{"id":60835,"date":"2018-01-30T07:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T06:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60835"},"modified":"2018-01-30T07:17:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T06:17:31","slug":"january-salary-gov-dickson-directs-immediate-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/january-salary-gov-dickson-directs-immediate-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"January salary: Gov. Dickson directs immediate payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. 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