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The 2014 collapse in crude dried up foreign exchange in Africa\u2019s biggest producer of the commodity, resulting in the first […]","author":{"name":"editor","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03cd1877f721f1bc1c8784d30a672652?s=96&d=mm&r=g","description":""},"media":{"alt":"","caption":"","imageRatio":0.75,"src":"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/thisday-846548948316-wp-data\/wp-media\/2020\/03\/31d54ca3-crude-oil-price.gif","width":800,"height":600},"date":"March 18, 2020 4:44 Am","firstPage":null,"pages":null,"detailItem":null,"isExtractable":true,"pocket":{"categories":["Business","Latest"]}},{"id":395499,"uri":"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/fg-makes-proposals-to-asuu-to-resolve-dispute\/","title":"FG Makes Proposals to ASUU to Resolve Dispute","subtitle":null,"excerpt":"Approves visitation panels for universities Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The federal government said that it has made proposals to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on how to amicably resolve the issues in dispute. 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