Her driving force is watching businesses grow. Since her days at the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce where she watched small businesses metamorphosed into large businesses just by being exposed to the right platforms, Ms. Rosemary Akaette Duamlong has never lost confidence in the power of networking.

Last week, Wednesday, evil visited the streets of South East London and in broad daylight too. The news came in trickles so as not to alarm people; it was in the evening that the full horror of the event was unleashed as we watched a surreal still picture of a young man clutching a bloodied cleaver and knife. It was very horrific, gruesome and shocking. Across the street, you could catch glimpse of a body lying on the floor. It was the lifeless body of drummer Lee Rigby, a serving soldier in the British army.

A retired senior police officer had this car sticker which read: ‘If you think the Police are not your friend, when next you are in trouble, call an armed robber’.

I happened to attend a celebration of the so-called “Democracy Day” earlier in the week. It was held by a concert of elementary/primary/basic (suit yourself) schools which included one in which I have an abiding interest. The children marched with banners waving, after which formal ceremony, they settled down to dance. You never saw the like— or maybe you have! We are in a country where almost anything is allowed to pass muster, even the way our children grow up.

WHAT is the big deal about a bunch of governors getting together from time to time to chat about issues that concern them…and then disagreeing with the President whenever they think that he is being unfair or unwise?