Most residents of Trinity Housing Estate off Ago-Palace Way, Okota initially thought they had found their promise land, their haven of peace. For them it was supposed to be a place refuge after years of sustained ordeal in the hands of Shylock landlords.

Like the Biblical woman with the issue of blood, Ms Nsifon Edet Peters, a 21-year-old widow stormed the Uyo township stadium, venue of the South-South Solidarity Rally for President Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo on September 13, convened by South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, charged Nigerians to stop mourning the past and look at the challenges ahead of the country as she celebrates 50 years of nationhood.

For Koya Arowosegbe, life will never be the same again, owing to the loss of his right hand during an attack by his landlady’s son at their Agboro, Iyana-Ipaja abode, last Thursday.

ILE-IFE in Osun State is adjudged to be the cradle of the Yoruba race and has over the years also served as a source of refuge for the Yorubas. Ile-Ife was for a long time a haven of peace until the late eighties or early nineties when communal crisis reared its ugly head in this ancient community. Since then, leaders and the government as well as various communities in Yoruba land have tried to find a lasting solution to crisis in this ancient community.