{"id":35156,"date":"2015-01-20T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=35156"},"modified":"2015-01-22T11:35:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T10:35:54","slug":"19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Northern States&#8217; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A big boost Tuesday came the way of President Goodluck Jonathan as Eze Ndigbo in the 19 northern states endorsed him for the February 14 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of Ndigbo in the 19 northern states<br \/>\nurged Ndigbo in the states to &#8220;support the &#8230;re-election of President Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan for continuity of the transformation agenda of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>At a packed press conference Tuesday in Abuja, Chief Pampers Nwahiwe, Eze Igbo Niger, who read the communique on behalf of all the Eze Ndigbo, said they had mobilized their kinsmen &#8220;to get their PVCs<br \/>\nfor the forthcoming general elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The traditional fathers urged &#8220;all Igbos nationwide to remain in their various states of abode during and after the forthcoming election,&#8221; stressing, &#8220;this country belongs to all of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They, however, urged the &#8220;federal government to provide adequate security for all during the elections,&#8221; and appealed to all Nigerians to &#8220;work for a violence-free electoral process in 2015.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A big boost Tuesday came the way of President Goodluck Jonathan as Eze Ndigbo in the 19 northern states endorsed him for the February 14 presidential election. The leaders&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>19 Northern States&#039; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News<\/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:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"19 Northern States&#039; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; A big boost Tuesday came the way of President Goodluck Jonathan as Eze Ndigbo in the 19 northern states endorsed him for the February 14 presidential election. The leaders&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"19 Northern States&#8217; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Exclusive\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\",\"name\":\"19 Northern States' Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"From left to Right (Prof) J.E.C. Obilom Eze Igbo of Jos, Plateau State, HRH. (Dr) Pampers JP. Eze Igbo Minna, Niger State and another loyal father at the meeting of Eze Ndi -Igbo of 19 Northern States, FCT and Oyo when they met in Abuja to endorse president Jonathan's re-election bid.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"19 Northern States&#8217; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"19 Northern States' Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"19 Northern States' Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News","og_description":"&nbsp; A big boost Tuesday came the way of President Goodluck Jonathan as Eze Ndigbo in the 19 northern states endorsed him for the February 14 presidential election. The leaders&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"19 Northern States&#8217; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan","datePublished":"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/"},"wordCount":162,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg","articleSection":["Exclusive"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/","name":"19 Northern States' Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg","datePublished":"2015-01-20T14:30:42+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-22T10:35:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/eze.jpg","width":750,"height":400,"caption":"From left to Right (Prof) J.E.C. Obilom Eze Igbo of Jos, Plateau State, HRH. (Dr) Pampers JP. Eze Igbo Minna, Niger State and another loyal father at the meeting of Eze Ndi -Igbo of 19 Northern States, FCT and Oyo when they met in Abuja to endorse president Jonathan's re-election bid."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/19-northern-states-eze-igbo-endorse-jonathan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"19 Northern States&#8217; Eze Igbo Endorse Jonathan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}