evidence in the form of a British Airways ticket and Nigerian and American immigration stamps on his passport that proved he was not in the country during the said event.
Natasha Akpoti, who accused him then deleted all traces of her accusation from her social media profiles.
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Reno Omokri is a very influential writer and politician in Nigeria. He has won several awards such as the number one best seller on Amazon’s International business category and his books were included as the top 20 books of the year by Channels TV in 2017.
Reno Omokri has earned a good amount of money from his profession as an author and lawyer. Omokri is also considered to be one of the influential writers and politicians in Nigeria.
His books which have been considered to be one of the best sellers have also added more fortune to his net worth. With all of his earnings, Omokri has managed to amass a healthy fortune estimated to be around $10 million.
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