As the rains are here again, residents of Ajegunle, a popular suburb of Lagos in the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area, are presently groaning under apparent neglect by successive administrations to fix the numerous deplorable roads in their community.

In recent times, there has been a rising wave of crime rates, especially in Lagos, which has continued to put residents and visitors to the megacity in palpable fear of being victims of attacks from hoodlums and armed bandits.

IF media reports are anything to go by, cultism is alarmingly on the rise in tertiary and post-primary institutions in Nigeria, a development that has raised grave concerns in many quarters, prompting several calls on government to take urgent steps to stem the tide. Indeed it is said that many have lost their lives to campus terrorism, especially cult wars among rival groups, while several have dropped out of school without actualising their ambition and dreams.

Lagos State Police Command has arrested three alleged cultists suspected to be terrorising Lagos Island and environs.

“Today it is Kaikai. Tomorrow we may hear of poisonous Garri; so will the government also ban the consumption of Garri because it killed a few. Government should trace the source of the problem of the killer drink and deal with it rather than impose a ban,”