THE peaceful atmosphere long enjoyed by the residents of Orile-Coker and environs in Ifelodun Local Government Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State is presently under serious threat and may take a turn for the worse unless relevant authorities wade into a land dispute between the Christian Pentecostal Mission, CPM, Iganmu branch and the Ifelodun LCDA.

General Officer Commanding, GOC, Training and Doctoring Command, TRADOC, Major-General Joseph Okunbor has charged Army personnel to remain focussed and always display high sense of integrity in their dealing both within and outside the force.

In a bid to reduce carnage on Nigerian roads, the Rotary Club of Egbeda in conjunction with the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Ikotun area command, has organised a one day safety seminar for the members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, including motorcycle (Okada) riders and tricycle operators in Ikotun area of Lagos State.

LAST year, a 10-year-old pupil of All Saints Anglican Primary School, located at Oke Ijebu area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, was mistakenly shot dead by his colleague as he fiddled with a gun he found hidden in the school compound by suspected hoodlums. It was said that the hoodlums had taken advantage of lack of security in the school to hide their “instrument of office” there ahead of their next day operation.

SOMETIME last year, specifically in July, at about 7.30 pm, I heard distress call from under the Bridge close to the Nigeria Breweries Plc. I was not surprised because I knew “the boys” were at their nefarious act again. I was helpless as there was virtually nothing I could do about it, not being armed.