The Nigerian Guild of Editors, has said Nigeria has just survived the throes of death from militancy, saying that the nation will only know peace when peace returns to the Niger Delta region, adding that the nation was waiting to heal its self-inflicted wounds.

Although Saturday, May 29, was observed as environmental sanitation day in Lagos, most residents of Orile Iganmu defied the restriction of movement order to observe the final demolition of the pedestrian bridge at Orile Bus-stop on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

For little Nkamere Precious, Opayemi Toluwani, Ebuka Uba, Umoh Uwana and Miss Ngozi Ogudu, the 2010 Children’s Day will ever be remembered for the impact it is going to make in their lives. It was the day they were rewarded for their outstanding performance and achievements for the year with a minimum of between 10 As and 14 As out of 12 to 16 subjects they sat for in their various schools.

For residents and road users around the old Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, it has been six months of traumatic traffic experiences, no thanks to the snail pace of the ongoing road rehabilitation work awarded by the Lagos State Government to two Nigerian engineering design and construction companies to fast-track development in the area.

Students and teachers were not left out as many of them usually trekked several kilometres to get to school. The good news is that this unfortunate situation is now a thing of the past following a recent philanthropic intervention that has transformed the community.