I hope and pray that by the time the time of this publication, the four journalists abducted by kidnapers would have been released. On Sunday, the Chairma of the Council of Lagos State NUJ, Mr. Wahab Oba and Secretary of Zone D, Adolphus Okonkwo lost their freedom.

I wish I had answers, sadly all I can offer is advice that we deal with the demons of insecurity, heartbreak, rejection on a day to day basis, looking to God for help and asking our fellow men for support! The alternative is a world filled with a lot more Raouls and Mels!!

Now, although Bafana Bafana was eliminated in the group stage, the team was not disgraced: at least, it defeated a former world champion – France. Ghana too tried, but Asamoah Gyan’s costly mistake of missing a penalty kick robbed his country the honour of being the first African nation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. Nigeria’s participation was a complete disaster.

In all my years in the US, I never read of a president “commissioning” a state project. Jonathan seems set to break the “Mugu record” laid by Obasanjo. Is this leadership, given that no Ministry or parastatal this year has an approved capital vote mid-July?

The introduction of the security services of another nation to Nigeria’s internal problems finally ought to tell us that the Nigerian police, the State Security Service, and the general infrastructure of Nigeria’s National Defence is no longer of consequence.