{"id":65676,"date":"2019-03-21T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65676"},"modified":"2019-03-21T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:45:26","slug":"former-nia-boss-a-k-horsfall-lauds-gov-dickson-on-bayelsa-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/former-nia-boss-a-k-horsfall-lauds-gov-dickson-on-bayelsa-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"FORMER NIA BOSS, A.K HORSFALL LAUDS GOV. 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