ALTHOUGH much like an overdue prophesy but when it finally came, the ouster of Farida Waziri still happened rather suddenly.

TALKING Point this week features a piece which, I hope, would present a welcome diversion from the often-depressing focus on Boko Haram and other aggravating excesses of our politicians. It is from one of the more devoted followers of the column and it throws light on an important aspect of the financial sector.

AT this stage even the most starry-eyed Nigerian must admit that the Nigerian state represented by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan is at the point of capitulating before the terror tactics of the fringe Boko-Haram group.

AS is the custom in parts of Nigeria where the book on a deceased person is not considered closed until what is called the ‘final’ or ‘second’ burial is done, victory at an election is not complete until it has been declared at the relevant election petition tribunal.

THE kwata between former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, and the Code of Conduct Bureau appears to be taking a messy turn with the reported snubbing of the VP, Namadi Sambo, who had been on official visit to Osun by Rauf Aregbesola over the PDP’s alleged failure to allow Tinubu’s supporters into the venue of his trial last week. It’s a big fight the ACN insists the PDP is stage-managing for purely political reasons.