THE 2014 World Cup is actually five short years away. The qualifications for Brazil 2014 could begin as early as mid-2012 for some countries. Nigeria may be in that group, depending on how other African countries that make the final fray fare in South Africa 2010.

In the face of outrage expressed by millions of football loving Nigerians over the Green Eagles failure to beat Tunisia in Abuja last Sunday and consolidate leadership of their 2010 World Cup group, an astute sports administrator and a retired army general, Major-General Ishola Williams has called on those still weeping to “stop crying”.

Unlike 150 million other Nigerian football fans, I am not in the least bit surprised that our Super Eagles were unable to beat the Carthage Eagles in Abuja on Sunday. Those of you who are regular readers of my column will have noted that I have been warning of the impending disaster for over a year now and just as night follows day, the catastrophe has come to pass.

After it has successfully asserted its footprint in the sand of time, as one of the wave-making entertainment outfits in the city of Lagos, Rhema Productions, organizers of “Fight for Fame” and the soap, “Shock of His Life” is at it again.

Tuesday, September 22, is a date to be kept by all of producers of motion picture in Nigeria. On that day, the National Assembly will bubble with mild activities as movie producers under the aegis of Association of Movie Producers(AMP) storm the place to register their grievances concerning the increasing menace of piracy in Nigeria.