The Suntan Beach in Badagry, Lagos state, on Thursday recorded a large turnout of fun seekers, who thronged the place to celebrate Christmas.

Very seldom have I encountered such hate, backed by ill-applied quotations from the Holy Writ. In this season of goodwill to all, very rarely has such venomous abhorrence been let loose on the head of an opponent even in times of war.

US-based Nigerian producer cum lead actress of award-winning movie, “Adora”, Bridget John, is currently in the country putting plans in motion to get the film running at the cinemas.

A full scale war is brewing between the people of Adadama Community in Abi Local government area of Cross River State and Ndiagu Amagu Community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State over land disputes. Before now, about 35 people have been killed, including a Ph.D student and a Youth Corps member beheaded recently by militants who invaded the community.

The Christmas season has also become a time for solemnisation of marriages. Many couples are getting married this season. It is all so nice seeing young couples; immaculately dressed, apparently happy, feeling fulfilled, sometimes relieved, smiling into the future with great hopes and expectations. It is wonderful to be surrounded by family, friends and well wishers, but it is momentary.

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has enjoined Nigerians to contribute to the ongoing reforms in the Nigerian Prisons.

The Executive Service of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Hassan Bello, recently spoke with Vanguard’s GODFREY BIVBERE on issues affecting the maritime industry. He spoke on the delay in the commencement of the Inland Container Depots, ICDs, role of the terminal operators, and the government agencies in port system and stressed the need for automation of port operations as solution to the many bottle neck hindering services.

Widespread anomie prevalent in Nigeria, occasioned by a virtual dilapidation of the societal ethical and moral framework, has literally squelched any social appetite for comparative sociological analysis of any segment of the Nigerian society and a corresponding segment of any foreign country even if that country is Somalia .

Lagos, the city of excellence is bound to reverberate this evening as the big names in the African music industry gather at the prestigious grand ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, for the maiden edition of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA.

Anything you have not used for a year, you don’t like or doesn’t work should be shown the way out of your home. You can donate them to some places or give them out to those who would find them very useful.

At the end of each year, we all make resolves to better our lives in the coming year. Some of these resolutions, we stick to, and some, we suddenly lost enthusiasm to fulfil.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has approved the payment of weigh-in allowance for staff of the State Broadcasting Service, DBS and The Pointer newspaper.

The national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and the senatorial candidate of the party for Anambra Central, Chief Victor Umeh has vowed to take every available legal measure to stop the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from presenting multiple candidates in the 2015 general elections in the state.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed (Mal. 3:6). The only thing that is constant is God. This therefore means that all other things are subject to change. Thus, our condition is subject to change. Yes, that seemeth challenge is subject to change by the unchangeable changer. The bible says that we are not consumed or destroyed because God changeth not.

The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, has warned that the do-or-die approach to 2015 polls by politicians constituted a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy.