THE inclusion of members of the organised private sector is the main difference in the President’s Economic Management Team. The private sector sees the decision as an indication that the President wants to address the economy, a promise he made, among others, during his inauguration last May.

LIKE those whom the gods want to destroy, embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi must have been struck insane as he continues to boast of martyrdom in the face of disgraceful exit from power.

A judicial officer shall not be removed from his office or appointment before his age of retirement except in the following circumstances – 1 (a) in the case of – (i) Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the Court of Appeal, by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate. – Section 292 of the 1999 Constitution

NIGERIANS are tired of stories about why they cannot get constant power supply. They have become too familiar with the constraints and the more depressing stories about how the country would have made progress if power supply improved.

THE number of first class degrees one of the private universities announced at its convocation ceremony last year stunned guests. A relatively new university with less than 2,000 graduating recorded over 30 students in the first class category.

THE Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has notoriety for frauds and scandals. Some of the stories about frauds in Abuja contracts are too fantabulous to exist beyond the imagination, but many of them are true.

TO the average Nigerian who dreads the disruption petroleum products scarcity inflicts on him; it does not matter whether Nigeria imports the products from Zinder in Republic of Niger or Zinguichor in Senegal. The key thing is availability.

THERE is no gainsaying the fact that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and its twin organisation, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) are very relevant in any equation relating to politics and economy in Nigeria. In fact, many government policies would not have been properly articulated if the reactions of the labour unions on issues are not factored in.

ONE thing that really gets to people about the Boko Haram sect is the violence associated with its clamour for change, the way it understands change. Were it just a sect that defended its religious fervour peacefully, the opposition to its existence would have been mollified.

Privatisation was a cardinal policy of the neo-liberal reforms advocated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for ailing third world economies in the 1980s.