This year’s Christmas celebration is among the unique ones in that it falls on a Sunday, so we’re celebrating the gift of a Saviour and also observing a day ordained by God for rest and reflection.

With regards to the above piece, I was very surprised to find out that all those who wrote in, (I assume that they’re pensioners) supported the annual verification exercise of Federal Government pensioners

She is a woman with a heart of gold. Most admirable about Mrs.Regina Ezenwa, the Chief Executive Officer/Director of Rozec Pharmacy, is the quiet dedication with which she caters for widows and vulnerable youths and children through the Roses Ministry, a faith-based organisation she pioneered in 2007. Her words:

I know that times are hard financially for most companies and people, and many of us can do with more money than we have at present, but it is important that when seeking ways of boosting our revenue, we should do so with some integrity and fair play.

Recent administrations in the country have proved beyond doubts that if women are given the opportunity to hold offices in the public sector, they can indeed out-shine their male counterparts. It is no gainsaying then that several women are holding sway in different sectors of the Nigerian economy.

Woman EditorQueuing up is infectious. Ever since the Buhari/Idiagbon regime introduced it into our lives many years ago, it has stuck and become a way of life all over the country. You see a queue and you feel this urge to join. Why? Just in case you’re missing out by not joining. Sometimes, we join before we find out what the queue is all about.

Several days after a friend and her daughter returned to the country from their vacation in Asia and in Europe, the latter was going to travel to the United States of America.

Helen, I’m away from Lagos and at my daughter’s place in Epe. I don’t know when I’ll be back to my house.” When I received this text some days ago from a former classmate who’s a federal government retiree, I was a bit agitated.

For the first time ever on this page, the PHCN is being praised for improved performance by some readers. My piece was on how PHCN staff went to an area where there had been no electricity supply for several days, to check their pre-paid meters, receipts, and needed the consumer’s torch to be able to carry out their assignment.

Rev. Princess Aderonke Adeparusi-Akintokun is the Founder of African Charities Worldwide Foundation, an organization working tirelessly to improve the lives of the less privileged. A mother of two and an Administrator by profession, Ekiti State-born Princess Ronke also runs a prophetic ministry, the Reality of the Word Ministry.

When I consider what Nigerians are exposed to in all areas of life in this country, I can’t help but admire their high spirit of tolerance, perseverance and ‘make do.’

As a young girl, she discovered her gift of speaking in tongues and prophecy at a time when she knew virtually nothing about such things as she was born into an Anglican church family. Fate had its way, and today, Bishop Chioma Grace Dauji is the Founder/Presiding Bishop of Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church in Lagos. She shares with Vista Woman her passion for serving God and humanity, particularly her work with prison inmates. Her words:

My piece the other week attracted much attention, but sadly, more from older citizens than the young who were being called upon to get sound education and unite to come improve their state of origin.

A graduate of English from the Lagos State University, her compassion for the talking and hearing impaired has laid upon her a new goal- to ensure they are shown love and given a sense of belonging…

Even though she clocked 77 early this year, Dr.(Mrs.)Adebunmi Odiakosa who retired in 1984 as the Chief Consultant at the Institute of Child Health(now Community Medicine in Lagos) is still very much vibrant and vital in the society. Keen on serving humanity, she currently chairs the boards of two non-governmental organizations, Action Health Incorporated and Beth Torrey Home.