like many in abuja, he lived outside the city. going home extents a 20 minute trip to four hours. >> everyone wants to stay because they want social amenities, they are all present. it's exorbitant rates. so, so damn expensive. by some estimates, 70% of civil servants live outside of abuja. there's no shortage, but many properties are empty, with the middle class priced out. the average income of a civil servient is $340 a month. look at the rent. an apartment costs $1,250. in the ub ushes they go for $120 a month. realising the problems 10 years ago. they introduced a mass housing scheme to build affordable homes. it provide basic infrastructure to developers who would turn around cost effective units. city planning officials admits the plan failed to see objectives. developers are being accused of using the land for unexpected purposes. the government failed to provide infrastructure. >> we have to do roads, electricity, and add it to the cost of the land. the construction of the house. you find that. to the people that are goin

the national conference to discuss nij's -- nigeria's future opened in abuja.ij nigeria is the second biggest economy. it's the most pop u laws with 170 million people and a top oil producer, providing 80% of the income. >> they have been asking for this for years, and they got what they want. the nigerians at a conference, bringing together hundreds of ethnic and religion groups. at the heart, distribution of talks. an opportunity to restructure along the lines of truth in division, with they control the resources and pay appropriate taxes. there has been growing discontent in the most populous nation, one of the largest exploiters of oil. in the north, violence by self-described islamist fighters is on the ride. near daily ethnic bloodshed is claiming hundreds of lives. there are increasing rates of unemployment, and more than a dozen people were killed. delegates will tackle this, including reforms. one thing that should not be open for discussion - unity. >> there should be no room for conservation that it impedes national progress. it this should only be i

so abuja malremains in prison for life. police unions in pennsylvania and nationally vehement loppose his nomination. toomey cited the defense of a cop killer as his reason for whipping those no votes. president obama called yesterday's vote a travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks. and msnbc.com's adam stur pointed out that the senate hasn't been so critical of lawyers who helped people considered beyond the pale. before he was supreme court chief justice, attorney john roberts did pro bono work defending one of florida's most notorious serial killers, ferguson, who was recently put to death, tricked his way into a woman's home, bound, blindfolded, shot eight people. six of them died. and then, while under indictment for that crime, he killed two teenagers who were on their way to church. john roberts participated in his defense against being executed. but that didn't come up during hearings to confirm roberts to the supreme court, because a pillar of our justice system is that everyone is entitled to a defense,