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FG blames states for judiciary workers' strike
FG orders closure of revenue accounts with banks T
Abdulwahab Isa and Chris Ugwu
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L-R: Senate President David Mark; Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih; Vice-President Namadi Sambo; PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu and President Goodluck Jonathan, during the inauguration of Jonathan's Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO) in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: TIMOTHY IKUOMENISAN
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