{"id":65744,"date":"2023-07-30T19:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=65744"},"modified":"2023-07-30T19:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:32:41","slug":"two-prominent-americans-former-africa-high-command-chief-internet-creator-become-igbo-indigenes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=65744","title":{"rendered":"Two prominent Americans: former Africa High Command chief, Internet creator become Igbo indigenes (+Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two prominent Americans of Igbo ancestry, General W Ward (rtd), the former Commander US African High Command; and Dr E McHenty, creator of the Internet were on Saturday inducted into the Igbo Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The colorful ceremony which held at the Smithsonian Institute of African Museum im Washington DC was presided over by Ohanaeze President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65745\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65745\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230730-WA0029.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr E. McHenty &amp; General W Ward (rtd).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iwuanyanwu was assisted at the event by the Coordinating Chairman of Ohanaeze in Diaspora, Chief Sam Obaji.<\/p>\n<p>Other prominent by Nigerians of Igbo extraction and Americans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-65744-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"394\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VID-20230730-WA0030.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VID-20230730-WA0030.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VID-20230730-WA0030.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two prominent Americans of Igbo ancestry, General W Ward (rtd), the former Commander US African High Command; and Dr E McHenty, creator of the Internet were on Saturday inducted into the Igbo Nation. The colorful ceremony which held at the Smithsonian Institute of African Museum im Washington DC was presided over by Ohanaeze President General, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[5224,1692,5690],"class_list":["post-65744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-culture","category-news","tag-americans","tag-igbo","tag-iwuanyanwu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}