TOP NEWS Several sore thumbs sticking out Nigeria’s exit from recession depends heavily on its expansionary fiscal stance. The headline figure in the proposed budget for 2017 is total FGN spending of N7.30trn compared with N6.06trn in the 2016 budget. Chinwe Egwim
Squabbles begin as Senate seeks N1.4tr for constituency projects Azimazi Momoh Jimoh (Abuja) and Toyin Olasinde (Lagos)
Unemployment rises, government fails to create one million jobs in 2016 Femi Adekoya, Benjamin Alade (Lagos) and Segun Olaniyi (Abuja)
Government spends N3tr importing petroleum products Mathias Okwe, (Abuja) Anietie Akpan (Calabar) and Roseline Okere (Lagos)
FG releases another N350b capital vote to reflate economy, as inflation climbs to 17.6% Mathias Okwe, Assistant Business Editor, Abuja