is a rich-looking, gemstone with alternating light and dark bands, which are coloured in brown, red, black, white and grey. The black onyx is often associated with negative emotions such as sorrow and grief. Regarded as the birth stone for the month of February, it is often mixed with pearls to create elegant jewellery. Because it can easily get scratched, it is better to store the different specimens
separately.

Our bodies really hate being inactive, it has no way of coping with lack of exercise. These days, many of us lead a primarily sedentary life, and it’s a killer. The body knows of no way to deal with the sedentary life. All it can do is decay” -Dr. Maria Stoppard.

Chief Razak Akanni Okoya, last week, celebrated his seventieth birthday with a series of events. Family and friends came out in droves to identify with the chief whom many have described as kind, generous and humble.

DEAR DAD,·I want to wish you a happy birthday, long life and prosperity. Amen. Amina Okoya
·I hope your cake is the biggest cake in the whole world. I love you daddy. Wahab Okoya
·I wish you a happy birthday and Daddy I love you. Oyinlola Okoya

In the wake of the Christmas bombing attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerians worldwide are naturally outraged that they would be stereotyped and thrown into a category associated with terrorists.