Tales of ‘Christmas in Nigeria’
It was a joyful day at the Rainbow Book Club December reading and award ceremony which held on the 16th of December. The reading took place at Le Meridien Ogeyi Place GRA Phase II, Port Harcourt and was centered on the book- Christmas in Nigeria published by Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries .The book took the attendees on a journey of various Christmas experiences in different states of the country and created an environment for the readers to exchange ideas, lessons and morals from the stories. Amongst the audience were students and teachers from the winning Schools of the May 2017 Essay competition.
Rewards to winners of the Rivers State Golden Jubilee and
Children’s Day Essay Competition titled ‘The Rivers State of My Dreams’
At the December reading, winners of the Rivers State Golden Jubilee and Children’s Day Essay Competition received gifts and certificates as motivation and recognition for their hard work.
Below is the list of winners from the Primary, Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary School categories.
| POSITION | NAME | SCHOOL | AGE | CLASS | GENDER | SCORE |
| 1ST | Kaitonna Okongwu | Dietams International School | 9 | Pri. 4 | F | 8.00 |
| 2ND | Adolphus A. Pepple | Dietams International School | 10 | Pri. 5 | M | 6.75 |
| 3RD | Bouquet Chima-Igwe | Olivet Heights International Schools | 9 | Pri. 5 | F | 6.50 |
| POSITION | NAME | SCHOOL | AGE | CLASS | GENDER | SCORE |
| 1ST | Barika B. Godspower | Model Junior Secondary School | 13 | JSS3 | M | 7.50 |
| 2ND | Robert FavourChinemerem | Model Junior Secondary School | 15 | JSS3 | M | 7.25 |
| 3RD | Elijah Joy | Kenneth Commercial & Technical College | 14 | JSS3 | F | 6.25 |
| POSITION | NAME | SCHOOL | AGE | CLASS | GENDER | SCORE |
| 1ST | EmmanuellaWokoma | Baptist High School | 13 | SS1 | F | 7.50 |
| 2ND | Miracle Okwele | Baptist High School | 15 | SS2 | F | 6.50 |
| 3RD | Etejeakpakpo Glory | Archdeacon Brown Education Centre | 15 | SS2 | F | 5.25 |
| 3RD | Wike Shalom | Olivet Heights International School | 14 | SS1 | F | 5.25 |
