IN a country that is comedy filled – Nollywood and still other poorer versions – the kerosene shows on television, government’s tremendous efforts at making kerosene available, are at best tasteless. We are supposed to be celebrated that kerosene, imported, is available. A closer look at the television shots, or newspaper pictures, paints a different picture.

NIGERIA is not one of the most dangerous places on earth, but its exclusion from this notorious list is not a cause for celebration, it just says how dangerous the world has become and why people all over the world should be concerned at new violence spots, especially when they attain a certain regularity. The suicide bombing that took down part of the United Nations headquarters in Abuja on Friday is another warning to the authorities who keep treating insecurity as “another item” on a long list of challenges.

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