{"id":26157,"date":"2014-05-05T02:25:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T01:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=26157"},"modified":"2014-05-05T02:25:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T01:25:41","slug":"i-believe-we-are-succeeding-president-goodluck-johnathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-believe-we-are-succeeding-president-goodluck-johnathan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Believe We Are Succeeding&#8221; &#8211; President Goodluck Johnathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #37404e; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;\">Jonathan said in a televised &#8220;media chat&#8221; Sunday night that he believes Nigeria is winning its war against an Islamic uprising.<\/span><br style=\"color: #37404e; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;\" \/><br style=\"color: #37404e; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #37404e; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; 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